lunch date

I'm always a little sad when we go to Illinois and don't make it to downtown Chicago, which happens fairly often. This trip we made it for a morning. We went with Joanne and Riley to Chef's restaurant. We couldn't have picked a more perfect day. We took the train and then walked to the river.
Across the street from the Tribune building we saw this guy. He was good, he looked like a statue until he jumped at Joanne and almost gave her a heart attack.

Riley and the scary guy(as Molly called him).

We ate outside. Everything tasted great, but Molly and Gabe were a lot distracted by the water and the boats.

It was neat being in Chicago the day after the Hawks won. They're blurry but those are Hawks flags mixed in with the American ones on the bridge.

North Dakota

Drew and I took a trip this past weekend to Bismarck North Dakota for our friends' wedding. My mom and Ben came to Lincoln to watch Molly and Gabe. It was strange leaving the kids. This is only the second time I've ever been away from Molly and Gabe. The first time was a couple weeks ago when I tagged along with Drew on his job interviews. This trip with Drew was a lot more relaxing, we weren't nervous and it was nice having company. Drew and I carpooled with some friends. There were 7 of us that came from Nebraska. I was the only one not from the UNL math department. I don't feel out of place when I'm with our math friends anymore, but there were several times when I thought to myself really how did this turn into a math text book conversation?

Here are some pictures of the rehearsal dinner that took place on Tanner's parents farm. Despite it being really cold Friday night it was really pretty. If farms weren't so much work I think I'd want one.

Some of their cows...

When we pulled into town our hotel was across the street form this place. Drew was super excited about it. I thought it was some kind of laser tag place and was a little confused about Drew's excitement. It turns out Space Aliens is a BBQ place that Tanner raves about (Tanner is a selective eater, if he likes it Drew has to try it). We had lunch here before the wedding. It was an experience. The food was good, but the decor inside was the BEST. There was one more place that Drew wanted to eat at, but we ran out of time. It was a little sad because I don't really see us going to North Dakota again.
After a couple fun nights and really early mornings we made it home safely. We also learned that their aren't many gas stations along the highway in North Dakota.

Hmmm

It's probably a good idea to check the weather of where you're going before you leave on a trip. It's 95 in Lincoln, but it isn't 95 in Bismark. We (Drew, friends and I) froze last night at the farm. At least today is sunny. Pictures to follow.

drumroll please

Drew had 3 job interviews in Kentucky last week 6/2-6/4. Wednesday was Louisville Thursday was Lexington and Friday was Elizabethtown. The following Tuesday 6/8 Drew was offered 2 of the jobs. I'm really proud, I think 2 out of 3 is really good. He accepted the one in Louisville. I don't think it's set in yet. In 2 months we'll be moving. I know the next few months are going to be a whirlwind, but I'm excited we have a job and we know where we're going. Drew will be working at JCTC Jefferson Community and Technical College. I'm not sure what I think about Louisville yet (we didn't get to explore much), but Kentucky as a whole is beautiful.