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Most of these photos were taken with a used Canon EOS Digital Rebel purchased on EBay. I am using a Promaster 70-300mm Telephoto lens for most of the sports shots. I also have a Canon 35-80mm zoom lens. I just purchased a Canon 420EX Speedlite (also used on Ebay).

May 2008 - I finally broke my old Canon Rebel, so purchased a new Canon Rebel XTi.

I just tried Web Album Generator for making the photo pages (because it is free) and found it quit user-friendly. It has a lot fewer options for customizing the webpages than the Arles product below, but it is functional with a few options. If you like "simple" and free, then this program is a winner.

I have used Arles Image Web Page Creator for the webpages. The Arles program makes it easy to take lots of photos, create thumbnail images and index pages and resize original images for web use. The original photos from the Canon Rebel are about 3 Megabytes each. Too big to display over the internet. Arles resizes the photos automatically to your choice of size.


2010

August Sailing
         

 

Winter Formal - Brian & Camille
         

LCHS Swimming Sectionals
         

LCHS Conference
           

Toga Party!
         

Penn Invite
         

2009

Fall 2009 -  BJ Football

 

June 2009 - CJ's Graduation

May 2009 - Senior Prom

May 2009 - BJ's 16th Birthday!
 
 

March 2009

LC High School Swimming Awards

February 2009
 
Lots more Swimming - Sectionals / HS State

January 2009

Lots of Swimming...Penn Invite, Sectionals...

Winter Formal 2009
 
Chris (and Tara) and Brian (and Camile) at Winter Formal

2008

October 2008

Brian playing football at the LC homecoming game, Chris and Tara as Homecoming King and Queen.

September 2008 - Bob Marshall Wilderness

August 2008

BJ football, CJ swims at Jr Nationals in Minnesota, and Uncle Rich visits in Minneapolis

July 2008
 
CJ has his 18th Birthday.

June 2008
 
A great swimming weekend at the outdoor pool in Hindsdale, IL,  Ryan Seapan's graduation party.

May 2008

Brian has a birthday and get's his letterman's jacket.  CJ gets award at awards banquet and Honor Society. Rhonda and Cali come for a visit.

March 2008

Easter (and the boys are dressed up for a change), Brian swims at Age Group State, Chris swims at the Speedo Championships

High School State (Feb 22-25)

February 2008

Boys High school Sectionals.

January 2008

Boys sectional swimming, Zoe loves the snow, CJ at Winter Formal

2007

December 2007

Christmas time at the Johnson house. Zoe and Taz celebrate their first Christmas.

November 2007

A visit to the Wolf Park in Lafayette, Thanksgiving.

October 2007

Greg has a birthday, Taz get's his claws removed and Zoe gets her Invisible Fence collar.

September 2007

More football, CJ gets a Runner-Up Championship ring, Cathy has a birthday and Taz &Zoe get bigger.

Brian Plays LC Football, Chris swims at Jr. Nationals and Zoe joins the family
       
You can see more of Zoe on the
Movie Page.

More Taz, and we see Zoe for the first time
       

Tasmanian Devil
       
OK. He is not really a Tasmanian Devil, but we named him Taz, short for you know what...because he can be wild and full of energy.

Arizona Spring Break
       

Divisionals
       

Athletic Banquet
       

Brian Confirmation
             

High School State
       

Prom
       

2006

Miscellaneous 2006
       

Summer 2006
       
We lost a lot of digital photos when the old Sony PC died. We now have an external hard drive for backing up the new HP PC.

September 2005
   

Fireplace
We decided to remove our old pre-fab steel fireplace (with gas log) and replace it with a new high efficiency direct-vent fireplace. The first step was to remove the old fireplace flue, from the top of the chimney down. This took the removal of the chimney cap and some siding. Once the flue was removed, I disconnected the gas and electrical connections to the fireplace. Finally, I removed the mantel and trim from the interior wall, cut back the drywall to remove the crews holding the fireplace and with a little muscle...the old unit was out.

I capped off the chimney where the old flue exited, insulated the bottom 8 feet of the chimney chase, including adding a false ceiling, and covered everything with 1/2 foil covered foam board.

We chose a Regency Panorama 42" with a Bay front. It is large, but fits well in our family room. We paid to have the dealer deliver and install it, but really could have done it myself I think. The installation did not include any of the interior trim work, just putting it in the hole, hooking up the direct vent, gas and electrical connections.

Once the unit was in and hooked up, I completed the project by installing new tile surround (the old tile was unusable because of the adhesive the builder used), reapplied the oak trim and finally the mantel.

We really like the convenience of the remote control to turn the fire on and off. It has an adjustable blower, that comes on once the temperature gets to a certain point. You can adjust the flame height (we keep it up pretty high), and the flames look really realistic.

August 2005

August 2005 Highlights
We drove to Essex Junction, VT to visit with Jill, Alec, Anna, Robb and Toby. The weather was wonderful (a delightful change from our normal expectation of rain). We were able to visit the Vermont Air National Guard, kayak on the Lamoille River, fish at the Indian Grove Reservoir and relax in the hospitality of our hosts. It was a great vacation.

Summer State Swim Meets

Highlights
The LCB Swim Team celebrated the kids who were going to State with a party at the pool.
Chris aged up (turned 15) just before Age Group State, so he swam in the Senior Champs meet. He swam against Olympic hopefuls and lots of guys in their 20's and 30's. It was exciting to hear them announce the Olympic "cuts" before each event. Chris finished a respectable 29th in the 200 Breast.
Brian was on 2 relay teams for the 11-12 Age Group Team. He swam the Fly in the Medley Relay (LCB finished 9th) and was also on the Free Relay.

July 2005

July 2005 Highlights
Chris and Brian swim at Fort Wayne 50 meter pool
Aunt Suzy comes to visit !
    A day at Schererville Golf and Racetrack
    Canoeing at Willow Slough
    A day at Deep River Waterpark


June 2005

 

June 2005 Highlights
Chris 8th Grade Awards Night
Chris & Brian at June LCB MSYOA Swim meet
Camping at Kickapoo State Park - Danville, IL


May 2005

May 2005 Highlights
Chris completes confirmation at First Presbyterian Church of Crown Point
Brian celebrates his 12th birthday on May 28th.
Chris and Brian both participate in the Irish Aquatics Swim meet at Notre Dame.


2004

These are from our 2004 trip to Myrtle Beach

2003

These are primarily from our trip to Montana.