.Caitlin.

Doggie Boots

2011-08-03T09:10:00.000-07:00

Hmmm

I don't EVER use my camera. I don't even think I know where it is right now. Therefore I have no pictures for you.

Nathan has officially started a business, registered and everything. Where we go from here, I'm not really sure. We got super pumped for about a week and that has now sizzled. After we found out that Quickbooks would cost us HOW MUCH?! and the apple people said it sucked we got burnt out and haven't really talked since. About the biz.

I have been working. Huh, what's new?! I got pretty sick for a little bit and my throat and neck hurt like a mother loader and my voice was becoming groggy and gross. So I went to the Urgent Care and the Dr. came in and said, "so your tonsils are bothering you... OMG LOOK AT YOUR NECK!" I got all confused because all I wanted was for her to tell me that I needed my tonsils out and then she freaked out about my neck which doesn't look ANY different to me. Apparently my right side is freakishly enlarged (where my thyroid is). So I asked what I should do and she told me to go find a family dr. that they wouldn't take any tests there. UM... I thought this was a medical center.... at least she diagnosed me with tonsilitis.

So I called Paula and she told me of a family dr. she heard of and I went to them. And the lady freaked out there about my neck too. I made Nathan go with me for this one and she asked him, "Does she always look like this?" um thanks people I know I'm not vain but I really don't see what they're talking about. I have an ultrasound today so we will see where it takes us.

I bought Paisley an ID tag about a week and a half ago, best $12.00 I ever spent. I got a call yesterday morning, "Do you have a black dog and a little brown dog?" why, yes in fact I do...
"Well, I have them on Scholls Ferry a little past that big mansion place. I can drive them over to you." WHAT?! I jumped up and made Nathan get up and we started driving to meet her in the driveway but Tucker was already there and brought them up for us. Paisley and Kelso were a little grounded for about 5 minutes. That is so far for those dogs! I couldn't believe it. But I am so glad I finally bought her a tag and am never hesitating on that again.

So I leave you with this youtube video. You can watch the suggested ones they are HILARIOUS. We watched a bunch last night but this ones pretty good.

Rainy May

2011-05-28T20:15:00.000-07:00

Our house has turned into a nursery. Nathan got a rockin' deal on plants last week. If you're looking for plants or landscape, he's your man!

We also have a big concrete landing out back. If we didn't need to extend our house, I would love to put some patio furniture and have outside BBQ's, since its deciding to be all sunny and warm this week.

Speaking of sunny and warm, I wrote that too soon as its supposed to be raining this whole next week!!!

We got netflix and have been watching A LOT of Swamp People, about two episodes a night. I LOVE this show. I watched a documentary on alligators too. I remember seeing an alligator on the grass at our hotel in Florida, on this trip

OH netflix. You will make me become a hermit... But since its NOT sunny yet, I will allow it :)

My new license plates came!

I am going on day 7(!) of NOT cracking my knuckles/fingers. So far so good, unless I'm stretching and it accidentally happens. It's hard! I keep thinking about it all day, especially when I finally sit down and try to relax, thats all I can think about.

Garth gave me a gift cert. to get a pedicure for Christmas and since it was nice out today I went and got it! I LOVE the color, I kept saying I didn't want any flowers/design but she did it anyway so I went with it.

Here are a few things I am loving right now...

Neuro drinks.

I bought this at Petrich's, they don't say what flavor they are but they all taste the same, kinda like grapefruit. The only difference is that some are more fizzy than others. It's supposed to make you happy, or better blood flow, or sleepy, depending on which one you get, I have yet to notice any effects but they are yumm-o!

Some of my favorite food blogs. I love reading these and getting ideas for making dinner. There are only so many ways to spin a chicken!

Our Best Bites

Favorite Family Recipes

Pioneer Woman

My friend Katie is having a scentsy party online, I have never used or smelt any flavors so I'm not sure if I want to do it or which flavors smell good/bad. Let me know if you've tried them or any favorite scents you have. I love candles and smelly things I just don't want to waste money of ones that don't smell good!!

Almost Forgot!

2011-05-07T18:12:00.000-07:00

I forgot to include the pics of my car, Nate's motorcycle, and other random things, I got a little excited.

Nate's motorcycle. He took it for a spin around the roads out here but he's gotta get his endorsement and insurance before he can really take it out.

Nate took Bryan Whitnah on a ride, then a ride in his truck, and then on the quad and taught him how to ride it. I think that may have been the best day in his life so far. :)

Have I ever said how much Paisley LOVES Weston?! She will lick his face for days and he loves it. Tucker and Weston were up with Nathan talking one day and they went to walk back down to their house. Apparently Paisley wasn't finished yet and scooted down to their house to find Weston. She's a funny dog, and what a cute kid!

And this is my car.

Ok, until next month..haha

March and April, Into May

2011-05-03T19:14:00.000-07:00

*Paisley*

Has been quite the farm dog. She wakes up every morning at around 715, unless she sleeps with us, which happens probably more often than it should :) She spends about 12 hours running around outside and when she comes inside, she goes straight to our room and passes out for the night on the bed until we scoot her off to her own bed. Today she rolled in something stinky so I scrubbed her down three times and she is still a little stinky. She stopped eating her food for a few weeks so she is now an organic puppy and eats really expensive food, but she loves it, so at least she's eating! She keeps telling me she wants a little bro/sis so we're thinking about getting another dog. Hopefully this next month we can make her dreams come true ;) OH and I almost forgot, SHE TURNED ONE! Her birthday was April 2nd, and we forgot, but I bought her lots and lots of toys!

*Nathan*

Working on the beautiful lawns and landscaping of the farm house. He put his truck on craigslist to see how much he could get out of it and apparently it was a lot! I didn't know why he wanted to sell it, but he did. He bought a good work truck from Hector, whose working with him, and fixing it up as we type.

He is taking math and a job search class, once he finishes those, he will take one more math and another specialty class and be ALL DONE! He bought Chuong's motorcycle, Honda Shadow, and has been drooling over it, waiting to drive it. He is taking the class to get his endorsement with Chris H and Billy. Then we need to work on getting out concealed weapons and we will a couple of shootin', ridin' crazy peoples.

*Caitlin*

I guess nothing too exciting goes on with me; I am just working. We sold the Passat :( sad day. Nathan was worrying over it and I figured it would break sometime and when it did, we wouldn't have money for it. SO we sold it.

I was very sad, so sad that I broke the door as the people were coming to buy it. I was looking behind me as I was backing out of the garage and thought "hmmm, our house is falling down! How weird." Then I realized it was ME who was crashing into the house!!! I pulled it back in, tried to shut the door and it came right back at me, then I scooted to see what Nathan's face looked like but he was still moving his truck so I couldn't see and I just thought, HE'S GONNA KILL ME!! Luckily he didn't and the people still bought it! OOPS. After about 2 weeks without a car, I was getting tired of looking at the same ones on craigslist, I told Nathan we were going to buy this one and I didn't care what was wrong with it. It was cheap too and turns out, a pretty decent car. Good thing since we bought it at about 11:00 at night. I was done looking at craigslist, I don't know HOW Nathan looks at it everyday.

Driving to Utah

Us in the CABELAS in UT

Paisley pooping Easter eggs!

That is all that happened in the last months, we eat, sleep, and poop just like everyone else, but we watch cool videos, so here's one I stumbled upon, I like the otter or whatever it is. You should watch them all, because some parts are dumb, but most are really funny.

Hawaii

2011-04-08T18:55:00.000-07:00

I went to Maui the last week of Feb. with my parents and sister. They took my other sister and brother in June so now it was our turn!

Here we are at the airport when it was SNOWING.

(I don't think my dad had his morning coffee yet, hence the cheeseball smile)

And here we are waiting to board and buying scratch-its so I don't get too bored. HA it still happened and I thought it was never going to end.

The second night we went to the Old Lahaina Luau and watched the pretty sunset. It was a buffet of some yummy and some kinda nasty foods. The sweet potatoes were purple! and really thick but pretty good.

The first night we went to a random restaurant and I had to get something authentic, so I got the loco moco with a side of kim chi. YUM I could only eat about half but it was good! Egg, hamburger, rice, mac salad, and gravy...yummy yum yum.

I was a little dissapointed by the beaches, they weren't what I have seen from saved by the bell and full house when they all went to Hawaii :) We did find one beach with a bigger sand area and the waves breaking at the shore were crazy. Me and my dad had fun standing out there...

And then we decided that was enough fun and we swallowed enough salt for the day, but not before the ocean took away my sunglasses!!

We went whale watching and these are about the best pics I got. They're quick and a little unentertaining when you really want them to perform. They got close to our boat though, that was a little freaky.

Windy! and look my long lost sunglasses :(

Oh and OF COURSE I had to stop and get REAL shave ice. The best ever with guava flavor! We ate some pretty good meals here, they make good food over there :)

Ignore squinty eye... arrrrrr I look like a pirate

Here are more pictures... We made leis,

And laid by the pool...and maybe took a little dip or too but not for too long!!

And then we napped.

The END! I missed my Paisley dog too much, and Nathan, so it was nice to be home and sleep in my own bed for a short while before going to work :)

We like Nice things

2011-03-13T16:47:00.000-07:00

We have picked up a few things here and there and have realized that working does pay off eventually!

A BBQ

We debated on charcoal vs. propane bbq for a while before actually buying. We both agree that charcoal is 8 million times better but we don't have the patience or time to wait for it to cook since I usually don't get home until 630-7. Propane is faster so we went with it.

Paisley is scared by it, she sits on the stairs and growls at it, kinda funny.

Pillows

It only took me about 2 months to actually get them done, but alas they sit beautifully on our couches.

Speaking of Couches...

We now have lots of sitting areas. I randomly found these new couches on craigslist and they matched the one we got from the Wall St. warehouse. We were pretty excited, they're a little different but the same style so that's all that matters. We now have 2 couches, 1 loveseat, and 2 recliners.

