Quite a bit happened over the weekend, so I am going to probably spread that over a few days worth of posts rather than do one huge post.
The primary thing that happened is that my parents and brother came to town! Everyone (Mom, Dad, Bethany, Andrew, and Heather) met up at my apartment around nine Saturday morning. We decided to visit the Omaha botanical gardens as our first action of the day.
I was a little concerned about what there would be to see in the fall, but it turns out that it wasn’t an issue. the majority of the “areas” in the gardens looked amazing. We spent quite a bit of time looking at the truly awesome model train network they have built into a hill midway through our walk. I might have a few pictures of that, but haven’t had a chance to check my camera to see if anything is really worth showing.
I have been to the gardens in Omaha three times now, and every time came away thinking it was really pretty cool. Heather and I are thinking about getting a membership, because we have really enjoyed the trips we have taken together.
We then went to the other side of town for lunch at the Upstream where the rehearsal dinner will be held. It was nice to be able to show my parents the room we have reserved there, and we got to try the food! ( I have eaten there a few times before, but it was a first for a few in our group)
after lunch, Bethany headed back to Lincoln for pre-game festivities, my parents headed back to their hotel for a nap, and Heather, Andrew and myself grabbed my Wii from my apartment and headed over to Heather’s apartment. Heather she needed a nap too, so Andrew and I got some Wii bowling in while everyone slept.
After the naps, my parents came over to Heather’s apartment, and we just hung out for an hour or two, before heading out again to play some mini-golf. Mini-golf with Andrew is always fun! Ironically this was also the first golf related outing Heather and I have been on. I guess all we can say is that the summer has gotten away from us… and fall is slipping fast. I won’t inflict you with a play-by-play of the golf game, sufficient to say nobody did all that well, everyone had fun, and it used up the remaining day.
( other things, like a football game might have happened, but that will remain forever a repressed memory 😉 )
-Jordan
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