Yeah, yeah, we're kinda crazy.

So Clinton and I have been having a heck of a time with cars and trying to get less backwards. Finally, we found a dealership they could help us out and we traded both of our cars in for a newer one. We ended up with a Mazda CX7. Its really nice, probably the nicest car I have (and will) ever own. Its hard going back down to one car, but as most of you know, we won't be needing a second vehicle in about 5 weeks.

I have decided, I am not really great at this whole blog thing. Maybe one day I will get the hang of it.

I'm back... for now

It has been a while since my last post, because we have been in Alaska for the past ten days. We left on August 20th and returned the morning of the 31st. It was such an awesome trip. We saw so much great wildlife and so much natural beauty. It was breath taking everyday. I am working on doing another blog that is strictly "adventures" that Clinton and I have gone on. So I will be posting the full story and lots of pictures there once its actually up and running.

Yellowstone

Clinton and I had a four day weekend last week and headed up to Yellowstone to help my lovely sister-in-law start up her bakery. We helped her as much as we could, and one day we spent in the park. Here are some pictures of the six of us hiking around.

Here is Clinton and I in front of one of the falls
If you look close you can see Maurie and I down at the bottom
You can see Clinton and Ryan at the bottom of the falls
Close up of me and Maurie at the bottom of the falls
Cute Gideon and I. That boy cracks me up. 

 

This is a picture of a coyote that we saw in the park.

 

This is one of the many pretty falls in Yellowstone.

 

Here is Maurie and Ryan's beautiful family.

 

Here is Clinton and I standing in front of one of the falls

Birthday Party

So last Thursday I threw myself a Jungle Jello party... here are some pictures.

 

Here is Clinton dancing by the fire like a wild native.

 

Lovely isn't he?

 

Here is everyone on the deck. Front and center and Mike and Devin, two of Clinton's closest friends.

 

Here is Kalyn and Boston.

From Left to Right: Jackie, Emily, Kimber (all work at the zoo with Clinton), me and Halie (my sister)
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I painted Boston like a zebra. He was surprisingly corporative

Kalyn and James really dressed the part

Tracy and Tim looking like laid back island tourists. Love it!

Megan and Ryan

Emily enjoying her island drink

Here I am.... pulling a seriously ugly face... WTH?

Here is our jello pit... this has a story all its own.

Happy Birthday to me

So I haven't got this whole picture thing quite figured out. The pictures you see below are all cut in half and such. So I got a sweet new phone for my birthday and I am going to figure out how to keep my blog updated with it because it has a Google platform. My party at my house was wild. I have pictures that I will post as soon and me and Blogger can be friends. The party my mom threw for me was fun. I really love my family. My mom made me a sweet shirt that is probably the coolest thing she has ever made me. Other than that things have kind of sucked. Today some 67 year old man rear ended me. Ugh.. My van is just short of being totaled, I'm sure. Unless, some miracle happens and they actually total the car this whole experience is just sucky. My poor puppies were in the car and while, luckily no one was hurt, it scare the shit out of my poor babies. I will post a picture soon... hopefully... until then call me, because I may or may not have your number since my new phone has selectively deleted some of my most precious contacts.

By George I think I've got it!

So I have finally learned how to imbed pictures the way I want to and so I will start updating this with fun pictures now. Here is a cute one of Boston and Hyde:

My animals can be so cute sometimes.

This is old, but kinda cool. Its a collage I made of some pictures of when we went down the coast.

I am still waiting for all the pictures to upload where I can use them, so hopefully there will be some more recent ones very soon!!

Wild Weekend

So this weekend was eventful. We started off Friday night with an 80's party that our friends Kayln and James threw. It was hilarious seeing everyone all dressed up. I really need to get on posting some pictures on this site, but I have some posted on my myspace and facebook page, if you want to check them out sooner than later.

Saturday, I drove to the zoo for lunch with Clinton, took my doggies to the dog park and let them run around for a good part of two hours and then drove to Wendover. Tiffany had her batchlorette party which lasted until about 4:00 AM. Luckily Tiffany had some hotel rooms booked and I got to sleep for a good 4 - 5 hours before Clinton had decided I had been murdered and mugged. After the two hour drive home, I went up to the zoo for lunch with Clinton again and when he got home we basically died for the evening.

Then last night we went to Nadine's (my sister-in-laws) birthday party and then through a party of our own. So yeah, this post actually isn't that exciting, but its just because I am so effin tired.

Holy Push-ups Batman

So as you all know... or should by now.. I will leave for basic training for the Army in October. To help you prepare, my recruiters office has what they call Future Soldier Training every Thursday. Sometimes we just go over combat positioning or paper work, sometimes we do PT(physical training). Both times I have experienced PT I have done a stinkin beef ton of push-ups. Yesterday we did roughly 280-290. Do you know what is is like to do almost 300 effin push-ups? Granted, after about 20 I was doing "girl push-ups" and then after about 50-100 my form was pretty lame. However, it was also super hot yesterday and push-ups are not the only exercise we do. We also did sprints, flutter kicks, ran sideways and backwards, etc. I almost lost my dinner. I always feel a sense of accomplishment after I make it and don't die. Although, I must say it makes me a little nervous for basic training. I am so sore today I can barely move. How am I going to manage not getting a break?

The Yard Project

So this weekend was pure craziness. First we had Ben (my little...well younger brother) and two of his friends out to our house to help do some yard work. My lovely neighbor was kind enough to let us borrow some tools for our project. We had decided to tear down the two decrepit sheds that we had and before I knew it I had two huge piles of rubble in my yard. I cannot believe how exciting it is for boys to get to destroy things. Clinton even went out with steel toed boots and kicked parts of the shed down. We decided since we had so much wood, it was only natural to build a fire pit. After much hard work from various family members (special thanks to Kyle and Jackie) we managed to clean up the mess from the sheds and our fire pit is just about finished. My yard looks so much better. Thanks to every one who came over and helped or just hung out and kept us company. I will post pictures as soon as I take some.

Reflecting

Last night had an awesome dinner with my best friend Ashley. We talked about high school, what we used to be like, how we have grown and how we have known each other longer than we have known our husband's. It's so funny to remember being such a know-it-all kid. I made the comment that it seems the older you get the more stupid you realize you are. I have had so many "learning experiance's" (we won't call them "mistakes" because that would imply regret) through out my life and many of them have definately made me do a mental forehead slap. However, life goes on and we grow and change. This alone facinates me to no end; the different paths we choose and the decisions we make to choose them. Looking back it seems as though some of those decisions were not good ones, but it leaves me to wonder if life may not be so good now with out a few bad teenage decisions. I'd like to think that from some of the suffering (not to say that I haven't walked the line of a charmed life) comes growth. Either way, I have to count the many blessings I have had in my life that got me where I am today. I am fortunate to have a great family, amazing friends and a truely wonderful husband. Because after the day is done, your hair is a mess, you have coffee spilt down the front of you and you resemble the "Tazmanian Devil", its the people that are still standing behind you, giving you their love that matter. So here is an official thank you to all the people who I know I can count on, you know who you are.

My First Blog

Because the Myspace fad seems to be fading and I have taken a stand against Facebook, I have decided to start a blog. I think this may be a better way to keep in touch with family and friends as we begin our crazy journey across the country. Also, it will be a good way for me to keep the "journal" that I was always to lazy to keep up on. (I think I have AT LEAST 10 half filled journals from various ages that I started, that are just laying around my house) I really enjoy writing and I am extremely vain and proud, so what better outlet than an online journal about me and my family.