Woodstove
Nathan found these on craigslist and we got 2 for the price of 1! While I was gone, he set one up in the shop upstairs and now have a source of warmth in our house. It gets up to 80 degrees so we couldn't be happier. We now spend most our time in the garage; Paisley loves to take naps in front of the fire.

Kitchen Table
We bought this as a christmas present to ourselves but had nowhere to put it. With the woodstove we thought we should put it upstairs so now we can actually sit and eat instead of standing at the counter or sitting on the couch.

Paisley
Every single toy we have boughten her gets shredded and torn in about 10 minutes, tops. We found toys that stated that they were indestructible...yeah, they have never met Paisley because she goes through toys like no other. Her favorite is stuffed animals, she actually does snuggle with them. She weighs 68 pounds now! Shes really good at not running away or coming back when you call her and just being an awesome dog. She also LOVES to pose for pictures. As soon as she sees the camera she sits down and stares at me to take a picture. Shes funny like that.

Nathan
This term in school is ALMOST OVER! He has to take 2 more math classes and then I think *hope* that he will be done. He upgraded his dirt bike and took it for a spin two weeks ago. He goes and plays basketball at the gym with friends almost every night which is fun for him.

Caitlin
Work, work, work. That is my life! Although every 2 weeks it is very rewarding to actually have money :) and then it all goes to bills but at least I know its flowing :) I have been thinking about taking the prereq's for hygiene school, which are all biology and organic chem, so YIKES! I will have to think about that one for a bit.

End of Year

2011-01-12T17:05:00.000-08:00

Here is our Christmas/New Year/December post.

Paisley really enjoyed her first Christmas this year. She got lots of new toys that were 50% off when i bought them on Christmas Eve! WOoHOo. I wrapped them and made her open one, to which she kept looking at me like 'why am I not getting in trouble here?'

Our first Christmas together and trying to fit in both families in one day was kinda chaotic and we lost track of time, but we made it and had a pretty exciting Christmas with awesome presents!

2010 brought lots of NEW things, new cars, animals, marriage, jobs, etc. and hopefully we can keep those all things in 2011 and keep getting more new things!

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So far in this New Year...

We meet Nathan's dislocated shoulder once again. He was snowboarding and will probably get surgery during Spring Break. He just started his new classes and has class on Friday night! How weird.

Paisley is bulking up and just being one cute pup. She's getting into trouble with the neighbors dog down the hill so we have to keep her inside unless we can be outside with her and watching. What a high-maintenance dog! But we still love her :)

I keep working and cleaning and being Nurse/Dog Whisperer Caitlin.
I've been trying lots of new recipes, some of which are not so great but we have to eat them anyway so those are always fun nights :)
I have put away all of the decorations and am getting ready for Valentines, our house may look like pink and red threw up all over it.

Here's a video from Christmas, hopefully they work and you can enjoy!

Just call me Martha!

2010-12-15T18:34:00.000-08:00

I have been busy making decorations for our house for Christmas!

I made these two wreaths and finally persuaded Nathan into getting a tree :)

I mean, where else would all his presents go?!

We did have to trim it, and then realized we could have left the top part because there was gaping holes, so our tree may or may not be zip-tied in a few areas :)

Here it is, all lit up! Paisley doesn't even seem to notice it so hopefully she won't eat any lights or x-mas balls :)

Day 4

2010-12-13T21:43:00.000-08:00

Day 4-Favorite Book

Mine: The Writer's Reference-Diana Hacker

This book really is the greatest book I have ever laid my eyes upon. I got it at the end of my freshman year of college in CA. My teacher made us buy this 30 dollar pocket book and even though it was expensive, it has the BEST paper writing rules and has all the MLA/APA references in it, so easy to look up. Has made my life a breeze trying to write reference pages and writing papers.

Otherwise, I don't read too often, but I LOVE the Berenstein Bear books, those are good ones.

Nathan says: Huck Finn or Boxcar Children Books

TV

2010-12-13T00:40:00.000-08:00

Day 3-Favorite TV show

Really, I can't pick just one! But my favorite TV channel would have to be ABC, they have pretty much a show everyday I can watch: Desperate Housewives, Brothers and Sisters, Greys Anatomy, Modern Family, The Middle, and Private Practice.

If I had REAL tv, I would be watching The Real Housewives of...

hmm, Orange County, New Jersey, and Beverly Hills. Those are the only ones I really like. Can't wait till they come to Washington County!! (hahaha, yeah right, I can only dream :))

Oh yeah, I LOVE watching the Ellen Show! I laugh throughout the whole show, usually.

Nathan loves shows on History Channel, and those types, like Swamp People, Ice Truck Driving, Deadliest Roads, and oh, motocross things. He also LOVES Two and a Half Men, which I like too. We always try to make it a Monday thing to watch the new episodes but I think that worked once...

We like all the same shows, except he doesn't like most the ones I listed above. It's kind of a one sided relationship :)

Dos

2010-12-12T00:36:00.000-08:00

Day 2-Your Favorite Movie

Apparently, not so good at this every day thing. Oh well, they are quick and I bet my intrenet peeps been itchin' to read them! (read: sarcasm)

Nathan is easy. ANYTHING with Marky-Mark (Mark Wahlberg). He loves him, especially Four Brothers. His other favorite is 16 Blocks.

I have so many, it's hard to pick just one, but one I really like October Sky, I think we watched it in middle school every single year.

It really will live in your memory forever! Catchy tagline :)

Blog-a-day

2010-12-11T21:01:00.000-08:00

I got this from Taylor so I figured, hey, why not!

Day 01 — Recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself

Here is a picture of us,very recent as in 2 seconds ago:

and I tried to think of really good interesting facts so I hope maybe you learned something you didn't know!

1. I HATE being wet. Different from being afraid of water, after showering I have to completely dry myself before I move anywhere. I hate the feeling of being wet/sticky/gross. Nathan will touch my arm or back when it's all wet when he thinks he's being funny :)

2. I basically crack my entire body. Knuckles/fingers, toes, neck, back, wrists, ankles, hip. I really try to not crack my knuckles but I just can't stop! I forget that I'm trying not too and it's all downhill from there.

3. I usually like all foods, but I hate scalloped potatoes. I don't care if they're homemade, which sometimes look good, or the au gratin ones in the box, YUCK. I just can't eat them!

4. I miss doing schoolwork. I love to write papers, especially research ones, so when Kevin or Nathan has a paper to proof, I get kinda geeky excited.

5. I have mad road rage. I usually yell at every car on the road because ya know, everyone thinks they're the best driver and everyone else is an idiot :)

6.I don't really have a favorite color. I guess I would claim pink or black, but I hate those two colors put together. I love teal and purple too but still, don't really like to see them together.

7.I LOVE popcorn! I think I just about eat it every day or every other day. It's so good!

8.I am a coupon queen :) and sale seeker. I save so much money on things that people behind me in the checkout line have commented... kinda embarrassing sometimes.

9. We do so much laundry! Sometimes I can't even believe how many clothes we go through, because sometimes we wear some pants/sweaters/etc. two or three times (don't worry they still smell good, haha), but every week we do like 7 full loads. It's amazing.

10. I love Christmas! I like to decorate and buy things for people, except I don't have the $ to actually make purchases, but I dream about it. The coldness outside, and the snow! I don't like actually being cold, but when it's snowing its so pretty outside!

11. I can't do things repetitively. Like eat the same thing too often or usually any boring day job.

12. I try to rotate my clothes, i.e. socks/undies/tank tops/shirts/jeans. When they get washed they go in the back of the dresser and I have to wear the other ones before those again. The jeans go to the bottom of the stack, and shirts are hard cuz they're hanging but I try to remember when I last wore it.

13.I love baking, but I never do it because it's usually way too much. Nathan doesn't eat a lot of sweets and I don't eat that much of it. A whole cake or rice krispy treats usually gets thrown away cuz I really only eat one or two pieces.

14. If I think too much about the food I am eating, I can't eat it. I start to think about where it came from, or if i ate it one time and got a crunchy or a bone, I can't eat it anymore because it grosses me out. I can't eat eggs because they smell nasty and I think about the egg shells or when my friend made a cake when we were little and didn't mix it before baking it and I got a hard/chewy lump of egg in my piece. YUCK.

15. Today is my half-birthday. Today I am 22 1/2 years old. That is neat.

Day 01 — Recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
• Day 02 — Your favorite movie
• Day 03 — Your favorite television program
• Day 04 — Your favorite book
• Day 05 — Your favorite quote
• Day 06 — A photo of you and your friends
• Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy
• Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad
• Day 09 — A photo you took
• Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago
• Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently
• Day 12 — A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
• Day 13 — A picture of somewhere you've been to
• Day 14 — What I would find in your bag
• Day 15 — Your favorite song
• Day 16 — A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
• Day 17 — Put you ipod on shuffle: first 10 songs that play
• Day 18 — Plans/dreams/goals you have
• Day 19 — Your nicknames and reasons behind them
• Day 20 — A picture of you and your family taken recently
• Day 21 — A recipe
• Day 22 — The story behind your blog's name
• Day 23 — A YouTube video
• Day 24 — Something you crave often
• Day 25 — Your day, in great detail
• Day 26 — Your week, in great detail
• Day 27 — This month, in great detail
• Day 28 — This year, in great detail
• Day 29 — Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
• Day 30 — What you have learned in the last 30 days

Must Own Orange Speedo

2010-11-18T23:29:00.000-08:00

Halloween

2010-11-07T22:39:00.000-08:00

So many parties, so little costumes.

We decided to have more fun than usual, haha, and bought costumes for all of the fun we were to have that weekend. And we are still recovering from all the lack of sleep.

Paisley also got in the spirit with a little jack-o-lantern toy I bought for her.

