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Merry Christmas from the Keith Family ~ 2016

2016-12-23T18:29:00.002-08:00

Greetings from Missouri...
we hope this note finds you and your family well and enjoying this special time of year. We love you and we’re thankful for you.

Some highlights of our year include:Buying a house that we love... (THE DEER LOVE OUR YARD!)

Alyssa’s sweet 16 SURPRISE birthday party...
(SUCCESS!)

Justin moving to Missouri...
(SURPRISED US TWO WEEKS EARLY!)

The newest member of our family coming soon making us grandparents for the first time...
(WE LOVE YOU, ORION!)

Celebrating our 25^th wedding anniversary...

(WE DID IT HAHA!)

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And we got to visit our family and friends in Phoenix twice this year and we’re heading there again to meet our precious grand-baby boy next month...
(YAY!)

21 hour drive one way!

Jayden, Dresa (my sister), ME, Jayce, Jessica, Alyssa and Brandon (my nephew!)

Dresa and Me being photo bombed by Scott!

Thanksgiving dinner with the Keith family :)

Orion's baby shower!

Coffee with friends!

THE KEITH FAMILY (Justin is missing though)

Playing the "Price is Right" game at Orion's baby shower (Alyssa won!)

We’re looking forward to having a nice Christmas here in Missouri where the kids are excited for snow!

May the joy and blessings of Christmas be yours with love and peace through out the year!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Love, Scott and Jaimee Keith

Justin (23), Jessica (21), Alyssa (16), Jayden (13) and Jayce (6)

Our first year in Missouri

2016-07-19T11:23:00.002-07:00

Well, here we are one year since we moved to Missouri so I thought this would be a great time to update my blog! Here are some pictures from our year, in no particular order, including two trips to Phoenix to visit our family. :D And we are also thankful to God for the house on an acre we bought in February just a couple of miles from work. It's kind of a miracle that we found this place. :)

This is Jayce at the Nature Santuary

Me and Alyssa when our trees were first starting to get green

We have deer on our property daily, including little babies and their mother.

This is right outside our back door.

Jayce is catching frogs in our backyard.

Tiny frogs, the size of crickets!!

Catching fireflies

Here is a picture of our house before it was fully green.

More house pictures :)

And MORE House Pictures!!


Some yard pictures

A couple pictures from our forest before it had grown in completely :)


Cloud watching!
This was a lazy storm that stayed in the same spot for 2 hours.
It was pretty though.

Winter Sunset on the river near our house

Random flowers that bloomed in our flower bed :)

Alyssa with a sparkler on the 4th of July

Jayden with sparklers :)

J A Y C E !

4TH of July fun

We found a creek across the street from our house.

I taught 2 ballet classes for our homeschool co-op and I had 30 kids total.

Above ^ I'm introducing my students at our End of the Year Performance.

The ages of the kids I taught were between 3 and 18.
It was a lot of fun!

Jayce turned 6 in April and Jayden turned 13 in May :)

Birthday party time!!!

Alyssa, Jayden and Jayce in Phoenix

*Summer Vacation*

Summer vacation

Jessica and Jayce making silly faces

Jessica and Alyssa

Jayce, Alyssa, Justin, Jayden

Jaimee loves Scott

Selfie?

Christmas in Phoenix

Alyssa and me :)

Another selfie

Alyssa, Jayden, Jayce and Jessica

Celebrating Christmas at the Arizona Biltmore

^ ^ Our wonderful family ^ ^

^ ^ The best kids ever!! ;)

Justin 22, Jessica 21, Alyssa 15, Jayden 13, Jayce 6

I hope you enjoyed the update and pictures of our first year in Missouri!

Numbers 6:24-26
"The LORD bless you, and keep you;
The LORD make His face shine on you,
And be gracious to you;
The LORD lift up His countenance on you,
And give you peace."

A new job ~ Phoenix Children's Hospital visit ~ moving update

2015-07-13T13:45:00.001-07:00

Scott has been looking for a job since October 2014. He didn't hear anything until March and April of 2015 and then he got 12 interviews for water companies in Arizona, California, Illinois, Texas and Missouri. It was a crazy time to try to plan a vacation but we really wanted to attend our friends' wedding in St. Louis and visit family along the way.

Our friends' wedding and their family!

Congratulations Anderson Family!!

The end of May, two days before we were to leave for St. Louis, Missouri to attend Jim and Rebecca's wedding, Scott got a job offer in Parkville, Missouri (near Kansas City). Since we were driving through there anyway for the wedding (how cool is that?), we were able to visit where he would work and Scott met the people there. He took the job!! (Parkville Pictures below)

Scott just found us a house in Kansas City, Missouri to rent. Below are some pictures of our house for the next year.

Then two weeks ago, Jayce, our 5 year old son, was admitted to Phoenix Children's Hospital (PCH) for Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes for a few days.

Poor baby doesn't feel good at all. This is in the ER at Phoenix Children's Hospital (PCH)

He has to take insulin shots for the rest of his life now. He gets 5 insulin shots a day! So we've been learning how to live life with blood sugar checks, insulin shots and carb counts.

He's in good hands with Phoenix Children's Hospital (PCH) managing his care until we get settled in Missouri.

He's been getting a lot of shots but it's helping him feel a lot better so all is good!

Being silly with daddy!

This was his last meal before he was able to go home. Nacho supreme, refried beans and ICE CREAM!!

