Motherboard

I went to turn my laptop on last night, and only got a white screen. I restarted only to get a white screen once again.

Moving forward in time- My co-worker that is great with computers can't even fix my damaged one. Two of my co-workers were really impressed that I wasn't freaking out. I told them that I let things build up and then blow. Not very healthy.

He thinks the Motherboard is out, which is bad! That means that all the school work I've done to prepare for my fall classes is bye bye. I back things up at midterm and finals time. I haven't had a chance to back up recently.

To make things worse, my boss is out of town for a week. We rummaged through his office to find my cloned laptop from spring.  

My computer crashing makes me feel like my life is crashing. It's just one more thing to top off my rocky (up and down) summer. I'm thinking I need another Staycation. That would be such a blessing bad idea! I would get nothing done then!

Update! Now they are thinking it's my hard drive. If this is the case, my work for the summer is for sure bye bye.

Souvenir?

Can you call it a souvenir if it's from your hometown? Not sure. Well the boy's got to pick out one thing from Cabela's while we were on our Staycation.

So what did Mica pick?

A Moose for the Mica Moose. I have a story I tell Mica about how he's going to get full sized horns that grow out of his head when he gets older. I think he believes me.

Here's Mica at home playing with his Moose. I did not dress him like that. I think he was role playing Indiana Jones. ;)

So what did Isaak pick?

A Davy Crockett hat that he had to wear in the heat all the way to eat lunch, then to the antique mall and on the way home.

He loves the Davy Crockett song. He only knows the They Might Be Giants version.

Here's Isaak's new hat:

You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!

So I always thought I'd have girl's that were into cute little dolls! Boy was I wrong! I guess Isaak likes baby's. Why did I think that I'd have girls? I'm not sure. I just was raised with all sister's, my mom had all sister's. I was a girly, girl that liked dolls and Barbies.

I never thought I'd let my kid's play with guns. Well my boy's have two Nerf guns and a pop gun. I've changed my ways I guess.

We went to Cabela's. It was across the street from our hotel on our Staycation. The boy's saw a shooting range. They wanted to give it a try. Daddy looked over at me with puppy dog eyes, as if to ask if it was ok to give it a whirl. I said, "Sure! It's Staycation afterall."

Drunk? No! Just Plain Tired!

The end of day 2 on our Staycation was wearing on Isaak. He actually fell asleep in his car seat! This rarely happens!

In the hotel we went swimming and laid in bed. One of the later Indiana Jones movies was on and Daddy and I fell asleep. Guess who stayed up to watch it? Our 2 boy's. Daddy woke up and they were glued to the TV. We hope that it wasn't too scary!

In the morning the boy's looked like this:

Wordless Wednesday - Paddle Boat

As part of our Staycation we rented a paddle boat at Mahoney State Park.

Us:

Isaak in his cool shades. In the second photo he's waving to the geese.

Mica was wanting us to paddle right up to the geese. He wanted to pet them. It didn't happen.

Daddy and I.

Boat:

 View:

See more of our Staycation, Pony Ride, Walter Scott Jr Observation Tower, Safari Zoo, Hiking and Nature's Floor.

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Nature's Floor

We had fun hiking at Mahoney State Park, while we were on our Staycation!

Some of nature's floor was pretty interesting!


These two shots are not the same thing at, but they look similar. One shot is a mushroom, the other was something growing on a tree trunk.

We saw a few creepy, crawly things. My favorite was a snail. The boy's liked looking at it!

This bird got super close to Isaak.

Plants and flowers.

I'm pretty sure this plant is illegal to grow in the state of Nebraska! It was all over the park.

Mica and Daddy captured these shots when they went off trail.

Back on the trail.

Both are steps. We hauled up the roots. They were our steps.

Hiking

I have to be honest, I did not think Isaak would hang in with the whole hiking part of our Staycation! He picks to ride in the stroller whenever Aunt Terra walks to go get cousin Evan from school. He's not like his brother Mica, who is always walking ahead!

We hiked at Mahoney State Park.

I thought this was a perfect photo to show my art students; foreground, middleground and background.

Mica was so ready to go! He loves hiking!

The order was Mica first, Daddy second, Isaak slightly behind and holding me up and I was last (shooting photos).

They heard a train! We stopped to check it out.

 It was hauling a bunch of coal. Then it had to stop because a passenger train was coming.

This reminded me of Grover's skit about near and far.

Mica was hiding behind a tree in the second shot. He loves to scare people!

 Roots were literally our steps.

Sitting on a bench. It was water and snack time.

Mamma with her boy's.

Papa with his boy's. Sometimes they are just better behaved when they are separated! I sing that song, "Gotta' keep'em separated!" by Offspring a lot!

Then it was time to go back. We walked all morning. We didn't think Isaak would make it back, so Isaak and I found a picnic spot to sit at, while Daddy and Mica went to get the Pilot.