The Klinger Family

Upland Reunion

2009-11-17T18:00:00.000-08:00

So last weekend we had small get together with some of us Upland High Schoolers that still live in the area. We had a great time catching up and meeting everyone's families. Below are a few pictures.
This is Natalie Karyn and I. We have known each other since we were 12. We like to think we have not aged a bit.

Here is a picture of all of the Uplanders.

All the husbands had a great time playing Rock Band. I love that Keith is so in to his singing that he has to plug his ear so he can hear better. Very Professional. I expect to see them go on tour soon. We had a great Evening. Thanks Natalie and Jerry for letting us come to your house.

Anniversary Dinner

2009-10-11T19:17:00.000-07:00

Hello all! Well we have safely made it to Southern California. We are settled into our apartment and are still looking for a house. Life here is good. The weather is great. Today is our 6th Wedding Anniversary. I can't believe we have been married for 6 wonderful years. I love you babe. So to celebrate we went with my Sister Stacey and her Husband Adam to a nice steak house in Beverly Hills called Wolfgang's. The place is beautiful. The food was fantastic. They even had a remote control for their toilets. It was a little intimidating at first. You walk in and the toilet seat lifts up on its own and the seats were heated. It was a toilet/boudette (Spelling). Anyways long story short it was interesting. Then to top the evening off Larry King came and sat at the table next to us. He looks exactly the same in real life. It was fun to pretend we were rich for a evening. Below are a few pictures of the restaurant and Larry King in case you don't know who he is.

Hatch Family Reunion

2009-09-03T19:02:00.001-07:00

We had our 1st annual Hatch family reunion this year. We rented a house up in Zion's canyon for a week. We had a blast. Below are a few pictures. We did a ton of things but I was to busy relaxing and forgot to take a lot of pictures. So here is what I did take.
I bought a package of 700 water balloons. Who would have thought that would not last us the whole vacation. I think the husbands had more fun that the little kids. But that might be because the husbands were hogging the balloon launchers.
Sadie was digging the noddles but who wouldn't.
Ashlyn loved the big kids. She followed the boys around all week. Luckily they didn't mind. She is such a tom boy. Molly and Mark you are going to have your hands full.

They had a really nice swimming pool at this resort. We spent most of our days soaking up the sun.

ok I hate this picture of me. But Evie and I were twins this day so we had to have our picture taken.

So one day we sent all of the boys off to go shooting for the day. Some how this picture came back on my camera. I was a little concerned. That is a lot of White bellies. Anyways we had a wonderful week. We had I believe 36 people staying in one house. And we all still loved each other by the end. Amazing. We did miss Cooper who is on his mission in Texas and Molly's husband Mark who was starting a new job. Hopefully they can make it next time.

Catching up!!!

2009-07-05T17:20:00.001-07:00

I have a little catching up to do. I have not blogged in a while. It has been a crazy couple of weeks. So a few weeks ago we invited a few friends up to Keith's parents house to camp. We camped in the yard (well everyone did but keith and I we cheated and slepted inside all of our camping stuff is in storage) and watched a movie outside on a big sheet. We had a great time. Below are a few pictures.

This is a picture of the kids watching the movie. Keith had a great idea of tying glow sticks around the kids necks so that we did not loose them at night. They loved it.
This is a picture of Jada after she stole 2 hot dogs and a hamburger from the little kids. You would think that she would learn her lesson but she never does.

Change of Plans

2009-06-26T21:49:00.000-07:00

It has been a whirlwind of a week. As most of you know we have been building a new home hear in Vancouver Washington. The day before we were scheduled to close on the new house we decided to accept a Job offer that will take us to Southern California. So in the words of LL Cool J I'm goin back to Cali! Wish us Luck!!!!!!

High School Graduation

2009-06-06T18:59:00.000-07:00

They did it!! My nephews Jake & Kyle Trost graduated from Tualatin High School this week. Congratulations we are all so proud of you.

The Latest updates

2009-05-25T21:14:00.000-07:00

My camera broke and I had to go and get a new one so I am a little behind in posting house pictures. A lot has changed in the last couple of weeks. The outside of the house is painted. Sorry I could not get a good picture of it. Either way I took the picture I got either the honey bucket or the workers van. I will try and get a better picture next time. Plus we have kitchen cabinets and tiles and our wood floors have been laid but not stained yet.
This is the view from our back windows

Good Puppies

2009-05-14T09:54:00.000-07:00

Brody and Jada got me new running shoes for mothers day. They even bought me the Ipod attachment that makes my running shoes talk to my Ipod. It is really cool it will tell me how far I have run, and I can track it all on my computer. FUN!!!!

OK I have to give my Husband props He is really the one that bought me everything. Thanks Babe I Love You!!!!

