Patrick's Blog

2009-07-06T10:45:00.001-07:00

First Day of Vaction

2009-06-23T17:35:00.001-07:00

School is finally out for everybody and we got our first sunny day in a while. We all played in the back yard. B learned how to climb the play house ladder, R swam by himself with a life jacket and J did lots of yard work. I went to the orthopedic surgeon's office and got lots of fun new exercises.

Finals week

2009-06-17T21:48:00.001-07:00

Finals start tomorrow, and I am actually caught up for once. I am very excited for the summer to be here. We have lots planned (at home and pseudo-abroad). Two and a half more days!!!

Easter

2009-04-04T18:15:00.001-07:00

We had a great day today with lots of little kids running around looking for eggs. I think that they had as much fun playing after as they did hunting, but that's okay. We really lucked out with very sunny weather.

Back to school

2009-01-04T22:04:00.003-08:00

We have to start acting like real people again tomorrow and go back to school. I am not really all that excited about it. The thing about spending time with my family, is the more I do it the more I want to do it.

Back to school

2009-01-04T22:04:00.001-08:00

Back to school

2009-01-04T22:02:00.003-08:00

Back to school

2009-01-04T22:02:00.001-08:00

Cristmas Tree Shopping!

2008-11-30T09:08:00.001-08:00

So's Braylen

2008-11-04T21:45:00.000-08:00

Rhoan gets excited for his future!

2008-11-04T18:50:00.000-08:00

Halloween!

2008-10-31T19:00:00.000-07:00

Halloween!

2008-10-31T18:59:00.000-07:00

Pumpkin Patch and Carving

2008-10-19T21:12:00.000-07:00

Its genetic...

2008-08-31T15:43:00.000-07:00

Utah

2008-08-18T09:24:00.000-07:00

Time for some photos from our wonderful trip to Utah. Congratulations Kyle and Jessica! Thanks Kenny and Kathy for everything, we had a great time with you. And of course, thanks Nana and Grandpa. Just click on the slide show to see bigger versions of the pictures.

Vacations

2008-08-16T14:31:00.000-07:00

We took two family vacations this summer and I have not posted about either. First, we went to LaPush with my family. We had a great time. The weather was pretty good and the company was great. The were a ton of people there because my cousin Alefia got married. Lots of cousins and lots of babies. It was great. He is a slide show of a lot of pictures. Enjoy.

August B-Day #2 (2!)

2008-08-15T12:01:00.000-07:00

August B-Day #1 (15!)

2008-08-14T17:35:00.000-07:00

Tree Removal

2008-07-03T08:26:00.000-07:00

We had a tree removed from our yard yesterday. It was a lot of fun to watch. Now our yard seems naked. After the tree came down we spent a lot of time on the yard, which is good because we had a huge thunderstorm last night and this morning and the yard is soaked.

Mariners Baseball

2008-07-02T21:09:00.000-07:00

M and I went to the Mariners game on Monday. Not much offense to speak of. The Mariners only managed 4 hits (one of those was by Richie Sexson though - that's kind of like seeing a no hitter, right?) and no runs. The Blue Jays over powered the M's with a massive two run outburst. The Mariners did throw a young kid named Lowe that hit the mid nineties consistantly and looked pretty good. We had great seats: right field, second row and despite the lackluster play, it was still baseball (and with my daughter) and it doesn't get much better than that.

The Whole Famn Damily

2008-06-28T12:56:00.000-07:00

It is really hot here. We have our pool up and running, but we have to go to an outdoor wedding today.

Summer is here!

2008-06-24T21:31:00.000-07:00

Finally some decent weather! Last night we roasted hot dogs and marsh mellows in our fire pit and tonight we ate on the deck. I am moving forward on the projects we have set for the summer and finding time to play catch. All in all I can't complain!

Summer Conditioning

2008-06-24T14:32:00.000-07:00

The whole family got out yesterday morning and went for a run or walk. Sorry to say I am sadly out of shape. However, I got to use my Nike iPod+ for the first time today. It is really cool. If any of you loyal readers out there has one let me know and I will challenge you to some runs. I hope we can all keep it up for the summer!