We are thorough impressed with the care and education we've received from them so far. PCH has been absolutely A M A Z I N G ! We are truly thankful! Jayce is doing better now although he still has a ways to go. Thank you so much for your prayers. We were blessed to find out that Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City has one of the top rated Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes programs in the country and is larger than the one at PCH. PCH will manage his care until we make the transition to Children's Mercy.

"Goodbye Arizona! We're moving to Missouri!"

Justin is staying in Phoenix for now but the rest of us are saying goodbye on July 15th! It's hard to say goodbye to our awesome family, friends and church but we're excited to see what our future holds for us in Kansas City. We'll keep in touch!

W E ~ L O V E ~ Y O U !

A "better late than never" MeRrY ChRiStMaS and HaPpY NeW YeaR wish and update from the Keith family!!

2014-12-29T13:16:00.000-08:00

2014

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

from

The Keith Family

Luke 2:14 ~ Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased.

Wishing you all the joys...

...and happiness...

...of Christmas

...now and through the New Year!

We had a fantastic year with our family.

Our highlights include...

Alyssa graduating from 8th grade,

Fun vacations to...

^^ Happy Jack...

AND California!

Celebrating our 23rd wedding anniversary,

AND Jessica going on a 5 month mission trip to Thailand.

She came home December 20th.

You are very special to us. We hope your Christmas was Merry and we pray that your 2015 is filled with wonderful blessings!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Love,

Scott and Jaimee Keith

Justin (21), Jessica (19), Alyssa (14), Jayden (11) and Jayce (4)

PS. Justin is in this picture ^ too :)

HA-HA!

J E S S I C A ' S ~ N E W ~ A D V E N T U R E

2014-06-20T13:23:00.000-07:00

My daughter, Jessica, is going on a mission trip to Thailand for 5 months. Please read all about her journey in the letter below! :D

Dear Family and Friends, June 20, 2014

As some of you know, I was in Nashville, Tennessee performing and recording from August 2013 to February 2014. After returning to Phoenix, Arizona, I began praying for God to open another door for me and lead me in a direction with my life that He wanted me to go. I have been feeling like God wants me to grow closer to Him, and that He wants me to remember that He is more important than my music (God knows how important music is to me.) It’s amazing and ironic that during this time of prayer and searching some missionary friends with Cadence (http://www.cadencediscipleship.com) invited me to attend an intensive Christian discipleship course in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This program trains future leaders for God’s service. Even when I started doing music at a young age, I felt that God would use my music to help others. The Lord has opened up this exciting opportunity for me to go on a 5-month mission trip to Thailand this summer in August. This trip is part discipleship training and part outreach and it will equip me to share the gospel and serve others. I’ll also be doing outreach in Thailand and Cambodia and will be helping with VBS, working at orphanages, helping women escape human trafficking by finding vocations and more. This unique opportunity will help me grow closer to the Lord, it will challenge me, strengthen my walk with God and will give me an opportunity to use my gifts to serve God in another culture.

I'm excited about this opportunity and experience that lies ahead. As you can imagine, a trip like this requires financial support from a number of people. It’s necessary for me to raise $6,000 by August 10^th. If you can support me in a financial way, I would be very grateful. Most importantly, I also need your prayer support. Prayer is the fuel that will allow me to be successful as I follow God's leading in ministry in these countries. Without prayer, nothing will happen. Thank you so much!

Love,

Jessica Keith

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Merry Christmas from the Keith family (2013)

2013-12-20T08:15:00.001-08:00

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away there lived a family.

The King and Queen of the family had 5 royal children and have been living happily-ever-after for 22-years.

Their oldest son, Prince Justin, turned 20 this year. He worked for the Royal Water Company for several years before moving to Nashville, Tennessee. This young prince has created many YouTube videos online and has been practicing his acting skills by auditioning for a mini-series and a major Disney movie. His kindness shows as he also helps his little sister with her music career.

Speaking of his little sister, Princess Jessica has had quite a busy year with many adventures of her own. She wrote, sang and had her song, “Dear Pain” put on iTunes, which features singer/songwriter Lancifer. She also did a collaboration called, “Till the Sun Goes Down” by Lancifer and Jessica Keith, which was played on YES-FM radio in Ohio. The princess also graduated from high school, worked at JCPenney, performed at the Maricopa County Fair, won Taylor Swift tickets by winning a “Sing like Taylor” singing contest, moved to Nashville, plays at Bluebird Café and Douglas Corner Café regularly, and recorded more songs at the Royal Recording Studio in Nashville (just kidding, it’s called Waterworks Entertainment, of course!)

Now it’s time to introduce the royal couple’s 13-year old daughter. Princess Alyssa took ballet for 7 years and performed a lyrical jazz dance she choreographed for their homeschool group’s End of the Year Program. The summer kept her busy with a mission’s trip with her youth group to San Diego where she volunteered at homeless shelters and nursing homes. The princess has been busy with her youth group activities, gymnastics and her 8^th grade studies.

Prince Jayden turned 10 years old and is flourishing in the 5^th grade. He enjoys AWANAS, jumping on the trampoline at Alyssa’s gymnastics, skateboarding, and playing in the tree house & tree swing. He especially loves talking to his older siblings and misses them very much!

Last but not least is Prince Charming Jayce. He’s an enthusiastic, outgoing and loving 3-year old who lights up the palace with his funny antics and humor. He is extremely smart and loves his preschool studies with his private tutor (aka the Queen!) He loves to read, play, go to AWANAS, sing, dance and be like his royal siblings.

