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The Bailey Photo Gallery
Feel free to browse our family photo gallery. We have many friends around the globe and use this page to share our life.
In 2002, we took nearly 11,000 photos and we crossed the 50,000 photo mark on our Canon D30 in December of 2005. We enjoy taking pictures of everything we do. Below, you will find new and more recent items we enjoyed. Check out the new
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| Instructions: To navigate the gallery, click on the title of the item you would like to see. Most of these entries have more than one photo per entry. At the bottom of every page, you will find a number of categories. Just about every item falls under four different categories. There is a search feature and most important, the Show All will give a listing of EVERY SINGLE ENTRY in the Photo Gallery. The newest photos are at the top of each listing. You can have a photo gallery like this for your family. It is great for families that are spread across the country or across the globe. To find out about your own gallery like this, see the box at the bottom of this page. We can get you set up quickly. |
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Space Shuttle Launch - STS-124 , May 31, 20085:02 p.m. EDT
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| After many months of hard working on the house. We decided that after school let out we were going to take the boys on a vacation. To keep it a surprise we didn't tell them.
The kids got out of school Thursday, so Friday morning we went to Kansas city on the rouse of going to one of out favorite restaurants The Rain Forest Cafe. What |
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Our Home in Arkansas - Before and after Exterior Pictures
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| It is interesting to see how far we have come in 5 months. This photo shows what the exterior looked like when we got here is January. It was basically a Octagon only the clear story windows and a small window in the front door to see out.
So what have we been busy doing.
* We had added a covered front porch.
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Arkansas Home - New Cabinet Shelves -
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| Tim, Davids nephew stopped by for a few days and helped put together and hang my upper shelves in the kitchen.
The kids painted most of them, The one on the right still needs the trim painted but overall they are fantastic. Like I told Dave, it was really nice putting up groceries and not having things fall on your head. We have space for dishes |
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Interior Cabin Pictures Before and After -
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| When we arrived in January, the cabin was dried in and sealed, but it was still, very much a construction zone. It had the basics, electricity, heater/airconditioner, sub floor and bathroom and basic kitchen.
We have made much progress. It is going slower than I would like but we work on it as often as possible.
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The Timberking Log Mill - 4-15-08
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| To build the main house here in Arkansas, we are having to cut down quite a few trees, so instead of just letting them rot on the ground, David decided early on to recycle them and use them in the house and garage.
So after much research and discussion he purchased his own log mill. This is the set up. |
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Kids first Snow Day -
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| We got to experience a several snow days this year. This was the heaviest snow, about 3-4 inches. Val and Adam spent most of the Day outside sleding on garbage can lids, and having snowball fights. |
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Toy Story Musical - New Show on the Disney Wonder May 2008
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| We we on a 4 night Disney Cruise the end on May after the boys got out of school. We had gone to Florida to view the Space shuttle launch ad decided to make a quick family vacation out of it.
Disney premiered a new show on the wonder to replace Hercules the Muse-ical in March. We had heard so much about this show that we were very ex |
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Arrival in Munich, Germany - Jet lag is a drag!
