What Dave's Been Up To

Hello All,

Just some pictures of some of the cool things Dave has been building in his shop.

This one is titled "Cigarette Table" and was made for our friend Steve. Dave used left over wood from some of Steve's work projects to make it. It is on Steve's front porch, on the deck that Dave redid for him.

These are of a smoothing plane that Dave made. He bought the blade and built the frame. This picture was taken just before Dave ruined the plane by taking too much off the bottom.

This is Dave's finish carpenter's toolbox. There isn't any metal in the thing (other than the tools) or as Dave likes to say, "This baby's all wood..." He uses it at work to keep all of his tools nearby.

This is from our first trip out on the canoe. We took it out on the Willamette out of Milwaukie. It was a great trip. Not too many motor boats or other people. We leave today for a few days of canoe camping in Central Oregon. Must be in between terms for Becky!

Love you guys, dave and becky

hiking

Brian and I took the dogs on a hike last week... beatiful trail, although the weather could have been nicer, it was in the high 80s and no breeze at all! but we all survived! haha.. kansas barely, she isnt much for the outdoors sometimes! Im proud of myself for surviving! it was 10 miles round trip and not the easiest trail but the views were amazing and worth it!

Bought a house last night.
Am officially in serious debt.

Happy Birthday Tami

Hope you have a fantastic day and a great year!

HAPPY MOTHER's DAY!!!

Just wanted to wish you lots of luck this year! :)

Thank you for being such a wonderful mom!

We all love you lots!

Billy and Tami

Free Manny

Just wanted to send Dave a birthday greeting! Happy thirty-FOUR! As you climb up in the world, I just wanted to give you a bit of sisterly advice...








(don't you just hate when that happens!?)

Have an awesome birthday... but no matter how great it is, you will probably be wondering at the end.....







or something like that....

With lots of love to you and Becky~~

Tami and Billy

birthday trip...

heres a few pics from our trip to disneyland last weekend, brian and i along with his sister rhonda and our friends scott and kim braved disneyland for my birthday... we had a good time!

Happy Birthday Becky

Happy Birthday Becky! Hope you have a great day!

Updates

Hello from the middle of Illinois!

:) Billy and I made it here last Wednesday and have been settling in just fine. We aren't in Seattle anymore Todo! It's a whole new world here! Hahaa.... This is a picture of our truck and car tow somewhere in eastern Wyoming.

And this could be a picture of either Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, or Iowa. They all look exactly like the picture shows!

And a picture of our destination (at least a part of it)---

the great state of Illinois!

Then we have some oldies but goodies....these two are from Dad and Mom's trip to the NW. We stayed with Ben and Jodi and had a great time with the kids!

This is us at coffee in Portland. Had a blast hanging out with Dave and Becky!

And this one was from our visit to see Becky

in Sacramento for Thanksgiving. :)

Sorry all these are a bit late!

Hope everyone is well. Much love to all!! Billy and Tami

sounds good

Just thoughts I'd share the good news with everyone......
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090115/hl_afp/swedenfinlandhealthcoffeealzheimersresearch_20090115154721

Looks like there's hope for pops.... and the rest of us.

:)

update from the north half of the state...

so it looks like while i was out of town people actually posted... figures i would miss that! since no one seems to have posted in forever... we just got back from 8 days in florida with brians 2 best friends, and shiloh and rianna (my friend from nursing school).. its nice to visit there in jan, when the weather here is 40s raining and foggy, but i cant imagine ever living there! hope all is well with everyone else... looking forward to going to alaska in july. =) and hopefully hawaii sometime this summer. aunt debbie is planning a family trip to hawaii for grandmas 80th birthday. everyone that can make it should try to come.

David, Could you make this stool for me?

David,

I saw this stool in the National Museum of Country Living here in Ireland. It would be perfect for my bedroom. I will gladly pay you for your time and the materials. Here are some pictures that I took to help you see what I want. Sorry they didn't turn out as well as I hoped but it was pretty dark in the museum. I just had a brainstorm :) could you make two stools; one for Dad and one for me with our names, Mom and Dad, on our own.

Love,

Mom

Some photos from Ireland

We are having a grand time here in Ireland, so we are. We have toured with Michael and Becky Stewart for the most part. Our home base is at Michael's families home in Dublin. They have a large home with plenty of room for all 6 of us (the Stewarts have two children ages 5 and 3). Grandma Stewart took care of the children last week week while Dad and I went with Michael and Becky to Northern Ireland and to the West. We did see the oldest wiskey still in the world among all the old buildings, castles, beautiful country side and more. We stayed with 3 different Irish families in our travels. What a treat to live with the locals while we are here. Dad and I walked around Dublin today (the first day we went off on our own. Even though we enjoyed being together in Ireland, we got lost so many times. We did get to have coffee at the student union coffee shop at Trinity College (built in the 1400's), bought some calendars to give to you all and saw Dublin Castle (built in the 1100's). Some of the things we went to see were closed. The weather has been beautiful for this time of year. It is raining now, only the second time since we got here. We will be flying home on Wednesday and will call you all later this week. We love you, Mom and Dad.

Monday

Just wanted to share this photo that our friend Dave sent us. Taken at sunrise on winter solstice. Not too much to report on our end. Working. Watched the Lakers KILL the Blazers last night. 5 bikes in the apt. And never ending Pliny...........

Snow and Other Things

Snow...

and other things.