August

Welcome to the new and improved version of our family blog!

August has been a little slower and a lot hotter!
The kids are back in school and life is a little more normal now. (The pics are enlargeable.)

On the 18th Molly and I ran in a local 5 mile race. We both did fine and had a lot of fun together.

This month I had the opportunity to meet Kentucky's governor. He is a very impressive person (fighter pilot, physician, congressman, and now governor) and I was impressed with what he had to say. I had a minute to talk to him and am convinced that all our Kentucky-resident-blog-readers need to get out and vote for Gov. Fletcher Nov. 6.

How do you beat the Aug. heat? Head for the lake!!! That's what we did on the 25th. We went to Jenny Wiley State Park where I pulled the kids in the tube, we picnicked on the shore, and then turned off the motor and jumped in!

Be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom to see a new addition to the blog.

Upcoming in Sept...Blake starts flag football, Molly's 1st soccer game of the year, and Keith goes to Tanzania and South Africa (9/12-25).
Until next time...take care and God bless,

Keith, Kim, Molly, Kyle, and Blake

One Wild July!

We have had the busiest, funest, goingest month ever! I'd better get right to it! (all pics should be enlargeable - just click)

We began the month by going to Chattanooga to meet Annika and Jonas Bengtsson and their children. They are longtime friends of ours from Sweden and were in the States for a few weeks. While we were there we took in Ruby Falls. They are such good and fun people that we always have a great time with them. We spent half of our time in disbelief at 1) how well the kids get along even though they didn't really know each other or even speak the same language; and 2) how we all ended up with so many kids! It seems like yesterday when we went to their wedding and there was only Molly. Wow, everyone else sure is getting old!

We slowly made our way back from Chattanooga (the Bengtssons headed for Disney) stopping and goofing off. One highlight was going thru the Mayfield Dairy tour . Of course we had to top it off with some fresh ice cream! The kids thought it was very funny that I had to cover up to that point that it looked like I was wearing a burkha!

This month both Molly and Kyle attended Math and Science camp here at the college. They had a great time! (Apparently it's a lot more fun than it sounds!) This is Kyle competing in the egg drop. They had to design something to catch an egg from up to an 18' drop.

Again this year Blake participated in the Future Champions football camp. That's him going out for a pass.

One day my ole (and old) buddy Harlow and I took the kids to see some really neat antiques. Most of them were local things especially pertaining to coal mining. Here the kids are sitting in a really old buggy that Harlow helped restore. That Harlow can do anything!

The 26th-28th we all headed to Cinncinati for a mini-vacation. On Thursday we hit Kings Island where we had a perfect day! The threat of rain kept the temps perfect and the crowds low...and it didn't rain! On Friday we just goofed off. Meanwhile, back at the motel (it's a really big place - see for yourself www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1542&EM=VTY_SI_cincinnatinorth_1542_overview ) we were right smack dab in the middle of the biggest wedding party this side of Bombay! It's always fun and educational whenever we go anywhere! (no pics - sorry!)

On the way home we stopped by the Cinncinati Bengals training camp to take in some football and get some autographs. That's the back of Kyle's head. Go Bengals!!!...and stay out of jail this year!

Here you go Matt! Here's the much-anticipated pic (at least Matt wants to see it!) of the new ride I told you about in the last update. Shown sitting by her big brother.

We rounded out the month, and the summer, at West Virginia Christian Youth Camp just outside the thriving metropolis of Pennsboro, WV. The entire family got to go this year and we had a blast! There were 150 from 9 states and we couldn't have had a better week. To make it even better, my buddy Mike Reese and I biked the back roads every morning and enjoyed the beautiful scenery and wildlife.

Well, how's that for a full month?!

Until next time...love from,
Keith, Kim, Molly, Kyle, and Blake