This past weekend I went to Chicago for a long President's Day weekend. It was an exciting adventure trying to get there, as usual! :) I was trying to fly out of Omaha instead of Sioux Falls this time, since it saved me over $300. Anyhow Omaha was going to have "The Blizzard of the Century" it seemed. (Go Figure, right!) The one weekend that I need to fly out Omaha has its "rare" snow! Well I was dropped off at the airport at 8:50am, but my flight was not until 12:20 pm. My ride wanted to drop me off, and be out of Omaha by time the storm was supposed to hit (9:00am.) Well, I went to the check-in desk and asked them if I should even check my bag this early, or if I should wait a little while, since my flight was FOUR HOURS away! I kidded a little and said, unless there is an earlier flight you want to put me on! He did some checking and said there is a flight leaving at 9:20 am. (TWENTY MINUTES FROM NOW!) He said he would put me on stand-by and by time I got to the gate, I would know if I was able to get on. So I flew upstairs, flew through security, and got to my gate. By this time there were about 5 people in front of me for stand-by, so my hope was fading. The snow by this time was also coming down like crazy. I could hardly even see the plane that was sitting right outside the airport window! He announced my name, and I found out I did make it on the flight after all! Feww!! Twenty minutes from arriving to the airport, I was on the airplane! It was a very nerve-wracking take-off! We de-iced the plane two times, then slid our way to the runway. But before we took off, the pilot came out of the cock-pit and ran down the isle of the plane to the windows over the wings, and said that he wanted to check the wings one last time, he said the looked good... and we took off! It was 100% white out the window- I couldn't see a thing... then about 8 minutes later, it was all fluffy clouds around us...then about 1 minute later it was a beautiful sunny day above the clouds for the rest of the flight!!! Fewwww.. what a trip!!!
This was our Valentine's dinner!
On Saturday we went to the Field Museum downtown Chicago!
It was amazing, we spend a ton of time there, and learned a lot of cool things. We had tours, and talked to people there, and really learned a lot! It was very fun!
These are the first animals to ever be stuffed. They were hunted, and stuffed by the inventor of "taxidermy" Carl
Akeley.
This is the Pawnee Indian Village! - Can you figure out the story behind us? It's about the Sioux Indians, and how they took over the Pawnee
because the had guns!
haha- the man working in the village did NOT like the Sioux!- I told him I was from Sioux Falls.
ahaha
This is SUE- dug up in South Dakota!
Todd and the huge museum behind him!
Not ready!
Ok, ready!-- This was right before our good-bye :(
We will be
SOOO happy when these stupid good-byes are OVER WITH!!!
Te Slaa Aunts who threw the shower (and Giant Karla!)
Mother-in-law, Mother, and Karla
Sister-in-laws!
This was (after) the shower, when Todd came back! We did not try to color- coordinate!
I got the griddle Todd wanted! He didn't think that a good breakfast could be made without one!! haha. (no promises that a good breakfast will be made even WITH one!! haha)
These are my two Klein aunts (Aunt Val, and Aunt La Jean) who threw the shower for me, look at all the delicious food!!!! YUM!!!!!
Klein shower
Klein shower- Christmas theme! 
Jenny and I, and my book of advice!
More goodies to put in the cupboards!
Adorable chip and salsa bowl from dear friend Evy!
This was a fun game that we played. (As you can see we all read the Standard Bearer as we waited!! haha jk)%5B1%5D.jpg)
NO class picture can ever be done without a "SILLY one!!!!"