Painting

2008-06-23T13:30:00.000-07:00

In February I painted J's room. I am very proud of it, but I have not had the time to post any pictures. Two weeks ago we had our living room, dining room and hallways painted. We are slowly but surely making this house how we want it!

Recent Happenings

2008-06-22T13:17:00.000-07:00

Lots of things have been happening her since the last post. M finished out her volleyball season and is looking forward to an intense camp this summer. J just completed spring football for the high school, where they had him playing QB. He is planning on going to a four day overnight football camp this summer. He also had his 8th grade graduation night, which was very long. I can't believe that he is moving on to high school already! Of course we are all done with school. It was a very anticlimatic end to the school year. The weather has been so bad that it doesn't really seem like summer.

We tried to give Lily away to some friends of ours, but she had six accidents in two days (including three poops in one day), so they gave her back. We have lots of projects, etc. to get cleared up this summer and a couple of big trips to look forward to. I leave you with a slide show to enjoy, stick around until the end because there are some adorable pictures of the little boys.

Something other than pictures...

2008-05-27T07:56:00.000-07:00

School is coming to a close, so maybe I will be able to update more often, we'll see. J just finished his lacrosse season. He had a lot of fun, but the team didn't have a lot of success, which frustrated him. He played very well for a first year player. After the season, he dyed his lacrosse head purple and white. It looks very cool. He did an awesome job.

M is in the middle of her first volleyball season. She is having a great time. She went from being very frustrated at practice to being a starter and on the floor for the majority of the time. Her team has one every match so far. She decided to play after she and I went to see the UW play USC. (Thanks, Eddie!)
I am enjoying being done with baseball and actually having some free time. We have tons of work around the house that needs to be done and it is nice to be able to get to that and have some time to myself. J and I were able to sneak away for a romantic dinner at Salty's on Saturday night for the first time since before R was born! We had some excellent Calamari that was so rich it made us both sick. We took a walk along the boardwalk afterwards and had a great time talking about nothing.
The two little ones are growing like weeds and doing new things every day and keeping us very busy.

More to come....

2008-05-10T21:12:00.000-07:00

Baseball

2008-04-02T21:01:00.000-07:00

My team lost a close one tonight, 13-10. We gave up 8 runs in one inning but played well the rest of the game. The way we have been struggling a the plate, I didn't think we would score ten runs all year, let alone in one game. We have a game tomorrow against a team that ten-runned us the first time. Their coach is kind of a jerk too, so I hope we beat them.

Go Dawgs!

2008-03-31T21:06:00.001-07:00

Odds and ends

2008-03-26T19:31:00.000-07:00

A lot has happened since the last time I sat down for a serious post. M turned twelve! She is growing up way too fast, but thankfully is still into Spiderman. J has taken up lacrosse, and has caught on very quickly. I will have to learn the rules, but it is a very fun game to watch. The other J is home on maternity leave, so there is not a whole lot to report there. She is having a wonderful time with the little boys. I manage to sneak home from work for lunch every now and then and play with the three of them, so I am very jealous of the time she gets to spend with them. I am in the middle of my C team baseball season. Coaching freshman is a unique challenge,but has the opportunity for great rewards. This year has been difficult for me to maintain my motivation for school and baseball knowing that my family is waiting at home. I guess I better end with some pictures, even my parents acknowledge that is the only reason they read the blog.

My backyard right now! 3/26/08 7:20 pm

2008-03-26T19:24:00.000-07:00

Visiting Braylen

2008-03-26T17:50:00.001-07:00

My backyard right now! 3/26/08 5:40pm

2008-03-26T17:48:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter!

2008-03-23T17:43:00.001-07:00

Ours has been pretty nice. Rhoan is sick again, but has perked up since the kids came home. We did an Easter Egg hunt yesterday and everyone had a great time, although Braylen was upset because he didn't get any eggs. We have had a lazy day of it watching movies and hanging out. We watched "The Three Amigos" on Hulu.com (check it out: free movies and TV over the internet.) Hope all is well with everyone out there!

