Where have I been?

I just noticed that my last entry was September 3rd. Where have I been? I know you are sitting on the edge of your chair wondering what the Kettner family has been doing the last couple of weeks. Well, sit back and relax while I get you up to speed.

Jacob and Riley have adjusted to school. (Riley not so much the waking up early part, but he loves school, especially recess!) We are trying to read as much as possible with both boys. Sometimes that means 20 minutes before bed, but that is as much as possible around here.

Both Jacob and Riley are still playing football. Jacob loves it and plans to be a professional football player when he grows up. (At least that is the plan for this week.) Riley likes being with his friends. He is still a little confused about the rules. We spend so much time teaching Jacob the "correct" way to tackle and then we have to teach Riley not to tackle because he is playing flag.

Mimi and Pawpaw came for a visit last weekend. They had lunch with the boys at school, watched football on Saturday morning, babysat Saturday night, saw Jacob get a Bible in church and picked peas and pumpkins. We all had a great time!!

Jacob signed up for 4H on Tuesday and already made a shooting club on Wednesday. I think he is going to really like 4H. We still have not decided if we are going to let him show a pig this year. Kelly thinks it might teach him a little responsibility, but I think it will teach me a little responsibility and I am already responsible! By the way, if anyone is interested in buying some meat from 4H, feel free to call Jacob!

Kyle is still on the verge of walking. He took about 5 or 6 steps the other day, but has not tried since then. Which brings me to my next problem. I have had a sickie around here!!! Kyle ran a fever for several days and we took him to the doctor on Monday. He has not run a fever since Monday night, but he is still not himself! Last night he was up all night screaming and I have no idea why! Now, I have to decide if I go back to the doctor or wait this out. Whatever I do will be wrong! Do I take him in to find out he is ok or do I stay home all day and regret not knowing what is wrong??? So, back to the walking... it is hard to walk when you are being held all the time.

Kristi had a blog entry about all the things she ever (or never) needed to know. Here is one I could add. I never knew that when you called the pediatrician's office after midnight that they put you through to the pediatrician. (I was expecting a nurse from the hospital... girls, you know who I am talking about, Cinnamon.) I don't think that Dr. Gray was excited to hear from me last night at 3 a.m. I really don't want to take Kyle to the doctor today because I don't want to face Dr. Gray. (Another would be, I never knew my family could stack the laundry that high after I neglected to wash anything for almost a week. Riley even had a comment about how much laundry there was in the laundry room.)

As if we are not busy enough, it is pumpkin time. Kelly has been shipping pumpkins for over a week now. Poor guy is exhausted from dealing with the hired hands and a constantly ringing telephone and he comes home to a baby that screams all night. Hopefully, we can all get some rest tonight.

I started to title this post... All the pictures I missed. I will get my camera out again today.

Kyle on the Move

Sorry folks, just another "Boy he is growing up fast" post. Nothing is safe in our home any more!! Kyle is a champ at crawling and can be anywhere before I have a second to rest. Unfortunately, crawling is such a short time in a babies life... we are already starting to master the walking thing and it will not be long before I am going to have to really do some baby proofing! Kyle will stand up and push any toy that he can find around in the living room, this includes his little baby rocking chair.







I got tired of chasing Kyle out of the kitchen, so I made a barricade to keep him out. He is checking things out here.

New Discovery!

What a Day! Kyle is 9 months old and in to everything!!! Today he figured out that there was fun stuff behind all those cabinet doors in the kitchen. He accidentally opened one and then went along opening all of them pulling things out along the way.


On a side note: my little slugger got me in the eye today and cut my eye pretty good. Kyle was flailing his arms and got me with my eye wide open. After a trip to the eye doctor and some eye drops I am feeling a little better.

Am I cute or what??

I know most people work hard to achieve this look, but this hairstyle comes naturally for Kyle. What a cutie!!

First Day

Like the good parent that I am, we picked out their clothes last night and tucked them into bed at 8:30 on the button. My boys slept like rocks while their momma tossed and turned and woke up every 30 minutes. This morning we got up early to fix breakfast tacos (both told me they did not want tacos after I went to all the trouble and made their plates!) Then, I loaded Jacob in the car to take him to school. On the way to Jacob's school, I remembered that I did not take any pictures and did not have the camera with me. I had to snap a couple with my phone, not the picture I had planned!



I walked Jacob in to make sure he found his room and then headed home to pick up Riley. Riley's school just finished an addition/remodel and the traffic was awful! All the mama bears trying to get their baby cubs to the right place made a huge traffic jam outside and in the building! I dropped off Riley (with no tears) and headed home.


I did not realize his eyes were closed until now. Maybe I can get some pictures after school! Yeah right, it just won't be the same.



Now, I guess is the time to start all those projects that I have put off all summer long. Maybe tomorrow... Ronda and I are celebrating the first day with lunch in Clovis and then I need a nap!

Update: Here are a few pictures I got after school. They were both tired, but their little brother was happy to see them!

Fun with Friends

A friend of mine from college came to Muleshoe for the weekend and we had a fun visit. M has a 6 year old son and he got along great with Jacob and Riley. We went out to the field to ride the dirt bike, check out the pumpkins and play at the barn on Friday.




What a sweet boy. M's boy was so excited to find a big pumpkin.


Saturday we watched Jacob and Riley play football, swam and then they went back to Lubbock. Thanks for coming "little sister", we had a great time catching up!

Are you ready for some Football???

Fall in Texas can only mean one thing. Football. Our boys have joined in the tradition and are both playing this year. Riley plays on a flag football team named the Cowboys and Jacob plays on a tackle team named Texas Tech. We had our first games on Saturday and they both had a lot of fun.

Our little Cowboy is number 2 and he played center most of the game. Riley did run the ball a couple times and he did not know where to go. He usually ran a little backwards because he did not want to run into the group of people on defense. I think Riley really got into blocking and enjoyed a little tackling playing on the line.






It is important to know that Jacob is number 11, because they all look the same out there with helmets and pads on. Jacob ran the plays in on offense and he got to run the ball a couple of times, too.