Good Luck Keith!

Keith is Chris's youngest brother. Chris and Keith are 15 years apart. Keith was about 7 years old when Chris and I got married. He was 10 when we moved away. Although we saw him when we came to visit, it wasn't until we moved back "home" a couple of years ago that we have really gotten to know Keith better. In the last couple of years, Keith helped us build our home, put in our yard, paint our basement, and helped with all kinds of other little projects. We've helped him with homework, watched him in football and track, supported him in "geek" tournaments, gave him advice on girls, money, his future AND fed him A LOT! Sometimes it seemed like we had adopted a teenage son. But that was OK to us...we enjoyed having him around. Keith is one of the favorite uncles too. He is always nice and patient with the kids.


Keith enters the Mission Training Center in Provo, Utah on Wednesday. Since it seems like we adopted a son, it almost seems like we are sending one away. It is a little taste of what it will be like when Austin and Asher go. We are so excited for him and the adventure he is about to begin. It will be weird not to have an extra mouth to feed...or at least one that will almost certainly eat any leftovers. I guess my grocery bill will be a little lower now.

Keith is hereby called to serve in the Donetsk, Ukraine Mission in the Russian language. I love that my kids have someone they are close to, to set such a good example for them. They are all so excited to see him go on a mission but he will be missed a lot.

As soon as Keith found out he would be serving in Ukraine, we went and looked at the area on google Earth. He has started studying Russian online and reading all about the culture. What did we ever do without the Internet?!?!

These are the four DeMille boys. They are very close even though they range in age by 15 years. Keith has the biggest "pecks" of all of the boys, although you couldn't tell with his shirt on. He is very modest about it and the older brothers are all jealous. :)

Good Luck Keith, you will be a great missionary!