Month: December 2005

  • CHRISTMAS DAY 2005



    It was great to have our family all together again! Shannon has been at Lackland AFB, just finished basic training and Tech School and will soon depart for Turkey (January 2nd). So…..this has been a very special Christmas. She was our Christmas gift this year, just having her home with us and having the family together.


    <<– This is our Christmas tree. It’s the story of our family life There are ornaments on his tree from Germany the very first year Kelly and I were married. We had a tiny tree that was like a sad “Charlie Brown” tree. But it was our first and was so neat. We have ornaments from the first years that both Jessi (from Germany) and Shane (from Georgia) were born as well as every year in between. There’s a dragon from Alabama when I served in the Chemical Corps after the war. There are cowboy hat’s and boots from our years in Colorado, guitar’s, dogs, handmade and even “Aspen Country Candles” beeswax ornaments we made by hand when we manufactured candles. 21 years of ornamnets! We have a tradition to purchase at least one new ornaments each year and place the ate on it.


    Jessica opening her first pearl neclace and Shane watching on –>>


     


     


     


     



     



     



     


    <<— This is my wonderful wife, Kelly. I am blessed just to be with her each and every day.


     


     


     






     


     


    Around 1:00 we all met at my sister’s home, my mother and father, my sister’s family, her husbands family and us. Christmas is a day to be spent with family, reflecting on the greatest gift that we could recieve, Jesus, and sharing that same love by presenting gifts to those we hold close to our heart.


     


     



     


    <<– This is Baba (Tahgi) and my mother, Janet (that’s Shane petting Shangoul).


     


    Kelly watches on as Jessica opens a gift from Aunt Alison, a belt with guitars on it —>>


     


     



     



     


    <<– This is Mehdi and Alison. Mehdi is a genius designer of all our products for both Smart Access and Core Tec Communications. He is also my brother-in-law and a friend.


    Alison and Jessi —>>


     


     


     


     



     



     


    << — This is Mehdi’s favorite toy. He just traded in for this one. Went to Germany to pick it out. What is it about beamers’, I’ll never understand I like my Ford truck I guess I’m just old fashioned.


     


    Mehdi and his son, Aria —>>


     



     



     


    << — Momma and Baba (Mehdi’s Father)


     


    Who says’ we can’t love one another The Holy Bible and the Holy Quaran always occupy a place of reverence in Alison’s and Mehdi’shome. –>>


     


     



     



    Aria and Momma Sema (Mehdi’s mother –>>


     


     


    <<— Harold “Boss Moss Bailey and Kourosh, Mehdi’s brother-in-law and a fellow co-worker.


     



     


    <<— Kourosh and Mahasti (Mehdi’s sister)


     


    Kian (Mahasti and Kourosh’s son) and Nema (down in the corner) —>>


     


     


     



     


    <<– Mehdi guarding the roast (dude can cook!!!!!!)



     


    Alison and Mehdi’s new bed. Don’t ya love it! I do —>>


     


     


     



     


    <<– Neda Bailey Daryadel (Alison and Mehdi’s daughter). She always has the big smile!!



     


    Nema Tahgi Daryadel (Alison and Mehdi’s youngest son)….go Nema go! –>>


     


     


     


     


     



      



    <<– Nema and Neda out back


    Neda and her grandma Sema –>>


     


     


     


     




    <<– Shane and Jasmine (Yasi), Kourosh and Mahasti’s daughter)


     


    Neda Bailey –>>


     


     


     



     



     


    <<– Aria and Momma on his new keyboard.


     


    We had a wonderful Christmas! My prayer is that each of you had a wonderful Christmas also. I am thankful for the gifts we have in Jesus and each other. God bless, and Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!

  • Christmas Eve 2005


    We started ot Christmas Eve At my Sister, Alison’s house. It was a great time to reunite our family. Rarely are my brother and sister and I able to all get together at once


    <<– Me, my sister Alison, and my brother Jon


    Jon is currently working with haliburton in Iraq and is home on Christmas vacation.


