Carey on December 8th, 2009

Gino’s been working on the table these past few days. Here is an update for the work he’s done so far. Enjoy! This is the table support and drawer without the tabletop. It’s all tacked together for now but Gino will take it apart to sand it. Close up of corner assembly for leg bolts. [...]

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Carey on December 7th, 2009

Last night we loaded up the car and headed out to the Pierce County 15th Annual Fantasy Lights, a 2 mile drive along Spanaway lake. Enjoy! The entrance area. Old car. Happy Holidays. Toy train. Along the lake was Santa and his ship with reindeer and elves. Flying saucer. Candy cane lane. Snowflake arch and [...]

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Carey on December 6th, 2009

Tonight he went out for just a bit because we left, so he didn’t get as much done as he would have liked. Enjoy! The final look of the underside of the table with supports and storage box. Corner  support and close up of storage box. Another close up of support and storage box.

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Carey on December 5th, 2009

Gino started working on Isabel’s Christmas present last night after work and unlike the crib that he made for her, I wanted to make sure I documented the build for this project. Enjoy! An oak panel cut in two and then will be joined (see below) to form the table top. Glued table top being [...]

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Carey on December 3rd, 2009

Today we had the honor of attending Gabbi’s school and having Gabbi and her class serve us a breakfast buffet with foods prepared by them for us. Very cool! Enjoy. The “new” school name; the school was actually called Kitchen Academy and then the second week Gabbi started, the school was upgraded to Le Cordon [...]

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Carey on December 2nd, 2009

Today while Gino and I were getting lunch ready. Isabel calls me into the front room and says, “That’s my name…” With no help from Gino or I, she wrote her name out all by herself! I was totally impressed, because she usually get’s the letter’s switched around!

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