My Buddy

Me and my son.  He looks like his daddy.

This is my buddy D-Rizzy.  I took him to Omaha with me since he's never been and I didn't want to travel the roads alone.  We had to stop by the Nebraska youth correctional facility when we got there to get some keys.  The gps did not take us there so I stopped in a grocery parking lot to ask for dirrections to the Nebraska youth correctional facility and the lady leans in and says oh, are you dropping your son off.  Really, my son!  I said yes, I am and asked for directions.  We laughed and joked all the way to the facility about his no good daddy. 

 

 

D-riz has been my breath of fresh air.  He is so like me it's kind of scary, no pun intended.  He just puts a smile on my face.  Look at that picture.  He was suppose to be sleep while we were in the car but he probably heard the camera shutter.

We ended up going to the Omaha Zoo on the spare of the moment.  I'm so glad we did.  There zoo is nothing compared to our zoo.  They have an aquarium that was apart of their zoo.  The price was so worth it and if I lived in Omaha, I would probably go all the time.   

      

We got up early Saturday morning and went to the farmer's market.  Um, they still need a little help with that whole process.  I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt since many fruits and vegetables are not in season so maybe the farmers haven't harvest their crops yet.  It was such a great morning to go down there and a good crowd.

           

Upper Missouri and and Nebraska area had a flood last year and it really destroyed alot of crop, land, homes and so much more.  My sister was unable to come and visit and they finally opened up an highway which took her an extra two hours from Nebraska to Missouri.  There is a park called Freedom Park that we went to go visit.  Well it used to be Freedom Park.  It got flooded and everything is disarrayed.  There was a big battle ship on the land that floated to the park. News reported that the ship hadn't been moved from it's original location for more than 50 years.  It was just so surreal to see. 

Then we went to this park which was 95% woods.  Son said it was like something off of the movie "Wrong Turn".  Rumor has it that there are different types of people that live there and people have been killed up in the woods, bodies found and so on.  It was a little creepy driving up in it.  However, the weather felt great because it was cool.  We saw a turkey crossing the road and they had a great scenic view.  I really enjoyed it and could have stayed up there for a while to just think.

For just a weekend trip.  We did so much.  I wasn't planning on doing all that we did but had a great time.  I'm telling you.  When I with son, I feel like I'm living life and don't have a care in the world.  Things that if I was by myself and it happened, I would have probably have a melt down and sometimes I can feel it coming on but it quickly vanishes.

We walked on Pedistrian Bridge.  My sister has never been up there and one of her homeless kid she used to work with jumped off and committed suicide of of it.  I was sooo scaried.  Not the fondest of highest and then you can also feel it moving.  The view was amazing.  I stood just taking in how amazing God is and his creation.  I really wanted to stay longer but a storm was a brewing and came in on us.    I was freaking out on the inside because, Oh so this bridge goes over the Missouri river and goes from Nebraska to Iowa, depending on where you start.  We started on the Nebraska side but when the storm came in, we were on the Iowa side.  Let's just say that I picked up the pace a little.  You could just see the storms rolling it.  It was pretty awesome and surreal at the same time.  It started raining hard and we were drenched by the time we got to the car.  I felt so happy and free and wanted to dance/play in the rain.  Or take pictures. Son was up to it so we took pictures and got back in the car and then the hailstorm came.

I was really upset that my camera stopped working while on this bridge.  I could have screamed.  So it must mean that I need to go back and take it all in again.

My prayer is that this is a God ordained friendship.  I really don't want to mess this up like I do of so many of my friendships.  Lord keep my heart right and order our friendship so that it may be pleasing to you.