Kearney Update

So today, I ran by my high school (CVHS) to check out if there are any days to take the SAT/ACT. There arent. I can only take it between September and June. So I called UNK and they said that they will set up a date to take it out there. So, I went by UPS and picked up 2 boxes so I can mail off stuff that I dont need until then (bedding and stuff) I will be living with my Aunt Stacy and her family until school starts. I will update you guys when I know what day I leave. Stay tuned. Love, Megan

Ahh Home Sweet Home. But not for long. Im here to update what happpened yesterday and then the next update will Be a "Kearney Update". So yesterday we drove from our motel to Mom's God Mom's (Nelda) house to see her. It was bitter sweet. All she could say s "I love to play in texas." Over and Over again. But you could tell her expression if you told her something. Then I showed her a picture of my nephew and I said his name and she repeated it, so that was really sweet. Then after that, we went to Ted Montanas Grill. It was so good! I had a salad and baked potato soup. Yuummmm!!! We left from there and went to meet with Nelda's daughter. I went shopping in the meantime while they had there "Adult Time". I found a new store that I like called "Charrolette Rousse". They have the prettiest stuff. Of course, I had to do my Bath and Body Works run:). After that, we went to the Airport and headed home. Stay tuned for the next update.

Aunt Janice and Cousin Tim

Yesterday was a little boring but it was still an adventure. We picked up my Aunt Janice in Lewellen and went to church. The church only had a dozen people in it, maybe less. Then, we left church and ate lunch and went to Oshkosh (where my mom grew up). We visited my grandpas house and went to the cemetary where my grandpa and grandma are buried. That was rough because the last time I saw him I thought forsure I was going to see him. He was supposed to go to my graduation. It made me cry like a baby but I know in spirit he was there. Then, we sat at a gas station and had a nice conversation with Aunt Janice and my cousin Tim. We left from the gas station in Oshkosh, NE to Cheyenne WY (about a 3 hour drive). We finally got to go swimming, finally. And stayed at a nice hotel and just got Pizza Hut delivered. It was such a nice night. Im sitting in the Air port right now. Tommorows update will be a crazy one. Love, Megan.

Update:)

Well yesterday was a lot of fun. We woke up from Carol's and left to Arnold, NE for the Motorcycle race. Lots of loud, stinky bikes but I did get a new dress out of it. I absolutely LOVE little boutiques. I find the cutest things there. Im trying to change my style to just dresses/skirts. Something about wearing a dress always makes me feel beautiful. Anybody know any boutiques in Southern California or near Kearney Nebraska? Anyways, When I get home, I am planning on putting together a very long picture post, so I look forward to sharing my trip with you lovelies. After the motorcycle rally, we went to Ogallala and toured down there for a little while. We ate at Front Street Steak house (reviews of all of the restaurants will be up once I get home). Then we went out for ice cream and then went back to the motel, and the rest is history;) Thank you guys for keeping up with this. I hear so many people tell me that they read it and it just makes me blush:) Love, Megan

Yesterday, we drove for an hour from Kearney to Broken Bow, NE. We stopped downtown so Dad can visit his friend that is a insurance seller. Mom and I ended up at the coffee shop across the street. It was so neat. It was one of those places where you dont notice when you drive by but its so beautiful on the inside. Then, we drove up to my Aunts house and sat and talked to her. Her husband showed up about an hour later and we got ready to go see the horses. We loaded up in the back of the truck with my cousin Chelle, her husband, My aunt Carol and her husband John and of course Mom and Dad. John has 3 places where she keeps her horses and then we saw there church and an old gas station and just drove around. It was so much fun! We got home and relaxed a little and then my cousin Chelle and her husband went to the carnival and rode all of the rides except for "The Zipper". Cousin Chelle was scared to go on that one so the next time we go to a carnival I will always think of Cousin Chelle:) (Hi Chelle!:)) Then we went to bed. Blessed day yesterday!! Love, Megan

Big News!!!!

BIG NEWS: So yesterday, we woke up in Lincoln thinking we were going to Kearney to eat lunch and go look at the University of Nebraska at Kearney otherwise known as UNK. So we went to go tour the archeway and look around there. We drove past my uncles work and he was just pulling in so we got to stop and talk to him for a few minutes then we went to Valentinos for lunch, which is like a pizza buffet. Then we went to go look at UNK. We were hoping we could get a tour guide to help us go look around but we werent expecting it since UNL didnt give us a tour. So, we went into the office in Student Affairs and we asked them if we could have a tour and 6 peoople practically jumped up to give us a tour. In the meantime, I asked the receptionist if they were still accepting applications and she said yes and got me on the computer right away to apply. I was wondering if they wanted to do the tour first, and they insisted that I applied and they could wait for me. This was the first step that made me very happy. Then we went on our tour and they were telling me that as long as I take my ACT/SAT and a couple of other things that I am pretty much in. So, we left there and decided that when we go back to California were going to see if theres any tests to be taken out there, if not, then I will be moving in with my Aunt Stacy in about 2 weeks until school starts. So, after the tour we went out with my aunt and uncle to supper and then back to the motel. Very Interesting day!! Stay tuned! Love, Megan

Relaxing day enjoyed by the Bensons..