One day the royal family left their Kingdom to travel the land so they could help Justin and Jessica move to Nashville.

They journeyed with the best of their horses and carriage (two Dodge Ram pick-ups, one RV trailer and Justin’s Buick Century!) and they became known far and wide with travel through New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Colorado.

Their travels included getting the royal kids settled into their new castle, an obstacle course in the trees, zip lines, bungee jumping, alpine slides, ski lift rides, exploring caves, Silver Dollar City Amusement Park adventures, and visiting the Queen’s family in Iowa and the King’s family in Colorado.

Then they ventured to Nashville again for two weeks at Thanksgiving for royal business and they were thrilled to spend time with their children once again!!

Because of the harsh weather, they had to travel distant lands to get back home again.

They traveled through Texas...

...Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama...

...Mississippi, Louisiana...

...and more Texas.

The Queen marveled...

...at how beautiful the cities were in Texas...

...and the family really enjoyed the very loooong road trip through New Orleans and Houston.

Now that they are home from their journey, the King and Queen would like to extend their warmest wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and a blessed 2014! They pray that the Lord will bless you and your family this season and all the year through!

Please enjoy the pictures of the royal family and their adventures this year.

1 Peter 2:9-10 …for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness and into his wonderful light. Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people. Once you received no mercy; now you have received God’s mercy.

Jessica and friends at her going away party

Justin and Jayce~ going away party

Traveling is fun...

...in our travel trailer...with 7 people...haha

3 horses and 1 carriage at a rest stop

It's a long way to Nashville!

Getting closer!!!!

All 3 vehicles and the trailer resting after a long trip to Nashville!

Adventuring downtown Nashville

Downtown

Celebrating our 22nd Anniversary in Nashville

Justin, Jessica, Jayden, Jayce, Alyssa

Jayden, Jayce, Alyssa & Jessica

Water Park Fun... Except that it was closed!

Jayce watching the ducks on the lake

Me and my littles :D

Getting ready for obstacle in the trees with ziplines!

Me and Jessica

Watching Justin

Saying goodbye :(

The boys didn't want to say goodbye to Justin and Jessica :(

We visited my Nanny and Aunt Joy in Iowa

Daddy gets a massage after a long day of towing

Ski Lift to the Alpine Slide

Mommy and Jayce going down the slide.

Alyssa's walking on water!

It's a bird...it's a plane...it's... JAYDEN!

Just chillin' in Colorado

Too much pretty in Ouray

Scott and the kids on the beautiful mountain

Jayce was worried on the ski lift

Are we there yet?!

Me and Alyssa

Trucks keeping warm during our winter trip to Nashville :)

Kicking back in our warm trailer

Wrestling with daddy in Justin & Jessica's apartment

Jessica recording

Waterworks Entertainment recording Jessica

Jessica getting ready to perform that the Douglas Corner Cafe.

Jessica was in the first group of 4 getting ready to perform.

Fun with Jayce and Jessica

Me and Jessica

Jessica, Jayce and Alyssa on our last night visiting

sisters

Daddy and daughter

Jayden and Justin

Random picture: Recording the drummer for Jessica's song!

Looong trip home!

Back at home playing in our tree house and...

Tree swing

How Scott looks after two trips to Nashville!

The Pain of Disseverment by Jaimee Keith

2013-07-24T10:51:00.000-07:00

**Don't worry!! They all lived HAPPILY EVER AFTER** :D

The Pain of Disseverment by Jaimee Keith

Just a little baby, perfect, sweet and joy

Just a precious life, a beautiful baby boy

His parents both truly loved him, but life came to a halt

His parents both decided it was the other person’s fault

He’d never see his family, be together full of love

He’d never see what it was like, a match made from above

Bitterness and hatred from one spouse to another

Hurt this little baby, who’d hold on to this forever

The parents got remarried and had families of their own

Precious little siblings from someone else’s home

The families grew in happiness, close to their heart

But the baby boy was left alone, feeling far apart

Thankful to have Jesus, who helped him with his pain

But feeling much abandoned and rejected in the rain

While the families felt the blessings, of stability and strength

The boy was passed back and forth, from home to home at length

He grew up fast and furious had many friends a blast

But he never felt accepted from the heartache of his past

The stress of separation, the heartbreak of divorce

Was forgotten by his parents, but never left his course

He met a lovely lady who forever won his heart

Can’t imagine life without her and never would they part

They had a lot of children with love a special bond

A fortune that’s worth loving, a family to be fawned

The value of this family, precious, a special gift

Was given to this boy, who only felt a rift

Though blessings found this baby boy whose parents were divorced

He always felt the fall out that his growing up has forced

His children know the sorrow and break-up that was had

They see first hand the empty that was remembered by their dad

The harsh feelings of hatred that was felt by the other side

Could still be seen by those children who had nothing left to hide

It takes a lot to deal with all the pain of disseverment

How can they protect their baby boy’s stable environment

The parents both moved on leaving baby far behind

It was felt by all his children and his wife would suffer blind

So the lesson for the people who found love was cut too short

Don’t forget your children, and love them with all your heart

My daughter wants to be a country star?? Part 2

2013-06-11T15:03:00.001-07:00

Jessica now has two songs out on iTunes that she has written herself. The first song is "Dear Pain," featuring Lancifer. To hear "Dear Pain" click here.