OK OK Im Sorry

2009-05-05T18:57:00.001-07:00

So I have been getting a lot flack lately for not up dating my blog with house pictures. I am sorry. I sit at a computer all day at work and lately I just cannot stand to sit at a computer any longer. So I have not blogged lately, sorry. I know it is a terrible excuse but I will try and be better. So here is the update. The dry wall is all up and finished, and they are going to paint the inside and outside of the house this week; so stay tuned I will post more pictures. We are scheduled to close on the house June 25th, so we are less than 2 months away. Yippee!!!!!

Grandma Udy Aka Grandma Beauty

2009-04-13T07:53:00.000-07:00

Easter was a good day, but a little sad. My Sweet Grandma Udy passed away. She had been fighting a loosing battle with cancer for the last year. We are sad but are very glad that she is no longer in pain or discomfort. She will be deeply missed. And I am sure she was greeted by many loved ones on the other side. WE LOVE YOU GRANDMA!!!!

House Update

2009-03-23T20:12:00.000-07:00

Our house is finally starting to take shape. Most of the framing is done and yesterday when we drove by they were putting the windows in Yeah!!!!

Can you put a Dog on Restriction?

2009-03-10T18:54:00.003-07:00

Don' t be fooled by the adorable smile. This morning when Keith left for seminary Jada had to go to the bathroom. So I told him to put her out back and I would let her in when I got up a half an hour later. Well I got up and showered and went to get Jada. When I opened the back door she was not there. So I quietly called her name. (I didn't want to wake Shelly up who was sleeping on the couch). Anyways she didn't come. I figured that she must be at the side of the house and couldn't hear me. So I went upstairs to finish getting ready. I noticed that there was a voicemail on my Cell from a number I didn't recognize. Bare in mind that it is 6am at this point. The lady on the voicemail said that she was at the park about a mile away from the house and that Jada was running around the park by her self. Apparently one of the kids (Don't forget I am currently living at my sisters house for the next couple of weeks) left the side gate open and Jada had decided to go for a morning run. How she got to the park I still don't know. I have never taken her there before in her life. My only guess is that she followed someone there. So anyways long story short at 6am this morning I was running around town with wet hair trying to locate my lost dog. She is so on my NOT NICE list today!

We have FINALLY broken ground on our house

2009-02-22T17:51:00.000-08:00

I Can't believe that we have finally broken ground on our house. It feels so good to see some progress. We are the proud owners of a cement slab.

Romantic Get Away

2009-02-15T17:56:00.000-08:00

Since my Birthday is 3 days before Valentines day. Keith decided to combine both my birthday and Valentines Day. He took me to bend Oregon for the weekend. We stayed in the River house hotel. It was right on the river. Our hotel room had a hot tub and a fire place it was really nice. Then on Valentines Day he booked me a 1 hour Massage and a Foot rub. It was Awesome. They even severed me Sparkling cider and chocolate Fondue. Loved it. We had a great time. Below are some pictures of our weekend.

We went for a drive and in one of the parks there were like 10 deer just laying around eating the grass, they were nice enough to let us take a picture of them. The one above decided that his butt was the best view. We could not get him to turn around.
Above are pictures of the view from the balcony of our hotel room. I don't think the pictures do it justice.
This is a picture from the bridge we had to cross in order to get to the restaurant.

Above are a few pictures of our hotel room. It was such a nice place to stay. I hope we get to go there again sometime. Thanks for a wonderful weekend Honey I love You!!!!!

25 Random Things

2009-02-02T20:35:00.000-08:00

So I kept getting tagged on facebook. To type 25 random things about me. So I figured since I spent so much time trying to figure out 25 random things about me, that maybe my blogging friends would like to know a little bit more about me as well.