    (L-R) My nephew, Aria with Mangoul (the puppy), his sister, Neda, Shannon (my daughter), Kaitlyn (my niece), Harry (my dad) behind her, me, Teresa (Jon’s wife), Jon, Janet (our momma), and in front, Kelly (my wife and Eric, my nephew. –>>


     



     


    <<– Eric (Jon’s son—going to FSU next month! We’re proud of you!) and Mehdi, Alison’s husband and my boss



     


     


    My sister, Alison –>>


     


     


     



     


    <<– Jessica (my daughter) and Mike (her boyfriend)


     


     


     


     



     


    Jessi and Mike –>>


     


     


     


     


     



     


     


    << — Mr.Man



     


    Me –>>


     


     


     


     



     


    <<– Jon, Alison and Harold “Boss Moss” Bailey (my stepdad)


     


     


     



    Me and momma doin’ what we love to do! –>>


     


     


     


     


     


     




    Next we drove to Melbourne to vist with Kelly’s family. We went to a candelight church service at their churc, First Baptist Church of Eau Gallie, and then on home to eat and exchange gifts


    HAPPY Birthday Jesus! A special cake for a special day! The brown bottom layer symbolizes the wood of the cross, the red middle layer symbolizes Christ blood shed for us, the green top layer symbolizes life, the white frosting symbolizes Christ purity, the red hearts symbolize Christ heartbeat…..His love for us, and the yellow star symbolizes His light shown upon the world.


     


     


     



     


    <<– The cousins: Jessi, Shane and Stephanie


    The cousins, Shane, Nicjy, Jessi, and Stephanie –>>


     


     


     


     


     



     


     


     


     


     


    Kelly and her father, Wendyl (one of my spiritual mentors!) — >>


     


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  • Smart Access/Core Tec Communications Company Christmas Party 2005


    Great Party! Lot’s of fun and good cheer Below are pictures of our Florida employees having a good time and sharing special time together at Ali Baba’s Restaurant (Persian cuisine) in Longwood, Florida. It was appropriate to eat at Ali Baba’s as Mehdi and his family are Persian from Iran. Great food, great company and lot’s of fun!

    Smart Access designs and manufactures Door Access security systems, primarily for airports, but also for courthouses, government operations centers as well as other commercial enterprises. Core Tec Communications designs and manufactures video CODEC systems, primarily for the transportation industry such as Maryland DOT (Dept. of Trans.), Texas DOT, and more. I am blessed to have the opportunity to be a part of these two companies.




     


     


    We took over the restaurant with a long table full of great food. If you haven’t eaten there, you should. It is the best of Persian cuisine.

     


     


     




    <<– This is my sister, Alison, and her husband, my boss, Mehdi. Mehdi is owner and President of both companies as well as chief design engineer for all the products. My sister, I call her “HB” for “Honey Bunch”, are soul-mates. While she is my little sister she holds a big place in my heart.


    This is Hadi and Sepanta. Hadi is Mehdi’s brother and the Vice President of Operations –>>

     


     


     


     


     


     




    <<– This is Rocco and his wife, Rocco is our VP of Sales and Marketing and resides in Ontario, Canada.


     


    This is Jim, VP of Engineering, and Mehdi’s son, Aria, my nephew, as well as his friend Brandon –>>


     


     



     



    This is my right hand man, Jason and his lovely wife. Jason is my Admin Operations Clerk,  as well as Shipping Manager. –>>


     


    <<– This is me, my lovely wife, Kelly and daughter, Jessica. I am the Admin Operations Manager as well as the Purchasing Manager (among other things).


     


     


     


     


     



     


    <<– This is John, his fiance and her daughter and Jon’s daughter. Jon is our primary software engineer.


     


    This is Mike and his wife. Mike is also a software engineer. –>>


     


     



     


    <<– This is Baba, Mehdi’s father and my good friend.


     


     


    This is Momma Sema’s friend, Momma Sema (Mehdi’s mother and my good friend), her son Hadi, and one of our engineer’s, Mike. –>>


     


     



     


    <<– This is a wonderful and talented belly dancer and the Children entertaining us.


    Hadi just had to get into the act! He’s a great guy and a kid at heart (I guess all guys are kid’s at heart when it comes to belly dancer’s, LOL) –>>


     


     


     


     



     


    <<– I was impressed by the way this woman worked with and had fun with the children. She was extremely talented, very professional and a joy to watch.


     


    This is another shot of my boss and my brother-in-law, Mehdi stealing my desert! Thank you Mehdi for such a great time and fun party –>>


     


     


     


     


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