Happy Birthday, Grandpa!

We celebrated a grandpa's birthday on Friday, complete with all his 

favorites...Kiera, swordfish and blackberry cobbler! 

These two!

griller and supervisor 

 His fave dinner! 

Kiera is 11!

Our girl turned eleven! We celebrated with the family. Friday birthday fun with Grandpa, then a weekend celebration with Mimi, Papa, Tyler and Kate at Sangria, one of Kiera's favorite restaurants. 

Check out her amazing cake from Mimi...a tribute to one of her favorite things...SLIME! This birthday was extra special for Kiera because she got a phone! I was still on the "no" fence, but joined the rest of the family on the "yes" side because she has been biking/walking to school this spring and having a phone would make it more safe. 

 The waiter brought around a round of celebratory shots.

Kiera's was a Shirley Temple!

This gift bag had boxes of slime in them...

but one box had the phone box inside! 

 Kitty loves bags and tissue!

Christmas Eve 2017

We normally go to Mimi and Papa's house for Christmas Eve, but this year, it was at our house. We opened presents, then did our traditional fondue dinner and Ryan brought over a ton of Thai food from the restaurant where he works. I didn't take many pictures.

In addition to their real gifts,

everyone got a "thrifted" gift from Unique, 

which is really now Savers, but it will always

be Unique to me!

Little did we know...we each got each other

fermentation crocks! 

 Mimi got Kiera a big tub filled with all the fixings for 

slime. Papa and Tyler each made a batch with Kiera,

and here's Em and K blowing a bubble with the slime!

 Brooke got a new toy!

 Christmas macrons from

Kelsey Elizabeth Cakes

 Emmy's Christmas I-Spy Book from when

she was little is now on it's second generation!

 Peppermint Martinis

 The only pic I got of Mimi, Ty and Val...and no pictures of Ryan!

Off to bed for the last sleep before Santa comes!

First Dinner on the Patio of the Season

We waited almost half of 2016 to have our first dinner on the patio for two reasons...

the weather was weird and we ordered a new replacement canopy for the gazebo 

and it was on back order. Dinner was oversized baked potatoe with broccoli and cheese 

and a fruit salad. The fun continued after dinner with some family jump rope time...

Guess which Kette thought of that great idea?

Clam Bake

We had our second annual "Friday Grandpa Day Clam Bake" on the day before Halloween. To dress up the table, I borrowed some beakers from the science class at school. Kiera still doesn't like clams, but she loves melted butter! 

Cinco de Mayo

Happy Cinco de Mayo from the Kette Casa! We celebrated with

a homemade nachos and Mexican drinks...Margaritas for Dave

and me and Jarrito's Tangerine Soda for Kiera. Ole!