What's in Nebraska?

So you might ask what is in Nebraska and we would respond...nothing, absolutely nothing. In fact it is quite similar to Iowa there is corn, corn, and oh did we mention corn. However this past weekend we were in Nebraska visiting my brother and his family.

While we were in town Sterling became both a Cornhuskers fan and a gangster as you will see in the following pictures.

The main reason that we went to Nebraska is because we aren't sure how often we will see our families and therefore anytime is a good time. For any of you who know my brother you also know that he loves sports and he loves ESPN. Since Nebraska was playing USC, ESPN was there for the morning show and of course he wanted to be there. It was then convenient that one of his friends lives there and that we were able to visit for the weekend.

Generally for us weekends consist of sleeping in, cleaning house, doing the grocery shopping and then whatever else we can think of to fill up the rest of our day. This weekend was a little different. We arrived in Lincoln late Friday night and early Saturday morning Sterling, Waleryan and Judd were on there way to the stadium for the live ESPN game day show. Judd and Waleryan claimed that one couldn't actually go to the stadium without wearing the school colors and so they supplied Sterling with a nice red shirt just so he could fit in.

Well Waleryan and Judd weren't the only ones that wanted to dress up Sterling. Kaili and Keona love Uncle Sterling and generally want his attention whenever he is around. Kaili's new thing is to play pretend. Picture Sterling sitting on a coffee table with Kaili as she sings "Row Row Row Your Boat" and pretends to row. And only seconds later they were pretending they were "Daddy" and both Kaili and Sterling took turns putting on Waleryan's vest and hat. Here is what I was able to capture. Kaili evidently thinks her dad to be normal, while Sterling seems to think Waleryan is a gangster.

It was freezing in Nebraska and luckily I was able to stay at the house with the mothers and the children while the dads went out to play. Kaili discovered the fun of the camera and I was thus forced to pose for a picture with every toy in the toy box. I was not alone in the photo shoot; she also recruited Deena and Kellianne but both have asked for their pictures to be kept in a confidential file called "the garbage." In fact I believe that I can quote Deena as saying, "If you put me on your blog I will kill you."

Kaili turned out to be quite the photographer after about five pictures. It took some time for her to realize that she couldn't put her hand over the lens but as soon as she learned that, there was no turning back. The best picture in her portfolio at this time happens to be this picture of me and the rabbit. Many of the other pictures, though artistic in nature, did not compare.