Bill & Jo

2007-10-27T08:57:00.000-07:00

My sweet pile of Sami leaves...

Once upon a time there was a sighting

Of a kindred spirit among leafy bindings

Bright lit eyes to warm your soul

And a skip and a dance as the laughter rolls

To the future we look for more to see

For soon to come is All Hallow’s Eve!

2007-10-27T08:48:00.000-07:00

Our trip to the pumpkin patch!

2007-09-22T15:42:00.000-07:00

The screen is up!!!!!

2006-11-25T17:25:00.000-08:00

Bill and his life size character Baneblight on World Of Warcraft.

2006-11-25T17:24:00.000-08:00

Sami and Bill with one of Bill's other WOW characters. Now that's a big cow!!!!

Basement pictures

2006-11-12T16:33:00.000-08:00

It's almost done. We have some small painting touch ups. We still have to put the tiles up by the sprinklers. We are waiting for the screen to be delivered. We have to get some furniture and curtains and we'll be able to live in the new room!
The mount for the projector is up and ready to go. We even have the outlet al ready.

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We have heat!

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The smoke detector.

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Last bit of painting at the bottom of the stairs.

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Ceiling by the stairs.

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Some wide shoots of the room.

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Halloween Parades

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Sami at her halloween parade.

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Sami and her class.

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Mel and her friends.

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Mel's last Halloween parade at school. This is Mel in her Arwin (from Lord of the Rings) costume. This is her friend Sydney in her crazy granny costume.

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Pap and Gram came for a visit. Pap tried on Mel's wig.

Sami in her flower girl dress

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Sami trying on her flower girl dress. She's been practicing with the petals!

2006-02-26T17:38:00.000-08:00

Ok I forgot the head piece. It was hard enough to get the dress back off after trying it on.

More Basement pictures

2006-02-26T15:13:00.000-08:00

Bill and I worked in the basement again. I finished up the outlets in the shop for Bill. Bill measured and put up the drywall pieces. I spackled or tried anyway. Bill put up the rest of the frame for the cieling and put up the ceiling.

2006-02-26T15:12:00.000-08:00

Ceiling tiles are up in the second section.

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2006-02-26T15:07:00.000-08:00

Added more drywall, we had planned the ceiling to be lower on that side of the room but since the trim around the door went higher than we expected we had to make the walls higher. Bad thing is we will have to paint again.

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Both beams and the ceiling.

More basement pictures - Feb 19th

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Mom and Dad were in town for Sami's baptism, so dad had Bill working hard again. They built a second beam and started putting up the brackets for ceiling tiles in the other part of the room. They started working on the moving the ducts and prepping the room at the bottom of the stairs.

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Brackets for the ceiling tiles started.

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Picture from the stairs.

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New beam from the stairs.

Sami's Baptism

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Sami did great when the priest poured water on her head. We were so proud.

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Christmas at the Great Grandparents

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Princess dress up kit mirror and a wand somewhere so Sami can become a princess.

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Princess set to for Sami.

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Mel got glitter glue.

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Sami enjoying a backrub from Great Grandpa

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Sami with Great Grandma.

Sami's Birthday

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Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday dear Sami! Happy birthday to you!

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Taking the candles off the cake.

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Sami likes the icing.

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CareBear sheets for the big girl bed!

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Lip gloss. Yeah!!

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What could this be?

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A CareBear blanket to go with the sheets.

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A new CareBear. Baby Hugs!!!

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Sami wanted Tinkerbell sheets too. Now she has a backup in case she has an accident in her big girl bed.

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Another present!

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Birthday party Barbies!!!

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Nanny, thanks for the Barbie!!!

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I wonder what it could be????

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Sami got a new outfit.

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More Basement pictures.

2006-01-15T13:52:00.000-08:00

Dad called and wanted to know why Bill wasn't working on the basement. So I had to run down and take a few pictures of the basement to prove that he's been working.

2006-01-15T13:51:00.000-08:00

We still have to figure out where to put the lights but it's getting there.

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Only 3 tiles left. 2 are where we have to get a piece for the sprinklers.

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More ceiling pictures.

New Year's weekend basement work

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So here's the story, dad and mom came in for New Year's weekend. So Dad wouldn't get bored Bill had to work hard (after the trip to Cabela's on Saturday). They worked Saturday and Sunday finishing the beam in the basement. They then started on the drop ceiling frame. On Monday morning, Mary and I took an interesting trip to Home Depot to get the ceiling tiles. Our trip to Strawbridges was just as interesting but has nothing to do with the basement. So ask us later. After eating lunch, I had Bill and Dad get the ceiling tiles out of the van. So after they got them all in Bill's back felt like it was going to give out. So there was probably about a 5 min break before dad said, "I'm going to carry this (box of heavy ceiling tile) down to the basement." Bill's response was "Don't fall." Mom, Mary and I just started laughing. It was so funny. But as you can see all that hard work has paid off. They got a lot done that weekend.

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10:30 pm Monday night

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Dad had Bill working hard all weekend long.

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Working hard on the basement.

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A lot of the ceiling tile is done.

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Dad putting up a ceiling tile.

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The beam in the basement.

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Close up of the beam

Christmas Morning

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Merry Christmas! The tree and presents.

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One side of the tree.

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The other side of the tree.

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The new generation of the traditional Christmas photo.

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Bill joins in on the picture.

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Melanie after she sees the gifts.

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Sami takes a good at all the presents.

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Can we start opening our presents. Tidbit already started opening his.

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A movie in my stocking.

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Marshmellow pillows

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A cool journal to write in.

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A carebear tub toy.

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Tidbit enjoying his Christmas present as he gets high from his catnip.

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A new season of Family Guy.

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A DVD and a book

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A DVD and a book.

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New Christmas ornament.

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The next 007

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A cool new outfit.

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Minature ornaments for Melanie's tree.

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Cool! A Bratz DVD.

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Sami playing with her new kitchen.

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That wasn't on my list but I like it.

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Not sure who took this picture but it looks really nice.

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Sami helped open die cuts and brads.

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Bill is obviously excited about getting the movie Serenity.

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Bill was surprised that Santa got him Combos. It was on his Christmas list.

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Sami got a check up carebear.

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Sami got a doodle bear.

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Bill got lots of games for Christmas

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Bill's excited that he got the first season of Stargate Atlantis!

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Scrapbooking supplies for Christmas.

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A die cut for my sizzix and Anne Rice audio books.

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Sami helping mom open presents.