Greetings from Omaha! After being away more or less for the past 3 weeks, the Omaha Leongs are finally back in Omaha. We spent a LOT of time with family and a LOT of time exploring this great country of ours (#Murica). It couldn't all fit in one blog so here comes a SUPERBLOG! Down below, you'll find a few different posts about different parts of the vacation experience.
To get you oriented, here's how our past few weeks have looked:
July 3 - Travel to Watertown
July 4 - Fourth of July in Watertown
July 5 - Travel to Marshall, Minnesota for Megan's cousin's wedding
July 6 - Back to Omaha
July 7 - Pack for California
July 8 - Fly out of Omaha
July 9 - Get to Long Beach and drive to Joshua Tree
July 10 - Sequoia National Forest
July 11 - Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Park
July 12 - Back to Garden Grove and Pool Day #1 at my sister's house
July 13 - Church in Anaheim Pool Day #2, and family dinner with Megan's cousins
July 14 - Whale watching and spending time time at a park, with a family dinner to finish before the rest of my family gets back into town
July 15 - Beach day #1 and celebrating Ezra's birthday
July 16 - Beach day #2, a tea party for the girls, and some time at the park
July 17 - Water Park with the whole family
July 18 - Another day at the park and another family dinner, and not getting to finish a movie because of a fire alarm at the theater, finished off by our traditional walk to Dairy Queen
July 19 - Park day, Pool Day #3 and family dinner with extended family up where my brother lives
July 20 - Beach day #3, Pool Day #4, and one last family dinner with some extended family
July 21 - Fly back to Omaha
If you're looking for stats, here are a few for you:
Miles driven on the National Parks portion of our trip: 950
Miles flown to and from Omaha: 4000
Beaches visited: 3
Times at my sister's pool: 4
Boba's consumed by my family: Approximately 10, which honestly, feels kind of low...
Pounds gained by your humble blogger: 5, which again, honestly feels a little low...
Times I had stand perfectly still in the middle of my sister's pool so Jonah could swim to me: Somewhere between 100-1000 =0).
Really, it was a great trip. The kids enjoyed themselves and were mostly well behaved. It was good to see family and eat lots of good food (although not all of it). The travel mostly worked (although not totally) and the car held up. Megan and my hope is that this trip will have a Core Memory feel to it for the kiddos. I guess we'll just have to see!
If you'd like to read a few different musings on different parts of the trip, you can read those here:
If you'd like to read a few different musings on different parts of the trip, you can read those here:
Have an excellent day!
~Adam
~Adam
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