Joel on December 24th, 2008

Wishing all our friends and family and safe and merry Christmas! We had our traditional Christmas Eve dinner at my sister’s house this evening.  Here are some pictures….  

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Jamie on December 23rd, 2008

For my birthday yesterday, I received two beautiful pieces of jewelry. Jakey gave me a “#1 Mom” charm for my bracelet, and Joel gave me an unbelievable necklace. I found a picture on the web of a similar necklace: I think I’ll wear it on Christmas because it’s too nice to wear on a daily [...]

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Jamie on December 18th, 2008

We sent our Christmas cards out today. A little later than usual, but still not too late – we hope! The photo we chose for the card was taken at SeaWorld during the first weekend in December. Jake had a blast; he couldn’t stop smiling all weekend. After all, what’s more fun than taking a [...]

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Joel on December 15th, 2008

Our Murano lease was coming due in 5 months, but thanks to my longer commute these days, we had to return it early to avoid paying for extra mileage.  We absolutely loved our 2005 Murano.  It was large enough for our family to travel long distances comfortably without being one of those ginormous, gas guzzling [...]

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Joel on December 15th, 2008

The shell has been poured, the electrical and plumbing installed, and all inspections past.  We now get the fun, yet arduous task, of selecting what type of tile and decking we would like installed.  Our contractor, who is awesome by the way, dropped off a ton of brick and tile samples.  Jamie and I spent [...]

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Joel on December 9th, 2008

It’s been one week since the pool work was started and we’re impressed with just how much has been accomplished in such a short time frame.   Here are the pics! Day 2 Day 5 Day 7 Day 8  

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Joel on December 1st, 2008

Today was the ground breaking for our new pool.  I expected to come home to just a big hole in the ground, but they actually got a lot of work done!  

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