Braylen Cael McKeehan

2008-02-27T17:16:00.000-08:00

Baby Boy McKeehan!

2008-02-26T16:44:00.000-08:00

The last of our family joined us today at 4:41 am. He is as yet unnamed, but he weighs 8 lbs. 1 oz. and is 19.5 in. long. He has all important (and nonimportant parts) and needless to say, we are all very excited.

For Pop

2008-02-21T14:01:00.001-08:00

For Granny

2008-02-21T13:55:00.000-08:00

For all those still out there..

2008-02-10T14:02:00.000-08:00

Well, its been over a month since my last post. The swim season got pretty crazy and took up a lot more of my time than I expected. We had a pretty successful season; we finished third in our league, sent four swimmers to districts and set a school record. I personally felt strong as a coach, but with a lot of work left to do. The only downer of the season was my interactions with my assistant coach. I consider him one of my good friends, but we both applied for the job and I got it, and that caused a lot of tension, on both our parts. It was defiantly not a fun dynamic, although when things went smoothly, they were awesome.
As for the team, we are very young and I see lots of room for improvement next year!

We are getting excited about welcoming number 4 into our lives sometime in the next few weeks. J is very ready to meet him (as are we all). I will be exciting to have our little(?) family complete.

J the younger finished his soccer season last weekend and seems to be enjoying his free time. M's soccer team is into the second round of the state tournament and faces elimination games from here on out.

Last week

2008-01-06T19:45:00.000-08:00

R and NoniPop and Lil Husky
And baby makes 3!

Last week was pretty nice. We had three days off, before we had to go back to work, I won my first swim meet and R learned how to drop kick a ball. We had a wonderful Christmas break, marred only by the absence of the older kids over the actual holiday and a major bruise.
J, R and I had a great time at MK's B-Day party. It was really nice to see all the cousins (removed or not). We also had a wonderful afternoon on Christmas with the family. We even got paint to do the kids rooms. We are actually going to make the house our own after six months.

Very cool pic!

2008-01-02T16:07:00.000-08:00

Pictures from Hawaii

2007-12-23T20:34:00.000-08:00

Check this out!

2007-12-14T20:43:00.001-08:00

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1414938850

Doing Grades but...

2007-12-11T18:28:00.000-08:00

Thought I'd Take a second to post these.

Escape!

2007-12-09T22:17:00.001-08:00

I have so much work to do and so little time to do it in! I am feeling very overwhelmed right now and wish I could crawl in somewhere and hide, just like Rho-Rho.

Hawaii Attack!

2007-12-08T17:07:00.000-08:00

Leaving

2007-11-29T20:45:00.000-08:00

We are on the final count down. I will call all Dawg fans from Aloha stadium!

Sleepy time

2007-11-29T20:44:00.000-08:00

Trip

2007-11-28T21:48:00.000-08:00

Just finalizing things. I am almost ready to go for every thing completely ready to go for nothing. But I guess that is how it works. I am really looking forward to a day (or seven off). Lots of time at the beach, rain or shine!

No, it just seemed like it...

2007-11-25T21:36:00.001-08:00

We actually did have some fun...

2007-11-25T21:32:00.001-08:00

Long Time No Post

2007-11-25T20:32:00.000-08:00

Life can sure get on top of you quickly. I was doing well with my posts, almost one everyday and now its been nearly a month!

I have a great group of kids for my swim team and I am very excited about the season. We had a team bonding activity at Laser Quest on Saturday that went really well. Numbers are up and we seem to have some solid swimmers.

We are going to have a busy week getting ready for our trip to Hawaii, but I will try to post a couple of times before we go.

General Things

2007-11-06T20:55:00.000-08:00

Things are going well here. I am pretty far behind in my school work, but oh well. Swimming starts on the 13th, so I am excited about that. We can feel RC move on the outside now and that is always lots of fun.

My parents, sister, niece, brother-in-law, aunt and cousin came down for my birthday last weekend. We had Italian sandwiches that were amazing and watched the kids play.

My parents were here all weekend and got to see both older kids play soccer. They missed M's scoring a goal, but got to see her play forward. J had a great game, despite his team coming up on the wrong end of the final score.

