Something new

It never actually occurred to me that people would come to our blog and expect new content (Troy). So here it is, new content.

I have not posted since April and its been a heck of a summer. Work (Red Hat) has been extremely busy and I took on a new role. Developer Lead --- basically means I am responsible for getting resources to work on projects and managing the development team while a project is in development.

We have been on the following vacations: Disney, Myrtle Beach (3 times), Tennessee and we even made it to Top Sail Island every weekend in August. I have been toying with the idea of buying a beach home and then Leah kicks some sense into me.

We are also finally finishing off the unfinished part of our home. We are adding roughly 1500 square feet which will give us around 4400 total. I have been anxious to build a new home theater since that is what I miss most about our Utah home. We are adding a home theater (116 inch screen), pool/game room, and a 5th bedroom. I was planning on doing the work myself but I simple don't have the time and we want to get it finished quickly. I ended up hiring a general contractor and he says it can be done in about seven weeks.........

Well, thats the summer update. I will try to update this space more frequently if I thought people were actually reading it. So -- if you read this, drop us a line and let us know.

Busy time of year.

One of the great things about living in Raleigh is that it is close to a lot of fun places. DC is 4 hours, TN is 5, The beach is 1 1/2 hours, Myrtle Beach is 2 1/2 hours and Orlando is 8 hours away. A few weeks ago we decided to go down to Orlando for the weekend. We had a blast at Disney World and are going back this month.

After returning from Orlando we spent a week and half working in the yard. This included new landscaping in the back corners of our .6 acre lot and planting a garden.

We also hosted the neighbood easter egg hunt last Sunday and had a bigger turn out than we had expected. Everything went great and the children had a blast.

Pictures:

Disney
Easter Egg Hunt
Pullen Park in Raleigh
Yard

New Pictures

I added a couple hundred new pictures from over christmas break.... Click Here to see them all.

October 2006

We had fun at the North Carolina State Fair. Jackson enjoyed riding all of the kiddie rides and he was able ride a pony for the first time. Click HERE to see the pictures.


We also had a lot of fun this month at a Halloween party sponsored by Red Hat and then trick or treating around the neighborhood. Click HERE to see some of the pictures.

New pictures.

I added some new pictures of Emily -- click HERE. Jackson turned 3 years old this past week. We went to Pullen Park and then had a small party for him. Click HERE.

Sod Party 2006 -- Get your sore on

Me and my friends from Red Hat (where I work) put down 20 pallets of sod in my backyard. After that we still had to buy 6 more pallets. To see before and after, click HERE.

New pictures from Easter vacation

We went to my parents home in Tennessee for Easter vacation. Jackson was excited to go fishing and boating for the first time. Click here to see pictures of the trip.

Things are going well.

Things are going great in NC. We are starting to like it more and more every day. I added some new pictures of Jackson and his cousin at the park and some new ones of Emily. Emily turns 7 months old this week. Click HERE to look at them.

Pictures of the little man.

Added some more pictures of Jackson. Click here.

New pictures of the kids

Emily is 4 1/2 months old and is in the 97th percentile of weight (read -- she's a fatty weighing in at 17 lbs). Jackson is 29 months old and it Mr. Stubborn. You can see the new pictures here.

Added pictures

We have been busy adjusting to a new city and getting all of our belongings unpacked. I finally have the new computer setup and was able to post some pictures.

Click here to see pictures of Emily's blessing before moving to NC.

Click here to see pictures of our new home in North Carolina.

Click here to see Christmas pictures at the new house.

Click here to see our first trip to the ocean in NC. This beach is about an 1 1/2 hours from our house.

Click here for some misc pictures of Jackson and Emily.

Being homeless

Living in a hotel sucks. People always look at me funny when I tell them I don't have an address. They give me more funny looks when I say I don't have a telephone number.

That will all be changing today when we close on our new home. We meet the lawyers at 11:00 this morning to sign all the papers.

Wow

Life changes very fast. I was offered a job in Raleigh, NC on Monday. Put the house up for sale on Tuesday. Got an offer the following Sunday. Accepted the offer on Monday. Have to be moved out by Friday.

We have moved to the Raleigh, NC area where I am working as a Senior Software Engineer are Red Hat (www.redhat.com). We are currently living in a hotel until we close on our home December 21st.

I have a ton of pictures of the house that I will post later.

Home Theater

I finally got around to posting some pictures of the home theater room that my dad and me built last winter. Click HERE

We made it home

We made it home from the hospital and everything is going great. I added some pictures of our new daughter, Emily -- Click HERE. I also added some pictures from Jacker Crackers 2nd birthday -- Click HERE. Keep in mind that the photos are spread across multiples pages.

And Baby makes four

Emily Reagan Shipley was born at 1:25pm on Sept 11, 2005. She weighed 7lbs 15 ounces. Pictures will be up tomorrow.

Almost two.

Jackson turns 2 years old tomorrow so we decided to take a few pictures. Click HERE to see them.

Emily is coming

Our new daughter (Emily) is expected to arrive in early September. We (really only Leah) have been getting her room ready. We (really only Leah) also redecorated Jackson's room.

To see all of this, click HERE

Easter 2005 Pictures

I added a few pictures from Easter. Click Here to see them.

Server Crash

The server I was hosting this site on has died. I have purchased a new server that is colocated in San Jose. I will try and get the photo album and content back up this week.