Lancifer and Jessica's country song, "Till the Sun Goes Down," just came out last Friday. This collaboration was written by both of them. Each wrote the part that they sang on both songs. Lane Terzieff (Lancifer) produced both songs. "Till the Sun Goes Down" can be heard by clicking here.

You can hear more of Lancifer's music on his YouTube channel by clicking here.

Click here to hear more of Jessica's music on her YouTube channel.

*Like Jessica's Facebook page here.

*Like Lancifer's Facebook page here.

Here are some behind the scene pictures of the photo shoot and the recording.

Monse is positioning them for the photo

Mitchell, the photographer

Goofing off :D

Monse positioning Jessica

Lane

Bottom part of half the cover picture...LOL

Lane putting on a concert while Jessica gets her

hair and make-up done

"Till the Sun Goes Down"

Monse did a beautiful job with Jessica's

hair, make-up and wardrobe!!

No mirrors so Jessica used her camera to

see her make-up LOL

Lane...LOL

Still putting on a concert with Mitchell playing darts...

Waiting for Jessica's hair and make-up :)

Hair and make-up

Ben Joe the Banjo waiting for his photo shoot

"Dear Pain"

Lane and Justin

Editing the pictures for the song covers

More editing

Lane blowing Jessica's hair with the fan thing :)

Jessica said it was like Hurricane Katrina!

She got home at 1:00am

Jessica recording "Till the Sun Goes Down"

More of Jessica recording with Lane videoing her.

They had a great week with Lane.

This picture is from Lancifer's concert in May. :)

My next couple of blogs will be about

Jessica winning two Taylor Swift concert tickets in

a singing contest and...

...her graduation!

She's been a busy girl!!

I'll also be blogging about Justin and Jessica's next adventure to Nashville!

"Business Partners"

Jessica age 6 months and Justin age 2

SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE!!! :)

End of the Year Program ~ May 25

2013-05-01T15:10:00.000-07:00

You're invited

to our

End of the Year Program

with

Home Educators

Central Phoenix!

We will be honoring

our children

for working

hard in school...

Alyssa will perform her dance...

Jessica will be singing...

And my students will perform the ballet dance that I taught them...

There will also be a special slide show

to honor our high school graduate...

Jessica!

When - Saturday, May 25 @ 6:00pm

Reception to follow with ice cream :)

Where - Bethany Bible Church (6060 N. 7th Ave, Phoenix, 85013) Activities Center room 135

Why - It'll be a lot of fun!! You don't want to miss it!! :) Hope to see you there!

Questions? JaimeeKeith@Yahoo.com

My daughter wants to be a country star?? Part 1

2013-03-14T16:01:00.000-07:00

Yep, that pretty much sums it up! My daughter is 17-years old and a Senior in High School. She's been singing since she was 12 years old and she started writing songs and playing the guitar at 14. For her 14th birthday, we went to a Taylor Swift concert at Jobing.com arena and after the concert she said, "Mom, that's what I want to do when I grow up. I always wanted to do that but after seeing this concert, I realize that I CAN!!" That's when she expressed an interest in learning the guitar. Scott gave her his guitar, showed her how to play a few chords and gave her a sheet with all the chords so she could learn them all on her own. That day she showed us her first song that she wrote with the guitar. A beautiful, wonderful song with the few chords that Scott had showed her. She began to practice, practice, practice like it was her full time job! She practiced several hours every single day (and she still does). Her singing grew stronger, her guitar playing grew insanely good, and her song writing hit the roof (I know, I know... biased mom here... bear with me!) It's been 3 years and she's written over 500 songs.

When she first started telling people at 14 that she wanted to move to Nashville to become a country singer, people would say things like, "I hope you have a plan B" and "it's hard and most people don't make it" or they would laugh at her. It would really frustrate her to hear people so negative about something she was so passionate about. But she would continue to practice and perform. She never slowed down on her practicing and her talent and ability started to snowball. Now she's getting the attention of professionals and record labels.

Now that she's about ready to graduate from High School and this dream of moving to Nashville is becoming a reality, it's really started to hit us... OUR DAUGHTER WANTS TO BE A COUNTRY STAR!! Now, most people who know her well aren't surprised at all and send her off with well wishes, support, prayers, love, excitement etc. Of course, there are some doubters and naysayers. It's especially funny to see people's faces when they ask what college in Nashville she's going to and she says, she's going to become a country singer *cricket cricket.* hahaha

We've always known that Jessica was going to make the bold move to Nashville, but now we found out that Justin is going with her to help her! That just thrills my HEART!! Jessica, singer/songwriter and Justin as her manager. He's already doing a lot to help her career! More on that on Part 2 of my blog.

I stand in amazement as I watch the doors opening up for her and watch her dreams unfold. No, she hasn't made it yet BUT she's had a lot of neat opportunities and she's met a lot of insanely awesome people. AND she hasn't even left yet!! haha My mommy prediction is that it's not a matter of *IF* she's going to make it but *WHEN.* LOL That's just my thoughts as her mom. But no matter what, she's going to have a blast. They both are. They'll learn new things, meet great people and grow closer to God. What an adventure they'll have doing what isn't the norm and doing it together!!

I'm going to write part 2 of my blog after her two songs come out next month. It'll help promote her songs but it'll also tell the back story of how these recordings with Lancifer came to be.

