So we have moved into our house (more on the move in and pics of the house later) and now that we are settled (for the most part) we have added someone to our family. Her name is Tessie and you can see her pictures below!
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The New Addition
May 2nd, 2009Photos of the House
March 14th, 2009You asked, I delievered. Pictures of the house we are purchasing.
Buying a House and Other Updates
March 7th, 2009Hi all! We have been keeping busy here in the Simbeck Household. As you have all probably noticed there hasn’t been much posting.
Well, I have been working 3 jobs (my regular job, teaching at CCAC and doing some development on the side). Kaylea has been trying to hold down the fort (she is going a great job, although she might not believe me).
On a bit of a whim she decided to take the flying leap and see if we were in a position to purchase a house. Guess what! We were! And we are!
So we started looking, we found a great morgage person and a great real estate agent, and saw a few great homes, some not so great homes, and fantasized about a few we could never afford (we can dream can’t we?).
We made an offer, had it accepted, we have gotten through most of our contengiencies in about 5 days. All that is left is for the morgage to get finished up (I think those are the right words) and with a dash of luck, we will close at the end of the month.
For those interested, the house is in West Mifflin (the only bad part is no FIOS).
What a whrilwind it has been since January!
Merry Christmas
December 25th, 2008Merry Christmas to all of our friends and family. We should have Christmas Day photos up soon.
The Christmas Season has Offical Started…
November 26th, 2008…well for us at least. We have had a recently rash of bad luck that seems to be continuing. So, we decided to start our Christmas routine a bit early this year. Now, we don’t have our outside decore up, nor do we have our tree up, but we (well me really) decided to start our Christmas trips early this year. This past weekend we drove up to Overly’s Country Christmas at the Westmoreland Fair Grounds (about 45 minutes North East of our house). We drove through the lights, then walked through the Christmas Village.
Patrick loved the lights, and rode the train ride. Said Hi to the horses and watch the trains. We talked to the Christmas Tree, donkey and sheep. We purchased our usual food and, of course sweets.
Below there are a few pictures and you can find the rest here or here.
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Halloween Pics and News, News, News!
November 17th, 2008Hi all,
Things here in the Simbeck household are moving right along. Since September, we have had water poured in our car’s gas tank, Kaylea had a giant kidney stone, and of course Halloween with lots of great Patrick pictures.
Also, I am going to be teaching in the spring again at CCAC South, which is great news!
Dispite the bad news, and inconviences we are all doing well, and getting ready for the holidays. Below are a just a few of the great photo’s we have taken over the last two months. Also Patrick’s fall school pictures looked great and we can’t wait for the Christmas ones to come in the coming week!
You can see the rest of them here
Patrick’s 2!
September 18th, 2008Yes, ladies and gentalmen, it is true. Mr. Patrick is now 2!
Patrick now weighs in 24 pounds and 13 ounces, and is 33.5 inches tall.
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Long Time, No See
September 9th, 2008So I have been on a blogging vacation lately. I use to post monthly updates with pictures and all. I have been a bit lax to say the least.
So what has been going on… lots. We went on vacation to Kaylea’s family home in the Pocono’s, then to her father’s house. From there we went took Patrick to his first real amusment park (Dutch Wonderland), and his first ride on a steam train (Strousburg Railroad). We relaxed, and had a great time.
I am now teaching at CCAC on Thursday evenings. I was hired right after we got back from Vacation to teach Intro to Programming at the West Mifflin Campus. In addition I am still working at my full time job, and working on smaller projects with friends.
Earlier this summer we saw Dinosaurses at the Carneige Museaum, and visited with family. I have posted a small sample of our pictures below. You can see the rest at http://bsimbeck.smugmug.com.
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When it rains it pours
June 4th, 2008Okay so lets talk for a few minutes about the last few days. First Kaylea was sick, so sick that she needed to go to the hospital for two days of IV antibiotics. She is home. It wasn’t anything serious but just major enough to annoy everyone. But, before that the drain to the kitchen sink broke. Now that was fixed before Kaylea came home from the hospital. Then last night at 11pm while I was filling the water pitcher and Kaylea was rinsing off some dished, I find another small river coming from underneath my kitchen sink. Now my cold water line was spraying all over the underside of my kitchen sink! Oh and for today… 2 to 3 inches of rain in the Pittsburgh Area, GAHHHHH!
2007 Family Photo Album Now Available
April 6th, 2008Well Kaylea and I spend a few days going though photos from 2007 and we have put together a photo album. You can purchase it from LuLu which is my self-publisher of choice. You can puchase the album here for approx. $36 US.
http://www.lulu.com/content/2306335
We will also link to it on the left.