Jordan/Becca's Omaha Visit

I'm really late in posting what a fun time we had when Jordan and Becca came to see us for two days (two weeks ago!). What a blessing it was for them to drive up, out of their way, to hang with us for a bit. I haven't seen my little bro and sis-in-law for a year so I treasured spending time with them. Jordan and Becca are currently on their way up to Delaware for the next few years where Jordan will be pursuing his Master's degree at an awesome university that offered to pay for his full tuition, offered him a sweet paying teaching job at the university, and offered him a job to do research for them next summer. Amazing. Chance of a lifetime. Blessing from Heaven. They're gonna love it!
We only had time to do a couple things during their visit, which included a trip to the Durham, the Old Market for dinner and a much anticipated pony ride in Cinderella's carriage...
we told Sydaleigh over a month ago that the next time we came back downtown with her she could ride this thing....and of course she remembered....so we paid $20 for a ride around the block...$20! Which I guess is cheaper than buying her her own horse....


we hit up downtown again the following day to go to the Hot Shops Art Studio's, which is so cool! This guy, pictured below, got the idea to convert an old 4 story Siemens mattress warehouse into an art studio. Glass blowers, blacksmiths, painters, photographers, pottery makers all working under the same roof....you can go in anytime you want and just walk into any studio thats door is open and watch them work....so that's just what we did...it was fabulous! The building has the really old elevators that you have to lift the doors up to get into-kind of scary, but super fun!





we filled up the rest of our time grilling out, playing bachi (?) ball,


of course Isaak had to break out the ladder, which is always a fan favorite with the guys...
hmmm, jumping off a ladder onto a swing and hoping you don't hit the ladder when you come back up...definitely a guy thing....



and then Isaak gave poor Becca a heart attack when he pushed Sydaleigh in her swing almost to the moon!


And no visit would be complete without a little friendly Wii competition...


if you can call this friendly...I recall getting pushed into the wall at one point....




Oh my gosh we had so much fun. Jordan and Becca are some of the most well rounded people I know -they are super flexible and usually up for anything. It blessed my heart to host them here. I was glad to hear that they have a spare room at their new place in DE because we will be crashing their pad next time-oh yeah! I'm planning my trip to DC!