New Adventure - ski lodge living!

Hello everyone. Well, most of you by now have heard that we are moving into a new house on the East side - Kirkland Washington. We bought a house with a large lot over there. The first big mileston was met earlier this week with Maria picking up the keys on Wednesday - pretty exciting. We currently have our house on the market so if you know anyone looking to buy in Seattle, let us know.

Rick, Marguerite, Katie, Maggie, Emma, and Zepher (dog dog) are all moving out here this summer. Rick is on his way as I write this, probably in North Dakota. We expect him to arrive on Monday, May 7th. He will be the first to move out here with Maggie next, Marguerite and Emma after that and than finally Katie. It will be interesting on so many levels to see how this will work out, but I have faith in God and both Maria and me have an open attitude to make this successful. It will be great to have family so close, like the bedroom next door.

With this new house, we will be looking to start a new chapter in life which will entail living with Maria's family while we build a new house on this property. Hopefully we can have it done in the summer of 2008 and putting it up for sale as Rick gets the business under way. This will be a big step for Rick's new business - Jake Richards Construction. I know that moving to Kirkland will be a great thing for him and his family.

The house we will be living in is nicknamed "The Wigwam" as it has a unique octagon (yes I wrote octagon)shape and exposed cedar post and beam inside - kinda like living in a ski lodge. So we are going to have fun with it knowing that it is only temporary until we can look at the option of building new on the existing octagon house. I think we will really embrace the ski lodge living with furniture and decorations to boot, really making it feel warm and cozy. Anyway, it should be a big test for both Rick's and my family as we will have 2 families living under the same roof - so called "European-style living". Anyway, here are some pictures of "The Wigwam". It has great views of Lake Washington, Olympic Mountains
(on a clear day) and a huge yard that we will take advantage of this summer with BBQ's, wiffle ball home run derby, horseshoes and fun and games. This will be the only summer we can do this as the yard will be the next lot of the new house we will be building. Anyway, hope you enjoy the update and the pictures and until than - keep on keepin on and make everyday count!

WCB


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Pictures of Jake and the new "Wigwam"