So stay tuned for more!! :) ...And thanks for reading!! :)

Jessica Keith age 17

Scott and I are in the back

Left to Right stair steps:

Justin (19), Jessica (17), Alyssa (12), Jayden (9), Jayce (2)

Our new house, changed lives and LOTS of action!

2012-07-25T14:12:00.000-07:00

There have been a lot of changes lately so I thought it would be good to update our family and friends. Some may have already seen this stuff on Facebook but there are new pictures too.

Scott went to the doctor for a routine check up and his liver function was elevated, meaning his liver is low functioning, stressed and just plain isn't working correctly. The doctor told him to stop drinking alcohol and to come back in 6 weeks to retest. Although Scott told the doctor that he never drinks alcohol, they still wanted to recheck in 6 weeks. The second blood test still showed elevated liver enzymes so they did an ultrasound on his liver. The ultrasound showed that he had fatty deposits on his liver that if left untreated could lead to liver failure. The doctor said to cut out sugar and starches and get rechecked in 6 weeks.

Scott immediately cut out all sugar, soda, starches and switched to whole wheat products, started riding his bike 6-10 miles a day and cut back on his calories. The pounds started falling off! He was able to completely go off of his high blood pressure medicine and his blood pressure is completely normal!! He lost 33 pounds total so far going from 262 to 229. He's trying to get to 200 pounds. After six weeks he had his liver tested and it was completely NORMAL! :)

Here is a before and after picture that I found of him.

BEFORE (taken June 1st, 2012)

AFTER picture, he's on the left.

(taken July 22, 2012)

Congratulations, Scott!!

We're all proud of you!!

Right after this all started for Scott, his family decided to sell Scott's grandparents house that they'd been living in since 1954. We decided to buy it and then moved just two weeks later! We are so excited for this opportunity that suddenly fell in our laps. But that also means a life change for us all since we're moving from Goodyear to Phoenix. Jessica and I are not teaching dance anymore and Jessica isn't teaching guitar. We are no longer going to be involved with our homeschool group that we've been apart of for 8 years. :( We started going to Bethany Bible Church again after being gone for 20 years or so. We are thankful to be able to move from a 3600 SF house to a 1400 SF house successfully. That's not so easy...LOL So many changes in such a short time!!

Here are some pictures of our new house!

Jayce and I in front of our house!

Our living room

Kitchen

That door you see goes into Justin's room. It was a family room with no door but Scott and Justin installed the door after we moved in. It still needs to be finished with trim and paint but at least Justin has privacy before he starts college.

Our bedroom

Another pic of our bedroom :)

Jayce playing in his room that he shares with Jayden.

Jayden and Jayce in their room.

More of the boys room.

Nap time for Jayce!

night-night baby!!

Jessica and Alyssa's room!

Jayce is in the girls room :)

More of the girls room!

(Jessica's side with JB pics)

Wait... I'm not finished yet!!

3 weeks after moving here we had an ordeal that involved a criminal high on drugs and the police. What a way to enter the neighborhood!!

Here is the story complete with photos!!

Scott was headed home from a long weekend fishing trip with his friends. He was close to home and called me to move his work truck into the street so he could park our car in the driveway. I went outside to move the truck, leaving the carport door to our house unlocked (which I usually lock the door when I go outside.) I unlocked his work truck and noticed a police helicopter circling our neighborhood. Right when I was thinking things like, I hope whoever they're after isn't here and what are the odds of a criminal being right at our house, I noticed Justin shooing a teenage kid off of our property. Hearing the police helicopter over head and low too, and seeing this kid by our door motioning to our door and trying to get past Justin to go in our house, I FREAKED!!! (on the inside of course...LOL) Being the calm and cool mom that I am and knowing completely how to handle things in this situation, I started screaming at the kid to get off our property and for Justin to call 911 (repeating myself over and over). The kid kept looking at our door and looking up at the helicopter. Justin said, "you need to go, we're calling the police!" The kid was still on our lawn and was holding his hands up to the police helicopter like he was surrendering. A white car pulled up behind Scott's work truck and the kid ran inside the car. I thought this was a get-away-car and I was very nervous that they were just parked behind our truck. I pointed to the kid to the helicopter and then Scott pulled up from his long, relaxing fishing trip. Justin is on the phone with 911 and Scott just comes home so I yell to Scott that that kid was on our property and Justin is calling 911. Scott had driven past police sitting at the end of our street so he motioned them to come down. They flew down our street and surrounded the white car. It turned out that the white car was a parole officer and not more criminals. There were 6 cop cars and about 15 police officers and they arrested him right on our lawn. They thanked Scott and thought he was police in an unmarked. Scott said, "I'm not police, I live here" and then unpacked his fishing pole and sleeping bag while they were arresting this kid. A fire truck came to check him out because he was high on drugs and apparently jumped out of a two story building running from police. Once the suspect was taken into custody, the police were laughing and joking saying, "that was easy, he ran right into the car, turning himself in." Anyway, the police never spoke to us but we got some pictures. Please pray for the kid. He was just Justin's age and height. While Justin is getting ready to start his college to get a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice, a kid his age is ruining his life with drugs and running from the police. Justin was speaking to this kid with authority telling him to get off of our property and the kid looked confused and scared. I was thinking that maybe this is the only opportunity for him to have someone pray for him. Maybe no one has ever prayed for him before. His hair was blonder than Justin's but he looked a lot like my kids. Please say a prayer for him!! Thank you!! Here are some pictures!