So we hope everyone had a FUN and magical Halloween(s) and all of these people send their love,

The classic plug and outlet (blurry cell phone pic)

Miss Dolly Parton and her personal Construction Worker
and last but not least,

Your token Mexican and Fairy.
and their dog :)

The last few months

2010-10-13T10:18:00.000-07:00

Wow. The last two months flew by and I can't believe is OCTOBER!!

Our fav. month of the year.

Nathan has been working his butt off on the farm making it look beautiful and already has people asking about the farm house for weddings! A friend from high school's brother was interested and is already set on getting hitched up there in August! Very exciting.

Paisley obvi helps out also as our little billy goat. She eats anything and everything and loves to climb atop the equipment to lay out on.

Last month while putting up all the stone outside, he stepped on a nail and it went right thru his romeo's! After a few days of thinking it was fine, we ended up in the ER Friday night/Saturday morning with an infection.

(You can barely see it, but the red dot is where the nail came out...)

We sold my car a week or so ago and were looking all around for cars, without the internet it's been hard to craigslist...especially if your Nathan, (I think he was starting to go through withdrawals). But alas, we found a good one and bought it :)

Old car and NEW car!

The last week of September Nathan went on a hunting trip with Garth and his buddies.

They came back with a couple of trailer accessories.

Floaters

2010-09-30T20:58:00.000-07:00

Pre-Note: This is what happens when you don't have internet and/or computer cords, you get posts from Summer in October...at least it's actually feeling like Summer in October :)

We bought rafts at Bi-Mart in Bend so we could float the Sunriver river while there and we didn't know they would come with such cool hats!!!

(they're really the cushions for the back person to sit on)

It was a long, cold float and we were starving by the end!

That trip was just Nathan, me, Billy, and Colby

And Paisley too :)

Then on a super hot day we wanted to float the Clackamas River, which was quite a trip to get too but really fun once we got on the water!

This time it was Nathan, me, Chris H, Matt, Kevin R, Nate, and Aaron-we had a big crowd and there were TONS of people out that day.

Puppy Play Dates

2010-08-25T15:23:00.000-07:00

During fair we took Paisley to Doggy Day Camp while we were busy working all day, and I'm not really sure if she liked it (because she can speak to us, duh...just kidding), but we thought it was good for her to get used to other dogs.

My parents have their dog, Chloe, who we have taken Paisley to play with but I think that Chloe doesn't want to be BFF's anytime soon.

Robbie's dog Molly, whom we had owned for a whole 24 hours, long story, also comes over and this last time I think they actually got along, no barking at all.

Dirty

2010-07-30T12:30:00.000-07:00

A Dirty Boy

(he was wearing pants that day and it still got him...)

Keeps a Very Clean Car!

Nathan's dreams have come true as he now has a lifted truck with tires and black rims.
Just be careful driving up the driveway or hopping into it, gotta make sure your shoes are clean!

Paisley

2010-07-26T10:52:00.000-07:00

June

(picture by Brett)

Here she is at 2 months old, when we got her.

She quickly learned to tricks and was overall the quietest puppy ever!

In that month she chewed quite a few things so we learned to keep the floor clean and pile high on top of our dressers.

Kennedy got her to jump up on the couches so in the morning after I let her out and feed her at 6 o'clock on the dot every morning, we go back to sleep together on the couch :)

July...

She has learned to jump even further...like from the couch onto the countertop so if we're not careful and leave mail on the counter, it will be destroyed.

She also has found her bark and will bark at every bird and fly. Also when people drive around back behind the barn, she gets protective and sits at the door barking then looking back at me.

Instead of chewing everything, she mostly likes electrical cords, sticks, dirt, grass, and rocks. Of which I can find millions brought into the house and all over the floor and couch. I think she thinks she is bringing me presents....but maybe instead of rocks she could be digging for gold.

Nate had to dig up our septic tank to get pumped and it was probably Paisley's favorite day so far because there was a massive dirt pile for her to play in.

She weighs 23 pounds (at the beginning of July), a step up from 16.9 in June. She had a skin rash kinda thing so we have to spray stuff on her legs, which she absolutely loves and we have to wrangle her twice a day. That's pretty fun for us.

Graduates

2010-07-13T21:41:00.000-07:00

Portland Community College: Dental Assisting Program

June 8th 2010

This is just the BLUE group (with a few girls missing).

There were 3 groups total; Blue, Yellow, and Red.
31 Girls and 1 Boy, (and 4 babies)!
We started out as 50 (2 boys) and each term you either made it or didn't.
I think the most stressful times of my life happened during this program, which was only 9 months long!
But those 9 months seemed like years with all the knowledge they had to throw at us to memorize.

Timea, Me, Rachel, and Aimee (one of the girls who had a baby during the year)

Here I am on stage, being nervous... haha

Just some members of my fan club :)

Nathan had a final that night but raced over from Rock Creek (to Sylvania) and made it for the 2nd half of the program!

Sitting in one of the patient chairs

Thanks to Tucker and my mom for taking these pics!

What's Up With US?!

2010-07-05T15:01:00.000-07:00

I figured I should post something...So here is where I will sum up the last.... month or so.
And there aren't really any pics because no camera=no pictures. Sorry!

My birthday was on June 6th...I turned 22, yay?!
I got my haircut. It was free. Then I got it re-cut to make it look normal (thanks Tara)!

June 8th I had a dental assisting ceremony and Nathan had a Construction BBQ on June 3rd.

We didn't attend the actual PCC ceremony because...well...It's PCC.

On June 10th we became proud parents of a puppy!

This is Paisley.

(taken on photobooth, so it's not really that great)

She is 3/4 Rottweiler and 1/4 Doberman.

She's having fun meeting other dogs, kids, and people.

We don't love that she has chewed up both computer chargers, a rug, pillows, the couch cover, blankets, Nathan's underwear, sandals, socks, and everything under the bed. (The list goes on).

But she's awesomely cute and loves to climb the stairs, jump through the opening, and bounce on the couch and onto you. It will be sad when she has gotten too big and can't do it anymore.
She used to not wake up too early, usually 7 or 8 am.
This week it's been 4 am...NOT very happy.
She has barked a total of 6 or 7 times. She never makes noises!

June 19th was Portland's Naked Bike Ride.

Really no pictures, but just know we participated :)

And Nathan ran into a friend from high school...that was a awkward meeting place. haha

Family Reunions started June 21 and thru the 26th. We took Pailsey on her first camping trip and she did pretty well. Although she didn't like being tied up and she chewed through her leash...
She also broke the part that makes it stop when you push the button...
We keep reminding ourselves that she's the cutest everyday :)

Now Nathan is working on the farm with Garth, making everything look nice and beautiful.

He is also is taking two summer online classes to get his associates by end of fall.

I am chasing after Paisley and looking for jobs. I am trying to cook (yikes), keeping the house clean, exercising, and working on gettin' my body tan. (if the sun ever decides to stay out long enough)!

Maybe soon I can post pictures. Nathan has some on his camera, but there's no cord to connect camera to computer... minor details.

Congrats to Katie!

2010-05-22T16:13:00.000-07:00

My friend Katie from school found out she was pregnant the 3rd week of school so I've felt like I've been going through this with her, keeping her on track with school, sitting in the back of the class talking baby, feeling kicks, shopping, updates on her emergency hospital visits, how to tell her grandparents, etc. She had a rough pregnancy this time compared to her first so I'm glad I was there and really proud of her for going through THAT and our school program!

She finally had her baby on Wednesday morning, May 19th, at 4:00 am.

She went in with more stomach pains, which she was having a lot of throughout the whole term, and the baby's heart rate repeatedly kept dropping and scares of delivering happened through the whole term. This time it was for real but the nurses at the hospital closer to her house wanted to send her home still.

She went to the bathroom before she left, said she felt something weird, told the nurses who didn't believe her, and 5 minutes later on the side of an exam room table, Ashlynn Edith Lorraine was born!

I went up and saw them that night.

She was born 3 weeks early and is a little bruised from coming out so fast, but she's still the cutest baby I've ever seen!

*and these were taken on my phone, which is totally new and works good so that's why they're blurry :)

Vegas

2010-04-02T16:31:00.000-07:00

Had our honeymoon during Spring Break this last week.

Nathan's first time and my third, not sure if he really knew about all the walking!

Here is is resting.

We stayed at Planet Hollywood, walked around the strip looking at the hotels and window shopping.

We wanted to go see a comedian or a show but we could only afford eating at the yummy buffets

The Jaspersons were also breaking in Vegas at the same time so on Tuesday, we met up and walked around. We sampled all the Coca-Cola's from around the world. Italy's BY FAR the worst.

Tasted like old grass and dandelions. The others were pretty interesting and actually good.

At night we went to old vegas, which I had never been too and was pretty cool to see what vegas was and what it is now.

Going into tasting...

And the aftertaste of Italian's Coca-Cola... GROSS

When we got there we couldn't check in to our hotel so we had a few hours to kill. We sat down at some machines, first Nathan got pretty lucky and won a couple bucks. Then we found a slot called Texas Tea, we won about 8 dollars! haha

Everytime we gave my camera to someone to take out picture together, it stopped working and then eventually died so I don't have too many to show but we had fun and can't wait to go back and be able to do more!
Here are some random pics. Enjoy.

Learning to Drive

2010-03-05T17:57:00.000-08:00

Nathan is giving me another chance on learning how to drive a stick.

Pretty soon we'll have to be getting new cars, so in preparing for what may come (if we end up with a manual), I'm going to try really hard to be a good student. haha

We had our first lesson, which started out being stopping and starting successfully, but we didn't really achieve that so it was switching into gears.

There were two other cars in the parking lot so it was a little embarrassing, but whatever.

But Nathan didn't yell this time (we tried to learn a year or so ago, it didn't go well), so overall it was a very good first lesson.

Can't wait for the next one!!

