The Keller's

Family Photo

2011-04-08T06:49:00.001-07:00

Sledding

2011-04-08T06:35:00.001-07:00

Jacob looking like the Heat Miser

2011-04-08T06:31:00.000-07:00

Snow

2011-04-08T06:27:00.001-07:00

Here we are all waiting for spring and I am puttingup pictures of snow.

Parade

2011-04-07T19:11:00.000-07:00

I know that it has been a long time since I put pictures on the blog. Well now I am trying to catch up so enjoy the update. Hopefully one day I can stay current.

We were in the parade again this year (or last depending on how you want to look at it). We decorated the bikes with lights and packages. Amanda pulls the trailer behind her with packages from Santa in it. Kate and Jacob ride the little tandem that has a basket on the back filled with more presents.

Concert

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The Hunt for A Christmas Tree

2010-12-10T12:17:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving

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Wacky Hair Day

2010-12-10T04:35:00.001-08:00

Grandma's 91st Birthday

2010-12-10T03:33:00.000-08:00

Halloween

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2010-11-24T16:22:00.000-08:00

Grapes

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Tour de-Troit

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Swimming

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Hockey

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Soccer

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First Day of School

2010-11-03T11:50:00.000-07:00

Vaction

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Armada Fair

2010-11-03T03:40:00.001-07:00

Milford Bike Race

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Aunt Lorraine's

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Fishing

2010-10-27T06:26:00.000-07:00

Beach Times

2010-10-05T03:28:00.001-07:00

Fun Day

2010-09-18T14:57:00.001-07:00

Skating

2010-09-18T04:55:00.001-07:00

Bike Race

2010-09-17T07:50:00.001-07:00

Strawberry Time

2010-09-17T07:46:00.001-07:00

Amnda's 5th Grade Graduation

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Track

2010-09-16T06:52:00.001-07:00

Amanda's Piano Recital

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Wacky Hair Day

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Eggs

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Katie's Dance Performance

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Battle of the Books

2010-04-05T06:18:00.001-07:00

Amanda and her friends were in the battle of the books put on by the library. They had to read 20 book, in four months, then they got together and answers question. there were a total of 69 teams. They did great and had a lot of fun doing it.Their team name was wakie weirdoes. (spelled wrong on purpose)

Piano

2010-03-02T04:43:00.001-08:00

Amanda played the piano in the talent show this year.

Birthday

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Snow Much Fun

2010-03-02T04:36:00.000-08:00

The Ginger Bread Cookie Show

2010-01-16T11:52:00.001-08:00

Amanda and Katie put on an Christmas Eve show, called the Ginger Bread Cookie Show. They made up a ginger bread cookie song and also sang Christmas songs to us. They also included jokes, and read a story.

Katie and Jacob's Play

2010-01-05T11:44:00.000-08:00

Katie and Jacob painted their hands one day. Then they put on a play.

Cookie Making

2010-01-05T11:14:00.000-08:00

Skating

2010-01-04T18:10:00.000-08:00

Over the holiday break we went skating. Bob was trying to burn lots of calories in an effort to continue to lose weight. To date Bob has lost a total of 45 pounds.

Christmas Parade

2010-01-04T17:53:00.001-08:00

We decided to be in the Christmas parade this year. Bob did a lot of work to get the bikes ready. The Lake Orion Parade is a lighted night time parade. It is great.

Waiting in the school for the parade to start.

Waiting to be placed in line for the parade.The parade gets started.

Tree Hunt

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Leaf Play

2009-11-20T04:40:00.001-08:00

Hair Cut

2009-11-20T04:29:00.001-08:00

My hair was hanging in my eyes. So one morning I had Amanda cut it for me.

Halloween

2009-11-06T10:06:00.001-08:00

Getting ready.

The whole neighborhood goes trick or treating.

Grandma's 90th Birthday

2009-11-06T08:43:00.001-08:00

randma's 90th Birthday

2009-11-06T08:27:00.001-08:00

Carving Pumpkins

2009-11-06T08:01:00.001-08:00

Blakes Apple Orchard

2009-11-04T05:19:00.000-08:00

We spent the day play at Blake's there was a lot of fun stuff to do.

Hoe Down

2009-10-28T06:40:00.000-07:00

The school had the hoe down again this year. The girls, and even Jacob, were real

excited about it.We all had fun.

Apple Picking

2009-10-28T06:33:00.000-07:00

We did our annual apple picking. It wasn't as fun as in years passed.

The apples this year were not that good. They didn't look good on the trees and the taste was not that good either.

