Weekend trip

We had a fabulous weekend trip to Scottsbluff. I grew up there and moved when Roger and I got married, for those of you who didn't know me years ago...anyway, it was good to be back in my old stomping grounds for a couple of days. We spent some time with two of my high school friends and their families. They both are raising some wonderful kids with help from two great husbands. It was wonderful to see that for both of them. We also had a great time with great grandpa and great grandma and some other dear friends that visit this blog real regular. :-) Brayden didn't take long to remember grandpa great...within 5 min he was up on his lap. Grandpa great thought that was great I am sure!! It took just a bit longer to warm up to grandma great, but that came with time too. By Sunday lunch he was roaming around their house pretty comfortably. Especially for never being there before. Grandpa and Grandma great have been wonderful about traveling to meet us in the middle. Its a good thing too, because by the time we reached Casper (2 hrs from home) Brayden was OVER the car seat and over being in the car all together. His nap that was supposed to last a while only lasted an hour and 15 min. Not long enough for sure. He did pretty good though despite the shortage of rest. We stopped in Mitchell to see Jen, Matt, and Megan, went out to eat at a neat little hole in the wall that brought a bucket of toys to the table. A whole bucket!!! Brayden thought that was pretty neat since he usually just gets the same old toys from mama's purse in every restaurant we visit. He and Megan had a wonderful time playing with all the toys. When the meal was served Brayden did real good to eat off my plate, but when Matt started sharing his crab with Megan...well lets just say Brayden was right there saying "me me me". :-) He loves crab and it doesn't matter where it comes from. It was cute and we enjoyed it. After supper we returned to the house and let Megan and Brayden have an hour to play while Jen and I caught up, Matt and Roger went across the way to the football game. It was great to see that our husbands could connect and chat the way we do. We left there about 8:30 or so and headed for Cathy and Brian's. They have three boys that were looking forward to being big brothers for the weekend. The boys had alittle time to play around before it was time to hit the beds. Saturday we went up on the monument, don't know how long its been since I had been up there, but its been several years. We also went up to the Wild Cat hills. It amazes me everytime how many houses have cropped up around there. We had lunch at a fabulous little mexican food restaurant, quite an experience with the little boy that belongs to the owners. He wanted Brayden's toys, he kept trying to trade them out with some of his. Just didn't understand why it wasn't allowed. Finally his daddy (the cook) had to come out and remove him from the dining room as his mothers best efforts weren't working out. :-) When we left we saw daddy out back with him pounding on the window to be let back in. After that we headed for Grandpa and Grandma great's house. He learned to say Grandpa and Grandma great pretty good by the end of the weekend. It actually ended up being papa great. We made it out to our old farm where we grew up. It sure looks different with houses built in the pasture and fields. With the area growing so much they all have to go somewhere. Sunday we had lunch with them and some good friends. It was wonderful to see so many again even though the trip was short. We left Sunday after lunch to head home, stopped at my two grandmother's graves first. It was quick though as normal Nebraska wind was blowing and it was chilly. Brayden sacked out not tooo far out of town and slept all the way to Casper (3 hrs). We stayed the night in Casper and shopped a bit on Monday, then came on home. Sunday night was the big Elton John concert in Casper, we didn't know about it until we were in the mall and commented to some friends we met up with how busy it was around there. The restaurants were crammed to the gills, we didn't get to eat until 7:30 cuz the concert wasn't until 8. Anyway, we ate and went back to the hotel for a swim and hot tub and then bed, boy did we sleep good. Brayden came down with a cold late friday and his eye started watering profusely saturday. He wasn't feeling the best, but he wasn't terribly crabby either. I took him to the eye dr on Tues as it wasn't getting better instead the other eye was involved too. They gave me some antibiotic cream for his eyes and said to hot pack them twice a day as his pores in the lids were clogging and not allowing proper evaporation of this eyes. Seems to be working, they are looking better now. Oh, he slept all the way home on Monday afternoon too, unusual for him to sleep in the car for that length of time, but he had to catch up somehow. :-)

Now we are getting ready for the big BIRTHDAY PARTY. Brayden will be 3 on the 21st. Uncle Bobby is coming again as his birthday is the day before, so they will have a grand time again I am sure. Daddy is working on his new bed and mama has to GET STARTED on decorating his new room. We have grand plans, it may take some extra time to get them all accomplished, but it will be worth it.

Will let this be all for now, except of course some pics. I would never be forgiven if I didn't post some pics...enjoy them and be sure to comment!!