Beach Weekend

2010-03-01T21:22:00.000-08:00

Billy's godmother has a beach house at Cannon Beach, so we all went up for 'valentine's day', a week late. :)

It was so sunny and nice at the beach that weekend too!
No wind, not that cold at night, and sunny all day, made it really nice for the only shower which was OUTSIDE!

We ate, walked around on the beach, hung out, drove to Astoria and Seaside, and just relaxed.

I bought Nathan UGGY OOS, haha, (or Ugg's), because he wanted some house slippers for our artic tundra.

And Nathan's gift to me was a spur of the moment/we were kinda bored/it would look awesome piercing

(you can click to enlarge it, or google tragus piercing if it doesn't work)

A good vacation to start out the next few weeks of finals....
dun dun dunnnnnn

Our Valentines

2010-02-28T15:50:00.000-08:00

Our Valentines Celebration started with buying a TV!

It's quite possibly the biggest thing in our house and we're glad it fits.

Saturday night we went out to Duke's and saw The Band Perry with Meredith, Brandon, and Chris for 5 dollars!!

And they're actually famous, they sing Hip to My Heart, it's on the radio)!

Sunday, the actual V-Day, we did homework, rented Couple's Retreat (pretty funny, only because of Vince Vaughn, and a lot of cheesy at the end) and bought a heart shaped pizza!

Chicken/bacon/olives/white sauce. DELICIOUS.

In case you don't listen to the radio, here ya go.
post edit---I never watched this before I posted, so sorry for my really awesome camera skills, apparently I can't hold my hand still for a minute.

The Nines

2010-02-13T13:45:00.000-08:00

After you may have seen and/or heard this...

We landed here:

At the Nine's hotel in Portland!

It's used to be the Meier and Frank building, and now it is an awesome hotel.

The floor we were on was Tiffany Blue, White, and Cream colored.

The other rooms floor we looked at was Purple, Black, and Cream.

We ate at their restaurant, which was yummy!

On the top floor is a bar/lounge/restaurant which was VERY space agey...kinda weird when the elevator opens but they have an outside deck that looks over Pioneer Couthouse Square, and it was pretty cool.

Didn't get a picture of it up there but I got a from our room view.

Very awesome hotel, hopefully someday we can stay there again!

(and maybe find the hot pink floor) :)

Our Cozy Shack

2010-02-07T19:53:00.000-08:00

Take a tour of our little place becoming a home :)

Our Living Room:

complete with newly 'upholstered' couches and sample rug that was in my old bedroom.

Our Kitchen:

Take a birds eye peak into our eating and seldom cooking area

Notice the paint chips on the wall, we like to dream in this house.

We feature our bedroom:

Starting with the ladies side,

and the men's area.

We also accompany a guest/storage/shoe room:

Most times it's lonely in our shack because only one of us is here at any given time while the other is out at school/work but it's a nice place to sleep and fun to transform it into looking decent :)

More Pictures

2010-01-20T18:25:00.000-08:00

Because you can never really get enough...

Go here to this link and it should take you right to the spot, aren't those people amazing?!

Speaking of,

Tucker wanted to do some bridal shots, and guess what I was a recent bride so here are some of my FAVS. (minus the black hair thing in one pic, but I think most of them you can make larger) J

And this one's for Chelle, special request.

Slideshow

2010-01-07T21:52:00.000-08:00

Go to this link.

HERE!

Then click on Caitlin and Nathan. (at the top)

And be amazed.

haha

I would post more but school is ruining our lives (in a good way of course)

Bridal Shower #1

2009-12-28T18:49:00.000-08:00

My sister, Meredith, threw a bridal shower on December 12th

(I can't believe how time flew)!

We played games, ate yummy cupcakes, and opened presents!

Thanks to everyone who came and for all the fun goodies I got :)

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-25T12:44:00.001-08:00

From Ours To Yours!

Love,

Nathan, Caitlin, and Patches

30 Days

2009-12-03T15:33:00.000-08:00

It's the beginning of the countdown, haha

30 days left today!

My mom's been helping me a lot and putting together all the invites and everything,

We got the napkins today so we can roll them with the plasticware,

and just putting together the little things is all thats left.

Gotta get through the last of my finals (8 all together, ugh exhausting)

and Nathan's finals next week.

We are SO excited for Break,

time to sleep, work, and not do school :)

"A wedding marks the first day of the rest of your life. You have been dead until now. Were you aware of that? You're dead right now." ---from Bride Wars

Full Of Wisdom

2009-11-30T17:25:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone had a good THanksgiving!

The day after, Igot my wisdom teeth pulled!

(Nathan thought it was good timing so I wouldn't go shopping on Black Friday)

I was so nervous before because I had never had surgery, an IV, been completely unconscious, NOTHING!

The IV only hurt a little bit, but once I was knocked out I was perfect :)

They even let me keep my teeth! They are HUGE! Seriosuly like the size of my thumb.

They cut one of them to get it out.

Imma make a necklace outta those.

They gave me painkillers, but I didn't really take them. I did on the first day and the next night to make me go to sleep, but I didn't really think it hurt that bad, maybe I'm just a toughie.

I didn't get that swollen either, I guess it helps to have chubby cheeks to start with, haha

Just my right side got more swollen, I think that's where the gigantor tooth was from.

HA. harhar

2009-11-19T21:18:00.000-08:00

While me and Nate were chattin' on the phone the other day,

since he goes to school at the same time I'm coming home from school/work, we only see each other on tuesdays and must resort to the old days of phone speak.

He had me watch this video:

and I made him watch this one:

and then we laughed and said good-night.

You should also look other videos by Sean Morey.

Man song, he said she heard, the woman song.

They're very funny.

Now back to studying by my lonesome until Nathan can hold my notecards for me :)

Engagement Pictures.

2009-11-08T18:05:00.000-08:00

These were way too hard to find on my computer so I had to wait to do this on Nathan's.

We made a collage of these at snapfish and they were a whole lot cheaper than printing off single pictures at the store!

(The only part that sucks is you can't pick which picture goes where).

Halloween 2009

2009-11-08T16:30:00.000-08:00

Nate was... Bruno, which we haven't seen the movie I just thought the outfit was funny.

Caitlin was... a race car driver, I felt like I needed props like a flag or steering wheel.

Here's to buying costumes the night before. Let that be a lesson to ya.

Arts and Crafts

2009-10-19T19:34:00.000-07:00

Painting Teeth.

That's what I've been up too lately.

School!

2009-09-29T17:30:00.000-07:00

(don't mind my messy room! I don't have time to clean it anymore)!

Second week of school already!

I can already tell you more than you would even want to know about a TOOTH.

I am also really good at taking x-rays and making models,

even when my film drops in a puddle on the floor and everyone joins me in patting the ground to find it!

I have made some cool new friends.

Everyone in the program is either around my age or over 25.

There are also two guys! (albeit a little greasy and weird)

We are divided into three color groups to rotate in labs, so we don't get to see everyone all that much but the RED group is awesome.

I can't decide on how I feel about it yet.

I know I definitely HATE it.

But I also really LOVE it too.

This year will definitely be more stressful and overwhelming as the national exams start coming up in the Spring! YIKES!

Oh, it also doesn't help when you first open your textbook to check it out and you see this:

and many, many, MANY more pictures of people's awesomely looking mouths.

The Colors

2009-09-27T20:42:00.000-07:00

I had two requirements to work with from Nathan;

No Yellow and No Purple.

awww man, but those are the BEST!

juuuuust kidding :)

I searched the world of colors and came up with this.

So they are, as announced,

Teal, (less green and not so blue), but mermaidy teal.

Orange, a hint of autumn brown but still creamy (though less than a creamsicle).

Then looking all over the internets, teal and orange is basically like the new black of weddings.

There isn't much, but people have come up with some really awesome things.

Here are some swatches:

that are really HUGE, oops.

P.S. You are not required to wear these colors.

In fact, it might be weird if you did show up in these colors.

So wear whatever you want!

If you would like, you can come in spandex that is pink, but that is my

only recommendation to you.

The Date

2009-09-23T22:20:00.000-07:00

Probably would have been nice to post this one first...

but since I went and booked the place, it's actually official.

January 2nd, 2010
01/02/2010

Look for your invitations in the mail!
(hopefully by mid October)

We originally went for October.

Then November.

And settled with all parties on January.

Still not thrilled about it, I've been having 'nightmares' about it because it will be inside.
(not a fan of inside weddings)

Here's to the next four months of:

Full time students

Part time workers

Full time wedding planners

Part time house project-iers

and trying to get last minute health insurance appt's outta the way.

while trying to stay sane.

The Rings

2009-09-15T22:29:00.000-07:00

Since we picked up Nathan's today I can actually post pics about these two little wonders.

haha

We bought mine in June, after searching high and low for affordable bling that I liked and would want to wear forever. Although I think it would have been smart to exchange it with a

smaller size since we had 30 days to do so, and we knew it didn't fit.... Oh well.

So when Nathan actually proposed, we were going to go in the next day to get resized.

Turns out they can't.

If they did, the heat from the process or something would reshape the way the diamonds fit so they would all be bejangled.

After asking 3 shops at the mall about it, the last one told us about a plastic thing you can put since they don't use metal fillers anymore.

We went in to Claires, I asked the girl, and she said, 'OH! Ring snuggies, Yeah!!'

Uh sure if thats what you wanna call it.

So I have this:

I can't really feel it so it's not funky at all and it actually keeps the ring even on both sides so it doesn't keep sliding around backwards.

Nathan's ring:

He wanted a black ring, and we looked at a couple places who had ceramic black, but that's just dumb because I'm pretty sure Nathan would break it with all the things he does everyday.

And since he's allergic to metals, it had to be ceramic, titanium, or tungsten.

Tungsten is really kinda heavy but supposedly indestructible.

It's just like his old ring, with slanted sides and flat black.

Pretty awesome and unique. I love it.

