We have a driveway!

Mike pulled up to the house on Thursday (8-13-09) after meeting with the builder on Monday and he said "WE HAVE A DRIVEWAY"! I thought a driveway came with the house, glad to know it is for sure now! He unexpectedly had to stay in SC for this week too - so maybe he will be able to take more pictures. It is coming along so quickly! Here are the latest pictures. Louie is getting bettter, traffic through our home in St. Peters is increasing and things are coming together for the move. Please continue to pray that our home in St. Peters sells before we move!

Front View



Back View (patio is going to be bigger than that)

Great Room

Master Bedroom

Cieling in Master Bedroom

New House Coming Along!

Mike is in SC all this week, so he will be able to take more pics. He had a pre-drywall meeting with the builder on Monday and when he called me after the meeting I thought he would be really excited about the house. Instead he was a little confused....Mike said that it was hard to picture everything in it because it looked like small with the frames all over the place. Here are some pics of our new house. It is amazing to see it all transform. Pray that our current house sells so we can actually move into this one!

Louie needs your help!

Our wonderful pup Louie is currently very sick. He developed an anemia that is very serious. After 8 weeks of being on steroids and antibiotics he underwent a bone marrow test (very painful). The good news from the test was it is NOT lymphoma and his body is trying to produce good blood cells. Unfortunately the infection is so high right now his good cells are being consumed by the bad. We are going to try getting some high dose antibiotics in him and taking him off the steroids. If this does not work we will be going back to MIZZOU for a blood transfusion. I am in the process of raising funds for Louie. If you can help him in any way we sure would appreciate it. Of course donations are accepted in any denomination. The bone marrow test was $400 and if we need the blood transfusion that is another $400 (that is the rate at Mizzou - in STL it was going to be $1,o00 for the BM Test). That is on top of the bills from all the tests, meds, and twice a week trips to the vet. Of course we are trying everything we can for him - but the vet bills keep going up and I am still unemployed. If you are able to help Louie out in any way, he will surely never forget you.

The bare spot in this pic is where is IV was.

This bare spot is where they got the bone marrow from.

Poor pup passed out after a 14 hour ordeal.

Ah the cruise life!

We went on a cruise in June 2009 for Mike's 30th Birthday. If you ever get the chance to go you absolutely should! It was wonderful. Eat what you want when you want to, sleep when you want to, visit several different ports, lots of shopping....it was definitely worth every penny! I have included some pictures for your enjoyment and hopefully pretty good persuasion! ; )

Mike & John (aka brothers)



Elegant Night



The view as we lay out at Grand Turk




That's a big boat! Notice the people walking in the lower left corner?




We caught the Motown performance one evening. This man was awesome!




This guy had a great show as well!




Carnival's private island Half Moon Caye



Gardens on the island







The guys play the drums at the Bahamas!









Our server Craig from Jamaica - he was great!




Our other servers - they were all wonderful

Sell This House!

Know anybody looking to buy a house? We are trying to sell ours in St. Peters. We love living in St. Peters! But as the story goes, we must move. St. Peters has free movies in the park over the summer, 3 Targets close by, REC Plex, Recycling Programs, etc. We espically have great neighbors and many kids on our street. We will be sad to leave this house, but are looking forward to our new one in SC. Here are some pictures of our house - please pass it along to get it out there....you never know who might be interested. Our house is 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bath, extra living room downstairs and possible 4th bedroom with built in bookshelves and desk. We have a large, flat, fenced back yard that borders common ground. Please pass along the link to this part of the blog. We need all the help we can get. Thank you!!!!

Dining Room

Kitchen

Breakfast Bar

New Bathroom April 2009

1/2 Bath downstairs

Master bedroom has walk in closet.

Spare bedroom

These are my no sew curtain/closet doors I made. HA - that is a lot of seam tape!!!

Nursery

Upstairs Living Room

Downstairs living room with fireplace.

The Big Move - Part 1

Welcome to Heidi & Mike’s blog. As we prepare for our big move to South Carolina, we hope you will check in regularly for the latest Keen news.

So much has been going on with the move, we are on stress overload. Currently we are: Looking for a temp place to live in SC and keep getting denied because of the dogs, Heidi trying to find a job in SC, trying to sell our house here, building a house there and taking poor Louie to the vet twice a week to recover from his anemia. Today Heidi tried to clean her phone in the sink (yes just like hand washing the dishes, only this time cell phone) to fix the stickiness from the swim in the coffee a few weeks ago. Needless to say Heidi’s phone is now completely dead.

This is what our new home looks like now.

This is what our home will look like after it is built.