Ringing in the New Year with Bones, Trains, & Ikea!

Like last year, Kevin and I decided to go to Cincinnati to ring in the New Year! We left at 9pm when I got off work on that Friday and arrived at 11:30pm so we didnt miss the ball drop! We stayed up late watching HGTV since we dont get cable at home and slept around 2am.
The next day our hotel Drury Inn let us eat breakfast late so we went down at 10am or so and had waffles eggs and sausage.
Then we went to the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History which is actually in an old terminal building which was pretty cool.

the front of the museum

A mastodon to start off the tour

Kevin is scared of the polar bear

a bat skeleton

a gator hide

The T-Rex got me and instead of saving me Kevin just captured the moment! ;-)

It was real!

an owl for Nette ...sorry he is stuffed

we even saw Dinosaurs!

We saw Neil Armstrong!

 We even saw Hubble in this huge dome theater 3 stories high. It was a movie about the hubble missions it was so cool you felt in the film!

walking through a recreated cave it was tight cold and wet and dark so neat!

cool area in the caves

sabertooth!

a giant sloth

and the giant sloth bones

in a cold glacier

a big tree!

petting the wolf

Random

sabertooth and its babies!

the giant sloth again

Kevin and the mastodon exchanging looks!

Kevin done taking pictures

The theater

we shared a burger for lunch and looked at what to do next

i loved the architecture

a whole miniature train exhibit of the city

the museum in its hay day as a terminal

lets take a trolley!

ho hum...

I just cant believe this ever to have been true!

for mom and Kari

behind the building is the trains! this shot taken from the tower kind of like an air traffic control for trains...

how it looks now...

how it looked back then

 We had a great time but started to get tired. We went back to the hotel and had dinner. Then enjoyed a little more cable t.v. We were going to swim but i was getting over a cold and didnt feel like it.

The next day we were Ikea bound! It was super busy because of the sale going on but fun. We took our time...

As soon as we got home we put stuff together, this is one of the end tables

I bought two of these for the living room so cute but they didnt give off as much light as I thought.

Kevin building our new dresser. It was kind of expensive so we didnt get the matching headboard for the bed but its hardwood so hopefully it will last a long time.

the coffee table, I am going toget baskets to put on the bottom shelf for magazines and books etc.

I have wanted this shelf forever and it was only $19.99! If you can tell we went with white for the living room because im painting it Blue and the fireplace white next week! cant wait! I love interior decorating.

The end table put together. Im going to look for circular baskets to put on the little bottom shelf.

table again i was suprized how sturdy it is and it was only $19.99 too!

All done!

We got this sign in Hocking Hills a few weeks ago. I had been wanting to put something there for a while

Today I put pictures on the SD card for my digital picture frame from Kevin for Christmas

Maya's favorite spot right next to the kerosene heater!

This is the tray I got from Ikea for my tea set along with the cute teaspoons

Here is a tea cup Grandma Coralie gave me.

After Ikea we came home and put things together, had pizza and watched a movie. It was a good weekend!

This week we started our fist Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University. We are both very excited about it and suggest you all look into it! Its $100 for the kit and materials and you are a member for life. check to see if your church hosts the classes. Im telling you it will change your life! Also for those with kids 5 or older there is also a program to help you teach your kids about money and being good stewards.
Well I hope you all have a Blessed week!