A Peek into the Lives of the Kettman 5

A few pics from the last week - we went to one of Kurtis’ best friend’s birthday party last Sunday (we love you, Isaiah!) and had a blast - they had each family prepare a song to perform for everyone as Isaiah is really into music and it was so much fun to participate and watch each family do their thing!

The latter half of this week we did lots of snuggling…the first 2 pics are pre-flu bug…

This pic was sometime in the last 3 days…Kurtis & Luke both were hit with the flu on Thursday with “the works!” Poor guys. Ok, so no vomiting, but everything else from fevers to sore throats, headaches, coughing, sneezing, runny nose, chills, blah. Anyway, their fevers are gone finally, so we’re hopeful that restored health is around the corner for them!

Happy to be a Mama today. Blessings of encouragement, hope, love & grace to each & every Mama reading this…no matter what’s going on in your world today - may you be overwhelmed by God’s Grace…instead of by your circumstances.

Hugs,
Kayli

We took a little morning trip up to White Rock in Surry, BC last Saturday as a fam. It wasn’t as warm as we had hoped for, but definitely was worth the trip. We enjoyed sight-seeing, playing by the water, etc. but next time will have to be sure and get some Canadian quarters for parking (the internet led us astray, making us think we wouldn’t need quarters)!!!!!!!

White Rock BC Trip from Tom K on Vimeo.

So, the week before Melissa’s wedding, little Joshua was sitting up on a trike that he realized he could reach the pedals on finally…lost his balance and totally spilled off to the side in our garage - completely splitting his chin WIDE open. It was rather traumatic for all of us as I quickly realized he needed to go to the hospital for stitches and yet how do I get him there? How is the towel going to stay on his chin? How am I going to keep his hands off it? Oh, and I have two other sons to take with me, too…and wait, Kurtis is only in swim trunks…. I realized Josh’s chin wasn’t actually bleeding that profusely (thankfully!) and was able to put some gauze & tape on it to go to the hospital, and grabbed enough shirts/shoes for everyone to be decent. Tom was able to meet me there and stayed with Joshua for the 4 HOURS it took to get in and get the 4 stitches he needed. Poor Josh!

So, he had the stitches in for 5 days, like they told us, we took them out the morning of Melissa’s wedding…thought everything was great…only for him to fall DURING pictures on the grass, holding his head up, and RIP the wound right back open! Ugh. Thankfully butterfly stitches worked this time with a bandaid over top and Tom didn’t have to go BACK to the ER with him for more real stitches. Here’s the “best” pic. I got of him with the stitches

From April 2009

Here’s some pics from my sister’s wedding this last weekend and the pre-wedding events. (On my camera, I only have through Kevin & Melissa’s first pics together…maybe we’ll share more in the near future when we get them from her awesome photographer!) Kurtis was an awesome ring bearer with Kevin’s nephew Cole and the whole ceremony/reception was beautiful and could not have gone better! I love you, Liss, and am SO incredibly happy for you and Kevin!

So, we decided to upgrade out countertops a bit, nothing too drastic (or expensive) and as always, it took longer than we were anticipating. But the results are beautiful, at least we think so. We have yet to put the edging on the countertops, but we’re hoping to get that done sooner than later.

Kurtis had one of those milestone moments today, I (Tom) pulled my car into the driveway and just as I got out thinking about all the things I hadn’t finished today at work…Kurtis said “Dad, watch this!” He just started pedaling, so I grabbed the camera and smiled.

we had a special movie night for our boys and had them get set up in their new birthday sleeping bags. They thought that was pretty fun!

Josh and Luke have quite the fascination with getting “neked” these days and here’s a pic I grabbed of Josh just hanging out in his favorite attire.

Josh & Luke pulled their potties out during the movie, too, and enjoyed sitting on those for a while. (The laying still in a sleeping bag bit, didn’t last too long.)

Here are the boys going to Daddy for a “potty treat”. Priceless.

Ya know that cake I made for my sister’s shower? This was Joshua enjoying multiple handfuls of a layer he just thought TOO tempting to resist. I found him standing there covered in crumbs right after waking from his nap…I knew he was being too quiet for anything good to be going on! (I think he was wondering why in the world I was taking his picture in the middle of such an “OH NO, Joshua” moment.)

And lastly, I love this picture of Kurtis. He was thoroughly enjoying his salad while out at a fancy dinner for my sister’s birthday…