Farewell to the Husker State

Even though we have only been in Nebraska for a short time, I have been reminiscing about all things that have happened in our lives the last two years:

• Claire had her first birthday
• Claire took her first steps
• Claire lost her first three teeth in a chair climbing accident (one of which was never found, so will be forever somewhere here in Nebraska!)
• First time I have ever been in a small LDS branch
• First and hopefully last full kitchen remodel
• Jane was born at home, delivered by Jake (first and hopefully last!). 
• Jane’s whole life so far has been here- learning to roll, crawl, stand up, etc.

Things I will miss about Nebraska:

• Living in a small town where we can walk to the grocery store, post office, park, downtown, etc. and Jake can ride his bike to work and come home for lunch everyday.
• Never being caught in traffic.
• All the great people in the Columbus Branch.
• Sitting on our front porch swing at night in the summer and watching the fireflies.
• Claire and I watching the squirrels,  bunnies, and cardinals out our window.
• Not watering our grass once last year.
• Low cost of living.

Things we have learned about Nebraskans and/or people from Columbus:

• They have supper here, not dinner.
• They say “yet” a lot (such as, “We are helping other customers yet”).
• Jake’s work was known as “BDs” instead of just BD.
• We have never seen such loyalty to a football team, most houses have some kind of Husker symbol in the front yard, on game days everyone is wearing a husker shirt and the games are broadcast over the intercom at the store.

So long to the midwest and everyone we have gotten to know here, we will miss you!