Lincoln, Nebraska Capitol

Completed in 1932 with a total of $9.8 million, the capitol is absolutely gorgeous.

They had fun running up the stairs, pretending they were "Rocky!"

As we entered the building, it was just breath-taking.  The amount of murals and mosaics in this one building was just awesome.  We found ourselves with our mouths open and eyes wide!  ;)

We had a wonderful tour guide who explained the three branches of office: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial and then showed us the rooms where all of these practices take place.

The supreme court room was completely sound proof, and simply beautiful.  It was not long ago, that in this very room, homeschool laws were protected and upheld for the Nebraska citizens. 
Afterwards, we went to the 14th floor and enjoyed the "Observation Deck," or maybe I should say, the kids enjoyed the observation deck! Ha!

Later that evening, we went to the Lamb's home, a family we met at Heartland Bible Church on Sunday, for dinner and fellowship.  Their older children were SO great with my younger kids.  Their son opened up a huge box of LEGOS and a card game involving ships, and their daughters played "dress-up" with Hannah and Emily!  They were so excited!  Parker had a great time playing with their trains too.  We had a great time getting to know them and learning a little more about the great state of Nebraska.

Blessings,
Steph