Pictures from Husky Games

2007-11-06T20:52:00.000-08:00

T just emailed me some pictures from the Syracuse game and others so I though I would post some.

Spiderman! Spiderman! Doing everything a Spiderman can!

2007-10-31T18:14:00.001-07:00

Twenties

2007-10-24T20:23:00.000-07:00

Today is the last day of my twenties, so lets look at some highlights of the last ten years, in no particular order. Turning 21 doesn't make the list, because all that changed was that I was broke all the time. Graduating from college (on time, I might add), going to Australia, the birth of nine nieces and nephews, getting my Master's Degree, getting my first real job, getting married, three (mostly) new kids, one very new kid, lots of football games with my friends and especially my dad. Then there are the every year events like the Lake, La Push and now, Family Camp. All said and done, it has been a pretty great ten years. I look forward to what the next ten bring, but I think these will be hard to top.

Ultra Sound!

2007-10-22T20:18:00.000-07:00

We had ultra sound number two on baby number four today. Everything looked great. Full speed ahead!

Huskies

2007-10-21T21:09:00.000-07:00

For all of you that are about to lose hope...

Of the UW's five losses:

3 are to teams in the top 5 of the BCS standings. (Ohio State #1, Arizona State #4 and Oregon #5)

One is to the 12th ranked BCS team

And the last on is to the Pac-10 Co-leader.

All is not lost.

Dads n Daughters

2007-10-19T23:09:00.000-07:00

M and I went to the UW today to take part in the dads and daughters promotion they have going on. We were given a talk by the head men's soccer coach, as well as a women's assistant. We also got wicked awesome t-shirts. We were supposed to watch the girls soccer game, but it was pouring out so the big E got us tickets to the volleyball match vs. #4 USC. We got to sit in the ADs box for the match, which the Huskies swept 3 games to nil. We had a great time. The volleyball team signed autographs after the game and M got them all.

Tomorrow is Brat day at Husky Stadium, so stop on by!

Bulldog Award

2007-10-19T23:05:00.000-07:00

J won the one and only Bulldog award of the football season so far last week. The award is given at the coach's discretion when he sees a player working hard in practice as well as producing during a game. Congratulations J! Great work!

The Dog House

2007-10-14T20:33:00.001-07:00

We have another blogger in the house! Check out the Dog House if you get the chance.

Lily

2007-10-14T20:28:00.000-07:00

Just thought I would put an update up for all of you that saw the post that our poor little Jack Russel mix broke both of her legs at the beginning of the summer. She is now fully healed. She has a bit of a bow in each leg, and she goes down steps a little gingerly, but she is mostly back to normal. In fact, today I had to get out and put up the radio fence, because she dug out last week. She runs and jumps and acts like as much of an idiot as ever.

What a depressing game.

2007-10-14T09:39:00.000-07:00

I am a big fan of Tyrone Willingham, but I have major questions about or 3rd quarters and second halves. How can we be two different teams every week? It started at Boise State and just seems to get worse every game. What is going on in the locker room that we are winning the first half and getting destroyed the second half?

In other news, both kids won their games on Saturday.

Casmer Wilhelm Heilman

2007-10-13T09:29:00.000-07:00

My good friend Casmer is getting married in the OKC today! Congratulations Cas! Wish I was there.

Our carzy life...

2007-10-13T09:11:00.000-07:00

...is finally beginning to calm down. After the big news about my new job and the even bigger news about the new baby, things are beginning to settle down. We are supposed to have a rain free Saturday, with out clouds even, for the first time in what seems like months. I might actually be able to go out and mow the lawn for the last time this year. J and M's games are both at the same time, so we will only get to see one, but we will deal. The Husky game is on TV (FSN @ 7:15) and I think we will win. I predict a Syracuse-esque thumping with Jake Locker and, dare I say it, J.R. Hasty leading the way. I also look for a big game from Grayson Gunheim, Roy Lewis and Anthony Russo.

