Beautiful Fall Colors 2018

After it snowed early, I was worried we'd skip fall altogether here. But it's been so beautiful!

Posing with our shrub on the way to ballet class

Taking Elephant for a stroll to the park

My house from the left

Rainbow tree is at my house

Making "a nest"

They're just my favorite

LOL! Diva!

Rainbow tree in front of my house

Rainbow tree turned bright red

Gene Leahy Mall 2018

We were planning to take the kids to Pugoween, but we were sidetracked by how expensive Pugoween and we don't even have a pug! So we took the kids to Gene Leahy Mall instead.

The Downtown Slides

Weee!

You can walk around these pools on the unbordered walkways

Interacting with art

Miranda is obsessed with throwing leaves into water

Climbing

Chilling

Beautiful view of Omaha

Miranda's First Field Trip 2018

Miranda took her first field trip with her Pre-K class to a pumpkin farm. She was super excited about both the bus ride and the actual pumpkin picking.

Getting off the bus with her pumpkin

Fontanelle Forest 2018

Fontenelle Forest is a conservation area right in Omaha. It's a good way to get out to nature without going far from home. We were big fans!

Outside the Forest

Musical station in the preserve

Stopping on our short hike

Cuties with the river

Hiking back

Inside children's area

Learning things

Animal costumes

And a playground

Working with clay

Checking out the hawks on the preserve

Success!

American Midwest Ballet 2018

So many date nights! This was a special request by me because I love to go to the ballet or any dance performance. This particular performance was held in the art museum auditorium, but I'm hoping to see a performance at the Orpheum soon.

Perfect non-photobomb behind us!

Fall Break 2018

James and Miranda had three days off work. Kevin didn't. Fun! We went on a tour of all the local parks! Woo!

This is cool! Pepperidge Park

Monkey

Little park hike

Day 2

Maybe we will get fall after all!

Barrington Park

 

We found Sohan!


Day 3


Bent Creek Park

First Omaha Snow 2018

So it already snowed here on October 14, but I'm not freaking out because it definitely snowed on Long Island in October one year when James was a baby. But I hope we still get autumn!

   

Kids playing in the garden in the snow.

James rescued the last peppers yesterday.

 

Miranda clearing off her house, James building snowballs

Snowball fight about to commence

Preparation Canyon State Park, Iowa 2018

We went hiking in Iowa! Preparation Canyon was a former Mormon settlement, and hiking there you could see why they picked that particular area- really gorgeous and very different looking, at least different from the areas we're used to hiking around.

Miranda is guiding us with the map

Selfie in the field

Into the corn!

Do you see me?

Don't fall off!

UNO Concert Series- October 2018

The University of Nebraska's School of Music has an International Concert Series. As part of that series, they brought Mark Bernat, an amazing double bassist, to perform on campus. Kevin and I went to a delicious ramen dinner at Jinya Ramen Bar, the concert, and then dessert at Freezing Thai Rolled Ice Cream. Perfect date night!

Mark Bernat and his double bass

Old Skool Ramen was so good: chicken broth: fish oil, pork chashu, egg, bamboo shoots, green onion, thin noodles.

Pork chashu happiness

Ramen!

Green tea ice cream = "The Green Monster"