Carhartt and Stanleys from Kiki, oh my!

 Kiki got the all the kids Carhartt hats and Stanleys for Christmas!

Poppy and Kendall hung out with us while mom and dad were at work. We went for a walk and the kids stayed warm and cozy and cute in their new hats!

Merry Christmas 2024

Merry Christmas from The Kettes!

This picture cracked us up...one of us has her pants pulled up too high, one of us looks beautiful and one of us looks like Mr. Clean with his white bushy eyebrows (courtesy of the down lights). We celebrated Christmas Eve at Mimi and Papa's with the Kettes 2.0, Shapiros and Groths. We were extra cozy this year as we all wore matching pjs. We enjoyed one of our favorite traditions together...Christmas Eve fondue. Kiera requested a chocolate fondue this year. We laughed, ate, loved on eachother, drank, opened gifts and ate some more, then headed home to wait for Santa to come! 

The Bockraths

The Groths

                                                                           The Kettes 2.0

The Shapiros

Three Generations of Kette Guys

Dave and his mini me!

Happy 4th of July!

God Bless America!

We celebrated America's independence with dinner at Mimi and Papa's...

smoked brisket, pasta salad, fruit salad and a homemade ice cream cake for dessert. 

We cut our fun short so Kiera could head to Bay Days with friends. 

Fun fact: Lucy is wearing a hand-me-down dress of Kiera's! 

Here's Kiera in the dress, but a full blog post with more pics is on August 6, 2011 

Can't wait a few more years until the dress gets passed down to Poppy! 

Our Beloved Pediatrician

Dr. Guadiz and Kiera

 Kiera had her 15 year old well visit today. In true Dr. G fashion, we had to 

wait for her for 30 minutes, but we love her so much it's worth the wait. 

Kiera got a clean bill of health. She's in the 97th percentile for height at 

almost 5'9".  Kiera got an order for her first blood draw, which will do

later this summer. We don't suspect anything is wrong, it's routine and

 will be baseline data for future. We treated our sweet doctor to a note and

a jar of honey because she is the absolute sweetest! 

Homecoming #3

Kiera went to Bay's Homecoming (her third homecoming dance) 

with one of her favorite neighborhood pals, G and her group of 

girl friends. Kiera said this was the best dance so far and then 

she asked, "Can I transfer to Bay High?"

                                                                                K & G

Mini and Mom

Though she looks taller than me in the pic,

I've still got 1/2" on her! 

                                                                     Off to Bay Arts for pics

Homecoming #2

This weekend Kiera went to her second homecoming dance at Avon with a friend named Aidan, whom she met at the Avon vs. Avon Lake football game with friends. We met for pictures at Miller's Preserve then the kids went off to dinner at Three Palms in Crocker. Kiera says she had a good time and her favorite  memory was when someone threw a piece of pizza at Aidan and he had to buy a new shirt at Crocker (not a "good" memory in my opinion, but that's what she said). 

 

Rainbow

Woke up this morning to a rainbow in our backyard! Dave and I normally sit on the couch in the living room and drink our coffee. But today, since Dave is at the farm and I'm home, I sat in the kitchen with the back door open so kitty could enjoy the fresh air. She likes to sneak out on the porch, so I was sitting in the kitchen to keep an eye on her...and it's a good thing I did, because I spotted this beauty! Had I been sitting in the living room I may have missed it!

This is the view I first saw from the kitchen with the rainbow in our

 backyard, then I walked outside to the front to capture the colorful arch 

with our house in the foreground.