Sweet Tooth

You guys, it's warm here! The last week has been the nicest weather, and I can't even begin to tell you how much the sunshine has lifted our spirits around here. Last Saturday we were actually productive, gasp! We did yard work, and rode our bikes around the lake, and a whole bunch of other things. It was lovely. Hopefully this will start a trend of getting our of our house more often.

I have a goal this summer to NOT complain, no matter how hot and humid it gets. If I ever get tempted to complain, I will remind myself of the Nebraska winter, and then I will give myself a mental slap to the face, and put a smile on :)

Even though we were holed up in our house most of the winter, we did get out a couple of times (like maybe once a month), and were glad when we did.

There is a chocolaterie here in town that we decided to try out. It was fun, and fancy, and comfortable all at the same time. I could hang out there.

The real draw for me was that they make fresh stroopwaffels every other Saturday, so we HAD to try that out.

 They were just okay ;) But the bonbons were pretty fabulous!

Joe's parents came out for a few days, and we took them to downtown Omaha, and found this fabulous store called Hollywood Candy.

You guys, this place!!! If you come visit me in Nebraska, I will take you here. It is amazing! Not only is it a huge candy store, but it is an antique shop/museum, theater, arcade, and diner. It's like a freaking maze too, with new fun things to discover at every turn.

We let all the kids spend $5 on candy, because, you know, payday. It was SO hard to decide what to get! Joe tried some chocolate covered bacon. It was weird. It was like a hamburger on a doughnut. That just doesn't work for me.

So it turns out that Nebraska DOES have a few cool things to offer ;) Just kidding, I'm sure we'll find many more. Maybe next time we'll find something that doesn't involve candy or chocolate....maybe ;)