Dec 21 2008
From our hearts to yours, have a happy holiday season and a prosperous 2009. Here are some of the best pictures of our family from 2008. Some of our favorites include Elizabeth wearing an oven mit in order to clip Millie’s claws, Allison with the butterfly, and Laura putting her finger up the nose of the mannequin. See if you can spot them. Enjoy! You can also see highlights of the year newly uploaded to our YouTube site.
Dec 08 2008
We have two new kittens; Oscar the Optimistic and Millicent the Magnificent. Oscar is the long haired black cat and Millie is the tiger-tortoise shell mix. Oscar is a complete pushover, Millie has much more spunk. They have taken over the spare bedroom, at least until we transition their litter box to the basement. They have a cat door allowing them access to the basement but they seem unintereted in learning how to use it. More pictures only a click away… Continue Reading »
Sep 23 2008
Finally… for the first time since spring… a working kitchen in the Keil house! Yes, we made pasta and didn’t burn ourselves trying to drain it in the bathtub. Want to hear about the trials and tribulations? Buy Rick a beer… Also, the girls got new closets from Ikea. Very cool. So, their bedroom is now officially finished, and we (Elizabeth and Rick) aren’t sleeping in there any more, so that is great. Finally, Granda Anita is visiting from Greece, so that is nice. Things are looking up! Continue for more pictures. Continue Reading »
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Aug 08 2008
Road tripping through Idaho and Montanna was fun. We especially liked the stores in Wallace Idaho and the wonderful KOA in Bozeman. Check out the pictures…
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Aug 08 2008
Road trip to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons was a huge success. Here are two sets of photos from the trip. Laura and Allison made Junior Ranger in each park, we saw snakes and nobody freaked out, and we went to Jackson (ever since the fire went out). Elizabeth was dancing on a pony keg.
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Aug 08 2008
We had a wild wet and wonderful time rafting on the Gallatin River with our guide Bill. We rafter down the section of the river that was filmed in the moveie ‘A River Runs Through it”. Now we feel as if we have to watch that movie. Was it good? Anyway, it was a vrazy ride – Bill fell out in one particularly white part of the river, but we ‘rescued’ him. Click for more pictures.
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Aug 07 2008
You go away for three weeks and look what happens! The windows are in, the electrical and plumbing are complete, the insulation went in. You can really see how it is going to shape up. The new loft is looking good too (funny how we will suddenly have two lofts once the remodel is finished, we didn’t have any a year ago. We are picking out flooring now… Wood -vs- Marmolium… Click ‘Continue Reading’ for the pictures…
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Aug 07 2008
while in Chicago we went to Six Flags Great America. It was awesome. We went to Terri, Eric, Danny, Jude, Jennifer, and Grandma. Laura and Allison rode all the rollercoasters, some twice. Hearing them squeal with glee was amazing. We even went on ‘The Great Drop’, Auntie Terri’s favorite ride. Again, awesome! Check out the photos…
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Aug 06 2008
Our trip to Rick’s home town was fun, as usual. The highlight for the girls was going to the American Girl Doll store. Cousin Jennifer came too, at Auntie Judy’s urging. The highlight of that day for Rick was leaving the American Girl store. Another highlight was our traditional trip to see the 9900 Burlington Zephyr at the Museum of Science and Industry. We now have pics of us by the train when the girls were 6 and 10. Of course, it is one of our favorite trains to run on the layout at Christmas… Check out our train videos here on Youtube…
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Aug 06 2008
Pictures from Grandma Bobbie’s 70th birthday party in Chicago. Left to right, Terri the terrific, Judy the joyful, Grandma the great, Rick the resourceful and Tom the tremendous. The bbq at Terri’s was alot of fun and we saw lots of relatives that we have missed over the years. We celebrated Elizabeth’s birthday too.
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