1) I love to watch cheesy dance movies. If there is dancing in it. I will probably watch it. And yes occasionally I will try a dance move or two. I secretly wish I could dance like that.
2) I love to sing a long to the radio in my car. Although I don't sing very well so I just turn the radio up real loud so that I can't hear my self
3) I am a closet Kenny Rogers Fan (Or I guess I was a closet fan my secret is out now).
4)When I eat colored candy such as Skittles or Jelly Beans I have to eat 2 pieces of the same color at a time. One for each side of my mouth and it drives me crazy when someone will just take a handful and mess up my color flow. I know weird.
5) I can't stand crumbs left on the counter. If you are going to clean the kitchen wipe of the counter. You kitchen is still dirty if your counters aren't clean.
6) I also can't stand it when people leave their cabinet doors open. I will go behind them at shut them. I promise I am not OCD
7) I am a stress case. I generally agree to do way to much and never ask for help. I know its a problem I just can't seem to fix it.
8)I love cars. When there is a car show in town I beg my husband to take me. I can probably tell you the make and model of most cars driving down the street.
9) I hate it when my toe nails are not painted. They look so naked.
10)I love reading but usually don't have much time to read. I have recently taken up books on tape since I commute and have been known to drive around the block a few times because I am not ready to stop listening and get out of the car. Thus making my commute twice as long.
11) I love my Husband he is my best friend. I tell him everything.
12) I think I am addicted to facebook. I can't seem to get enough of it.
13) I am not a morning person. I need at least an hour to wake up and adjust to the day. And Morning people make me angry especially if I have not been been a wake for an hour.
14) I hate hate hate spiders. They creep me out. I don't like the way they move. And I always make other people kill them for me. I am afraid that if I try to kill them I will miss and they will jump on me. YUCK!!
15) I am generally a patient person. Except when I am at work. I am stressed all the time and loose my patience more often than I would like. It is probably because I am usually being pulled in 50 different directions.
16) I love to go camping and 4 wheeling. But it seems we always get so busy in the summer time and do not get to go as often as I like
17) I hate running but have always wanted to be a runner. I am currently trying to mentally trick my self into liking it. I have been running for about a week and a half. I will let you know how it goes
18) I hate folding laundry. I don't have to much of a problem actually doing my laundry but I never seem to get around to folding my laundry.
19) I am an animal lover. I love my dogs. They are like my replacement children. They think they lack attention and they are the most spoiled dogs in the world.
20) I enjoy baking and decorating cakes.
21) I can not stand Oregon Drivers. They drive way too slow and do not understand the unwritten laws of the road. I miss driving in California
22) I would love to drive a race car. I like the idea of driving fast and not getting in trouble for it.
23)I don't like to be told what to do. If you nag me I will purposely not do it just to piss you off!
24) I am actually liking living with my sister and her kids. They are very entertaining there is never a dull moment
25) I sometimes talk to loud. I forget my volume Control. I think it is a Hatch trait. At least that is what my husband says.

Animal Cruelty

2009-01-25T14:15:00.000-08:00

I could not help but post these pictures. They make me laugh every time I look at them.

Brody had decided it was a good idea to walk underneath the mixer when I turned it on. I was trying to make frosting to decorate a cake and when I turned on the mixer the powdered sugar went everywhere. Body had no idea he had anything on his face until Jada kept trying to lick him.

Yes I am this mean. I made Jada where this beanie one night in order to get her treat. She was not to thrilled about it. But she will do anything for food.

It's Official we are Homeless!!!!

2009-01-19T16:51:00.001-08:00

For those of you who have not heard the story yet. Keith and I have been think of moving for a while now. For the last year it has just been talk. Well about 2 weeks before Christmas we found this new housing development that was being built about 5 miles up the road. We walked through the model homes and really like them. So we decieded we would sign up to build one contingent on if we could sell our house(with the current market we were not even sure we would be able to sell our home). So we put our house on the market a couple of days later. It was in the middle of a huge snow storm so we did not expect any one to come walk through the house until at least after christmas maybe even new Years. Well 2 days after the house went on the market someone came and looked at our house. That night they made an offer and 25 days later we moved out of the house and are now currently living with my sister Whitnie until our house is finished being built. Which will probably be around the begining of July. It all happened so fast we didn't even have a chance to tell anyone including our family that we had put our house up for sale. Anyways this was our first home and we had so many great memories in it. I hope the next family enjoys it as much as we did. Below are some pictures of some of the upgrades we did.This is what our pod looked like after we packet everything into it. Unfortunatley it was still not big enough and we had to go rent a storage unit as well. Who would have thought that 2 people could accumulate so much stuff in just 5 years.

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

2009-01-04T19:09:00.001-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas Holiday. We even had a white Christmas this year. Which sounds wonderful, but it made for a tricky ride up to Keith's parents house in the mountains. The state announced that chains were required on all freeways leading into the Columbia Gorge so we obeyed and put chains on our 4 wheel Drive. Which is kind of a pain. Anyways our chains kept breaking (I guess that is what you get for buying cheap ones) So finally we decided to take the risk and take the chains off. We made it just fine to Keith's parents house. We were a little late. But better late than never. We had a wonderful time. And enjoyed watching the kids open their presents.

This is Calum all bundled up to go out in the snow. He doesn't look to happy though!
So we had at least a foot of snow by Christmas morning. I know to a lot of you that is nothing but for us Washatonians that is quite a bit. No one knows how to drive in the snow so everyone gets stranded and the news channels talk like the end of the world is coming.

On Christmas day we went to my sister Whitnie's house for Christmas Dinner. Santa had gotten them Rock Band 2 for Christmas. We played for hours. I am thinking of starting my own Rock Band.

Stacey's Photography

2008-12-14T18:22:00.001-08:00

My sister Stacey came to visit during thanksgiving. She has been teaching her self photography. So she took a few pictures of Keith and I. I think she did a fabulous job. She is a natural. Thanks Stacey you Rock!

