As I mentioned in a previous post, Laurie and I were in Nebraska last weekend for one of her cousin's wedding reception. We had a lot of fun. Rachel and Andy, Laurie's cousin and cousin-in-law (?) took Friday off work so that we could go out and see a little bit of Nebraska. We went to the pioneer village in Mindon, NE. We got there a little late in the day but we saw a lot of cool things. They had a whole spinning section and a home furnishing display that featured our newly reupholstered couch and matching chair in the "1930's" display of living room furniture. That was very cool. We saw old cars, a sod house, and a whole building worth of antique appliances. The whole village was pretty much empty and it was funny because inside the buildings were freezing cold and that made outside seem much warmer that it was - although the sun did come out in the afternoon. After the pioneer village, we drove into Kearny, where Rachel went to college for a few years and got the whole tour. We ate at a brewery in Kearny and then headed home. (By home, I mean we were staying with Rachel's sister and brother-in-law, Sara and Scott, in their lovely home. It was the most accessible of all the relative's houses. They set me up in a twin bed on the first floor and it was just perfect and really thoughtful of them to do that.) The wedding reception was Saturday and we drove with the bride and groom (Sara and Scott) to the restaurant. It was a big group and the food was excellent. Andy and I got the best dish, the three cheese tortellini. I got pretty tired by the end of the reception and went to go lay down in Rachel and Andy's car for awhile. We had steak and some genuine Alaskan salmon for dinner that night and Laurie and Rachel made the rainbow cake for dessert. The cake was perfect - Laurie even managed to get the colors all lined up on the top and bottom layers. All the cousins stayed up late playing the game catchphrase, which I had never played before and had a lot of fun! Sunday, more relatives came over to Sara and Scott's for a less formal get together and we all just kind of hung out as a family. Sunday night we all divvied up the leftovers and ate them all! We spent Sunday night in a hotel near the airport and took the shuttle in for an early morning flight. The whole trip was just so much fun. It was so good to see Rachel and Andy - I absolutely love having them as company and hopefully, they'll be able to come visit us sometime in February. So here are all the weekend pictures!
Out front of the pioneer village are me, Andy and Rachel.
Andy explores the convenient recipe card drawer on one of the first microwave ovens.
The whole reception group.
Me, Laurie and Nancy (Laurie's mom) with the bride, Sara.
Rachel and Andy amid the baking.
The cake (and some silliness)!
Cut rainbow cake.
The chefs with their creation.
On a side note, yesterday, my new russian support spindles arrived in the mail. They are beautiful and the test spinning on them has been really great. I'm spinning some camel down on one of them right now. They made me wish that I had begun my support spindle spinning with them, but who knows, it might be my experience and familiarity with support spindles now that makes using them so delightful! They are Bolivian Rosewood, one is 12"and one is 14" and there is a matching spinning bowl.
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