A week ago my mom, sister Lisa, and I went to Columbus, Nebraska to visit our sister Emily and her little family. She just had a baby a month ago and we got to see the little cutie, Colbie, and spend time with cute Alexis too. We had a blast with the girls (we did miss Sarah though...she was unable to come because she is 8 months pregnant). We went to the Omaha Zoo one day (which is AMAZING!) Our favorite was the baby gorilla. One gorilla was looking at Tanner through the glass. Tanner was talking to it and laughing and then it pounded on the glass and walked away. It was pretty cool, and Tanner didn't even flinch. On Sunday we went to the morning session of conference at Emily and Shaun's branch building. It was really neat to meet some people in their branch. Emily and Shaun also got permission to bless Colbie while we were there. We really did love Columbus and thought all the corn fields were so beautiful! Here are some pictures of our adventure.
US AT THE AIRPORT. WE WERE QUITE THE SPECTACLE. WE ALREADY HAD CHECKED OUR BAGS HERE, BUT PICTURE US WITH THREE BAGS ALONG WITH THE BABY, WHEELCHAIR, STROLLER, AND CRUTCHES!!
ME AND TANNER ON THE PLANE. THIS WAS HIS FIRST PLANE-RIDE!
ON OUR WAY TO THE ZOO. 
THE PENGUIN TUBE. IT LOOKS LIKE THE PENGUINS ARE SWIMMING RIGHT ABOVE YOU. 
THE BABY GORILLA. IT GOT INJURED SO HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE OTHER GORILLAS UNTIL THEY CAN SAFELY RE-INTRODUCE IT. 
OUR SWEET KILL. JUST KIDDIN'...HE'S JUST SLEEPING.
OUR PHOTO SHOOT IN COLUMBUS. WE HAD TO CAPTURE THE FARMIN' SCENE.
AND THE CORN...TANNER WASN'T TOO SURE ABOUT IT THOUGH.
EMILY AND COLBIE. THEY WERE ABLE TO BLESS COLBIE WHILE WE WERE THERE. IT WAS SO NEAT.
ME AND COLBIE THE DAY WE WERE LEAVING. EMILY MADE THE HAT SHE IS WEARING. SHE INSPIRED ME TO RESURRECT MY CROCHET SKILLS (more about that on a later blog...)
Thanks Emily, Shaun, Alexis, and Colbie for such a fun trip!! Thanks Mom, Lisa, and Tanner for being my travel buddies. We had so much fun!