Thanksgiving Weekend

2008-12-07T11:50:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful thanksgiving weekend. There was so much going on it is hard to blog everything so I have posted plenty of pictures to show. We had lots of friends and family come for Thanksgiving weekend. My sister Stacey and Her family, my parents, My sister Whitnie and her family and our good friends Joe & Shalyn Nelson and thier family. We had a great time. Musicians in the making.

Whitnie and I decorating a wedding cake for one of Whitnie's friends.
While we decorated the cakes the kids made sugar cookies and decorated them. It was a big mess but the end result was pretty tasty.

Shelly and I found a fun hat shop while we were visiting the Oregon Coast. She looked alot better in the hats than I did. So I made her pose.
While we were at the coast we found a great candy shop in seaside. The kids loved being able to pick out thier favorite candy. Ok maybe I did too!!!!!
Merry Go Round and Seaside Mall

Wade Watching Yo Gabba Gabba!

Owen falls asleep in the weirdest positions

I'm Baaack!!!

2008-11-29T14:28:00.000-08:00

I am back and had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I still have family in town so have not had a chance to download my pictures, but I promise I will in the next couple of days. Stay Tuned!

What men do at Walmart for fun!

2008-10-27T10:56:00.000-07:00

Sorry I have been MIA for the last couple of weeks. Truth be told I just have not done anything Blog worthy in a while. I know I need to spice up my life a bit. But my friend sent me the following email and I just thought it was hilarious. Keith don't get any ideas!

Dear Mrs. Jones:

Over the past six months, your husband, Mr. Jones has been causing quite a commotion in ourstore. We cannot tolerate this type of behavior and have considered banning the entire familyfrom shopping in any of our stores.We have documented all incidents on our video surveillance equipment. Three of our clerks areattending counseling from the trouble your husband has caused. All complaints against Mr.Jones have been compiled and are listed below.

Mr. Wally WorldPresident and CEO of Wal-Mart Complaint Department

MEMO
Re: Mr. Jones- Complaints - 15 Things Mr. Jones has done while his spouse is shopping:
1. June 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in people's carts when they weren'tlooking.
2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.
3. July 7: Made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the hunting dept.
4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official tone, 'Code 3' inhousewares..... and watched what happened.
5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and asked to put a bag of M&M's on layaway.
6. September 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.
7. September 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told other shoppers he'd invitethem in if they'll bring pillows from the bedding department.
8. September 23: When a clerk asks if they can help him, he begins to cry and asks, "Why can'tyou people just leave me alone?"
9. October 4: Looked right into the security camera; used it as a mirror, and picked his nose.
10. November 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, asked the clerk if he knowswhere the antidepressants are.
11. December 3: Darted around the store suspiciously loudly humming the "Mission Impossible"theme.
12. December 6: In the auto department, practiced his "Madonna look" using different sizefunnels.
13. December 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browse through, yelled "PICK ME!""PICK ME!"
14. December 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumes the fetalposition and screams "NO! NO! It's those voices again!!!!"
(And; last, but not least!)
15. December 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door and waited a while; then, yelled,very loudly, "There is no toilet paper in here!"

Happy Anniversary

2008-10-11T11:05:00.001-07:00

Today is our 5th Wedding Anniversary. I can't believe it has been 5 years already. A lot has happened in those years. There has been 1 house, 2 dogs, about 10 cars (Mostly Keith's), one awesome vacation to Mexico, many home improvement projects, thousands of laughs, a few tears, and a whole lot of love. I Love you Keith!!

Trip to Boise

2008-10-05T19:24:00.000-07:00

Sorry I am a little behind on my blogging. Last weekend I drove to Boise Idaho to visit my parents and my grandma. Here are a few pictures of my trip. I kept forgetting to take pictures so I don't have too many.

My Parents took me to this restaurant called Donnie Mac's Trailer Park Cuisine. The food was actually pretty good. But they had the place decorated like a trailer park it was pretty funny. Below are a few pictures.

My mom took me to lunch at Ms Tammi's tea house. I have never been to tea a tea house before. Of course we got Herbal tea, but it was a lot of fun.

Cake Drama

2008-09-24T20:35:00.000-07:00

My Friend asked me if I would make a Birthday cake for her 14 year old daughter. I have not made a cake in a while and need the practice, so I agreed to do it. Well of course after I agreed to do the cake, she came back and told me she wanted a 2 layer cake. Which is of course twice the work and stress not to mention hard to do when you work full time. It requires you to bake 4 cakes and 4 or 5 batches of Icing. But I planned out my week carefully planning to spend an hour or so a night for 4 nights until the cake was all finished. So on night one I decided to bake all of the cakes. I stayed up until 10PM (I know I am a Wuss its not that late), I wrapped the completed cakes up and stored them away and decided to leave the last 2 cakes to cool on the counter over night. Well I came downstairs in the morning and discovered that Brody had decided he wanted Chocolate cake for breakfast instead of his normal food. He had taken a huge bite out of one of the cakes and was hiding in the corner because he knew I was going to get mad at him (Apparently the perks out weighed the consequences). But lucky for Brody I was able to bake another cake and get it decorated in time for the party. I guess it was a good thing I was organized this time, instead of my normal approach of chaos. Above are some pictures of the completed cake.