Yesterdays adventures were so much fun!! We showed up at my cousins beautiful house around 10 am. We hung out with him, his wife, and his 3 beautiful children. It was a very relaxing day. It seemed like there were no stresses and my family and I just got to chill and not really do much. Loved it!! Thanks Lee and Cindy for all that you did! We got up at the crack of dawn this morning (8 o clock) and got on our way. So many exciting things happened today and I cant wait to tell you all about it.. Stay tuned tommorow!!

Review of "Old Chicago Pizza"

This isn't going to be the usual post but I updated late last night so I thought I would do a quick review and update tommorow (lots of stories, stay tuned<3). For now I thought I would do a review on a pizza place in Lincoln, Nebraska that we went to yesterday (7/9/13). It's called "Old Chicago Pizza". You can get a variety of food including, but not limited to, pizza, spaghetti and lasagna. I got the "oh my spaghetti pie" and it was frozen so they were very kind and made me another one. I ended up getting it for free. The service was fantastic. I really liked our waiter. We asked him what the building was before the pizza place and he didnt know so he went to his manager and came right back to us and told us the history. Way more then what we expected! Mom and Dad loved there pizza. They got the classic pizza and it was "perfect" stay tuned for today's adventures. Love, Megan

Aunties house then off to Lincoln

(Sunday) So we showed up at Aunt Mary Anns around 7 (Nebraska Time). We sat and talked and ate a litte but pretty much got ready to go to sleep. Mom and Dad had the bed and I had the couch. It was nice and it was really cool to get too see my Uncle Doyle and hang out with him. The next day (Monday) we went to Pioneer Village. It was Aunt Mary Ann, Mom, Dad and I. Its a big museum of all the stuff having to do with Nebraska history. A lot of walking and stinky buildings. It took about 5 hours and then we were all tired. There were still a couple of things to see but we were woreout. We went home and my aunt made some very delicious Pot Roast and we sat around until it was time for bed. This morning, we got up and got our stuff together and started heading out the door, when we realized that Mom didnt have reservations to a motel. So we decided to go to Lincoln and get lunch and then find a motel. So we drove and got here about 3 hours later and went to a pizza place called "Old Chicago Pizza" (review coming up soon) then we went back out into the humidity and walked all around UNL. Funny story here. My mom wanted to go look in to the track and the gates were opened so we started walking and noticed a couple of players practicing so we got even closer. We ended up about a foot inside the inside practice field. My dad said he saw Taylor Martinez practicing. Needless to say, about 2 minutes later, the assistant coaches came out and kindly kicked us out. but it was fun and Im hoping to get a lot of pictures of it on here. then we went to go find a motel. We were desperate for anything! We ended up at a crappy Days Inn with no pool and crappy wifi. Adventure? I think so. Stay tuned! Love, Megan

Trip Plans and what we have done so far...

(7/7/13) Yesterday, Saturday, we went and saw Dads friend Craig. We hung out with him and his daughter and went to dinner at a mexican place called taquilas and then me and my dad went "Night Crawling". Let me explain to you how this works. You go when it gets dark and you go to a grassy, wet area. You try to find clovers and look around trees. Your supposed to see big thick worms and catch them but there super fast. My dad used to go where we went when he was a kid a day before they went fishing. Today, Sunday, I went to church at Wesleyan church where the authors of Heaven is for real, Todd and Colton Burpo, go to. In the book Colton tells his dad, todd, about his trip to Heaven. Its so neat to hear because its Heaven in a little kids form. (I will do a seperate post on that book soon, after I read it again) The sermon was on Joseph and his family but Im awestruck on Colton. As soon as we walked in the door, colton ran up to open the door for my family. He was so humble.. This kid is famous, but here he is in Imperial Nebraska in this small church with maybe 150 people. CRAZY! Then we went back to the Bed and Breakfast and packed our stuff and went to go see old friends. The rest of this week is a bit crazy. Were on our way up to my Aunt Mary Ann's and were going to see a couple of my uncles and stay with them tonight. Then, tommorow were just hanging out over there and were probably going to go explore or something. Tuesday were goinng to go for a tour at University of Nebraska. Im so excited for that! Hopefully we will get to see my mom's old dorm and stuff. Wednesday we get to see my cousin, Thursday my Aunt and Uncle, Friday cousins and more cousins (Nebraska Peeps), Saturday even more cousins, Sunday my Aunt and then Monday were leaving. I will update you more on that as we go along. Love, Megan

Hello my name is Megan Benson. I started this blog for the main excuse to journal my adventure to college. I hope this blog becomes a life story and not just a daily journal. I will start off by telling you about myself. I am 18 years old and I graduated from high school June 7th, 2013. I just left to Nebraska this morning (7/6/13) for a family vacaton. I was thinking/talking to myself and figured out that this trip could be the first step in a huge adventure. Why not blog about it? So the very first thing I started thinking about was a name. I had a few good ideas but none of them sounded good until we got to Stateline.. Under "Nebraska" It says the good life. So I wanted to make a name after that I was thinking "Good Old Nebraska" But then my Dad said"Dear Old Nebraska" and my mom started to sing. I asked her "Is that a real song?" She nodded and the name stuck. This blog is going to take a lot of work but Im so excited to get started. The next thing I have to think about is who is going to design my blog. Anybody have any ideas? Let me know in the comments below! Thanks for tuning in! Love, Megan