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Tricia's Dad, Alan, reclines with a crossword puzzle on the sofa in the living room. |
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Mark's parents Jim and Susan relax in the living room. |
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A black and white of Tricia in an oval frame when she's about 18 months old. This
picture hangs in the living room, and we love it largely because of Tricia's dour
expression. Maybe the cameraman was withholding a cookie. We call it Baby Shu-Shu |
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Tricia's sister Chris sits at the dining room table. |
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Our families get some coffee at Scooters in the Old Market downtown district of Omaha the day after Christmas. |
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The families at the coffee shop, just before ice skating at the downtown rink. |
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Tricia's family on Christmas Eve, right after we got married. (L to R): Todd, Huck, Chris, Alan, Bel, Mark, Tricia. |
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Mark's family. (L to R): Marissa, Kip, Belle, Yolande, Tyler, Kait, Susan, Mark, Tricia, Jim. |
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Huck Isaacs plays on the floor while a giant Lingo supervises. |
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Kait plays with the youngest guests, Belle, Tyler, and Huck. |
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Lingo poses with a red stool in the kitchen. The photographer is likely holding some bit of left over turkey to get him to sit like that. |
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Tricia's Mom (L) and Mark's Mom (R) prepare some food in the kitchen. |
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A few days before Christmas, we settle some bet using either Wikipedia or Google. |
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Todd relaxes on the floor and his son Huck commands the fire. |
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Marissa's kids Tyler and Baby-Belle wile away the afternoon. |
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Kaitlin beats Belle and Marissa in a contest to see who can bundle up the most in downtown Omaha. |
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A dutch tradition: almond cake. |
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Bel prepares the delectable Brazilian pao de queijo, a cheesy delight. |
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Mark predicts the eventual fate of the turkey for Christmas dinner. This 32-pound monster of Douglas County was raised at the Boys Town farm. Mark cooked it (in the kind neighbor's oven) for over 7 hours, after an overnight apple cider brining. It was awesome. And Mark's prediction was absolutely true. |
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Mark prepared turkey stock with all the trimmings from the big bird. The turkey was not happy about this. |
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The stock cooked for 6 hours or so. In total, we amassed over three gallons of the finest turkey stock imaginable. |
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A very comfortable table set with Christmas treats. |