Starving Children in Africa

2008-09-10T08:45:00.000-07:00

Sorry I have not blogged in a while I have been suffering from lack of motivation. I bet you are wondering why I titled this blog Starving Children in Africa. In the last 2 weeks I have had to throw out at least a months worth of meat and food. The story begins about 2 weeks ago. We bought a new TV stand for our TV. So while Keith was putting it together he decided that instead of hammering all of the nails by hand he would pull out his nail gun and get the job done in half the time. But he could not find an extention cord long enough so he decided that he would unplug the extention cord we are currently using on our Freezer in the garage. Fully intending to plug the freezer back in once he was done with the nail gun. Well we got side tracted and 2 days later noticed that the garage was starting to smell. We had to throw everything away. Then on Sunday we came home from church and noticed that the house smelled funny. Like something was burning. We could not figure out where the smell was coming from we checked everything. Monday night we decided to go grocery shopping and stock up on some of the meat we had to throw away. We get home and start putting groceries away and noticed that there was water on the floor underneath the frige/freezer. Apparently our Refrigerater (that is not even 5 years old) decided to quit working. A circut shorted out. $250 later our Refrigerator is now working again, but we had to throw everything away that was in our inside freezer and refrigerater. So now I feel bad there are all of these starving children in Africa and I am throwing food out left and right. Not to mention my grocery bill for the month doubled. Go Figure!!!!

I am truly OBSESSED!!!!

2008-08-23T10:52:00.001-07:00

So I know I am a little late in the game. But I have been wanting to read the Twilight series for a while now but I just have not found the time. My Co-Worker Ashlie, finally made me start reading the books. I finished reading the first one last night. It took me three days to finish it. That was a little longer then I wanted it to take, but when you have to work eat and sleep what can you do. I am already a couple of chapters into the next book. It is all I can think about. If I keep this speed I will have all four books finished in like a week and a half. My poor husband already feels neglected. I can't help it I have to find out what happens next.

Mom and Dad come to town

2008-08-12T20:55:00.001-07:00

My parents came into town this weekend to visit from Boise Idaho. I took a couple of days off of work so that we could hang out. Keith and I decided to take them to Pitock Mansion. I would move in tomorrow!!! I have lived here almost 7 years and have never been. It was really fun. The views from up there were amazing. Below are a few pictures from our trip.

Next we went to the Clark County Fair. My sister Whitnie and her son Christopher went with us. All of the pictures I took seem to be of Chris. Let's face it he was the cutest of us all. He loved all the lights and animals. It was really fun to watch him.

I could not resist taking this picture. This is my parents playing Wii. I love the concentration =)

Happy Birthday Keith

2008-08-07T10:56:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday! Handsome I love you more today than I could have ever imagined. I hope you have a wonderful day!!!!!!

Keith 4 Wheelin with his cousins

2008-07-30T18:33:00.001-07:00

Below are some pictures of Keith 4 Wheelin with his cousin Jeremy. He went with some of his other cousin's too. But so far all I have are pictures of Keith and Jeremy. I don't have pictures of any of the other Jeep's but Keith's.

Klinger Family Reunion

2008-07-27T16:38:00.000-07:00

This weekend was the 1st annual Klinger Family Reunion. The weekend started with Keith and some of his cousins going 4 wheelin on Friday. I unfortunately could not get work off that day so I could not go. Keith's cousin Jamie took all of the pictures that day. She said she would email them to me. So I will post those when I get them. Then on Saturday we had a big BBQ and family gathering at Keith's Uncle Jim's house. Thank's Jim and Debbie I think we all had a wonderful time. I Signed up to bring cupcakes and a pasta salad. I got a little over Zealous and made 40 cupcakes. In case you are wondering what 40 cupcakes and a large pasta salad look like I took a picture.
Mike (Keith's Dad) and his band performed for us. They did a wonderful job and sounded great. I would hire them. Mike is the one in the blue T-shirt playing the key board.

California Vacation

2008-07-10T18:02:00.000-07:00

I figured that since I have been back from California for almost 2 weeks that it was time to post some pictures. We had an action packed week. I went up a couple of days before Keith so that I could have some sister time with some of my sisters. It was a lot of shopping and laying by the pool. I loved it. We decided that we would go to the mall and between Stacey and Molly we were taking 4 kids. So we showed up about a half an hour before the mall opened and let the kids run through the water fountain first. This worked out great because then they were cool the rest of the trip and were really good so that we could get some good shopping in. Below are a few pictures.Roxy(Josh's Wife) Came over on my first day and brought all of their kids over to swim. I finally got to see their cute little baby Gunner. He was just the tiniest thing ever. I am sorry I don't have any pictures my batteries were dead in my camera that day. Thanks Roxy for driving out. I had so much fun visiting with you and playing with all of the kids. I hardly ever get to see you guys. I miss you! I'm sorry Josh that we didn't get to see you. I guess we will just have to plan another trip.