Home Made Pizza

2009-10-11T16:11:00.001-07:00

Jacob makes the dough.
Time to put the pizza together.

Katie and Amanda puts theirs together.

Yum, yum

Amanda uses her creativity in making her pizza.

Grapes

2009-10-11T15:57:00.001-07:00

The grapes become jelly.

Katie Plays Soccer

2009-09-30T03:45:00.001-07:00

First Day of School

2009-09-27T05:40:00.001-07:00

Amanda is a safety in school this year.
Katie happy to go to school.

Jacob in his class.

Some of the kids at the bus stop.

Bike Race

2009-09-23T03:47:00.001-07:00

On Labor day the whole family did a bike race.

Amanda kayaking with Mom

2009-09-23T02:35:00.000-07:00

I took each kid by them selves for a special day with mom. Amanda picked kayaking at Stoney Creek.

Jumping Jacob

2009-09-23T02:29:00.001-07:00

This is Jacob on his day. He went to the high ropes course and jumping on the trampoline. I did take Katie too, but didn't have the camera with me. She pick the play center at the mall.

A day at the beach

2009-09-23T02:23:00.001-07:00

The kids and I meet some friends at the beach. It wasn't a very warm day as you can see.

Armada Fair

2009-08-23T03:47:00.001-07:00

Every year we go to the Armada fair with my friend Tracy and her kids.

The kids have so much fun. This year Katie was pie eating contest winner

(Amanda won last year). There are no pictures because

the camera ran out of batteries by that event.

Tracy's little girl Shannon

TThe swing, one of the kids favorite rides. The would get off and get right back on.

Rope making.

Finished product

Making Stepping Stones

2009-08-03T04:24:00.001-07:00

Swimming at Tracy's

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Track

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Muddy Buddy

2009-07-19T18:33:00.000-07:00

Me and my friend Maria did the Muddy Buddy race at Stoney Creek.

This is what we looked like before the race.
This is what we looked like after.

Ice Skating

2009-07-19T18:26:00.000-07:00

Uncle Tony,with his little girl, Alex and Katie having fun

Playing at The Beach

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Beach Games

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Yum Ice Cream
Amanda and he friend,Tif, in the wheel barrel race.

Run Jacob

Run Katie

Trip - Pittsburg to DC

2009-06-25T14:43:00.002-07:00

We are going to have to haul all of this stuff. Scary!!
All loaded for the train.

First rest break about 10 miles in on 1st day.

Kelly and Jake.

Morning view from first campsite.

Connellsville, Pa.

Park in Connellsville.

One of the many awesome bridges.

My sweetheart.

One of the many beautiful views.

Katie and a jar of the best lemonade ever.

Bridge near Ohiopyle State Park.

The Salisbury Viaduct and windfarm (in background).

Gram Grams Place. A great B&B.

In the Big Savage Tunnel.

Our ride was from right to left.

Time for a 22 miles downhill with no pedaling.

Also in the Big Savage Tunnel.

Kelly emerging from the big savage tunnel.

View from the top.

The tan cliff face in the background is near Cumberland, MD.

The end of the downhill.

In the Paw Paw Tunnel.

Our very kind Camp Fuel

Provider.

Our last campsite at the Town Creek Aqueduct.

Steve's Little Orleans Lodge.

Steve serving lunch.

Lunar lander at the Air and Space Smithsoian.

The real Spirit of St. Louis. Awesome!

Apollo 11 capsule. I have wanted to see this my whole life.

I was finally able to make it up to see Abe.

Kids in little train from Russel senate Office Bldg to Capitol.

What a beautiful Building.

My cousins Amy and Jodie (Mid Seventies)

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Everyday Play

2009-05-28T17:49:00.000-07:00

Katie playing in the mud with her friends.
Jacob playing army.

Amanda on crazy hair day.

Cute Car

2009-05-28T17:42:00.001-07:00

Bob got to use this car from work for a couple of days. I think it is cute. The car is from France. His company designed the roof.

Fishing with Uncle Gary and Uncle Tony

2009-05-25T18:38:00.000-07:00

Uncle Tony helping Jacob get ready for fishing.

We went to visit Uncle Gary at his house. We went fishing in the
canal in the back. Amanda caught the first fish.

Uncle Gary using the net to get it in.

The big one, a 14" inch bass.

After that we went for a boat ride and some more fishing. Jacob enjoying the ride.

Katie's turn to catch a fish.

Katie's big one. She went on to catch 5 fish.

Jacob wasn't catching anything. He finally caught one just before we left.