So here's to the old and the new :)

(which would be our old and new and improved rings) ha

Mullet with Headlights

2009-09-11T18:50:00.000-07:00

Total Eclipse spoof
by chinesedaughter

The Proposal

2009-09-07T21:10:00.000-07:00

I found a ring I liked online so Nathan bought it.

That was about 4 months ago, and I didn't think we would need it till about next summer/fall
Which was okay with me, but a very long time away.
Randomly Nathan said, 'Let's get married.'
Uh...Okay? Not that I haven't been waiting or anything.

So this went down on Sunday/Monday
He came into his room and he said, 'Heres my card, buy these tickets for the OSU game this weekend, I wanna go.'
WOOHOO. My hints for the last week paid off that I wanted to go!

Went down Friday night so we wouldn't have to leave at 6 am Saturday morning.
Stayed with Aaron and GAME TIME!

I knew he was going to that day and I told him I didn't know if I wanted there to be a lot of people around, he said okay and the next day, he got down and asked me before we entered the stadium.

He tried to be on the jumbo-tron, or get the beaver costume, and the cheerleaders.

But I'm glad he went for simple.

Here we are at Aaron's old house. After the rainy game :)

I know, I know...

2009-09-07T20:53:00.000-07:00

Your all sitting there at your computers waiting to see pictures....

but when I got my new computer, they have the newest iPhoto on it, and I still don't quite have it figured out. It's not letting me upload pics onto here.

HELP ME!

I push the button to choose pictures, then click on the pictures on the far left. and the only thing that comes up is the iPhoto application, usually it has the folders with all the pictures.

Um, Help. Please. Thanks.

A Lemon of Sorts

2009-08-25T18:45:00.000-07:00

I have a new friend!

I have had three like him before; all within the last three years :)

My computer went to shits this last week.

You heard me. It was VERY upsetting.

It's kinda like when a Doctor comes out to tell their family that their loved one has past.

I wonder if the "Geniuses" at the Apple Store feel the same way.

They are also my friends.

Since there are two that now know who I am.

I have no pictures.

I have no papers, powerpoints, NOTHING from school. It's kinda like I never went!

(oh wait, I have a large sum of money I owe...dang it).

My Family History Powerpoint is gone.

But I think I may have it written on a scratch piece of paper somewhere...

The Excel Spreadsheet with ALL my student loan info, pay off, amounts I have paid, etc.

GONE!

And the coolest? No Microsoft Word, PP, Excel, or Calendar.

Good thing I start school soon huh?!

I am venting. This is basically pointless.

I still like Mac's.

I don't think I will ever be a PC.

But PLEASE! For the love of peas and carrots, all I ask for is a computer that doesn't require me to visit the genius bar every other month!

And this new iPhoto; (It comes standard on newer ones. I think Hailey, you have it, and I don't get it)!! HELP!

And now there saying that half of Americans will get the Swiney Flu?!

Oy Vey, it just gets better.

Runi + Evan

2009-08-12T18:30:00.000-07:00

Rungnapha and Evan got married at the court house in Hillsboro a few weeks ago, and this last Saturday (8/8) she had the Laos ceremony (mainly for her parents), so me and my sisters went (but we kinda missed the ceremony part) before they went back to Medford, where they are now living.

Happy couple on their "after ceremony bed"

After the ceremony they have to go upstairs and get down to baby makin' time for like an hour while their family and friends wait downstairs...

But they were already married and previously lived together so they kinda skipped that part to get the rest of the party over with.

Cake. nomnom. and food.

And eating cake, pre-shoving in face time.

All the jewlery she's wearing is from family that give it to her to wear during that day.

And the white strings are given to them from everyone at the ceremony, they say a blessing and tie it on their wrists.

Oh and this is how I know her:

Rungnapha worked at DQ since the beginning of time like the rest of us, and is a friend of my sisters, brother, and me. She and Evan just graduated from OSU and are living in Medford now, which is where his mom lives.

Runi gave me the nickname Trout and is still really the only person to call me that. haha.

It was fun, and I hope she enjoys that rice cooker we got her :)

haha

Dreaming Of....

2009-08-09T18:30:00.000-07:00

The Slip and Die.

all of us at the top.

And on our way down.

Nate and Aaron

And of course you have to ride things down!

Nathan didn't want me too but, what does he know?!

IT WAS AWESOME!

Thanks for capturing all the great pics Hailey!!!

Fair 2009

2009-08-06T14:14:00.000-07:00

Ah, Fair.

You seemed a little different this year.

Maybe because we couldn't look out the back of the booth and see/smell fried bread.

Or it was the hot dog guy next to us was missing.

The lack of animals and sitting next to the fans at the Morin's.

Big empty spaces are not really a good sign either.

No mini-golf or diving dogs, but the racing piglets were pretty darn cute.

Although the big pigs still smelt, the goats and sheep were annoying as usual, and the cows especially were still very cute.

But it was HOT HOT HOT and good for some coldy cold shave ice!!

And because of that, I don't have too many pictures of anything but the booth.

Inspiration for Your Own Ears

2009-07-26T20:23:00.000-07:00

**Must Listen to Song Playing**

One day.

One day we will all be at peace.

Up above.

With our families.

Safe.

From any harm that we have felt here on this Earth.

There is no hate.

no judgements.

Be strong.

Stay strong.

You will persevere through the wars of the world

and the wars in ourselves.

We are all equal.

PIR 2009

2009-07-25T16:11:00.000-07:00

Thursday was the pro motocross race at PIR (portland international raceway) so I thought it would be fun for us to go since we kinda go every year, and i didn't wanna miss it.

That and Brody was selling Derot shirts and we never make it out to his house so I figured this was my only chance :)

The kids are WAY too cute and funny.

Then the pros are just insane.

There were only about 4 guys from Oregon in it, and everyone else from California. (boooo) and of course a Cali boy won...but he was amazingly fast,

he lapped 5 or more guys and won 3,000 bucks.

It's a twenty minute race...and the guy who was in third crashed

on the hill before the finish line with 2 laps to go. BOOO

Here is NOT the video of the Pros starting, its crazy watching them fly.

But nobody did anything cool so that was pretty LAME!

um yeah it wont upload. boo blogger.

Montana

2009-07-11T11:30:00.000-07:00

Headed off to Montana early Thursday (7-2) morning, (longest car ever)! jk

My parents, brother, and I traveled to Montana/Wyoming when I was 13 and from what I remember, was not as long. Except for the fact I had to sit in the back with my brother...who poked me whenever I fell asleep.

We stopped a million times for gas, and finally got there at 7 pm.

Ate spaghetti and meatballs, hung out with billions of mosquitoes, and went to sleep.

The next day, Nathan, Kevin, Jake, and I went to Dillion to get some fireworks.

For being a state where it's legal to have huge flying fireworks, they didn't have many cakes, just breaks which were still cool.

I got this one called Pink Diamonds, which said it shot up 50 feet, but it turned out to be a fountain... BOOOO

But they were still really fun.

We went out to Virginia City too, which was a neat old town and they had lots of wooden signs with funny sayings on them. and went on a tour of the town.

It was a really relaxing and fun family reunion in Twin Bridges.

Nathan got to shoot lots of guns, we rode 110cc's (motorcycles) which were fun, until I was falling over. haha.

I wish I took more pictures but I didn't.

Me and Nathan will for sure be going back during hunting season to shoot us up some deers and all sorts of the other red meat.
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.
Oh wait. This vacation doesn't end there...
After the fireworks, Hoa and Thuy + kids, were gonna leave because they were worried about their motor home breaking down. Me and Nathan went with to help drive and ya know, just in case something were to happen.
I stayed up till around 3 am with Hoa to keep him awake then I fell asleep, Nathan doesnt sleep in cars, especially if someone else is driving so he laid on a bed until I fell asleep.
Nathan woke me to up because we had stopped to 'use the restroom'.
I looked our the door and we were in front of a HOUSE!
I said, we can't pee here, people live there!
To which Hoa says, OH don't worry it's an abandoned town.
And Nathan tried to tell me it was a Rec Center...yeah right.

Great. talk about creepy.
Very reminiscent of the Hills Have Eyes (don't EVER see that movie. you will have nightmares or radiated, nuclear bomb, incestual people).
There were old cars and boarded up houses, in the dark!
(p.s. I'm really afraid of the dark...so it might not sound very scary to others).

On the road we went, and around 7 am, everyone was waking up.
Nathan was driving and Leann, Dillion, and I were watching a movie in the back.
And the front and back windows are covered in smoke, and we hear huge chunks of something falling on the road.
Nathan pulled over and we were stuck.
Good thing we were at least in Oregon.
Called AAA, and waited for the tow truck and another semi with a truck on the back.
The Phams took the truck and followed the semi to Hermiston to stay until Nic was passing through and picked them up.
Me and Nathan got to go with the tow truck guy in his semi to drop the motor home off at a repair shop in Pendleton.

Interesting ride. Never been inside a semi-truck.
The driver had his 2 year old son with him, who knew every kind of truck there is.
Finally got to Pendelton, where it was 100+ degrees outside.
We hadn't ate yet or really drank anything. I had some water left, we rationed...ha

We decided we wouldn't actually die if we walked up too a hamburger place and ate some food.
It was next to a gas station, with A/C so we got some drinks in there and walked back to the motor home.
We passed a river and wanted so badly to just jump in, but we didn't.
We opened the door and windows and fell asleep for a little bit but it was so hot, it didn't last long.
We walked back up to the gas station, got gatorades, and sat there for an hour looking at magazines and auto traders.
*By the way, we totally looked like we should have been missing 5 teeth and that we just crawled out from our cave*
Walked back down and FINALLY, after being stranded for 5+ hours, salvation came. haha
Kevin, Rich, and Paula came and we shuttled everything in the motor home to the trailer on the truck, hopped in, and headed for home.
We thought we were gonna be stuck again when going over hood river, and we had 1 mile left to go before we ran out of gas, when luckily there was a station with about .25 miles left.
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Left at 11 PM Saturday and got home 1030 PM Sunday.
Uh, I think next time I might fly. Or drive a car with nothing attatched to it.

