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RIN A ND STEVE Albers always envisioned
building a lake house “someday,” and three years after making that dream a reality—they say their Valley home has proven to be everything they hoped for. “Living on a lake has been a blast. It’s like a vacation every day,” Erin says. The couple, who are originally from Harlan, Iowa (Erin), and Beaver Lake, Nebraska (Steve), say they enjoy the small town feel of their Mallard Landing neighborhood. It’s a manageable commute for Steve, who works downtown at Union Pacific, and an easy drive for Erin to her west Omaha workplace, Home Instead Senior Care. Their home boasts five bedrooms and four bathrooms in 3,078 finished square feet, but the family actually downsized when they moved. Erin Albers says with son Luke, now 10, and daughter Piper, now 8, getting older the toys they play with change. This means changes in the need for space. “All their toys go away, and all they have are these little electronics. We don’t need all that space.” Erin Albers says the house they have now is not very large, and the family is extremely minimalistic. The Albers use the space they have in the most effective way possible. > May/June 2016 • omahamagazine.com
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