The Ketts Family

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

What We've Been Up To

Life continues to keep us at a steady pace... full with work, school, ministry, and day-to-day activities. Here are highlights from the past few months...

Tyler, in IV Tec class, furthering his education as an EMT. Although intense at times, he's appreciated the knowledge and opportunity to learn new skills.

Along with his usual work of trimming and shoeing, Quint has had the opportunity to apprentice and share his equine knowledge. He's thoroughly enjoyed teaching others.

Caring for Wesley and dog grooming continue to occupy my time-- love every moment of both!

Reading... a favorite activity before nap time

Caught ya! :)

Best Buds!

We love to feed the animals together! :)

Andrew had the opportunity to work in Tennessee with his friend, Jonathan, to assemble a large order of lettuce harvesters before the deadline. He learned a great deal, and enjoyed his time on the Dysinger farm.

Andrew's home away from home for 2 weeks

Sand blasting metal pipes

Inside the sand blaster

The finished product!!

After the first 2 weeks, we joined Andrew on our way to Maryland and helped in the shop too.

Marking and cutting fabric for the baskets

A fun evening celebrating Kirsten's birthday

Ministry at the Show Low church in Arizona

The four of us kids provided the music for the service.

Tyler gave the message

Our hardware store gives us the opportunity to meet many new people and build relationships with the regulars as we seek to supply the needs of our community.

Going over the next order

Merchandise

We sell feed too

A new shipment

Splitting and stacking wood with Danny, our friend from Germany

It was such a blessing to spend time with you, Danny!

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Family, Friends, & Fellowship

Reflections on the last couple of months have us thanking God for His goodness and counting our many blessings as you, our family and friends, are among them!!

Before Thanksgiving, we were blessed by Australian company... The Walker family :)

Our puppies loved all the attention

Katie & Marv

Adelle & Maci

Hannah fell in love with the horses :)

Preparing meals together was a lot of fun!

It was a challenge to keep Emily out of the sink... ;)

Hay stacks with pineapple... the Australian way :)

Happy birthday, Uncle Alan!

Miss you, our Aussie friends! Our time together was way too short...

Thanksgiving Day

"Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies..."

Singing and recounting blessings

Thankful for friends

Sawtooth Mountains

An afternoon hike with friends

Missing Andrew and Natasha who were away.

"Gold Dollar" pictures :)

The winners!

In the middle of December, we made a quick trip to Maryland to visit family and attend the wedding of our friends, Alex and Samantha.

The day before the wedding

The boys with their friends, Alex and Akeem

Surprising Aunt Mary Carol with a visit. She had just been released from the hospital the day before. It was a delight to sing Christmas carols to her and her friends down the hall!

Aunt Mary Carol is very dear to us all-- especially mom!

Time with the cousins on Dad's side was a highlight! Its been way to long since all 12 of us have spent time together. What fun it was to catch up on each other's lives!