Our 'Working' Vacation

2009-07-06T20:10:00.000-07:00

TO VERMONT!

I was way too excited that I was finally going!

And now I cannot wait to go back, like during the Winter when it's all snowy

Me and Nathan boarded the plane, and I sat behind him to Chicago, we waited a little bit and boarded our final plane to Boston!

That time we got to sit next to each other, and we watched Weeds, which made the flytime go by so much faster!

We got picked up by Chelle and Brig, and off to our fancy hotel.
Chelle, Nathan, and I walked to Cheesecake Factory to because apparently United doesn't like to give out food unless you pay $9 for it. Boo them.

We woke up and started walking!
I don't think we actually walked that much, but it was hot and there was so much to see that after a while we were pooped. We sat on a bench, people watched, and ate italian ice. YUM!

The Duck Tour was cool; we saw lots of things without having to walk around!
haha. And went on the Charles River.
We also went to Harvard, ate at a mexican place with Mario and Leilani which was so GOOD!

Oh and it was also Boston Pride Festival that day. Especially good people watching.

I think Boston had way too many people for me, and way too much traffic. But it was really fun and I would love to go back when I have a million dollars and shop!
We picked up Kevin later from the airport, he was in VirGinA. ha. and Off we were to Vermont!

We visited Woodstock, not the actual one in NY (I thought it was...) and Sharon (watched the Joseph Smith video), ate tons of ice cream in New Hampshire, drove around Darthmouth, got some shirts that say Poop on them and oh yeah, PAINTED the INN!

Nathan was concrete hero, and helped with the slab, while me and Kevin were painting.
I can't believe how much paint I got on myself, and I really tried to not get my clothes splattered with it.

And we ended off with a birthday party!

On the way back, we got to the airport, and they told us we had no plane. So Nathan called the Hilton and we got a room which was...nice with his two twin beds and no space to roam. haha
But we only had to sleep for 5 hours, and get to the airport for our flight to San Fran.

Things Learned: I hate flying, Hilton hotels are not as cool as Paris Hilton, Don't let me paint doors, It's easier to paint trim with a baby paintbrush even if it takes longer, Maddies loves purses and always seems to find mine and my glasses, New Hampshire has the best ice cream, Anders does not like flaming fire unless it comes out of an onion volcano, East Coast hot dog buns are cut weird so BYOHDB (bring your own hot dog buns west coasters), Eddie farts really loud but is still super cute, the Pub has really really good chicken wings but if 2 boys and girl share a bathroom, don't eat too many on one night at the same time.

One of the Best

2009-06-27T13:30:00.000-07:00

Hello Birthday! (3 weeks ago)

Birthdays are not my favorite because all of mine usually suck. :)

Like...last year.

This year, the day before I felt so sick all I wanted to do was lay in bed.

But a girl's gotta work right...?

After work, I kicked off the birthday weekend (my birthday was Saturday the 6th) with dinner to PF Changs with a bunch of fun people.

Then saw Land of the Lost, with Will Ferrell, who is too incredibly funny/stupid.

Good Movie, a little odd at some times, I give it a B. minus.

Ate some gelato, and went home and slept because I still didn't feel good :(

Woke up bright and shiny early Saturday (because I can't sleep past 9 nowadays), bathed myself a good birthday bathing, and watched tv with Chloe.

My mom was going to mall for an appt. at Nordstrom so me and Kara went and I bought myself some birthday jeans :) and of course I got Nathan a present too! (to make the jean purchase not seem as bad since he got a present too. lol)

Crashed at home for a while, ate tacos for dinner, Nathan came and ate, I opened gifts.

Jon&Kate+8 seas. 3, WEEDS seas. 4, costco membership, and the nike+ ipod kit, a SNUGGIE, and a pretty scarf (as seen above).

a BEAUTIFUL necklace from Nathan.

Sunday the saga continues, went to church, took a nap, went out to eat with my family and the Oyster Bar.

Which is not an actual bar, it's just called that.... I think some people were worried if Nathan was going to get in... haha

They changed the menu since the last time I was there, about 3 years ago, so it wasn't as enjoyable because they didn't have clam strips.... but their clam chowder was really yummy!

Best birthday I would say so far.

Came and ended too quickly though :(

Inspiration For the Day

2009-06-22T18:30:00.000-07:00

"It's not about anger - it's about peace.

It's not about power - it's about grace.

It's not about knowing your enemy - it's about knowing yourself."

A monk. Who has no name.

Not Just A Boy...

2009-06-11T20:30:00.000-07:00

He's a Danner Boot Man!

Nathan and his very favorite, most prized boots.

Well, a huge blow up one. Close enough, he does have huge feet.

I LOVE IT

2009-06-10T23:30:00.000-07:00

It's BACK!!

June 17th.

You must watch.

IT IS HILARIOUS!

Pinch me, this can't be for real!

2009-06-01T22:30:00.000-07:00

Who else is excited....

Anyone? Anyone!

I think I'm excited enough for the world.

I will be waiting 12:00 am Wednesday the 9th of September...

I'm really not that crazy about rock band, but I always said I would be if they made a Beatles one.

And, they got me.

brrrraaaap a dap.

2009-05-10T20:30:00.000-07:00

Nathan wanted a 450, so he put his 250 up on craigslist, and sold within 24 hours!

He shopped around for about 5 minutes, showed me, and retreived it last week. (I know what your thinking, 'that was quick').

Here it is, in all it's glory:

And it's SUPER loud, and crazy fast. (I have video, but I don't know if it will work).

And his other current new toy, a good find at Costco.....

The seat hurts your bum A LOT. So he's looking for a new one.

And nope, he hasn't hurt himself yet.

On the other hand, the little 80 has been sitting so sad for the past couple months because I never had the time to take it or it was broken.

The last time was a month ago and we went out in the forest, it got stuck 3 times, I fell on my butt twice trying to pull it out, and I got covered in mud. Fun, but it needed fixed.

Nathan got plastics, new handle grips, and a seat cover so it's all pretty and hopefully will be sold just as quick as Nathan's!

Then I can get this bad boy:

haha...ha

Best News I've Heard All Day

2009-05-10T00:34:00.000-07:00

It's Official

I'M IN!!!!!

Now I have to figure out where all this money is coming from.

But the good news along with it: I get on my mom's insurance so I can get my wisdom teeth out!

(OUCH they hurt real bad)!

Sorry Chelle, I think I will still have the hook up at DQ, and I don't know toothbrushes ARE kind of expensive these days...along with those other cool instruments they use like the super sharp gum bleeder stick.

Womanizer

2009-04-18T22:00:00.000-07:00

Yup, the one and only Britney Spears came to TOWN!

Not Portland, but close enough. (Tacoma, WA)

I really wanted to go to the concert when she first announced she was coming and Nichole, Colby's gf, also wanted to go! We were gonna make a mini-vaca out of it and the boys will drive us there, hang out while were at the concert, stay the night, and go to Seattle and have lots of fun.

This whole planning went on in December....

A week before the concert, Colby and Nichole got in a little situation and so I didn't think that we were gonna be able to go anymore.

Pretty much it became a really stressful situation and we had no idea how we were gonna get there like an hour before we had to leave. Nichole goes to Paul Mitchell Beauty School and they have connections with Z100 (radio station), so about an hour before Nichole got us on the bus that took the Z100 contest winners up, her friend from school, the owner, J.P., and his kids.

It was probably the longest and uncomfortable ride ever!

But we go there and the Pussy Cat Dolls opened, me and Nichole were NOT impressed.

Britney's theme was Circus, so before she came out she had clowns, acrobats, dancers, circus-y things going on and then she popped up and it was the beginning of a very fabulous time.

Sure, she doesn't actually sing live, but you try singing and doing choregraphed dances at the same time and let me know how it works out :)

There also was no encore, which was weird. I think I've only been to one other concert that didn't have an encore and that's because they weren't really big.

It was absolutely amazing, well worth it, and basically just a production, like all of her other shows were.

You still have a chance to go for the next week or so, she'll be in California.

I'd go again with you :)

Camping: According to Nathan and Colby

2009-04-15T18:16:00.000-07:00

This Is Why...

2009-03-29T22:35:00.000-07:00

We are no longer letting Nathan near any BICYCLES in the near future.

Remember the incident of 2006.

In case you don't, here's the harm done.

Seperated Shoulder.

Nathan: 0

Bicycle: 1

Colby has a house in Sunriver, so all the boys went down there for their Spring Break.

8 stitches, some pain shots, and a good inspection of his bone

Nathan: 0

Bicycle: 2

You just never know when an inanimate object might strike.

But I guess I never really had good luck with bicycles either.

I split my chin open when my handlebars twisted while going down my street, ran into many bushes, and broke a pair of my glasses.

We are not bike people. Sorry to Going Green people but we must stick to driving vehicles.

Uno, Dos, Tres!

2009-03-21T23:59:00.000-07:00

Feliz Aniversario!
Another successful year marked by Natelin on the map.

This is 3 years.
Have I ever dreamed that I would be 'dating' the same person for 1,095 days at the ripe age of 17?
Nope.

It feels a little monotonous.
Although I guess that's life.

It didn't hit me till the beginning of this month, just how long THREE years actually is.
A really long time.
It's something that gets hard to wrap your mind around.
Marriage I see as different, because marriages last forever (well, you hope it does going into it).
People are married for 50 years, and while still amazing, I hope all marriages last 50 or more years. But dating...
We were not legally binded together for 3 years. Or more...depending.
(I know its bound, binded is not a word, but it sounds better).
Isn't dat veird?!

Of course I am so happy.I know that we love each other the most we have ever loved another person.
We have been through a lot together.

