Honu House

This has turned out to be a fairly busy summer. First we started out with a crazy road trip to Pittsburgh, PA and back. The weekend we got home was the Olympic Swim Trials so of course we went to some of that, and during all of this the Welsh Family has been in Nebraska and spent some time with us at our house. If you want to see visually what all we've been up to, click on the pictures below for more photos!!! Road Trip 2012 Our road trip was just 7 nights (8 days) and we went a total of 2,165 miles. We went from Omaha, NE to Princeton, IL after work on day 1. Day 2 we got to Pittsburgh, PA. We ended up hanging out in Pittsburgh for a few days visiting family! Day 5 we started driving again - we left after lunch  and got to Cleveland, OH where we spent the night. Had a lovely dinner at Lola Bistro (a Michael Symon Restaurnt) and it was delicious! Day 6, took us to the Columbus (Ohio) Zoo, and then to Indianapolis, IN for the night. We didn't spend any time in Indianapoli...

Earlier this summer we took a trip down to Miami and the Florida Keys! We had a nice time away from home, even though it rained most of our trip. But - a rainy day at the beach is better than any day at home and at the office! I had to remind myself of that a few times. However, with the rain, we took advantage of some things that we may not have if we had had the expected sunny warm Miami weather! We went to the Miami Seaquarium, to the mall, a state park, the turtle hospital, dolphin research center, and much more! To see some pictures from our trip click on the photo below! This was a busy trip - in one week we stayed in 3 different hotels, in 4 different room. YIKES! Our longest stay in one room was for 3 nights, the rest were just 1 or 2 nights. We also did a lot of driving - correction - LOU did a lot of driving! I did a lot of navagating and programming the cell phone GPS! When we arrived in Miami on April 28th, it was overcast and 70 degrees. I couldn't believe it. It ...

WOW...I'm so SLOW and behind. We took a family vacation to Walt Disney World in November. There were 12 of us total. Seven adults and 5 children - 7, 5, 5, 3 & 3. We had our hands full, but we also had a great time. We have so many wonderful memories from this trip and can't wait to go again. If you click on the photo below you will be taken to our Picasa Web Album full of pictures from this trip! Enjoy!!!

So I had actually forgotten I'd started this list. It's time for me to revisit and provide a status update! Let's see how much I've accomplished or what I need to finish yet! Finish hanging up all the pictures, prints and shelves in the house - we've been here for 9 months now...I think it's time! Not quite done, but we have hung up more. We have a bit to go still... Finish getting all the "stuff" from our parents houses...again we've been in our house for 9 months! I don't think we've worked on this at all...YIKES, better get working :-) Work on getting into better physical condition Workout 3-4 days a week Just started a boot camp, so I can say I'm now doing this, at least for the next 8 weeks! Eat healthier - meaning less fast food! Definately working on this, even before my boot camp started we were doing better. It helps even more that the boot camp came with a meal plan so that's really keeping me on track. ...

We took a mini vacation in August and decided to head to Branson, MO. We hear a lot of people around here that vacation there and neither of us had been down. So what better time! Here are a few pictures from our vacation...  On the Duck Tour  Table Rock Dam & Table Rock Lake On top of the Table Rock Dam  Another photo of the Table Rock Dam - funny story, our Duck driver commented that normally the dam is dry. But this year they had to release 15,000 cfs, and they were worried about the amount of water being released & how much it was causing the ground to vibrate. 15,000 cfs - that's what Galvins Point Dam releases on a normal basis. This year Galvins Point released record amounts at 160,000 cfs - and caused severe flooding in Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri.  We visited the Titantic   Here's our room at the Big Cedar Lodge - located on part of the Table Rock Lake. I just have to say, this lake is HUGE!!! We loved t...

I've been reading a few different blogs recently and so many of them have a "2011 To Do List" or "2011 Goals" rather than Resolutions. I must say, I really like that idea...so I hope they don't mind but I'm going to copy! Below you will find my 2011 To Do List/Goals... Finish hanging up all the pictures, prints and shelves in the house - we've been here for 9 months now...I think it's time! Finish getting all the "stuff" from our parents houses...again we've been in our house for 9 months! Work on getting into better physical condition Workout 3-4 days a week Eat healthier - meaning less fast food! I started a journal this year - I'd like to continue to keep that up I have WAY too many scrapbooks started...I want to finish at least one of them this year - more would be great, but at least one! I also want to take more photos...I want to remember these times and want my children's children to know who we were! Get ou...

Well, we are finally home from a great week basking in the sun and swimming with the turtles! I'll write more about our stay when I have a little more time, but I wanted to get some photos out so you can all enjoy!! Check out the Picasa Web Album

Just some pictures to share from our trip east to Pittsburgh PA! Everyone had a great time... We started the trip at Idlewild & the Storybook Forrest... You can hardly see them, but Leo & Uncle Lou had a great time on this ride!!! And now on to the Reunion -- and this isn't all of the Utzig's either!!! Grandpap and his kids! Grandpap and his Greatgrand kids (I just realized we didn't get a picture of Pap with his GRANDkids... Some fun pinata time...