Once Keith got in to town we rented a car and hit a few of the tourist sites. I was imagining we would rent some gas efficient vehicle but Keith had something else in mind.
Our first stop was Sea World. Stacey and Adam came with us and Molly and Ashilyn came as well (Mark had to work). It was so fun to watch the kids excitement over all of the animals.
Next stop was the Beach. Molly had to drive back to Arizona so she was not able to join us. But you can't visit California and not visit the beach. We have Beaches in Washington but they are just not the same.Our last adventure was Hollywood. We went to Rodeo Drive and drove around and looked at all of the ridiculously huge homes. And watched all of the weird people on the streets. We tried looking for famous people but did not find any. Oh well there is always next time.
We had a great vacation. I think we wore Stacey and her family out. But they were good sports. Now I have to find something exciting for them to do when they come and visit us. Washington does not have as many fun spots for visitors.

Happy 4th of July

2008-07-05T22:25:00.000-07:00

Keith and I decided that we were going to go up to his parents house for the 4th. We took our dogs Brody and Jada with us and with his parents three dogs we had a total of 5 dogs at his parents house. A little crazy but they loved it. Keith's dad Smoked ribs for dinner they were delicious. Then we went and watched the fire work show in the Columbia Gorge it was amazing. We decided that we were going to stay the night at Keith's parents house since it was going to be a late night and we did not want to make the hour journey home. Anyways the stairs that lead up to the guest bedrooms at his parents house are basically logs that are cut in half. The back of the stair are open in the back to the ground below. Ok I know I talk about Jada a lot on my blog. It is not that I don't love Brody but Jada is just the funniest dog. Anyways she was terrified of the stairs (Bare in mind that we have stairs in our house that she goes up and down 20 times a day). We tried to coax her up the stairs for about 45 minutes. We tried everything. We tried to bribe her with food. Which is usually a good bargaining tool for her as you can tell from her girth she does not suffer in the food department. Anyways nothing would work and Keith and I were really tired and wanted to go to bed. So after 45 minutes of failure Keith finally had to carry her up the stairs. Below is a picture I had to take because it was so funny looking to see Keith carrying this 90 pound dog up the stairs. Notice Connor (Keiths parents dog) in the picture trying to show Jada how it is done. If that was not enough, the next morning we could not get her to go down the stairs and Keith had to pick her up and carry her down stairs. It was quite a site to see.

My Little Helper

2008-06-16T20:58:00.001-07:00

So I am teaching the Laurels in our ward how to decorate cakes this week. Which means I have about 6 batches of Icing to make. So I decided to get a head start on it tonight. As many of you know if you are not careful when you put the powdered sugar in the mixer powdered sugar will go all over the place. Well I thought I was being careful, but just as I turned the mixer on Jada walked right under me. Below is a picture of what she looked like. It is hard to see because she is yellow but she is covered in powdered sugar. As you can tell she had no clue. Can you imagine her surprise when Brody kept trying to lick her face.

Happy Birthday Mom!

2008-06-12T07:50:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Mom! As I sit here thinking about you today. I started to realize how many wonderful things you have done for me over the years. I am truley lucky to have such a wonderful mother. I love you. Below are some of my favorite things about you.

1. I love that you stay up all night trying to solve all of our problems.
2. I love that you take such good care of your mother.
3. I love that you get mad at me if I don't call you at least once a week.
4. I love that you put your family first before anything
5. I love that you love the gospel
6. I love that you support me in everything that I do
7. I love that you are not only my mother but also my friend
8. I love that you enjoy riding your ATV(I would never had guessed that you would own and ride an ATV)
9. I love that every vacation you take is to visit your Family. You are the glue that holds this family together.
10. Last but certainly not least I LOVE YOU!!!!!!

Impromtu Beach Trip

2008-06-09T17:52:00.001-07:00

Our good friends the Hills called us on Friday afternoon and asked if we wanted to go to the coast for the weekend with them. It was a tough decision stay home and clean my house or go to the coast. Naturally we decided to go to the coast. Below are some pictures of our weekend. Aww how romantic (don't mind the crazy beach hair!)
Mary Leigh was helping the boys play catch.

Breakfast at Pig N Pancake. Can't go to the beach with out going to Pig N Pancake.

Mary Leigh loved the Hot Cocoa although I think there are easier ways to drink it.
Porter was great at keeping the fire going. I think they may have a Pyro on thier Hands.
So we had the Missionaries that are staying at our house feed the dogs. judging by the below pictures of our bed can you guess where the dogs slept. When the cat is away the mouse will play.

