Happy Monday! Our apartment feels a lot quieter without Josh’s parents here. We did so much this past week and had so much fun. I tried to snap some photos to document it all but if you noticed I was a bit quieter on social media than usual. I was focusing on really living in the moment and enjoying time with family. There were some days where I didn’t take out my camera once. The things I did manage to document pretty consistently was the food. You know me. 😉 So while I don’t have a lot of pictures of the four of us together, or all the fun stuff we did, I have a whole lot of food pictures to share!
Read It and Eat!
Last weekend was the Read it and Eat! conference at the Omaha Public Library. Josh and I went with his parents last year and were so looking forward to coming back for a second year. It was a day full of food with a particular focus on baked goods. And everything was free! I learned so much from the presenters, ate a ton of good food, and am now committed to trying to bake a pie from scratch. Oh, and Josh won a birthday cake! It was strawberry cake with a vanilla bean frosting. SO good.
Dinner from Laos Thai in South O. This is the best Thai food I’ve had in Omaha. The flavors in their food are unreal.
Josh’s 30th (!!) birthday dinner at Marks. Their mac and cheese is incredible.
Dinner at Salt 88. This is a restaurant Josh and I have been meaning to try for a while. I loved that we got to experience it for the first time with Josh’s parents. Their food is yummy and every meal ends with free cotton candy!
The most amazing biscuit, eggs, and tomato butter sauce breakfast from Dixie Quicks.
A horse and carriage ride around Old Market. I’ve always seen these tours around but never got to try one for myself before. It was such a beautiful night and a special experience.
Josh made friends with a friendly prairie dog at the Omaha Zoo. I wanted to take him home with us.
Selfie in the jungle exhibit. There was a three story waterfall! And a cave full of bats. I’m trying to erase the latter from my memory.
The lovely Kim gave a presentation on Pinterest to Omaha Bloggers. It was great getting to catch up with everyone and learn more about what I need to do to get my Pinterest whipped into shape. That’s a goal for next weekend, once I’ve caught up on some sleep and gotten back into a routine!
Questions of the Day: What were you up to this weekend? Do you get to see family often? Have you taken a horse drawn carriage ride before? Are you a big Pinterest fan?
That horse drawn carriage looks so fun!! I’ve always wanted to do one around Christmas time. Looks like Josh had a great 30th birthday!
I can’t believe Josh is 30! That sounds so old to me! haha The horse drawn carriage ride was SO much fun! You should definitely do it!
I was sad to miss that library event – it looked like SO much fun!
Love the photo of you all in the carriage – we’ve never done that, but I would love to take Eleanor this winter!
We’ll have to go next year! Oh I think Eleanor would love it! There were lots of young families in other carriages. 🙂
What an unbelievable weekend. I think it’s absolutely wonderful that you decided to keep your camera away for most of it & just enjoy the time w/ your family. No need to allow yourself to miss valuable & fun memories because you may of been too busy playing around w/ your electronics. These type of days, weeks, months really are the best kind! Happy birthday to your hubby.. well belated!
It’s funny, I’m always behind a screen during the day so as I’m out doing things I’m much less likely to document it than I would have. I still love taking pictures, because they’re how I remember things, but I’m not all photos all the time anymore.
I have been meaning to check out Salt 88 for awhile now. How vegetarian-friendly are they? And good call on Marks. I LOVE that place!
They have quite a few veggie friendly options! Josh and I want to go back!
Looks like an incredibly fun weekend! Thanks for sharing!! -xo
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It was fun! It flew by so fast!
You are making me hungry with all those food pics! Looks like it was a great week!
It was such a great week! I loved getting to spend time with family!
how did you not bring that prairie dog home with you? soooo cute!
also, that Thai looks amazing. i want to eat it all.
It took every ounce of restraint. haha He was so friendly!
I had no idea that they had prairie dogs running around?! I would have smuggled one of those guys home, they are so cute! Your food pictures always look so good too & always give me ideas of new places to try around here. Looks like you had an amazing weekend!
It was such a fun weekend! And the prairie dogs are so cute and so social! I love them!