Fall Fun 2009 Part 2
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With all the toys he has, the littlest one loves climbing chairs best






Devin in another of his hiding spots, one that is going away soon



Here's Jared at Impressions 5 Science Center in Lansing, up visiting for Cousin Ethan's birthday party



Ethan breaking into the gifts



Jared up giving Ethan his gift. Apparently Bakugan is the thing to get this year, as I think Ethan got fifty of them



Here's Daddy's latest project, can you guess what it is?



Well, it's cabinets, that's obvious



Some glued wood for what will be a couple corbels...



...which will be used (as you can see here) to hold up an overhanging counter



Adding a finish kickplate strip to the bottom



Construction complete!



It's a brand new island for the kitchen



Now for the finishing, first the main unit



Then the doors and drawer fronts



Ok, time to split the unit for transport upstairs (it's heavy!)



There's the old island that is going away. It served its purpose, but I wanted something a bit more substantial



Woah daddy, you put a hole in Mama's floor!



Let's see what's down there



Jared helping feed some electrical wire through the hole for the outlet sockets in the island



Placed and secured to the floor



Side panel installed and the base is done



All set for Devin to drop tons of toys in and play around on



Ok, I like this Daddy (until Daddy installs baby catches, that is)






And here's the final touch, a solid granite countertop



That thing (the granite) was about 400lbs, which is nearly unbelievable to move around. It took 5 guys for us to get it out of the minivan, up the stairs and carefully put on top. That island ain't going anywhere



a final shot of the new island



Devin says fine, if you lock those doors off, I'll just play over here



Whee!



A couple boys relaxing after all that work



With Grandma and Grandpa Fairchild leaving for Florida, they will (again) miss Jared's birthday party. They made it up for him though by having an "almost" 5 birthday mini-party






Smiling at clothes, the boy is a better man than me, heh



Cousins Ethan and Samantha helping out with the gifts



Ooo, Matchbox cars, emergency vehicles too, cool



Back home, here's Daddy with the 2009 Thanksgiving bird



Here's the table all ready for food



Happy Thanksgiving!



And here we are visiting nearby Matthes Evergreen farm, on the hunt for a Christmas tree



Devin enjoying his backpack carrier. He was such a good baby all day long



Here's a pre-cut potential candidate, but we decided to pass and go cut a fresh one



Jared disappearing into the canaan firs field



We decided on a nice white pine - weaker branches, but really soft, long needles taking Devin into consideration



Here are the boys visiting with Santa for the first time this year



They also had pony rides, as you see Jared anxiously awaiting his turn



Ok, here we go



I want a pony now Daddy



Just like this one, good pony



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