Family Fourth

We woke up Saturday morning with nothing planned to celebrate our Nation's birthday. So, we improvised. We decided to head up to the Bob Kerry pedestrian bridge in downtown Omaha. We were completely surprised by how nice the grounds are by the bridge. It's not just a bridge connecting Omaha and Council Bluffs. The visitor's center has a great display of the Lewis and Clark history and also history of the Missouri River. On our way up to the bridge, we passed a splash park (with fountains that shoot out of the ground that you can run through and get wet). It was a little chilly, so we avoided that area. A few luxury condo buildings stand just beyond the grounds. We walked to the halfway point on the bridge before heading back to the car to eat lunch and hit the zoo. Joseph fell asleep as we were parking at the zoo and slept until we were heading back home. We were totally unsuccessful in finding a fireworks show that night. We packed a picnic dinner and headed out to the base lake. We ate in the back of the minivan, but soon found out that the base lake fireworks were on Thursday! Oh, well. We came home and watched a little bit of the shows on TV and put the boys to bed. They were pretty worn out from the day and so were mom and dad! Enjoy the pictures!