New Truck

Dave knew his brakes were "acting up" what he didn't know is that they would go out on him! He and Kiera were at "the locker" (aka the storage unit where he stores his work tools and equipment).  The truck was acting funny so he was going to back it into a parking spot so it would be easy for a tow truck to pick up the truck...but the truck had other plans! He pressed the gas to get it to go, and it the truck wasn't moving. So he jammed on the gas which made the truck move and when he went to put on the breaks, there weren't any! The break pad on the right side fell out and they ran right into a pole. Thankfully, other than a few bruises and scrapes, Kiera and Dave were fine. It was a bad time to be looking for a new truck, because of the chip shortage during Covid. We called and visited dealerships to find a new truck but weren't finding anything (thankfully he had a loaner truck). We finally found one almost a month later. It wasn't quite what he wanted (we were spoiled by the Platinum package on his former truck). 

His new truck! A 2021 F-150 Lariat 

We went to Thai Spice for dinner to celebrate!

Kiera was super jazzed because they had bubble tea.

OVR Volleyball Tournament in Columbus

Kiera and her teammates ended the AVC Club Season at the

OVR tournament in Columbus this weekend. They didn't place well 

(2nd in platinum) but we had a great time! We went down to Columbus 

on Saturday afternoon. Then went to Buca di Beppo for a team dinner.

After dinner, we walked down the fun, happenin' North High Street

to get dessert at Jeni's Ice Cream. 

Dinner with some of the team at Buca di Beppo

 

"Snow" Much Fun!

Our favorite seven year old and his parents came for

a short visit after Christmas. We took a break from

playing dominos to play in the snow.

 

Kette Christmas Card 2020

 

Merry Christmas from the Kette Family!

Christmas Card Photo Shoot

I love good stationery and sending cards in the mail. I especially love Christmas cards. Time got away from me and I *almost* didn't send cards out. But when Kiera and I drove down to the farm to feed the ducks, we had a little Christmas Card photo shoot at the She Shed. 

Look at the thin layer of ice on the pond

Kiera's driveway pics are my fave! 

The She Shed got some Christmas touches...wreaths, trees and buffalo check pillows

Selfie!

This is the shot we used for the cards! 

The Ducks "Winter Home"

Grandpa and Dave built the ducks their "winter home" in the barn this weekend. We used

scrap wood, netting, a tarp and lots of straw. We tried to catch the ducks to put them in, but only

got Daisy. We tried and tried and tried, but gave up...only to come back the following weekend

and round them all up with food (why didn't we do that in the first place?) Kiera invited her friend, R

to the farm for the weekend.

Smart and Strong

I sent this onesie in the mail to L and Em sent these pics.

Not only is she rocking the cute shirt but look at her mohawk!