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| We arrived in Germany after an overnight flight at 8:00 am. We usually take a cab to out to the place we are staying, but we decided to use the s-bahn to get into the city from the airport and then take the u-bahn across town to our house. We packed light so as do be able to maneuvers more easily. The underground in Munich is really great easy to m... |
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First day in Munich Germany -
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| Today we slept in a little trying to get rid of our jet lag and did some work this morning. As a reward this afternoon we headed to the Marienplatz to the Christmas Markets. It was the most amazing experience I have ever had. In the center of the platz and all the roads and adjoining platz'a there are stores and pubs and vender in booths |
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Deutsches Museum - Munich Germany
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| Today we went to the Deutsches Museum, according to the guide book this is a great museum for kids, so we thought we would check it out. We packed a picnic lunch and headed to the u-bahn. The museum sits on an in the Isar River, so unless you take the S-bahn you have to walk across the river. We didn't mind except we walked the wrong way. The stree... |
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Deutsches Museum - Aeronautics - Munich Germany
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| The history of fight begins nearly 200 years ago with balloons. There were two rival balloon systems the hot air balloons developed by the Montgolfier brothers and the gas balloon by Robert Charles. The first manned ascent in a balloon was by the Mongolfier brothers from the garden of la Muette castle near Paris in 1783. They were howeve |
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Deutsches Museum - Boats and Marine Navigation - Munich Germany
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| In the Boats and Marine Navigation section the Fishing Boat the Maria that is called an "Ewer" was built in 1880 for use in the North Sea as a commercial fishing boat. It was one of the last of it's kind. The vessel took over most of the room, and was at full mast, there were cutaways showing the some of the quarters and conditions that they crew l... |
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St Peter's Church: - Munich Germany
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| Today we went to see Munich oldest church (1180) Peterskirche or St. Peter's Church aka Old Peter., located conveniently between the marienplatz and the Market in the old town square.
This church It has recently been rejuvenated with gold leaf and the alter and organ loft are striking. In the second chapel is a bizarre relic of the skeleton of |
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Inglestadt, Germany -
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| Today we rented a car for a week, we discovered that it is more economical to rent a car then to buy train tickets to all the location that we want to go. There is an enterprise office just two stops up on the U-bahn and they had a great rate on a small car for 4. Our car has snow tires which is great since we are heading to Austria and Switzerland... |
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Rothenburg, Germany -
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| Today we drove and spent the day in the mideval town of Rothenburg on the tauber river. We got to Old Town Rothenburg around lunch time, it is about a 3 hour drive from Munich and we ran into construction traffic. We had packed a sack lunch, so we picnicked in the card before we headed into the city. You can actually drive in the city walls but it |
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Germany - The Alps -
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| Today we went into the Alps in on a castle day. The Alps were very impressive how the foot hills have trees and the peaks are barren because it is too high for anything to grow. This is the first day we ran into real snow that was several feet deep, the higher we went the more snow there was (logically). It was a clear day and absolutely... |
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Disney's Transatlantic Cruise - May 12-26
| This transatlantic cruise was our 5th Disney Cruise and our 1st transatlantic cruise. I have always wanted to take a cruise across the Atlantic and when Disney announced they were going abroad we jumped on the opportunity.
The cruise left port on Saturday may 12th with an amazing send off. We were no traveling to the Caribbean we were headed to |
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Palos - Two Dinners, 1 Brunch and a High Tea.
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| We were able to get our favorite server Annie Marie from South Africa for most of our Palos dining. In fact we always request her when making our Palo’s reservations. She sold us on her skills on our very first dinner, we like a sweet wine but don’t know anything about wines so we asked her to make a recommendation and she brought us a bottle of Tr... |
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Getting to Chantilly by Train - A pleasant 40 minute ride across the landscape of France
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| North of Paris is a wonderful palace that is not as crowded as Versailles and offers a treat that no other place can offer. Getting there takes a little train trip.
To get to Chantilly, you must depart from the Paris Nord train station and go to Chantilly Gouvieu. If you just tell the person at the ticket window you wish to... |
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The Arc De Triumph - Climbing 234 steps... a long walk
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| We walked up the Champs Elysees from Franklin D Roosevelt. Shopping along the way, Jennifer found a shoe store then Cartier. We found a silver dongle for her cell phone at THE Cartier store.
At the end, we arrived at the Arc De Triumph. Jennifer decided to wait for us at the bottom. Me and the boys walke... |
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Renting an Apartment in Paris - Definitely THE way to go!!!
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| In preparation for our stay in Paris, we investigated staying at a hotel and discovered that it was very hard to find a place that was not triple our budget for the stay.
We ended up getting an incredible apartment from Gail Boisclair at Perfectly Paris rentals. She has a large selection of apartments in the Montmartre regi |
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The Catacombs Beneath Paris - The Spookiest Place in Paris, Maybe even France!
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| A little history is needed here.
