Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Bowling for Bjorklund

On Saturday night, we went to Orland Bowl for a fundraiser for the house that Dennis's older brother, Ray, lives in - the Bjorklund House. There was a candlelight bowl, a buffet dinner, raffles, prizes, and drinks. Everyone had a great time and the whole family made it out. Here are some of the pictures.

The Brothers: from youngest to oldest:
Greg, Dennis, and Ray

Linda and Shelley bowling
Husband and Wife team: Greg and Linda


The Balls

Sister (in-laws) : Linda, Julie and Shelley

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Blogging

Jen got her blog up and running today so I felt the need to enhance mine a bit. After much studying, I figured out how to put links on my blog. I added a few but over time I am sure I will be adding many more. I also learned how to post my picture on my profile page. I copied the one from my work website- it works! Anyway, it is now 11:30 and I really should get to bed. It's been a long day for me. Work started literally at about 6:30am. Dennis's family was here for a big dinner tonight for his grandparents 65th wedding anniversary. And since they left I have been working on updating and managing my blog. Good night all!

Monday, July 10, 2006

Wilson-Gray Inc. - Sales Meeting, June 2006

In June 2006, The Movers Search Group Division of Wilson-Gray Inc. headed to Guntersville, AL for a 4-day sales meeting. Here is where we stayed and some pictures of us all hard at work (and at play) :)
Lake Guntersville in Guntersville, AL - about an hour north of Birmingham....
Some of the scenery around our cabin...
And here is the cabin that we stayed in for the long weekend...
From right to left...Julie, Rick, Chris, and Jim enjoy our meal on our first night there.
Around the table from Left to right...Julie, Rick, Chris, Jim, Bart, Kurt, Mark and Monica at the restaurant...they had great Merlot and the best fresh tomato and homemade motzarella salad!
Let the presentations begin! Mark starts with his presentation as we all take notes.
Taking a break outside on the deck.
Jim reels in the big one! Fishing at night - on our second night there.
And back to business. Julie, Mark, and Monica listening to another presentation..

What a nice view!
From Lef to right - Chris, Jim, Monica, Mark, Rick, Julie and Kurt
And back at the Birmingham airport - time to go home :( Mark helps Jim and Julie unload their suitcases and get back to Chicago and Jacksonville. Don't you just love my pink suitcase!
Back at the home office...
She works hard for her money! - Den catches a picture of Julie working.

Finally - Pictures of the House!

Here it is....the moment we have all been waiting for. The Smith's new home is FINALLY finished!


Welcome home Julie!
Welcome home Den!


Well, many of you have been asking for pictures of the house. Since we have finally gotten totaly unpacked, put things away, hung things up, and got my internet up and running on my home PC, I am ready to post. Unfortunatley, I posted backwards and the pictures start with the basement and go to the outside, but you get the idea. Here it is - our new abode! We love it!

Here is the back half of the basement looking into the crawlspace.
This is the right space of the basement. You can see all the fitness equipment, which we really need to start using!
Basement - This is the Left side of the basement. It is 2/3 basement 1/3 crawl space. You can see the crawlspace in the background.
Julie's corner in Den's office with her personal computer. In fact, she is sitting here right now posting these pictures on the blog.
Bedroom 4 - AKA Den's office - His new desk all set up for gaming
Bedroom 3 -
Guest bathroom in upstairs hallway
Guest Bathroom in the upstairs hallway
Bedroom 2 - guest room
Bedroom 2 - looking in from the hall
Master Bathroom - attached to bedroom - spa tub to the right and you can see the shower in the mirror. The walk-in closet is on the left, but you can't really see it here.
Master Bedroom
Master Bedroom
Laundry room and entryay in to the garage.
Powder room on the main floor.
Julie's home office again
Well this was suppose to be Den's den - but as it turned out, this is Julie's home office - furnished by Wilson-Gray Inc.
And this is where the doggy's stay - the puppy condos in the family room as well.
The family room. Dennis's pride and new joy - a new 40" sony flatscreen in the middle of the entertainment center.
Looking into the kitchen from the family room
Looking into the kitchen from the dining room.
Here is the dining room - also looking down from the stairway. This was an impulse buy, but we love it and our china looks great inside the cabinet. Our china in the new chinca cabinet - how beautiful!The serving pieces and our crystal is above....
Looking down the stairway you can see the living room. Julie's vase collection adorns the transom windows - how lovely!
And the grand entryway - you can see BamBam making his grand entrance in the foyer. Here we choose a green African slate for the flooring.
Here is a picture of the back of the house. We definitely need to get landscaping someday.
Here is our backyard. As you can see, we are backed right up to the pond. If you look closely you can see Dennis at the other end of the property line. It's a pretty big yard and our puppies love it!

Here we have the front of the house. We just got our grass put in the week before and it's doing pretty good. As you can see, Dennis's big ol' truck takes up a lot of the garage. Luckily there is still room for my itty bitty car!