There you have it! New house, changed lives and LOTS of action!! Never a dull moment in the Keith household!!

Thursday 3:15 class

2012-04-05T13:54:00.000-07:00

I've been having a lot of trouble with my computer. The only video that would upload is the circle dance which is the new dance so that's good. The ballet and jazz dance kept saying "error" when I tried uploading them. This dance repeats twice so I only did the first part. I'm dancing with my notes because my brain was malfunctioning...LOL And forgive me for walking through it. Happy practicing! Thank you!!

Indescribable Messianic circle dance

Good Morning!

2012-02-15T07:30:00.000-08:00

Good Morning dance (click)

They also did the dance to Who Says!

Alyssa is the one on the right. They move around but she's the tallest and oldest.

ENJOY!!

Justin's SENIOR Pictures! =)

2012-01-31T05:07:00.000-08:00

Justin's SENIOR pictures!

This is IT! My oldest is a Senior in High School. He's bright, kind, he LOVES the Lord, he's intelligent, he's a hard worker and such a blessing to our family. He's finishing high school and will start College Plus. I've been homeschooling him since he was a baby and officially since Preschool. =) I can't believe how the time has gone by so quickly. I've had a lot of critics over the years but God has blessed me tremendously for keeping the faith and trusting in HIM!

Proverbs 27:11

"Be wise my child, and make my heart glad. Then I will be able to answer my critics." =)

Here's the crew!!

Left to right

Jayce (21 mos.)~Justin (18)~Jessica (16) Jayden (8)~Alyssa (11)

All or Nothing!

2012-01-30T07:30:00.000-08:00

Most of my students are ages 4-7 and only 3 of them are 11 and up (including my daughter). =) I had one class for ages 9 and up and two classes 8 and under.

This first dance is called "All or Nothing." These students are 9-13.

Click here to view "All or Nothing." Please note that this dance is behind another dance so skip to 4:39. Enjoy!!

This class also did a jazz dance to "Firework."

Click here for "Firework" and...

ENJOY! =)

Thank you so much for watching. My students worked really hard in class and these students also performed 4 dances at the recital in January 2012. They're amazing!!

Unto the Lamb!

2012-01-28T08:12:00.000-08:00

I had three dance classes last session and they all learned a Messianic Jewish worship dance. My students ages 9-13 did "Unto the Lamb" (Alyssa is the one with the ribbon above her forehead) and my students ages 4-8 did "Everlasting God," (Alyssa has a red skirt.) Click on the song names to view these dances.

Enjoy!!

Click here for "Unto the Lamb"

Click here for "Everlasting God"

(These dances are choreographed by ME! =)

PS. There is another dance on the same video right after the Everlasting God dance. This is my 9-13 year olds performing All or Nothing ballet. I'll also post this dance again later but feel free to enjoy it as well. I'm very proud of all my students for learning and performing THREE dances!!!

Thank you!

Who Says

2012-01-26T11:52:00.000-08:00

Who Says

(Choreographed by ME)

Run Away

2012-01-25T13:11:00.000-08:00

My 16-year old daughter, Jessica, choreographed and taught this dance for my recital. Her students did AWESOME!!! (Alyssa is on the left.)

Click here for the "Run Away" dance and enjoy!!!

Christmas pictures 2011

2011-12-30T08:30:00.000-08:00

We have 5 kids but they got Jayce (20 months) up and played with him until we woke up at 8:30. I think they were busy with their toys and things from Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa's house. =)

They are very sweet children!

Checking out their stockings!

What's in your stocking, Jayden?

(Jayce is playing with "Puppy")

Jayce had to empty his stocking before he could put it on his foot! =)

A cool notebook for writing and keeping track of cheat codes. =)

Jayden is opening up his gift while Alyssa reads a Christmas poem she wrote for him. =) The kids draw names to buy gifts for each other and do nice things each year.

Jayce and Daddy (wrapped in a blanket looking like a true Jedi)!

Jayce got Lego's!!!

Scott was good all year and got gifts, but I don't have any pictures (I took some but they disappeared) so I'll just show him playing with Jayce's Lego's. =)

Alyssa's turn!

Video game =)

There's the happy dance!!

Cute one of Jayce, Scott's behind that plastic thingy.

LOL

Jessica opening her David Nail CD!

He opened for Taylor Swift and puts on a good concert!! =)

YAY!!

Jessica is watching me open up my present.

I had some birthday presents also from out of town relatives. =)

Justin

(I had more pictures of him but they also mysteriously disappeared! HMMM :)

I'm taking a serious picture and I didn't even realize that Scott was goofing around until I looked at the picture.

LOL!!!

I was trying again but I couldn't stop laughing!! LOL

There they are!!!

My precious children!

(Jayce looks stressed!)

Left to Right-

Jessica (16), Justin (18), Alyssa (11), Jayce (20 months),Jayden (8)

Breakfast!!

Eggs with peppers, onions and garlic.

Sausage and bacon (the only time I ever buy pork...LOL)

Cinnamon rolls (The only time I ever buy those too!)

Thank you for looking at our Christmas pictures. We hope you have a Happy New Year!!

HUGS!

I deleted all my previous blogs. I might repost last year's Christmas pictures soon. =)

2011 Highlights

2011-12-29T12:05:00.000-08:00

Scott and Jaimee 20 years =)

Justin, Jessica, Alyssa, Jayce and Jayden

Dear Family and Friends, December 2011

Greetings from Goodyear, Arizona! I hope this letter finds you doing well and enjoying this Christmas season. I wanted to send out a family update and highlights of our year.