Little Baby R is still a kick in the pants and desperately wants to talk; he uses signs continuously, and gets frustrated when he doesn't have one for the word he is trying to say. On two different occasions on Thursday he "told" us he wanted his diaper changed. Not by crying, but by pointing to his crotch repeatedly and giving us his yes noise when we finally guessed what he wanted. (On a side note, that technique has never gotten me what I wanted.)

J had a football game on Thursday and really shone. In ten plays on D he had 3 solo tackles and two assists. He is not as big as most of the other guys, so he has to make sure that he tackles with correct form. When his growth spurt hits (his feet are nearly as big as mine), he won't have all the bad habits the big kids have.

M is done with school basketball. Although the team struggled, she had a great season playing point guard and finished in the top two on the team in scoring. The team was able to pull out a victory in their last game so the season ended on a high note. Now she can focus solely on soccer, where her coach has all the girls playing at a high level.

Aunt Katie Rocks!

2007-10-11T21:04:00.000-07:00

As far as I know, my Aunt Katie was the first to see the blog and get the news. For those of you who couldn't figure out my cryptic subject line, #4 will be a boy and his scheduled arrival time is March 2nd (which would be kinda cool because we would have four kids but only two birth months). We are going to name him Eustace Peabody McKeehan (Rubber Chicken for short). I lobbied hard to throw a Magilacudy in there, but got vetoed. We are glad that we don't have to add a room on the house like we would if he was a girl. We are already getting excited to meet him.

4 (3 to 1)

2007-10-10T19:04:00.000-07:00

New job.

2007-10-09T16:12:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I was offered the head boys swimming position at Auburn Riverside High School, where I teach. I am very excited for the opportunity to put my mark on the program. I was up against one of my good friends, so that makes the experience a little stressful and bittersweet, but I think we will have fun and success this year. Go Ravens!

Lazy Rainy Day

2007-10-07T17:05:00.000-07:00

No Husky game this weekend, so I was able to get lots done. M's soccer team had a great game the girls are really starting to come together as a team. They were able to get a 4-2 result. J's team was finally able to punch through in the W column after a couple of frustrating ties. J is getting a lot of playing time in the back and is acquitting himself nicely. R and I had a nice afternoon watching college football. It has been a crazy couple of weekends in the top 25! UW will be facing yet another ranked team next Saturday. We were able to get a lot of work done around the house today and are getting ready to head back to work for another week.

USC

2007-09-29T07:44:00.000-07:00

Well, its been almost a month since I have posted, so I am sure no one is reading anymore, but oh well. Things are going well at the McKeehan/Chow household. J is playing football for the first time and is on first team defence for his middle school. M is playing basketball, starting, and racking up the points. She and her best friend are the stars of the team. Both continue to star at soccer as well. My brother Daegen is in town this weekend for the USC game. My whole family went out to dinner at Dukes Chowder house on Alki. The food there is phenomenal. I recommend the Wasabi Quesadilla and the Crab and Bourbon Chowder. A great time was had by all.

Home opener!

2007-09-07T19:15:00.000-07:00

Boise State is in for a rude awakening! Go Dawgs! I can't wait for another great weekend of tailgating and football! I will fill everyone in on the details on Sunday.

Back to school

2007-09-03T21:15:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is the first day of school for the kids. M starts middle school. J1 and I work but don't have kids; they start on Monday. I am teaching AP Gov., Civics and World Studies again this year. I am very excited about my classes, and also that I will be in my own classroom for the entire day. I have never had that before and I am very pumped. Lots of work left to do for my classes, though, and not nearly enough time.

2007-09-01T09:19:00.000-07:00

Dominating Dawgs!

2007-08-31T21:38:00.000-07:00

What a way to start the season. The Dawgs looked stellar, albeit against a lesser opponent, but to win by 30 on the road was great. Nice job Ty! I can't wait to watch Locker for the next 2 (3) (4!) years. It was great to watch it at Ed and Tiff's house too. Everyone loved R. Plus everyone, including R, was decked out in purple. Should be a fun couple of years at least.

Husky Kickoff

2007-08-31T15:02:00.000-07:00

R and I will be leaving for Eddie's place for the opener. Time to whip some 'Cuse butt! Wish my dad was with us, but we will bark nice and loud for him!

