A little sneak peak of our Christmas at GG Cookie's house
12.31.2008
Christmas 08'
Merry Christmas! Hope yours was spectacular. We had fun seeing family and friends now that we are local! Here are some pics from our adventures. Caleb enjoyed opening presents this year and he was sad when it was all over. 
Playing by himself while everyone else is opening presents in the next room:
Here he is making a basket with his new bear bible.
Playing by himself while everyone else is opening presents in the next room:
Here he is making a basket with his new bear bible.
12.20.2008
12.14.2008
Please pray for Lot 16
this is the site we chose to have our Tuscan Castle built upon. Escrow will start this week and not end until the house is built 5-6 months from now. We are very excited about our new adventure and look forward to hosting lots of parties and guests in our new home.
12.09.2008
Chicago with the McAvoy's
This year we were fortunate to take a trip to Chicago with the McAvoy's. This year Jared did not have to go with Shimadzu for their annual RSNA show and although he was thankful to be home with his family on Thanksgiving he was bummed to not have the chance to enjoy the weather and Harry Caray's. We arrived late Friday night and stayed until late on Monday. It was filled with lots of snow, rain, freezing temperatures and lots of adventures. Chicago is such an amazing city and we were thankful to have a chance to visit again.
The "bean" with snow on top
View from the John Hancock building
Us at Harrey Caray's
The perfect snowflake on Sara's jacket
The "bean" with snow on top
View from the John Hancock building
Us at Harrey Caray's
The perfect snowflake on Sara's jacket
11.30.2008
Thanksgiving 08'
We are thankful to be in Fresno as there was no travel unlike the previous several years! Thanksgiving day we spent with Mimi's side of the family. We played poker and ate lots of food. We enjoyed the company of aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents.
On Friday as is tradition we spent the time with Papa Jim's side of the family for a feast followed by football. During our feast Caleb decided he would flash everyone. This year was the first time I played football since Caleb was born and my body wasn't really prepared to say the least. I am still majorly suffering in soreness but I had a great time in the process.
Saturday we went to my dad's and spent some time out on the go cart track for the first time. I was really surprised by these "go carts" which are actually more like mini indy cars. They are really fast and can go up to 60 mph or more depending on the track and the car. Caleb did really well in all our adventures.
On Friday as is tradition we spent the time with Papa Jim's side of the family for a feast followed by football. During our feast Caleb decided he would flash everyone. This year was the first time I played football since Caleb was born and my body wasn't really prepared to say the least. I am still majorly suffering in soreness but I had a great time in the process.
Saturday we went to my dad's and spent some time out on the go cart track for the first time. I was really surprised by these "go carts" which are actually more like mini indy cars. They are really fast and can go up to 60 mph or more depending on the track and the car. Caleb did really well in all our adventures.
11.22.2008
McCaffrey - Tuscan Castle
YEAH BABY! - Sorry I am trying to stay objective!
Builder: McCaffrey
Name: Tuscan Castle
Square Feet: 1940
Price per square feet: $137
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3
Kitchen: granite, huge, same as below
Up front costs: $17,900
Kimmie's thoughts:
positive + negative: not a starter house & ditto everything from Victoria's Cottage
Builder: McCaffrey
Name: Tuscan Castle
Square Feet: 1940
Price per square feet: $137
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3
Kitchen: granite, huge, same as below
Up front costs: $17,900
Kimmie's thoughts:
positive + negative: not a starter house & ditto everything from Victoria's Cottage
McCaffrey - Victoria's Cottage
Builder: McCaffrey (local) http://www.mccaffreygroup.com/communities/index.cfm?community_id=82
Home Name: Victoria's Cottage
Square Feet: 1457
Price per square feet: $159
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2
Kitchen: Granite, tile and comes with all appliances minus the frig
Up front costs: $15,600
Kimmie's thoughts:
positive: It's almost like buying a custom home. They literally build it for you with several choices of materials to choose from and you design the flooring just the way you want it. Pre-wired for just about everything, concrete tile roof, tankless water heater, super windows (they only let in approximately 30% of the UV rays), HVAC system and fiber optics.
negative: We would be paying for all the upgrades on the flooring, etc. We would have no money left for contingencies.
Home Name: Victoria's Cottage
Square Feet: 1457
Price per square feet: $159
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2
Kitchen: Granite, tile and comes with all appliances minus the frig
Up front costs: $15,600
Kimmie's thoughts:
positive: It's almost like buying a custom home. They literally build it for you with several choices of materials to choose from and you design the flooring just the way you want it. Pre-wired for just about everything, concrete tile roof, tankless water heater, super windows (they only let in approximately 30% of the UV rays), HVAC system and fiber optics.
negative: We would be paying for all the upgrades on the flooring, etc. We would have no money left for contingencies.
House Hunting (Lennar - Harvard)
As some may know we are so thankful to start the house hunting process! Yeah! Although we have looked at both resale and new homes we are sticking to the new ones. I apologize in advance for the video quality. I am using my regular camera and I was afraid to run out of space on my card so I tended to go by quickly through the homes and it is a bit dizzying. We need your help: give your advice and tips as we look at these homes! PLEASE!
The stats will proceed each video so here goes!
Builder: Lennar (national company) http://www.lennar.com/New-Homes/California/Fresno/Heritage-Park
Home Name: Harvard
Square Feet: 1872
Price per square feet: $117
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 2
Kitchen: granite, includes all appliances, tile on floor
Up front costs: $3500
Kimmie's thoughts:
positive: move into a new house in the matter of a month and still have money in savings
negative: small backyard, there is nothing that we have chosen in the house.
The stats will proceed each video so here goes!
Builder: Lennar (national company) http://www.lennar.com/New-Homes/California/Fresno/Heritage-Park
Home Name: Harvard
Square Feet: 1872
Price per square feet: $117
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 2
Kitchen: granite, includes all appliances, tile on floor
Up front costs: $3500
Kimmie's thoughts:
positive: move into a new house in the matter of a month and still have money in savings
negative: small backyard, there is nothing that we have chosen in the house.
11.18.2008
Dope Wars Alternative...
http://disney.go.com/dxd/index.html?channel=108602
For all you dope wars addicts out there, here is challenging game testing your entrepreneurial skills. This was probably the easiest and most enjoyable assignment from the entrepreneurship class I just finished. My first round playing I lost $, let's see how you do!
For all you dope wars addicts out there, here is challenging game testing your entrepreneurial skills. This was probably the easiest and most enjoyable assignment from the entrepreneurship class I just finished. My first round playing I lost $, let's see how you do!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