Weekend Projects.

2008-06-01T19:47:00.001-07:00

Keith had a busy day on Saturday. He spent the day doing all the maintenance on the cars. Don't ask me what that all entails all I know is it took him all day. He is so handy. It is so nice having a husband that knows all about cars. I always feel like I get taken when ever I would take my cars in to get fixed or worked on. Now Keith can do most of it and if he can not he already knows what needs to be done and can make sure the mechanics are doing it right. So anyways I decided to take on a project of my own. I have been wanting a rocking chair for my front porch. I saw that Walmart had some in there garden department for $80 but then the other day I saw that Michaels had a do it your self kit for only $40. It came with all the nails and screws and you just put the thing together yourself. So I thought I would save my self a little money and put the rocking chair together myself. It always seems like a great Idea when it is still in the box. Well after an hour a few colorful words and a little sweat I managed to get the chair together. Keith is borrowing a Paint sprayer this week to paint some new moldings for our room so I think he is going to paint the rocker at the same time. Don't tell him but I think I might need a second rocker so that we can both sit on the front porch at the same time. Maybe he won't notice if I just sneak it in =)

Stuck in the Storm

2008-05-25T09:05:00.000-07:00

Keith and I had been running errands all day and we had a few left to do. It had been a pretty nice day. Keith was able to mow the lawn and I was able to vacuum out the car. We were starving and had not eaten in hours. So we decided to go get a bite to eat and run our last errand of the day. By the time we got to our dinning spot we noticed that the clouds were really dark. They were quite beautiful. I remember telling Keith that they looked beautifully Erie, but it was still really warm out side and living in Washington Rain is not all that unusual so we didn't think much about it. Anyways after dinner we ran to Target to pick up a few things. As we were walking into the store we felt a few rain drops. But we did not think to much about it. We went inside and grabbed the few things we needed and proceeded to check outs. Of course as usual we ran in to a friend of ours so we stopped and talked for a few minutes. We were in the store for a total of maybe 15 minutes. As we were standing at the door we noticed that it was poring down rain. Now not your normal Poring rain but it was raining buckets literally. I had never experienced raindrops that big in my life. We tried to make a run for the car. I could not believe how bad it was raining. The parking lot was already flooding. So we get to the car and of course Keith could not get the trunk open with the remote. So here I am standing outside in the horrible storm soaked to the bone for what seemed like minutes but was probably only a total of 30 seconds. The ride home was interesting. The windshield wipers were worthless at this point. and the Lightning had set in. One bolt of lightning was so close it blinded us. It looked like someone had just taken our picture. But thankfully we did not live to far away and we made it to our home safely. By the time we got inside I looked like I had just jumped in a swimming pool with my clothes on. There was not a dry spot on me. I had to run do an emergency load of laundry so that the wet clothes did not sit in the hamper and get all smelly. Once we were home and safe. We opened the windows and watched the storm. It really was quite beautiful. We do not normally have storms like that. It lasted for probably an hour with straight down poor and lightning flashing every 30 seconds or so.

One Year ago Today

2008-05-16T10:10:00.001-07:00

As I sit hear in my office surrounded by so much work that three people would never be able to complete it in a day. I began to look out the window and see the sun for the first time this year. and I remebered that One year ago today Keith and I were on a plane Flying to Meet my sister Stacey and her husband Adam in Playa Del Carmen Mexico. We had such a great time. We snorked, bathed in the sun, shopped, visited the Myan Ruins of Chitzenitza (I don't know how to spell it), ate tons, and had way too many Virgin Daqaris and Pina coladas. Oh how I wish I was back thier today. I could use a good vacation. So I have made the decision that this time next year we are definatley taking another big Vacation we deserve it. Below are some of our pictures from the Vacation.

Ahrya Makes Three

2008-05-06T20:24:00.001-07:00

Keith's Brother JR and His Wife Eliza had a baby girl on Sunday she was 8 lbs even and has a full head of hair. Mother and baby are doing great. Corinne and Calem couldn't believe how little she was and were sure they were never that small. She is so adorable and we are excited to have her in the family. I purposely left out the picture of me and Ahrya. I didn't like the way I looked. That is the joy of blogging. You only get to see the pictures I approve =)

While Eliza was in the hospital having the baby Corinne and Calem came to our house for the day. Corinne and I decided to bring out the play dough. Below are our creations. I might have had a little more fun than she did. I don't know its a toss up.

Calem Thought the car seat was more entertaining than the Play Dough. So easily entertained.

Dinner with the Trost's

2008-04-20T19:26:00.000-07:00

My sister Whitnie and her family came over on Saturday night. It was a last minute decision so we ordered a bunch of burgers from Carls Jr. The picture above is what my Kitchen looked like after dinner.
Chris was funny. He thought that Jada made a perfect bench. She is so patient. She just laid there and let him crawl all over her.

