The Daily Biff - 2007 12 07

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Fri, 07 Dec 2007

December Trip to Utah 2007: Day 1: Visit from Santa
We traveled to Utah after school let out; we arrived at my folks place this evening just in time for the annual Berrett Christmas party. Santa was the special guest at the party and brought some gifts for all of the kids/cousins. Berkeley and Eliana are entering the peak years of belief in the Santa mythos, so they were very excited about the prospect of sharing their short wish list with the man in red.

Here are some pictures:

Olivia kept herself busy by playing with toys.

A picture of the entire Berrett clan.

Eliana was thrilled to help Santa sing.

Kristy, Berkeley, and Eliana

Eliana was stoic for Santa.

Olivia thought Santa was a bit strange.

Berkeley was thrilled to sit on Santa's lap.

Too big for Santa's lap?

Kristy having fun with the camera.

Eliana posing with her new Santa hat.

Since this party is something my folks host every year, I have set up a "Santa Gallery" link to isolate the pictures that are taken at each "Santa Party". The gallery includes years that span back to 2005.

(Update Mon Dec 17 07:37:15 PST 2007 // converted thumbnails from png images to gif images)
(Update Wed Dec 19 07:22:28 PST 2007 // added captions to thumbnails)

:: Posted by rus on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:01 pm
:: Filed under /daily_journal/2007, /traditions/santa, /vacations/2007/utah_winter

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Home Renovation Project: Attic Conversion: Progress Update
Here are some quick pictures detailing the progress of the attic. We are off to Utah tonight, so I snapped these with the intent to share with family over the weekend.

	Paul the stair guy continues to quietly make progress on the new stair rail system that will span from the first floor all the way up to the attic. He has set all of the newell posts in the attic and has started to install the rail. The cast iron pickets will not be installed until after the floor has been sanded, stained, and finished. The large newell posts match the existing design.
	Dave the mason and his one-man crew (Jason) have started placing the brick on the interior of the north gable wall. The corner pieces are placed around the window to frame the four windows. With the brick treatment, the north gable wall will definitely be the focal point of the new room. It is the first wall that is seen as one enters the attic from the stairwell. The brick really makes this wall look great.
	This is a picture of the detail the finish carpenters are putting on the attic walls and on the walls in the rear dormers in particular. The thicker pieces of particle board around the base are where our custom window seat cabinets will be installed. The battens will be trimmed to fit into the spaces between the particle board and the upper rail. The window seat cabinets will double as twin beds (with a twin bed trundle) and are being manufactured by Kenis Loven Construction, the same outfit that did the murphy bed and other custom cabinetry in Kristy's office.

:: Posted by rus on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:11 pm
:: Filed under /projects/attic_conversion

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