The Best Time of the Year

2007-08-30T07:32:00.001-07:00

College football season starts today!

Doctors and Dealers

2007-08-27T20:59:00.000-07:00

Today was a mediocre day. I found out the somebody screwed up my insurance information and I am getting other charges on my account. Premera wasn't much help, but I think I am figuring it out. The day was saved however, by the news of Alberto Gonzo's resignation. Good old Gonzo, how funny it was when you said that it was okay to violate the Bill of Rights as long as you didn't do it to everybody. Who will Dubya turn to when he wants to justify torture? By my count that is: Colin, Rummy, Ashy (which is never in style), Ari, Tony, Scooter, Ridge, Karl and Harriet. Who will be the next rat to desert the sinking ship? The third leg of the Axis of Evil, Darth Cheney? Or dare we hope, Condi? The fun keeps rolling. The future just keeps getting brighter.

School

2007-08-26T19:53:00.001-07:00

Work starts again tomorrow. I am the epitome of unprepared. I had one day where I accomplished a ton, but that was weeks ago and no progress since. I am really looking forward to my classes this year. I should be good at civics by now, great at world and decent at AP. I went to the AP conference at the end of the year, so I am excited for some new changes. I also plan to start running again tomorrow, so we will see how that goes. The blog might get more interesting now that I am going to be off my butt for a change.

Check out my four generations picture.

Home..

2007-08-16T16:12:00.001-07:00

We're all home. Everything went great.

Rhoan

2007-08-16T05:51:00.000-07:00

Rhoan goes in for very minor surgery today, but he has to go under, so keep him in your thoughts and prayers. I will update when we get home.

Family Camp -Utah

2007-08-13T10:37:00.000-07:00

I finally got some pictures scanned, so I thought I would post about family camp. I am still waiting on a picture disk from my dad to post about the ocean, so hopefully I will get that soon.

We had a great time at family camp. After a 16 hr. drive on Thursday, we arrived in Smithfield around 12:30 am. We left for camp around ten or so on Friday morning and arrived around noon at camp. Camp is located in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest. It is very beautiful, rugged terrain that spans the Utah-Idaho border. The land consists of many, large green valleys surrounded by Aspen groves and other trees and cut through with streams and lakes. The are large cliffs and rock out croppings that rise from the ground making for a very pleasing and diverse scene. Â The forest service has set up lots of trails for ATVs and even more trails that are for hiking or horseback riding (no motor vehicles). Janalyn's family is into both horses and ATVs which is really fun for me. I get to feed my enjoyment of speed as well as enjoying the peace and quiet of the land. I have to say that there is nothing like enjoying the quiet and beauty of the land from the back of a horse.

There was quite a crowd there, but not quite as big as the first time we went. Janalyn's parents, Lynn and Jean, her brother Kenny and his wife Cathy, their kids Zack, Jackson and Stockton, her sister Kymm and her daughter Danielle and son-in-law Patrick, and Janalyn's other brother Scott were all there. Lynn's son Jeff and his wife Bonita were also there.

We spent three days hanging out by the campsite, riding horses and ATVs and just having a good time. Kenny, Jackson, Danielle, Patrick, Makenna and I took an ATV ride to a little lake where we saw a moose. Unfortunately all we had was Patrick's camera phone, which later got ran over, so there are no pictures. Makenna was sure it was going to attack us though.

The highlight of the weekend for the kids was Uncle Scott's toy the amphibian, or as Jackson called it: "Aunt Vivian." You can see pictures of it. The kids loved it. (Although I am not sure whether Scott was totally sold on his new role as entertainment director.)

All in all a good time was had by all, and the kids loved bonding with the Utahns. Until next year when there will be 5 kids 2 or under to chase around.

Home..

2007-08-10T22:18:00.000-07:00

Back from vacation. Much more to follow. Very tired after 16 hrs. on the road.