Shelly decided to stay the night and go to church with us in the morning. So we let Jada sleep on the guest bedroom bed with Shelly that night. She loved it we never let her sleep on the bed. The only problem now is that she thinks Shelly is her best friend. She kept laying on top of Shelly when we were watching a movie and followed her around all morning. I only hope we can keep Jada off of the guest bed now. I may have created a monster.

Happy Birthday Mike!

2008-04-14T19:13:00.001-07:00

The dogs absolutely love going for a swim whenever we go to the Klinger's

Grampa giving the grandkids rides on the ATV - the kids love this!

Keith's Dad opening some of his birthday gifts - Mike turns 58 this year!
The Klinger's hanging out teaching wiffle ball to the grandkids
JR (Keith's brother) teaching Corinne the mechanics of a good swing!
Keith teaching Calem how real (left-handed) hitters swing the bat

Linz hangin with Keith's parents. I'm sure the conversation was interesting?! Notice Cody (dog) bearing his teeth for the camera

Kitchen Facelift

2008-04-12T09:44:00.001-07:00

So We decided to give our kitchen a little face lift. We put Granite Tile on our counter tops and had the cabinets resurfaced in maple and bought new Cabinet doors. Below are the before and after pictures.

Before

After

2008-04-06T15:10:00.000-07:00

We have been having the weirdest weather lately. All in one day it rained, Hailed, snowed, and then was sunny. And this went on for a couple of days. It just could not decide what it wanted to do. It never snows this late in the year. We usually get a lot of rain but the snow and ice usually stop around January or February.

Easter in Boise!!!
So I recently found out that my Grandma Udy is terminally ill with cancer. She just moved from Salt Lake City to Boise to move in with my parents. So at the last minute I decided to make the 6 hour drive up to Boise to help my grandma move in and to spend a little alone time with her. I could only take a little time off of work so I drove up Thursday afternoon and drove home on Sunday(Easter day). I really enjoyed spending some time with my grandma. I don't get her all to myself very often and after learning that her days are numbered I really wanted to see her again. I tried to get a picture with her but she would not let me take one. She said she was not very photogenic. =) It was also nice to have my parents to myself that does not happen all the time. Molly and her little girl Ashlyn (pictured above) drove up on Saturday to visit as well. That little girl is adorable. I thought about sticking her in my car and keeping her as my own. But the thought of Jail time didn't seem quite so appealing. As a bonus one of my best friends from High School Kim was in Boise visiting family that weekend as well. We were able to meet up for a little bit and catch up. It was great to see her. I am so glad I made the decision to go. It is a trip I will always remember.

My Birthday/Valentines Day

2008-03-29T15:10:00.000-07:00

Since my Birthday is 3 days before Valentines day. We usually lump both holidays together. This year Keith went all out. He took me to Bonneville hot springs resort. Which is located in the Columbia Gorge. The hotel was beautiful. I was able to have a 1 hour massage, a mineral bath, and a wrap. We had our own private hot tub on our balcony and the food at the restaurant was fabulous. Keith won major points for my birthday. I only hope I can make his birthday as nice.

Snow Day

2008-03-25T20:04:00.001-07:00

One Saturday Keith and I noticed that there was a ton of snow in the mountains. So we decided to pack the dogs in the car and head up to the mountains for the day. The dogs had so much fun they chased each other in the snow for hours. The snow was so deep that they had to hop like rabbits to get anywhere it was too cute. We had a blast. Here are some of the pictures we took.
I love this picture of Brody with his tongue hanging out of the side of his mouth. You can tell he is having the time of his life.

Keith tried to spell my name in the snow. How Romantic =)
Then Keith decided he wanted to try out the 4 wheel drive in our new Grand Cherokee. We got stuck. While Keith's Jeep wrangler that we have spent thousands on fixing up for 4 wheeling sat all warm and dry in our garage. Go Figure. Thanks to some kind men in a truck who pulled us out. Then a truck got stuck and we had to pull them out. All in all it was a great day.

Here Goes Nothing!

2008-03-24T18:13:00.001-07:00

So my sisters have been bugging me to start a blog. I keep meaning to, but have just never gotten around to doing it. I think I am just afraid of failure. But thanks to Stacey she set one up for me. She even created the cute header on my blog. So I guess I have no excuses. Here goes!!!!

Christmas at the Klingers

2008-03-24T17:54:00.001-07:00

We spent Christmas Eve at Keiths Parents house. They live in a beautiful log home located in the Columbia Gorge. It is quite Picturesque.

Christmas Family picture. I was hesitant to post this one because it looks like I am strangling Brody but I promise I am not.

The dogs loved their Christmas presents!!!!!

Yes! I am one of those Cruel pet owners who dress thier dogs up for christmas. They only way I could keep them from pulling each others antlers off was to hold dog treats in my hand while I took the picture.