Matt took the kids fishing this morning while Jamie did his Parlor Car Chat on the topic of the Cumbres and Toltec Geology Special that he and Matteo took in June of 2019. The twins had their first soccer game this afternoon. The grin on those boys... Nana and Papa took AJ on a library and Barnes and Noble run followed by Mod Pizza for dinner.
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| Parlor Car Chat: Cumbres & Toltec's Geology Special |
First order of the day for Lynn and Jamie was to visit three of the homes on the Parade of Homes (which opened today and will run about 2 weeks). All the kids were in school today, except Fina who's doing a totally online thing. Sasquatch Cookies teamed up with a cupcake company (Icing on the Cake) for their special offering today! The baby is doing pretty well at sitting up by himself these days. Crash and burns are considerably less often. More Fall decorations are popping up. Jamie discovered two new horses have arrived at Flying Horse Ranch. Big ones. Two dappled draft horses that will eventually pull carriages and such for the Event Center. About 2100 pounds a piece, and they need to gain a little weight and muscle. And the big happening of the day - dinner at Cowboy Star!
Another light photo day. The puppies got groomed today. They don't like the car ride much more than Sandy does. The TP puzzle remains puzzling. Something of a chill day, both energy wise and temperature wise. Mt Fuji for dinner (drunken noodles!). Tonight's movie: A Princess for Christmas; Hallmark, of course.
We got another inch or two of snow overnight. Nathan's getting into puzzling; it is something of an attractive nuisance. Fall decorations are popping up. And Matt had carnitas smoking all day. Tonight's movie: The Producers (2005).
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| No wonder it's so slow going. |
Nana and Papa got up pretty early (for a vacation day) in North Platte, NE and headed out on the last leg to home of our week-long trek to Omaha for Jon and Heather's wedding. Had a great time of discovering fun things all along the way, there, and back. We canceled our 3pm Jing reservation (great restaurant in Englewood not far from the Ikea off I-25) as the weather was not looking good at all so straight home we sailed. Got home before lunch to snow in the air. Turns out Nathan got stuck here for a couple more days due to weather; good for us as otherwise we would not have crossed paths this time. We whipped up some carbonara, ceasar salad, and garlic bread for dinner, accompanied by a fine 2014 Regusci cab. Not to mention introducing Nathan to Hendrick's Gin martinis with muddled cucumber.
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| The round box is a puzzle from Omaha - jelly fish. |
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| It was a couple inches deep and still snowing by bed time. |
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| We zoomed right past Fall into Winter. Good thing Tracy had the decorations out today. |
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| Remember the Great TP Shortage of 2020? |
Be well, Omaha. We had a great time! We got "all the way" to Lincoln for lunch at Lazlo's. Peanut Butter Burger and a BLT (not on the menu, just ask!). All these pics are from Lincoln, including the Sunken Gardens which turned out to be a great treat. A couple acres at most. All our photos are here. We made it to North Platte for the evening, including a nice little sushi dinner at Szechuan Famous Food And Sushi Bar.
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| Sunken Gardens |
We started out the big day with breakfast at Billy Frogg's. No great shakes, but it was a fun environment, much like Heroes in Fullerton, CA where we did a few m'owers. We visited the Durham Museum as our pre-wedding activity which turned out to be well worth it. It's in the art-deco 1930s Omaha train station which ceased handling trains and passengers in 1971 and became a museum around 1980. We were particularly taken by the "action" statues all around the place depicting life in the day. Our Durham Museum photos are here. We understand this was the original wedding venue plan, but something fell through and they moved to Lauritzen Gardens. Both are great spots, even the inside areas at Lauritzen are like gardens. Would have liked to explore the outdoor areas more.
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| Wedding and Reception location. |
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| At the center-aisle end of each row of chairs. |
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| Mr. and Mrs. Jon and Heather |
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| The flower petals around the candles became confetti. |
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| Yes, one was chocolate peanut butter. |
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| Ben, Jon, Marc |
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| Kimme and Ben |
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| Durham Museum |
