March Madness!

March has been wild and wooly...in a good way.

The best news of the month was Kim getting (finally) her "new" van. You know you're getting older when you're excited about a minivan...but we are!

I had to go to Prattville to get the van, so Kyle and I headed out early Monday. While Kyle and Nana goofed off, Dad, Brian, and I played some pasture pool. We had a great time and it was a nice, unexpected surprise to have that time together. We headed back early Tuesday.

Then, on Thursday I headed to Tanzania. The trip went very well and you can check out a few of the pics in the webalbums.

After 14 days of travelling and/or teaching, Denny and I needed some R&R (at least that's what we told ourselves) so we hit Zanzibar! While Denny loafed around, I went diving. I am now a certified scuba diver. I used the camera on only one of the dives and wouldn't you know it, the other one was by far the best! Oh well...


Right before I left home, the boys and I split a package of "Bubba teeth" - they were a big hit with the folks there and they feature prominently in the photos.

I'm writing this on a layover in Amsterdam, so please overlook any errors that my foggy mind may have come up with.

That's all for now! Have a great April!

Love from,
Keith, Kim, Molly, Kyle, and Blake

Kyle's 12th birthday party!

Kyle's Birthday party was so great that I couldn't wait until the next update to post these pics and videos. A decent snow came (finally) and forced us to change our plans. We quickly decided on a snow-fun party and the games we had planned are saved for another day.









Our fun in the snow crew:













These video clips are short, but may take a moment to buffer. First is the birthday boy followed by his favorite brother and Dad.

We've never had a better party and we couldn't have a better son!

Bye for now...

February

Our February rolled along quite nicely! Feb. in Kentucky means one thing: basketball! Here I am at the PHS game with my buddies Blake and Clayton. Kyle's team is finshed for the year. The team wasn't good, but Kyle really was!

It is also the month of love. 6 of us went to the Smokies for a Marriage Retreat and had a blast! See the webalbum (to the right) for more pics.

Blake and I love to watch cartoons in bed! Arthur and George are our favorite early-morning-turn-the-volume-low-so-we-don't-wake-Mom companions.

Even though I'm ready to "soak up the sun", I still wish we would have at least one decent snow this year but it hasn't happened yet. This is the best so far, but even this Florida-born boy knows that this isn't very good.

On the 28th, Kyle turned 12! We can't believe it!

He is a great young man and we're very proud of him. His party will be Mar. 8 so pics will come in next month's update.

BTW, Kyle and I found this great party game website while planning his party.

I'll close this month with another incredible sunrise from our deck.

Be sure to check out my new blog! (link at top right)

See you next month!

Love,

Keith, Kim, Molly, Kyle, and Blake