Scott and I have been keeping busy with work, school and managing our family. We also celebrated our 20^th wedding anniversary in August of this year. It’s really hard to believe how fast these 20 years have gone. It seemed like it was only yesterday until we watched our wedding video and saw a bunch of kids. =) Scott’s working hard managing the water company and his employees. Justin has been working with him a couple days a week, which is fun for him. I’m still home schooling my children (with one graduating this year YAY!) and teaching ballet 2 days a week. I also taught two ballet dances for our annual Christmas Program for our home school group and I’m making all the skirts and hairpieces for my shows. That’s a challenge since I do all my sewing by hand, I’m usually in a big hurry waiting until the last minute and I’m not very good at sewing to begin with (although I enjoy it). But they always look great for the show without falling apart until afterwards. =)

Justin turned 18 years old and he’s a senior in High School. He’s almost finished with school and will start online college in January. He’s finishing up Psychology, Algebra, Spanish and literature. It sounds like a lot but he’s close to being completely finished with high school. He will officially graduate June 1st and go through the ceremony with Arizona Families of Home Educators (AFHE.) He’s been driving a lot and we got a second vehicle so that he can take the car without leaving us carless. He’s enjoying working with Scott and helping him out a couple days a week. He applied to about 30 different places several times without any luck finding a job, so he’s thankful he has a part time job for now to pay for college and car insurance.

Jessica celebrated her 16^th birthday this year with a Surprise Party!! =) She was very surprised (and so were her siblings!) She came home to find our house full of family and friends (and Justin Bieber!!) She’s a junior in High School and she’s working hard to finish High School and college as soon as she can, so she can pursue her career in Country Music. She has written over 100 songs and sings and plays the guitar. She is also learning how to play the piano (self taught like she did with the guitar!!) My sister and brother-in-law made a CD and video for her of 12 of her songs. Scott’s cousin also made a 3D video of her singing one of her original songs that she wrote. You can view it on youtube by typing in Jessica Keith and selecting her video titled “Jessica Keith In His Chevy Truck (Original song) Copyright 2011.” You may have to make adjustments to the settings on the lower right of the video to select 3D or not 3D or HD etc. She also had a meeting with a record label and performed 17 songs at the Arizona State Fair. She’s also keeping busy with teaching guitar and teaching Lyrical Jazz to her students. Her dance students will be performing at my recital January 8, 2012.

Alyssa is 11 years old and in 6^th grade. She LOVES to read and reads several chapter books a week. She is really excelling in school and she’s taking all of our dance classes. She’s dancing in the Christmas Program and also reading an essay she wrote on “The Poinsettia”. She is really good with babysitting Jayce and helping out around the house. She wants to be a professional dancer and she wants to be one of Jessica’s back up dancers when she goes on tour. =)

Jayden is 8 years old and in 3^rd grade. He loves video games, video games, oh, and video games. =) He does a good job in school and works hard on his lessons. He knows he has to or else he can’t play you-know-what. =) Jayden also likes playing Lego’s, cars and playing with Jayce. He’s been taking PE and music lessons with other homeschoolers and loves playing with his friends at the home school park days.

Jayce is 20 months old and he’s as busy and active as ever. He’s very smart, passionate and independent, just like the other Keith kids. He keeps us ALL busy!! He’s talking quite a bit and he loves to sing and dance. No joke!!! He loves playing with his older siblings and also likes to help me around the house. When I’m folding clothes, he takes the clothes and towels and puts them where they go automatically without anyone saying anything. He’ll also clean up the toys and the room all by himself. Pretty soon he’ll be helping with the dishes and doing the grocery shopping. =)

You are very special to us and we love you and appreciate you! We hope you have a wonderful Christmas with your family and a blessed and happy new year! May mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance! Jude 1:2

Love Always In Christ,

Scott, Jaimee, Justin, Jessica, Alyssa, Jayden and Jayce Keith

Video shoot and other fun pics!

2011-11-26T15:43:00.001-08:00

Jessica's video shoot and other fun pictures!!

Jessica is getting ready to do her video shoot in

(((( 3D ))))

Shad is getting set up.

Jessica is getting ready to start. She's

having fun already!

Alyssa is playing with Jayce while we wait.

Jessica poses for a picture.

Jayden found a tree to climb nearby.

Alyssa is taking Jayce for a walk in the river.

More walks with big sister.

Jessica's starting her video shoot.

Jayden in the tree.

Alyssa and Jayce are walking around the video camera.

Jessica is singing her original song.

Jayden and Jayce playing in the river...

with no water... =)

Jessica's concert at the fair

2011-10-13T09:50:00.000-07:00

My 16-year old daughter, Jessica, is performing at

the Arizona State Fair Saturday, October 15th at noon.

North Box Office Plaza Stage

North of the Coliseum.

She will be performing both covers and

original songs that she has written.

About Jessica: She is a singer/songwriter and has

written over 100 songs. She plays the guitar

and sings and writes beautifully!

She wants to be a country music recording artist (country singer)

and just recently met with a record label for the first time.

Below are some of her covers and some songs she wrote.

ENJOY!

