Omaha, NE can be a fun time around the holidays. Especially for families. Lots of stuff to do beginning Thanksgiving Day. There is the tree lighting ceremony on Thanksgiving night and festivies the Saturday after Thanksgiving and the Holiday Lights Festival the second weekend of December where Dickens in the Market and Durham Museum festivities involve costumed characters and Santa visits.
Marley was scary!
"Not the gumdrop buttons!"
Unsure what kind of a face that is Jon!?!
Jon's favorite place to be, with a princess.
There is also the enchanted carriage rides at night. Meaning, the normal horse drawn buggies are available as usual in the Old Market but dressed in Christmas lights for the season.
We went to Omaha December 10th and got a great deal at the Embassy Suites in the Old Market and could have purchased the package which included a $25 gift card for shoppping in the Old Market and 4 tickets to the Durham Museum festivies. We opted out ofthe package but still enjoyed the festivies in the Old Market that were free. Like carolers, we sat at Wheatfield's in the Old Market and were visited by carolers inside the restaurant while we (Jeremiah and I) warmed up around hot cocoa, broccoli and cheese soup and cinammon rolls.
Jon had the meatloaf and potatoes and said it was the epitome of comfort food. Next, we went ice skating. The Con Agra Foods headquarters has a large campus and hosts an ice skating rink for the Food Bank of Omaha where all proceeds from the ice skating rink go directly to the Food Bank. Cost was only $5 per person and we ended up going both Saturday and Sunday because we has such a fun time. Holiday music played while you skated. It was just like a roller skating rink and if you weren't that good you were in good company.
Dumb and Dumber...duh!! LOL
Jeremiah's first attempt at ice skating.
He really got into it and ended up loving it!
