Newlywed Diaries: vacation

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visitors.

Hello Hello!

How is it almost August?!

Remember when I was just posting about it being the start of summer break!?

And now it's the end.

Sad face.

Anywho hope you're having a great Tuesday.

Zak's golfing with some buddies, so I figured this was the best time to do a little bloggin.

The last three weeks we've had family in town visiting, it was the best!

It's always fun showing people around Omaha.

And the weather was sunny and 70 each day, so it was the perfect time to be outside exploring with company.

The first person to make out to the ole 'Good Life' {Nebraska's cheesy state motto}, was Zak's mom.

We had a blast showing her around, giving little tours.

We..

Stopped by Zak's school

Lunched at Pitch in Dundee

Drove around the Happy Hallow neighborhood {dream houses upon dream houses people}

Went shopping at the Old Market Farmers Market

Hiked the Fontenelle Forest

Hung out around the Missouri River

Took Romie on lots of walks

Cooked homemade dinners

Watched scary movies

And visited for hours!

She's such a great mother in law, and I'm so happy she came to visit us!

PS: since there are so many photos I didn't want to be annoying.. so I posted the rest below, just click "read more"!

Happy March blog!

I'm a little behind on writing, so pardon my tardiness.

Last month I went on a quick trip to good ole AZ.

It was dreamy.

Really. Like, I never though I'd say that.

It was a perfect 75 and sunny.

I..

laid by the pool

visited with family

caught up with friends

spoiled the bride-to-be

played shuffle board

had dinner outside by the fire

ate at all of my favorite spots..

Joes Farm Grill, Sauce, Liberty Market & The Hanger Cafe.

and relaxed.

I've never appreciated Arizona more in my life.

It was great!

Now here are some snapshots.

And only 3 more days till I'm back!!

wootwoot.

xoxo

lake ozarks.

We're back from our little weekend trip! It was a blast.

I've never really been to the Mid West so I never knew what to expect. But jeez the heartland is beautiful. All the green rolling hills, luscious trees and quaint little farm towns. It looks like a picture out of a book. We went from Omaha, through Iowa and then into Missouri. It was so much fun going on a little adventure through the back roads. I'm very glad we took a couple days off. Zak deserved it. And it gave us a chance to celebrate a few things too! Like our three month anniversary. Yep, we're one of those annoying couples who count and celebrate each month. But hey that's what life is for, celebrating the little things.

The Lake of the Ozarks was beautiful. Our resort sat right at the edge of the water, and it was such a lovely sight. I'm used to lakes surrounded by desert, so seeing all the trees lining the beaches was so pretty to me! After we checked-in we collapsed on the bed and relaxed for a little. It was so nice.

After a little nap we fancied up and headed out to dinner. The view was breathtaking. And the food was great! I'm already craving the spinach artichoke dip we had. Mmm.

On Sunday headed back home. I never used to be a "road trip" person. I would always get car sick. Always. And I thought driving in the car for hours was really boring. But with Zakary it's different. Driving is half the fun wherever we go. And on this little turnaround trip especially, we drove a lot and it was great. From blasting music, reading lots of Harry Potter and making random stops along the way, Zak makes it a blast. Goodness I love him so much. We've known each other for five years but we still can just talk for hours, be so silly and laugh all the time. I love it. He's my best friend.

Another reason I love being married to him is because he loves adventures. I mean when we were driving back (in the absolutely middle of nowhere MO) we saw this plantation home that was giving tours. And of course I wanted to stop. But before we went in we looked it up online and it was supposedly haunted, which made it so creepy! We drove up anyway, looked around, snapped some photos and then got outta there. It looked really sketchy and totally haunted. Just wait for the pictures.

And then when we were driving through Kansas City Zak surprised me with one more stop. It was the Kansas City Rose Garden. It. Was. Gorgeous. I've never been to a rose garden before, and it was beautiful. I'm so happy we stopped. It also gave us a chance to drive through downtown. Long story short, it'll certainly be our next little vacation spot. It was adorable!

xoxo