around the house on christmas

Posted on 26. Dec, 2009 by in personal, photos

We–and everyone else in the Omaha area–are totally snowed in again tonight! We got another six inches of snow in round two of the blizzard today but we are having a lot of fun. The city isn’t even going to send snowplows through Omaha until Sunday, I heard, so we might be stuck here until then.

The boys went out and played, doing flips into the soft six-foot snow drifts.
My dad and brother drove their truck, shovels and snow blower in tow, to dig my grandma out of her house so she could spend the day with us. It took a few hours but they made it!

Then we had the best brunch of my entire life. My mom made waffles with a really good yeast recipe–they were just crispy enough on the outside, and unbelievably melty and soft on the inside. I should have taken more food pictures!

Then we all opened our gifts–just our family and my grandma. It was perfect, my favorite people.
I received some amazingly thoughtful presents…lots of colorful new felt and buttons, several books about design, a doormat that says “Lasertron” for our house!
The gift I was most excited to give was a box of IdeaPaint, a really cool new whiteboard medium, to my packaging and design-obsessed mom. She loved it and I can’t wait to see what she paints!

Alice made out like a bandit, though. She got the Sleep Sheep from my grandma–I really wanted that for her–an adorable Shinzi Katoh poster (it is huge!), some cute clothes and books and a stuffed kitty. It’s so heartwarming to see how loved she already is by our family and all of our friends who checked in with us today.

At night we made our traditional family christmas dinner of homemade pizzas. Dave does the best job stretching out the dough.

Happy merry.
xo

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9 Responses to “around the house on christmas”

  1. diane gloystein

    31. Jan, 2010
    11:50 am

    I just found your website and love it! I live in Lincoln, NE! Take a look at my web…I think you’ll get a kick out of it. Great job! Great ideas!!! I love what you’re doing!

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  2. Melanie

    29. Dec, 2009
    8:17 am

    You always have the greatest pictures! What kind of camera do you use?

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  3. Clara

    28. Dec, 2009
    4:45 pm

    That last picture is so cute!

    And I second the about question.

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  4. SteffanyF

    27. Dec, 2009
    7:14 pm

    I need to know how you take these pictures. They always have such a distinctive color, and I want to know how you do it! Photoshop? It’s been driving me crazy.

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  5. lisa

    27. Dec, 2009
    10:33 am

    would your mom be willing to share the waffle recipe?

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  6. Mandie

    26. Dec, 2009
    11:17 pm

    Loved your pics! yall look so cute snuggled up together :)

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  7. jenny Mick!

    26. Dec, 2009
    2:41 pm

    I love those photos! Did you take them with your fun cameras? And that kitchen is to die for! jealous!

    glad you had a great Christmas! we’re crossing our fingers we can get to Denver to see Joe’s mom soon!

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  8. meg duerksen

    26. Dec, 2009
    10:48 am

    we are snowed in too! not like you but still snowed in.
    we had to cancel christmas at my mom’s for two days so far. but we are still having fun.
    i think we are going to make the pizzas for new years! great idea.

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  9. Vernon J

    26. Dec, 2009
    4:29 am

    Just Maybe.

    I think I could have Just maybe saw you on Wed(12/23/V3.0) I was heading to the No Frills on Saddle Creek between 4:30 & 5 p.m.

    If you were heading West on California in a red car?

    Have a Good Saturday!!

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