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This week is Spring break, and for the first half of the week, the weather was beautiful.  So, we loaded everyone up in the car, and headed to the coast for the day.  Seaside was predictably crowded, but then who can blame all of us sun starved Oregonians.  We had a great time, and introduced [...]

Karen’s mom recently sent some pics she had in her camera.  A couple are of Andy at the Gering Family reunion back near the New Year.  The others are of Emily at her cousin’s, Zoee and Lily, birthday.

So, a few people have asked how the office project is coming, and I took a few pictures.  I called for the framing inspection and the electrical inspection this morning, and hopefully that will be done soon, so we can start insulating and putting up sheet rock.  The doors and the window have arrived, and [...]

So, today we’ve been painting the old office in preparation for Emily’s arrival.  Many of you who have seen this room know that the previous owners had painted it a bright (very bright) shade of yellow.  Soon all the yellow will have been painted over with pinks and blues.
Anyway, Andy and I are [...]

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We received Andy’s passport today, which makes the dude ready for travel to China.  Passports have certainly evolved even in the last three years (last time I renewed mine), and the thing was quite nifty looking.  It’s the new Electronic Passports introduced around 2006 with a chip in the back cover containing biometric [...]