Battlefield cover by Jordin Sparks

White Horse cover by Taylor Swift

In His Chevy Truck by Jessica Keith

Who Says cover by Selena Gomez

As Time Goes By by Jessica Keith

(As Time Goes By is one of my favorites from Jessica. It's written for

military wives whose husbands are serving over seas. MUST SEE!)

"Like" =)

Jessica teaches guitar and she's teaching lyrical jazz dance.

Here's another dance video from Jessica.

Book about Rachel Carson by Jayden and Alyssa

2011-10-05T12:00:00.000-07:00

"Listening to Crickets" a book about Rachel Carson. Written by Jayden (8).

Rachel Carson earned $10 writing a story when she was ten years old. She wanted to be a writer but changed her mind to be a biologist. Rachel wrote about Biology.

"Listening to Crickets" a book about Rachel Carson by Alyssa (10).

Rachel Carson got $10 for writing an article that got published when she was ten. She went to college and wanted to be a writer then changed her mind and wanted to be a biologist. When she got older she wrote books about Biology. She lived by the ocean.

I thought I'd have my children write about a book they read for my blog. There is more to come!! =)

20th Anniversary!

2011-08-24T08:03:00.000-07:00

Today is our 20th anniversary!

Scott and I met at Bethany Bible Church's Winter Camp in January of 1986. Before this trip, I only went to youth group on Sunday mornings and never talked to anyone. My best friend from school, Viola, started going to our youth group functions on Wednesday nights and kept bugging me to go with her. She wondered why I didn't go when I grew up at this church. So I finally went to winter camp with her. We were in the van headed to camp and Viola switched seats to sit with another friend. She didn't want me sitting alone since I didn't know anyone so she asked Scott to sit with me and keep me company. So he did. We just chatted and I found that he was very nice and friendly. He's really the first friend I made at our youth group. =D

While at camp, we played a game where we had to get into teams and do different obstacle courses as a team. One of the things we had to do is climb a 12 foot wall. We had to work as a team to get everyone over this wall. Someone at the bottom of the wall lifted me up and Scott was at the top helping me over. They video taped the teams doing the obstacle courses and showed it that night. Well, when Scott was helping me over the wall, I was trying to get my leg over the wall and was having trouble. The video showed him reach for my butt and then they rewound it over and over again...LOL (except I wasn't laughing!!) Then they played it through and he found a more appropriate place to lift me over. THEN our youth pastor stopped the video and complimented Scott on doing the right thing. I don't know what happened but I started out in front of the room watching the video and ended up in a corner in the back of the room. I was HUMILIATED and swore I'd never talk to Scott again...LOL BUT after that, Scott and I were instantly popular and Scott paid more attention to me! =D Shortly after this incident, I started praying every single day that I would marry him some day. I ended up praying every day for 3 years. We then grew to become BEST FRIENDS through out the years.

We spent a lot of time together in High School. We had a lot of mutual friends that we hung out with a lot. At the end of our Senior Year, I was convinced that God was going to answer my many prayers and that Scott would one day be my husband. He was a tough cookie because he just wanted to be friends only. Not if I had anything to do with it...LOL At this point, both of us were single and became inseparable! During the summer after we graduated from High School, I had a friend of mine (Robert S.) come to my house one evening and invited me to come to where he worked at the golf course across the street from my house. He had to drive around and check the sprinklers so I was riding with him in the golf cart. We were chatting about the college group at our church and he was asking me how I liked it and if I missed the youth group. Then he asked me if I liked anyone. I said NO. He said "Yes, you do, tell me the truth, who is he?" I kept denying it and he was persistent. I finally said that I actually do like someone and not only do I LOVE him but I want to marry him someday. He asked who and I wouldn't tell him. I told him that we're best friends and if he finds out, then it'll ruin our friendship and I wasn't willing to risk it. Somehow this "friend" got it out of me and I told him who it was. So the next time (which was at our friends wedding reception that summer) we were all together, I noticed Robert and Scott standing across the yard talking and both looking at me!!!! WHAT?!?!?! I felt the blood drain from my face!!! What was he saying?!?! OMG!! Right then they gathered us girls to catch the bouquet and I was so embarrassed I just followed everyone. I was just standing there stunned when all of a sudden the bouquet just landed in my hands. I don't even remember them throwing it. I started laughing and ran over to Scott who just walked away from me. (UH-OH!) So they gathered the guys to catch the garter and Scott wanted nothing to do with this and started to walk in the house. When he was opening the screen door, the garter landed on his shoulder! HA!! Needless to say, we didn't speak for nearly two weeks. But then he came around and we were inseparable again and even had college classes together. (He told me later that when he saw me catch the bouquet he knew we were going to get married and when the garter landed on his shoulder, he was convinced...LOL~ God has such a sense of humor!!) We started dating the next January and it took six months of dating before I was even brave enough to ask what Robert told him at the wedding. Scott said that he said that I loved him and wanted to marry him. I told Scott how embarrassed I was when I saw them talking and looking at me. Scott said "Don't be embarrassed! I want to marry you too!!"

I have a bazillion awesome stories like these! I'm so in love with my husband and I'm so thrilled with the wonderful life God has given us! We couldn't get married at our church that we both grew up in because we failed a personality test and our church said that we wouldn't last a year, so they denied marrying us. We had to go to another church to get married but God has so blessed our life that I'm super glad that we didn't get married at Bethany! It just makes our story that much better! I love Scott with all my heart and our 5 children are extremely precious to us! Thank you Jesus for answering my prayers and blessing me more than I ever dreamed possible!!!