Our Christmas Decorations

You Have Died of Dysentary

I have pictures of our place all decorated from Christmas and I will put them up soon, but before I do that, I thought I'd share some things we've learned about Nebraska so far. Some of them are trivia things we read about, some of them are things we've picked up on the streets (or from talking to people in banks).

Nebraska is all about having the biggest stuff. It is home to the largest indoor rain forest, largest porch swing (which holds 25 adults), largest aquifer, largest weight room (3/4 acre), largest rail classification complex (I don't even know what that means), largest producer and user of the center pivot irrigation system, largest woolly mammoth fossil, and the largest Kolache Festival (once again, don't know what that means).

Nebraska actually means "flat water" in Oto (Indian tribe).

Lots of super cool things were invented in Nebraska. Things like Kool-aide, the Reuben sandwich, 911, the strobe light, and Boys Town. And either Spam was invented here or just made here, I'm not quite sure which.

Nebraska used to be called "The Great American Desert" and then "The Tree Planters State" and now it's (of course) "The Cornhusker State".

The state motto is "Equality before the law." We're still trying to figure out exactly what that means, because "before" could go a couple of different ways.

And the reason why the post has this particular name is because Chimney Rock, the most popular Oregon trail landmark is in Nebraska.

We've also made such generalizations such as people named Levi are nice, tall, and skinny. And a place that usually has mild winters does not ALWAYS have mild winters. (We really should have moved to Alaska, it's warmer there right now.) Super Saver (grocery store) is AMAZING. Trees can be offensive.

We Like Snow

On our way to work, looking back at our apartment.


Our pond with the geese.


Colin all bundled up.


While it was snowing.


And again.


At night.

Our New Apartment

I took this of Colin before we got on the plane. I love this picture, it makes me laugh.


I had to put this in. I think it was the best chili I ever had. Kudos to BWI!


From the air.


Riding the bus to get to our apartment.


Colin in front of the main office.


There are TONS of geese on the pond and golf course next to our building. These are only some of them.


This is the view as you walk in. (I'm standing in the living room and my camera phone couldn't get that at the same time.)


Here is the living room. :)


A close up of the kitchen. I can actually see every room in the apartment except the bathroom from the mirror above the sink.


Our full sized washer and dryer. I'm SO happy not to be going to the laundry mat anymore!


Our bathroom. Our closets are actually IN the bathroom, which is kind of weird, but oh well! They make a little hallway in the bathroom. We have TONS of storage now (and nothing to store. . . .)


Our bedroom


This is the stuffed horse we got for opening a checking account with Wells Fargo. We're still working on a name, any ideas?

Baby Do's and Don'ts

Do to my extensive child care training and experience, I did actually know all of these things. However, I thought I'd post this as a PSA to those who may not know.

http://www.newbornbabyzone.com/baby-care/the-dos-and-donts-newborn-baby-care-pics/

The Next Mirandum Movie

Here are a couple pictures from that latest movie from Mirandum Pictures. Filming is completely done as is a rough edit. It will be showing in the theater sometime in September. I was makeup artist (yay Mary Kay!) and script supervisor. Colin has been working like a crazy person and didn't actually do anything with this movie.


Our star, Bridget.




Mike and Colin pondering the next shot.


Filming by the gazebo.


Our first night of makeup had more than a couple of mix ups. Makeup outside is hard!



Matt.


My masterpiece. Cecilia spent the summer mowing lawns. As a result she was super bronze. After almost an entire tube of foundation on her face, neck, shoulders, arms, and hands I managed to make her look like she hasn't been outside in years. Twilight should totally hire me.

OBX

So this is super late, but here are some vacation pictures.