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
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009Buying a House and Other Updates
Saturday, 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
Thursday, 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…
Wednesday, 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.
Long Time, No See
Tuesday, 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.
2007 Family Photo Album Now Available
Sunday, 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.
Patrick @ 18 Months
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008We had Patrick’s 18 month appointment yesterday, and all is well. As a matter of fact they told us that he is at 2 to 2 1/2 year old from a developmental perspective. So here are the vital stats and some pictures:
32 inches long
22.14 pounds
As always more photos are available here.
New Look, New Start, New Schedule
Friday, February 29th, 2008Well, we have a new look! Look for more frequent updates in the future, too.
Things have been very hecktic around the Simbeck Household over the last few months. In Novemeber we all partipated in the Greater Philidelphia Chapter of the ALS Association’s Walk to D’Feet ALS. Our team PopPop’s Patrol raised over $5,000. We also had a bit of tragity in November as well. On November 21st Kaylea’s Grandfather lost his battle with ALS, as one might expect it cast a bit shadow over the holiday season, however we did our best and pulled through.
Patrick had a wonderful Christmas away from home. We spent Christmas with Kaylea’s family, and while it is always a lot of running, we all had a great time, and got lots of great gifts.
The new year brought about many new things for all of us. My company has moved from just outside of Pittsburgh, to just inside the city. This puts me about 10 minutes closer to Kaylea’s work and Patrick’s daycare.
Kaylea has just started into a new position at her work, which hasn’t been without its challenges. And all of this then comes with a new schedule which is working out well for us.
The last big change this year is that I have been elected President of the Board for Project PCOS. Project PCOS is a non-profit organsation that I help found last year with my friends Ashley Tabeling, Linda Harvey, Tarra Hartl and Tammy Dolak. We also have an old friend from another PCOS organsation we use to work with on our board too Stephine Crites.
There are many exciting things going on, keeping us busy so we will do our best to keep you updated. I have posted some pictures of the holidays as well as some more recent ones below. As always you can find all of our pictures in our photo gallery
Congradulations to Jen and Bryan
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007This weekend, Kaylea’s cousin Jen got married at Kaylea’s moms. For a quickly planned wedding (Kaylea and Jen’s grandfather has ALS and is deteriorating) it was a very nice wedding and Joy’s house and backyard were well suited for this joyous event.
Kaylea performed a reading and Patrick really enjoyed himself right up to the very end where there was an unfortunate event involving the destruction of some cauliflower from the veggie tray….but we won’t talk about that. 
Of course as with all of our trips lately there was some drama, like a flat tire, torrential downpours and one freaked out baby at a turnpike rest stop but such is life.
Hopefully some pictures soon.
Patrick is 9 Months
Monday, June 25th, 2007So, we just had Patrick in for this 9 month appointment, and aside from what we thing is allergies, he is perfectly healthy. Here is the vital statistics:
- 19 lbs 7 oz in weight
- 28 1/4 inches long
They offered a developmental delay screening, and we took it and he is pretty much ahead of the curve. He has started crawling, and trying to stand up. He loves the pool or any standing body of water for that matter.
And now without futher ado, some pictures of Patrick for your viewing enjoyment. The rest can be found here.