And yet somehow we still manage to find the good in each other :)

We're in it to win it.

And that's all that counts :)

Here's to another fabulous year and many, many more to come!

Identity/Age Crisis

2009-03-18T23:37:00.000-07:00

As I get older (because 21 is soooo old, right)?!
I'm kidding

Anytime I go somewhere that I have to show ID, like signing up for a CPR class or getting pulled over, or places like work, the streets, the mall....
About 4 out of 5 times I get the crooked eye, raised eyebrow, 'yeah right I don't believe you at all' LOOK.

(Old Picture, from My dorm in CA)

People have come to the apartments, and asked if the apartment manager is there.
Um, I am the ONLY person in that office, sitting behind the desk.
Did you expect someone to come out from the closet, or from a file cabinet?

I went to sign up for a CPR class at THPRD.
I went up the GIRL at the desk and said,
"Hi, I need to sign up for a class but I don't have a current membership."
"um, how old are you?"
Well this confused me and I often speak before I think and started saying 18. Because that's how old you have to be to get a card. Then I said oh wait, just kidding 20.
That probably made me look stupid. Oh well. I got it anyway.

I went to Victoria Secret to buy roos and a new bra, (TMI haha)?
Checking out, the YOUNG LADY who could only be like 17 herself. Asked,
"Are you 18?"
Well OVER.
"Oh really? Well okay did you want to sign up for an Angels card?"
NO. becuase I hate coming here. every employees voice sounds so fake and high-pitched it hurts my ears and ask what panties i like (do you really care because I don't want to share), and you questioned my age. NO THANK YOU.

I got pulled over a tthe end of January, and the policeman asked me if I ever got a ticket.
Yeah like 3.5 years ago. Then he gave me that LOOK and asked how old I was.
YOU HAVE MY LISCENSE! DO THE MATH.

The newer people at Dairy Queen wonder what high school I go to.
They suggest I can't be older than 16/17/18.

Ohhhhhh. But I can be.

One girl said, "Oh I used to work at the Aloha DQ"

My reply, "Oh I used to go there with my friends, I knew you kind of looked familiar"

Her reply, "Uh, I worked there like 3 years ago, you were prolly like 12."

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!

Do I really look that young?
I mean I guess it's cool for when I'm a lot older I might still look this young and beautiful...haha jk
but it's getting out of control.

I always thought I looked older too.

How sad.

Me, Not 12. Nor 17.

and I'm really missing my longer hair.... :(

Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers

2009-03-08T07:00:00.000-07:00

Here is the Bride and Groom (Natalie and Chris). She went to high school with Nathan and he was friends Billy's brother and I think Kevin...Anyway their vows and stuff were at Laurel Community Church and the reception was at Meriweather Golf Course. It was pretty nice there too. If it was hot outside we could have gone outside too but it was a little chilly.

Thier Cake

And again proof we were there. haha this one of us dancing is bad. We were just movin' so fast that my dress ballooned up. um and it makes me look box-y and large. BUT we were the only ones of our friends that got up and danced so we win!

A Dream Come True

2009-03-04T23:15:00.000-08:00

Well, not really. I'm pretty sure the person inside is the other girl I ever see working at the store, but it was still a surprise when we walked by and saw HELLO KITTY!

Here's Me and Kennedy with HK

Brad Paisley

2009-03-01T20:45:00.000-08:00

About two weeks ago, Tara and I were talking about concerts and we realized Brad Paisley was coming soon! We looked up tickets and they were fairly decent seats so we asked who else wanted to go and got Nathan and Brandon to come too!

We went out to eat at Olive Garden and got to our seats just as Crystal Shawanda came on stage. The only song of hers on the radio is that sad one, but the other songs she sang from her cd were really good! I'll definitely be checking that out.

Dierks Bentley sang, was awesome, good-looking, drank some guys beer and popcorn, and was completely awesome again.

By the time Brad Paisley actually came on I was so pooped (and my camera died), it was a long day, but it was still so much fun! He is the BEST entertainer I have ever seen in concert. Seeing him in Virginia with Nathan and Chris was probably more fun because he's from WV and Virginia was just a bunch of rednecks and dirty cowboys...and college kids. At the Portland concert, it was like skanky girl dressed with boots and barely there denim skirt every two feet. But were entertaining when they fell down the stairs! HAHA I wish I got that on video.

here's proof of us:

I have a video of Brad singing Layla (orig. Eric Clapton).
But it won't upload on here :(

Which is funny because my mom made us watch VHS of Eric Clapton because she loved him and we all hated it, but I do like this song. I think we all thought he was creepy looking and had an ash tray attached to his piano so he could smoke while playing. HAHAHA

Schmalentines!

2009-02-20T19:06:00.000-08:00

I love Valentine's Day.

(Nathan says, "You love all holidays Caitlin, you just like the color pink.")

That I do. And hearts, sees candies, and all the girly cute things that do with Valentines.

(Pretty pink flowers I got, and you can see my foot haha)!

I started out the day with shopping. The best treat to myself was getting makeup in the MAC HK line. (Check it out)!!

Last year I got Nathan a subscription to Dirt Wheels so this year I renewed that and went over to Beaverton Honda for a hat. Which was the only one in his size so I was glad it was all black!

(from a picture book I'm making of all pictures of us)

Nathan, I, Nic, and Hailey went out to eat at Koji's Japanese restaurant and

it was really yummy! Then went to Skinnidip for yogurt, we hadn't been

since summer so it was awesome!!

We didn't take any pictures! I didn't even think about until we were gone.
Oh well. You can pretend to see us dressed real cute :)

Then we hot tubbed with Billy, Jess, and Brandon,
and all was well in our land.

And I got my hairs cut and dyed. :)

25 Things

2009-02-10T20:00:00.000-08:00

Your supposed to write 25 things that many people probably don't know about you.

So HA read mine, and then DO IT yourself. Because I tag everybody :)
It's all the rage on facebook lately...

1. When I was younger I hated the color yellow because mustard is yellow, and I HATED mustard. (But I now like it).

2. I am afraid of the dark, and sleeping by myself. I leave the TV on for a night light and the noise.

3. All my grandparents are deceased. I never met my paternal grandfathers, and was there when my maternal grandfather died. It was weird and I don't ever want to see that again.

4. I had to renew my permit TWICE. Talk about embarrassing

5. I own well over 50 pairs of shoes

6. Is my FAVORITE number. WHY? I was born June (6)/6...I weight 6 lbs 6 oz...I have 6 members in my immediate family

7. I always wished I was a little Japanese girl living in America. Because I LOVE and am obsessed with Hello Kitty ever since I was young, I want to adopt from Japan, and Japan is just all around THAT cool.

8. I want a tattoo on the inside of my foot and already know what I want but I don't think that I will ever get it

9. I pull out my eyebrows when I am bored.

10. I pass out. I've done it at school, church, dairy queen, and in my dorm room all alone. It's scary. The doctors say there is nothing wrong except for my lack of eating, but I think there is something more. After the first time I did it, my mom made me eat 6 pieces of toast every morning for a week. Have I mentioned that I hate toast?!

11. I have saved just about every greeting card (birthday, x-mas, etc) I have ever gotten since I was little. For what? I don't know but I thought the person who gave it to me would know and then they would be sad, and I would feel bad.

12. I have never broken a bone in my entire life. Nor seen a doctor in 5 years. The closest I ever got to it was spraining my ankle sophomore year from running across a hidden hole in the grass in lacrosse practice and continued to run for 2 weeks

13. I am afraid of water. Not like drinking water or taking showers but I am afraid of deep water like lakes, pools, oceans, river, huge bathtubs, streams, etc.

14. Along with that, I hate being wet. Having wet clothes after the beach or rainshower. I hate showering because I feel like I never get dry and I hate having wet hair and the wet, sticky feeling. But I shower everyday (don't worry).

15. I LOVE cleaning. I think it is fun, and sort of peaceful/calming in a way

16. I started working at Dairy Queen when I was 15. I am still employed there. And currently have 3 different part-time jobs. ( I wish we lived in simpler times)

17. I wish I was born in the 60's. Or at least could go back to that time and spend a few days there and into the 70's.

18. I walked home from school ever since 2nd grade. My brother was supposed to walk with me, but being the younger uncool sister, I had to walk at least 3 sidewalk squares behind him and his friends.

19. Because of that and I would be followed home by cars that parked outside my house watching until my mom got home, my best friend Bryan Meyers walked me home and I think he is now in jail. What a sweet kid.

20. I don't judge. You don't live the other persons life, and you don't know what it's like to be them, so really you can't tell someone how to live, you can't judge them for the things they do, because you don't know what it is like to be in their shoes. I also don't assume. Unless someone has actually told you themselves, you don't know how someone feels/what they think/etc. because of their background/beliefs/family/whatever.

21. I am not ashamed to pee...anywhere. I have peed in the woods, parking lots, garbage cans, bottles, my pants haha um yeah desperate times call for desperate measures

22. I have tonsillophs. (taah-n-saw-low-phh-s). Nathan is completely and utterly disgusted whenever I even start to mention the name or when I grab it out of my mouth. They are pretty nasty but pretty freaking awesome if you ask me. Well the mystery part of them, not the smell or the part where I basically have to hack them up or they irritate my tonsils/throat. I am pretty researched in this area if you would like to know more.

23. I loved high school. I wish I could go back. I had the best friends a girl could ask for and I wish I still had them.

24. I like Diet soda. I don't drink it because it's "diet," I like the taste of it better. I love cranberry juice in any variety, and only western family apple juice. I don't like orange juice unless it has other flavors in it. I like coffee but I couldn't drink it everyday and can only drink it if i eat something too. My mom made us kids drink a cup of milk every dinner. I HATE milk, I either had to plug my nose and gulp it down or my dad would pour some of his coffee into my cup so I would drink it, and my mom never knew.

