Back From Nebraska...

Besides visiting (very quickly, in some cases) Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon, The Grand Tetons, and Yellowstone, not to mention a wonderful, old farmhouse in Crawford, Nebraska, I did do a little knitting during the last two and a half weeks. I finished my Cuddle-Up Cushion, cover and even though I'm still not sold on Rowan tweed, I like my finished product.

Since we hadn't driven to Nebraska for our yearly trip to visit family there for at least eight years, we decided to make a real vacation of it.  (Did that previous sentence makes sense. We usually fly to Nebraska, ha, ha.) We stopped at Bryce Canyon the last time we drove and actually did some hiking around, but this time we only looked down into the canyon from some lookouts.

We spent the second night of our trip at the Hatchet Resort in Moran, Wyoming.  which is awesome. We could see the Grand Tetons right out our cabin door, so the setting was beautiful; plus,  the little restaurant was great, and the hot tub was right out our cabin door.

Paige thought about sleeping up in this little loft in our cabin but decided against it ultimately. I was glad since it seems like a long way to accidentally roll over and fall off of.

Not sure exactly what Kai is doing here, but I like this picture. Russ and Kai didn't take along sweatshirts, so we bought them some at Yellowstone. It was really cold! In fact, we drove through an avalanche zone on our way out the West Entrance.

We ended the first phase of our long drive in Crawford, Nebraska, where my wonderful sister-in-law had rented us a house, a hundred-year old farmhouse, to be exact. It was remodeled inside, which was nice, but the outside was incredible; a koi pond, beautiful flower beds, birdhouses, two friendly cats, and tons of comfortable seating. My sister-in-law is batting 1000 as far as planning mini-vacations for us. She's done it for us innumerable times, and ever time we have an incredible time. 

We packed a lot into our week in Lincoln and Omaha too. One of the highlights was a couple of visits with my sister and her family. My sister has five kids, but the two older ones aren't in this picture, not that Kai wouldn't have been game for them to try to get a piggy back ride too.