Rick Keil & Family of Seattle

The girls came up with the ideas to sing at the parade, while wearing underwwear on their heads. See the new YouTube video of the girls singing in the parade. Check the video out on YouTube.

Well, quite a bit has happened in the last two weeks while Rick was at sea.  The framing is done, the new roof is on, and the new interior stairs to the basement have been built.  We went with architectural style roofing, in a dark charcoal.  Things seem great so far.  From the outside the house looks awesome and the design that Kevin Spence created (his web site is here; Kevin Spence Architect) looks like it was always there.   We have moved out, but stop by the house every day.  Friends Tom and Pam hooked us up with Tom’s sister Jackie and her husband John.  They are out promoting Jackie’s new book about women and baseball - you can buy it here on Amazon.com - and they graciously are letting us house sit for them.   Click for more house pics! Continue Reading »

Allison got her ears pierced a couple of years ago when Grandma Bobbie was visting.  Today after Grandma called, Allison encouraged Laura to go and get her ears pierced.  Laura has been wanting to for a while, but how much does it hurt?  Can’t be that bad, eh?  Lots of people do it.  So we all piled in the car and took a Fathers Day trip to Claire’s at the mall and…  Laura did it!  No problemo!  Look at the new 3mm diamonds (??really??) studs…  Allison also picked out some new earrings shaped like musical notes. 

Here is a picture of Allison during this year’s UW graduation ceremony.  Awesome hat.  It is Rick’s that is worn during commencement.  You can see commencemnt pictures of Rick and his students at Rick’s research web blog.

There’s Laura practicing the fiddle over in the back yard by the framed addition. This picture was taken a few minutes before we went to school for the spring concert.  Allison played saxophone and Laura played violin (despite the broken arm).  It was an awesome concert (for proud parents).  You can watch the concert on Youtube

The remodel is looking more and more like a house! The shape has been completed and today (Friday) the plywood for the roof went on. Standing in the new space it seems so large and we can’t wait to be using the space.

The basement door is now in its new spot, and Rick can see how the new shop is going to shape up.  We can also tell that when we trim the bushes in the yard we are going to have a nice view from the new kitchen sitting area.  Check out the new photos…

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Allison and Laura are enjoying reading Phillip Pullman’s trilogy, and they loved the first movie of the ‘Golden Compass”. Read more to see their daemons.

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