Nebraska Trip--Finally!!

Well, after weeks of delay, I have FINALLY had a little bit of time to process all of the images from our "mini" vacation to Lincoln, Nebraska for my grandfathers 85th Birthday Bash! Let me tell you, the weekend was a BLAST!! From seeing Grandpa to ALL of my crazy cousins, Me and Adam and Jackson made some memories!! We left Friday morning and had a 2 hour flight--the cutest part of the trip: Jackson's Monkey Backpack! Actually, it was a leash, which people can think is super mean, but we didn't have to take a stroller and he was free to walk/run through the airport. And, it was super cute!!

When we got there, we headed straight over the Grandpa's to see Popo Joe and Mama Lou. It was soooo beautiful up there! The leaves were changing colors--which doesn't happen here in Texas. The oranges, reds, yellows..so gorgeous. It really made me miss the midwest. And the PILES of LEAVES! Jackson was like a kid on a playground--he ran through them, jumped in them, threw them--it was fun to watch! We met up with the rest of the 28 members of our family for blue margaritas! After dinner, we had wine at Grandpa's and then called it a night...we were pooped!






















Saturday morning, we helped decorate the hall with all of the girls--and Jackson sneaked eating all of the Jelly Belly's on the tables!! We grabbed some lunch and then back to the hotel to get ready for the party! And it was a party! We ate, we drank, we chatted, Aunt Donna sang, we watched the slideshow I created, we took pictures of all the Schroer-girls' butts (long story!)
...after the party, we stopped by the hotel to grab some coffee with Popo Joe and Mama Lou
and chit chat for a bit before they turned in for the night--then the cousins hit the Karaoke bar!! The ENTIRE family--in-laws, out-laws, BABIES and all met up at Legends Bar and Grill (you can't smoke inside in Lincoln, so we took Jackson) EVERYONE Karaoked--even Aunt Tacey who can't carry a tune in a bucket (the only Schroer not blessed with the singing gene, poor thing) And Adam sang Piano Man (after a few shots with my cousins...thanks!) and the bar went nuts over it! It was pretty funny! My cousin Jeremy and my in-law cousin Nate were the backup singers/dancers--all at 1:00am--and Jackson was AWAKE and DANCING along with Daddy! I know--we are only allowed to be bad parents once, so that was our one chance, but when on vacation, what do you do?!

I don't know who gave him the carrot, but he choked--then no one would admit fault!

It was a super fun weekend--it's a shame we don't get to see them too often! A great time was had by all!! To see ALL of the images from our fun weekend, Click HERE!!

Happy Halloween!

Yesterday was a big day for Jackson! All the candy, all the attention, all the other kids to watch and see!! All the walking!! All the pictures! Yikes!!












We started at 5:30 with getting dressed. He really liked his Giraffe costume this time--he kept the hat part on all night!! We hit my Uncle Russ and Auntie Di's house first (same as last year!) Jackson walked up to the porch and rang the door bell (all by himself) and Cousin Ashley answered the door! We had been working on "trick or treat" but settled for "BOO!" and "eeeesse?" (please) They had gotten him a toy instead of candy--a fabulous tee ball set where the ball spins instead of flying! Soo cute! He wanted to open it right then and there! He got to see their dog Spike (who was very excited to see us!) and Jackson couldn't stop staring at him!






Then on to my friend Lindsey Desadier's parents' house (same as last year). They are the nicest people, so we like to drop in to say Hi, even if it's only about once a year! Mrs. Desadier took lots of pictures, Jackson said "eeessse" and then became facinated with their pumpkin scarecrow!

Then on to Karl and Nicholes--where he wanted to take the candy basket with him! (THEY HAD GOOD CANDY!) Then, we took to the wagon and headed down the street to the block party in the court at GG Jane's! Lots of people, lots of candy, lots of food!!

Our friends Becky and Gregg stopped by with their little boy, Owen (I shot his baptism) who was a pirate--super cute! Jackson got to hold him (he was pre-mature and has had to under-go some surgeries lately, but you'd never know--he is just growing like crazy and is just too adorable!) Jackson had his first kitkat and got chocolate everywhere (this is why he doesn't get to eat them! Messy!)






Then back to Grandma Netty's and Grandpa Scott's for some more candy--Jackson ate so much Twizzlers and DumDums. Jackson wass totally overtired, so we headed home, just in time to run next door to Bill and Lisa's for some more goodies!

It was hard to get this little monster ("I'm all jacked up on twizzlers and kitkats, Mom!") to bed. but he finally crashed about 10:30...and so did we!