Road Trip: Land of the Cardinals

Luke's old workout buddy and fellow Ramstein Airman of Luke and Steve was tying the knot in St. Louis, MO. So the three of us embarked on the road adventure to the Cardinal state. The road there and back was an adventure in itself, but St. Louis held a weekend of good times!

First Anniversary (of many more)

11:57pm Drive to tat shop on Elm
12:15am Brainstorm with artist
01:05am showtime
02:48am leave tat shop with coolest 1st tattoos ever

01:30pm reservations at 560 by Wolfgang Puck
hours of talking about life
04:00pm head home for more relaxation
07:00pm eat some wedding cake

...and that was the best first anniversary we could ever ask for.





















Tattoo Meanings
Lukes: The Filipino sun. symbolic of my culture and my past becoming apart of him.

Faiths: The sampaguita is the Filipino national flower, which Luke selected for the poem to surround. The poem is our love story. Luke was a very resilient pursuer. Regardless of my efforts to get rid of him, he was unfazed and unmoved in his feelings. He continued. And one day it hit me like a ton of bricks--I was madly in love with him.

Dallas Stairclimb

56 flights of stairs for the American Lung Association.

Faith>>Hey Luke, wanna do the stairclimb race up the Renaissance Tower?

Luke>>Sure!!!!

Faith>>*click*Our Team is registered as "Turtle Power"

The stairs we're a daunting, nay... terrifying, thought as we gazed up the at the Renaissance Tower. The lobby was decked out and volunteers were already cheering on racers. They release the racers in 20 second increments. With our timing chips strapped to our shoes we awaited the gun and took off! They had staff cheering us on different floors, so as they heard you approach they started shouting encouragement - it was awesome. The finish line was fantastic. Dallas News took some good shots of our crazy faces, I hope we can snag copies. After we reached the finish line, we were greeted with water, fruit, music, and a t-shirt. What a fun Saturday!!!

Luke placed 10th in the men's 20-29 division and he was competing against some serious climbers and his division was twice the size of the women's division. Most of the men in his division travel all over the US doing these stairclimb races.

Considering we didn't train AT ALL, I am pretty dang proud of our placement! Rockin' Keith's!

Eurotrip: Germany, Belgium, Holland

We visited our good friends Josh and Sara Bell and their spunky kid Charlie in Germany (AF base in Rammstein). We had so much fun hanging out with them! They graciously allowed us to come and go as we pleased and use their home as our base during our whole trip. Here are a FRACTION of the fun pics from the trip!

WE LOVE AUTOBAHN

One Year Ago Today

One year ago today, Luke was passenger in a horrific car accident. The driver lost control of the car and mid-spin, it slammed into a tree, crushing the car into Luke. Natural human instinct caused Luke to attempt to struggle free. Thankfully, the Lord had his watchful eye and sent a man to calm Luke. Had it not been for that man, Luke could have bled to death in his struggle. Luke's condition was so critical, the hospital had to perform multiple operations before the family even arrived. He sustained 3 breaks in his leg, his pelvis was completely severed in 2 pieces, broken jaw (crushed on one side), nerve trauma in the shoulder, broken ribs, broken nose, pelvic nerve trauma, lacerations in his lungs, and some minor internal bleeding. No brain trauma.

With trauma like this, we know his body will physically never be the same. His pelvis could not heal 100% evenly so he has a permanent limp, his jaw was also not able to heal evenly (even though he had his jaw wired shut), he is awaiting teeth implants and is working hard to recover the year the accident set him back.

I know Luke would give anything to reverse the accident, but he has proven a remarkable trust in the Lord and acceptance with full joy. His attitude has truly been one that would glorify the Lord. What an encouragement he is to me. I thank God for the resilience and the strength he has given Luke, so that he can continue to be a light to all those who know him or will ever meet him.

We praise God for sparing Luke for our sake, so that we may be blessed. A miraculous survival, 5 successful surgeries, 2 custom shoes, a few fake teeth (and a partridge in a pear tree) and one year later, we are still shouting for joy at the wonders of our mighty God’s hand. The Lord does not have to prove His might, nor does He need to make himself known, but how wonderful it is when He allows us the opportunity to see Him at work!

Thank you all for your prayers, support, love, cards, food, games and flowers that you provided while Luke was in the hospital. You all were a great encouragement to us and the entire Keith family.

We are rejoicing with our whole hearts.

Loving the life that God has given us,
Luke and Faith Keith

Oh taste and see that the Lord is good:

Valentines: No Boring "Feet" of Love

The whole weekend was a huge surprise to Faith.

Friday night began with dinner at Dallas Fish Market (exquisite food by the 4 star chefs and excellent service)

....followed by a spectacular Valentine's "POPS" show by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the Myerson. The DSO performed love songs through the decades beginning in the 1920's. World Renown vocalist Daniel Narducci performed several of the songs with the orchestra. It was enchanting.

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SkyDiving!!!

Saturday was the big surprise...over 11,000 feet of fun....

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Luke's Jump

Faith's Jump

MARGNIFICENT FUN! Greatest thrill ever! The most incredible rush of adrenaline...so far.

[Love] pronunciation: \'ləv\

Yesterday as I was talking with the Lord, I suddenly was overcome with realization and began praising the Lord…my husband loves [action word] me so fiercely and unconditionally that I truly feel so undeserving. He is constantly proving his love in big and small ways. His love takes on different shapes as he learns more about me and how I receive messages of love. As I was thanking the Lord for my husband and confessing my feelings of feeling so unworthy of such a great gift that God gave me, I realized….God is using Luke to give me a glimpse of His OWN love for me. WOW…I was floored….I mean….Luke’s love and actions of love knocks me off my feet, so I can only imagine the wondrous love our Father has for us. Awesome.

Faith