La Push

2007-07-29T20:57:00.000-07:00

Well we are back from vacation (for a short while) and a good time was had by all. Unfortunately I broke our digital camera, so pictures will have to wait until my relatives email or send me copies of photos. Our cabin was nice and cozy, but just perfect for the five of us. We spend a lot of time on the beach even though the weather was only fair. We had two really good days and only one bad day, but no rain. We saw a seal beach itself on our beach, surfers changing on the beach (girls for a change!), and spend lots of time with family. Rhoan and Mary Kate got along very well and enjoyed screaming at each other. The kids had lots of fun swimming (the ocean was 10 degrees warmer than it usually is) and playing war on the beach.

Lake Oswego

2007-07-22T20:18:00.000-07:00

We just returned from Oregon, where M had a soccer tournament. Unfortunately the Cosmos were 0-2-1 on the tournament, but they got the opportunity to face some top-flight opponents. M played midfield and defense, solidly. We are back on the road tomorrow to visit beautiful La Push, Washington. The forecast is not great but we are holding our breath that the weather people will be wrong.

I wanna be sedated!

2007-07-12T21:12:00.000-07:00

Still in the process of unpacking. We took some time off to participate in some whiffle ball with the neighbors; it was a lot of fun. We also went to see Transformers. Not bad for that kind of movie and Optimus Prime is still the baddest robot ever. I was kinda creeped out at the end when the two main human characters were making out on the hood of one of the Autobots. That car is alive; he doesn't want you doing that. Lily is on tranqs because she is trying to walk on her bad legs too much, but other than that she is doing fine.

Belles on the Beach

2007-07-08T11:18:00.000-07:00

M is at Hawaiian culture camp all this week! She was very excited and has already sent us a couple of pics. Here they are:

Lily and the Jack of Hearts

2007-07-08T10:50:00.000-07:00

I know it has been a while since I posted, but the move normal (crazy). We decided to move the last week of school. I went to the Advanced Placement Institute in Bellevue for four days in the middle as well. It was very disorganized and now it is going to take us twice as long to unpack as it should. We had to cancel a vacation because we are so far behind, and it is a good thing that we did because last night our puppy, Lily (a tiny Jack Russell mix), fell off our new deck and broke both of her front legs. Very sad. She is a trooper though and hardly cried at all. She is sleeping in our room as we speak and has been moving around better than I expected. We had to take her to the Animal Emergency in Tacoma, which is kind of scary at 10:30 at night. There was even a gun shot victim brought in! But we are moving forward with every thing and expect to be finnished with the move in no time! Keep Lily in your thoughts, but I am sure she will be fine.

The move...

2007-06-23T06:34:00.000-07:00

And so it begins.

Just over two months to go...

2007-06-20T21:24:00.000-07:00

One more day..

2007-06-20T21:13:00.001-07:00

We went on a tour of our new house from the previous owners to get the low down on the sprinkler system and the speakers. Pretty much every room but the bedrooms have speakers which is pretty sweet. The only bad thing is that they are all wired to J's bedroom downstairs. The guy that owned the house before us was a bit of an audiophile, so the set up is really sweet. I am getting very excited. It will be nice to be a home owner again!

Crunch Time

2007-06-19T23:49:00.000-07:00

Things are getting crazy in the McKeehan/Chow household. J had his band awards tonight, so we had to throw that in between packing for the new house and getting ready for the end of the school year. We close on our house on Thursday and are planning on moving on Saturday. It is getting very exciting. Our last day of school is next Wednesday. I got a hammock for fathers day, as well as a coupon for one full day of reading; I was planning on saving the coupon, but I don't think it will last past next week. I can't wait to get the hammock up in the back yard!

J's Soccer

2007-06-16T17:11:00.000-07:00

J's team had a very important soccer game today. While they came up on the short side of the score, they played very hard. J had a strong game, especially in the second half. He threw himself into defense and contested every ball. (The picture is from an earlier tournament, but works none the less.)

My New Blog

2007-06-16T16:38:00.000-07:00

I am finnaly joing the Blogger Revolution (mainly so I can complain that I am not considered part of the press). This is for those of you that might be interested in what I think (Mom and Dad)(OK, just Dad), and those that want to see pictures of my three wonderful kids. Anyway I hope you look at it at least once.