Hats

2009-04-24T07:15:00.001-07:00

Bob had hats made for his new bike building business. We went and picked them up from my friend Tracy.

Ken let Jacob drive the tractor.

BBQ

2009-04-24T07:11:00.001-07:00

We had a picnic at Bloomer Park. Grandpa getting a fire ready.

We went for a hike after we ate.

Kaite Turning Six

2009-04-24T07:06:00.001-07:00

Katie made her own cake
She picked pizza for her dinner. We made it our using Christy's dough recipe.

Easter

2009-04-12T11:22:00.000-07:00

Amanda's great egg. She used tape and dipped it twice.

I did a really good job of hiding the eggs this year. It took them quite a while to find them all.

Macomb Orchard Trail-Romeo Bridge

2009-04-05T12:25:00.000-07:00

Today We rode 19 miles round trip from Shelby Township

to the Macomb Orchard Trail's Bridge over M53 in Romeo.

Please excuse the poor quality of the pictures. I was using

my cell phone camera.

The Kids on the cover of The Rochester Post

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This is the Third year that they have used this

picture to announce this Festival.

Getting Big

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Henry Ford Museum

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Thanksgiving

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Aunt Chris and Mark
Carrie and Gary

John and Grandma Bazant

Sally

Jacob, Katie, Parker, Kallie, Shelby and Amanda

Snow Fun

2008-12-20T14:27:00.001-08:00

Commute II

2008-12-20T14:25:00.001-08:00

Bob's new commuting bike

Halloween

2008-11-04T02:24:00.001-08:00

Apple Time

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Amanda and Katie get their ears pierced

2008-09-20T07:11:00.001-07:00

First Day of School

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Everyone waiting for the bus.
Jacob sitting in his seat on the first day.
Amanda with her friend Anna.
Ths is actually Katies first day on the bus. She was so excited. She has been waiting two years to get on the bus.
Yea I am at school finally.

Up North

2008-09-14T02:33:00.000-07:00

We did a quick trip up north to get Bob from a bike ride. On the way up we stopped at a rest stop. We found this tree stup that looks like a heart.
On the bike ride the riders camp at schools long the way. The kids enjoying the play ground.
Bob tired after a long day of biking.
The kids telling all sorts of stories to Bob's friend, Dean.

Fishing Contest

2008-09-13T01:37:00.001-07:00

The fish is on.

Jacob looks ready to go.
The big catch,
well maybe not so big.
But they had fun.
Tubing time.

Armada Fair

2008-09-12T17:13:00.000-07:00

The kids really loved this ride.

They got to make thier own rope.

This is the tractor pull. The kids have to pull weight that they put in the back of the tractor. Who ever pulls it the farthest wins. The have different age groups.

Katie getting ready for her pie eating contest.
I never imagined Katie could eat a peice of pie so fast. It was funny to watch. She even almost won.

Amanda's turn for her pie eatting contest. Amanda was ready after watching the other age groups before her. She was determind to win....

I laugh everytime I see this picture. At one point Amanda looked at the person next to her and saw that he was close so she started to shove in more pie.

and she won.

Weekend Bike Ride

2008-09-04T03:19:00.001-07:00

Looks like Jacob is having fun.
We stopped so the kids could play.

Lemonade 25 cents!

2008-09-01T06:06:00.001-07:00

Amanda wanted to have a lemonade stand so I took her over to the trail to have one.
Her first customer.Her second customer.
The kids would yell lemonade 25 cents.

Family

2008-08-28T08:10:00.000-07:00

Carrie's two littlest Kallie and Shelby

My sister Carrie
Grandma Bazant
Aunt Chris with Parker and Shelby
Brother Gary with little Katie

Uncle Tony and My Brother Tony
My brother John and My Uncle Bob
Jacob with the big one
Water fun with Uncle Tony
Parker (Carrie's oldest) on the beach at Aunt chris's house

Playing on the Paint Creek Trail

2008-08-03T17:55:00.001-07:00

One of the logs that Jacob crawled acrossed.

This is Katies second time biking the whole trail to Rochester on her own bike! She went all the way the first time to the Rochester library. Then the second time she continued on to the Velodrome at Bloomer Park.

One beautiful Sunday we took a bike ride along the Paint Creek Trail. We took manying breaks for the kids to play.

4th of July Beach Games

2008-08-03T17:41:00.000-07:00

Amanda and her friend Anna in the three legged race. They took second place.

Jacob running hard.

Katie in her running race.

DC to Pittsburgh Bike Trip (Not Quite)

2008-06-17T15:29:00.000-07:00

Bunnies

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March 9th Stony Creek

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