Centuries ago, a tunnel was dug into the limestone beneath Paris. The tunnel was used to mine building material for the growing demands of those living in Paris.
Later, those tunnels were expanded by a monk to supply water for Paris in times of siege. Over the years the tunnels grew into ... |
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The Barcelona Aquarium - L'Aquarium de Barcelona
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| The Barcelona Aquarium is located near the dock in the ship's harbor and is easily accessible by the Barceloneta metro station.
The aquarium and Imax theater is just a short walk around the harbor. We had a great walk looking at all the expensive yacht and wandering through a sidewalk market where local vendors were selling leather good, clothi |
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Renting an Apartment in Barcelona - Hotel Rooms are too expensive and confining.
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| As we planned our stay in Barcelona, we priced a few hotel rooms before looking at apartments. What we discovered very quickly is that hotel rooms may include all the 'perks' but you can pay dearly for them.
For just over half the price of a hotel room, we found a number of apartments that included two bedrooms, a kitchen, a private bat... |
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Spanish Port City of Cadiz - A Peninsula Rich in History
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| The city of Cadiz, Spain is a historical port with thousands of years of history. It is located on a peninsula that protects a large bay making it an ideal spot for ships to come and go.
For many years it had a mighty city wall all the way around for protection from pirates and conquerors, never falling to any enemy. A clai |
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Tenerife, Our Island in the Canary Islands -
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| The Disney ship docked in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on Sunday, May 20, 2007. The arrival was breath-taking to say the least. The Island of Tenerife is a dramatically landscaped volcanic island with cities, villages and roads nestled between steep green hills. Originally this was a brown island, but the natives have bee... |
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The Arkansas Cabin has framed walls and running water! -
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| On July 3, the boys and I went to our Arkansas property to work on the plumbing. We met the people that put in the well pump the previous Friday.
They installed a 2 horsepower pump 600 feet down our 972 foot well.
The first bit of water tasted like PVC, but before we left, it started to get better. It is good water and w |
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Sea World in San Antonio, Texas -
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| Our family enjoyed a visit to San Antonio. While we were there, we did the Sea World thing. The bad Part was that I had broken my foot while packing the car, so I rented one of those electric scooters to get around with. Jen and the boys had to keep up... it was great.
The shows were great, that Atlantic White ... |
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Disney Dreams show -
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| There is a great awarding show on the Disney ships that should not be missed. The Disney Dreams show really makes the trip, even if you do not enjoy stage shows, this is one that you must not miss!
I shot over 1200 photos in the hour of the show. Included here below, you will see a selection of the images. Don't ... |
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Grand Cayman and Georgetown - Bus tour of the island with a stop in Hell
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| The Disney Magic stopped at Grand Cayman and we had to tender in to Georgetown.
This was a sweet town, a place we will have to go back to, maybe for one of our month visits to foreign shores.
We shopped around town for a while, stopping in a couple shops and having lunch. Jennifer was having a craving for conch frit... |
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Pirates IN the Caribbean Party - Our night of piracy was started in Animators Pallet
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| On the past two longer cruises we have taken on the Disney Magic, we have joined in the celebration of the Pirates IN the Caribbean party. It is their take on the Pirates of the Caribbean movies they made.
The celebration starts in the the dining halls and continues on the upper decks and the theaters.
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Arkansas Home - Slab for Garage -
| David has been working hard to clear out and area for the garage. He has been chopping down trees and clearing the area with his tractor. As you can see from the pictures he has done a fantastic job.
We hired a local gentleman and his wife to grind out the tree stumps, they took out 18 stumps in about 2 hours with this heavy duty stump grinder.
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Wedding 1997
Holloween
Thanksgiving in Des Moines 2000
Christmas in Port Aransas 2000
Chicago and Des Moines 2001
Royal Caribbean Cruise 2003
Walt Disney World and Disney Cruise 2004
Building Arkansas Cabin
Disney Cruise on the Magic 2006
Disney Cruise on the Wonder with Family
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