25. I am the luckiest girl to find someone like Nathan who loves me for me and doesn't care how gross I am or how emotional I can be. Although we both wish we had found each other later then we did in life, I am blessed to know that I have someone like him Always and Forever! (and he fixes my car and washes it too! What a keeper) :)

Say WerD?!

2009-02-06T11:29:00.001-08:00

Do You See What I SEEEEEEE?

2009-01-25T17:15:00.000-08:00

I see a resemblance...

(except for the fact ones a boy and ones a girl, but you get it right?! LOVE the short do's too).

Way Back When

2009-01-25T16:55:00.000-08:00

I like this story. It's good memories.
It's who we are.
We are somehow reminded of it often.
Which is okay because we laugh about it.
I had just come home from being in California for the previous year. Me and Nathan had started dating about 5 months before then. We were still kind of awkward, especially not seeing his face for a year, and seeing how we both have changed.
I thought it might have been a good idea to go downtown for a nice dinner, because me and Nathan hardly EVER go out to eat at nice places. Newport Bay on the Waterfront seemed like a good idea, except neither of us have actually driven there. I printed out directions.

We still couldn't find it.
But I forgot an important detail. I didn't have a car. Natha

n had just bought a new one (no shocker). He was excited about it. A Toyota Supra. 1988. Leather. Badass... Apparently
It had a mind of its own.
It decided to start running like sh*t that night.
The transmission.

We started chuggin' up Burnside, and finally Nathan wanted to turn in somewhere to eat because he had not eaten and was getting mad. So was I.
We turned into the Ringside!The valet guy tried to get us out of the car to park it, and Nathan said, "No way man, that's embarassing cuz this car is not running right now. I just need to park it myself."
Back then, we didn't know you had to make something called a Reservation.
We parked, walked inside, and the lady was sorry that she couldn't seat us on on a Friday night. She said we could sit and wait until something opened, or use the restrooms, or just sit so we didn't have to stand in the cold. She was so nice.

We left.
We continued going up Burnside. We pulled into one of those long, steep driveways, ten-point turned it around and at that moment, I should have shut my mouth.

"I knew you shouldn't have bought this car."
The WORST thing I could have said.
I am so sorry.
I have since learned never to say anything like that until later.
I am doing a pretty good job of it too...uh kinda

But back then, it pissed Nathan off to no other, he punched the horn.
The horn liked it.
It didn't want to stop.
It tooted it's horn all the way back down Burnside.
We pulled into a parking lot, with stores, and everyone ran outside to stare.
At least we were dressed up and lookin' good...
A guy ran up and asked if we needed anything. He went to grab pliers.
No need for those young man, my boyfriend is strong and pissed off.
He threw open that hood and ripped out the thing that connects the horn.
I sat in the car crying.

The nice tow truck man came, shared a story or two, and left. We sat on the curb waiting.
Paula and Chelle came to pick us up.

We got home and went out to Red Robin. It was delicious.

Hey New Year, Come again.

2009-01-15T18:44:00.000-08:00

New Years was FUN!

Hung out with Jessica, Billy, and Brandon at the Embassy Suites Hotel. At 12:00 all the guests started throwing streamers, confetti, toilet paper, coasters, basically anything they had down the center (all the rooms are on the outside so it's like a big empty circle in the middle).Then this older middle-aged man started kissing people and me and Jess ran back to our rooms. Um no thanks, he wasn't very cute and was wearing a tuxedo...a little to fancy for the emabassy I think.

Nathan is wearing his new fav. shirt he brought home when he went to Mt. Bachelor with the boys. It's ridiculously bright.

Yup, it's 2009. wooooop de doooooo.

Nathan has started his second term at PCC and thinks this this one is gonna be hard. All of his classes are at night; starting at 6 pm and the latest one ends at 10 pm. YEAH! Freakin' four hours of class, not to mention it's architectural drawing. DRAWING! FOR 4 HOURS! Not one of his favorites.

(He only wishes these hotties were in his classes. hahaha)

He also is enjoying being threatened by other students there that drive a purple car with purple rims. Other than that he is job hunting and has applied to a few places. He really wants one (okay, not really but he would like one) to keep him occupied during the day, besides doing homework. His friend Rem (Brandon) works at a place called Good Shepard where they take care of mentally disabled people, give meds out, drive them places, change their sheets/clothes/etc. They are hiring so him and Brandon (Kang) applied and I think they might get it! Which is cool, not really a hands on, skillful job but it will be interesting.

I am working. And working. I work during the morning at VP and then to keep myself occupied and the cash flow a-comin' I went back to Dairy Queen so that I could keep paying my bills and my loan and get myself back in school faster. That and really, what was I supposed to do at night with Nathan at school all the time!? Just Kidding, I don't get that many hours at DQ it's more like I am on call everyday. And Dairy Queen is the most glamorous job so why wouln't I want to be there?! kidding...

Otherwise I am at home to keep myself from shopping and so far, I say with time I think I will get better at it. But on that note, my pair of boots just came in the mail today and I'm SO EXCITED! I've been waiting to wear this dress I got to wear with them. ha

I am applying to PCC's dental assisting program and hopefully I will get in! It's a throw all the app's in a bucket and pull one out kind of choosing so hopefully they will pull mine. Otherwise I have to wait till Fall 2010 to try again. Not cool.

NEW!

2009-01-13T22:56:00.000-08:00

New Post. HA and a New Season! Of The Real World of course!

I can remember watching MTV with my sisters as they watched the Real World and how the people on the show are uh...CRAZY?!

I have found very few seasons I actually like but this new season, which started yesterday, I am totally excited for.

(If you don't know what the Real World is, it's 7 (or 8) strangers live together in a house and have to survive...the real world.

Together and they live in a random place in a freakin' awesome house.)

This is the trailer for the new season. It's amazing! (they are in Brooklynn, NY)

Oh and Brett's girlfriend, Stefani, interviewed the auditioners and helped choose the ones on the show! I think Nathan is even kind of excited for it since I've been talking about it A LOT.

P.S. The guy wearing the purple scarf in one scene where they ask if he's gay (totally not), reminds me of Chris Hodges but more intense and probably doesnt ride dirt bikes. Agree??? I thought so. He's from Salt Lake City, UT, Actually Mormon, and very metro. He's my favorite, he is HILARIOUS.

MTV Shows

Son of A Gun

2009-01-04T19:07:00.000-08:00

Dear Little Kid Who Wished For Snow The Entire Winter,

TAKE IT BACK!

With Most Love,

Caitlin Waverly

P.S. I Mean It.

P.P.S. Seriously I Will Come Find You.

P.P.P.S And I Will MAKE YOU Take Back Your Wish,

and You Will Wish That You Never Wished At All.

Happy Holidays One and All

2008-12-24T07:00:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas

Happy Hanukah (Back on the 21st)

and Happy Kwanzaa (Tomorrow)

and for everyone else, Merry Winter Solstice

I Like Quotes 2

2008-12-20T11:00:00.000-08:00

"There are plenty of things out there that you can endorse, but not do anything to support. For instance, in Japan, I endorse a very popular energy drink called Pow Yong Power Jogging now juice. But I would never drink it. It makes you poop Hello Kitties."
-Stephen Colbert

Come On Down CC

2008-12-17T12:08:00.000-08:00

We're waiting for your debut...

AND WAIT! There's more....

Click HERE To See It SIDE BY SIDE!! haha

Pretty Nice.

2008-12-10T12:30:00.001-08:00

Kinda funny the first time they start dancing, and the song is catchy, but a little boring as it goes on. Not bad though (even though the outfits are HORRENDOUS)!

I Like Quotes

2008-12-04T13:09:00.000-08:00

"The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very rough, mean place... and no matter how tough you think you are, it'll always bring you to your knees and keep you there, permanently... if you let it. You or nobody ain't never gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit... it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward... how much you can take, and keep moving forward. If you know what you're worth, go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hit."

--Rocky

Had Enough Yet?

2008-11-30T08:39:00.000-08:00

Saw the movie on Opening Night with Hailey, it was AWESOME!
now I just need to finish the other 2 books in preperation for the next movie!
...I think I have a little time :)

Take the Quiz and Share Your Results!

AND.... did you know that Stephanie Meyer is coming out with a book about Edwards side of the story?!
UH HELLO... THAT SOUNDS AMAZING!
I can't wait for that.
Team Edward

Happy Turkey Day!

2008-11-27T14:59:00.000-08:00

From Mine to Yours,

Happy Thanksgiving!

Patches the Cat with her Pilgrim Troll Friends, Thanksgiving 2008

Ringside

2008-11-21T13:13:00.000-08:00

For Nathan's Birthday/He brought my dad some wood, my dad took us out to eat

at the Ringside steakhouse Downtown.
IT IS THE BEST PLACE EVER!
and really expensive...

Me and Nathan had actually been here once upon a time ago. On a breezy summer evening, I had just moved back home from California, and we wanted to spend a nice evening out in Nathan's new car...It's a long story and I MIGHT tell you later, but I'll just say we didn't eat here. We were just...here.

My dad's favorite thing here is their Onion Rings. And they were probably the best rings I have ever had. Crisp, not greasy. It's like they cooked them in heaven's oil.
Then we had salad (which Nathan is STILL talking about), cuz you know at those expensive places everything comes seperate.
Then we had our steaks:

They were't teeny little steaks with a carrot and a sprig of something that's only there for decoration, it was a hunkin' piece of cow with a huge side ( I had rice, Nathan chose the garlic mashed potatos), on a sizzling hot plate. We got stuffed but still ordered dessert.

And I am glad I did. The Chocolate Silk Pie is to die for! The crust is crushed almods in a carmelized glaze that crunches. The chocolates are so smooth and rich, but not too rich. It was perfect. (and came with strawberies :))

There are about 50+ awards that hang on their wall, and you have to make a reservation, and probably save up for a month before going, but it was DEFINATELY worth the work that only Nathan put into us going! (thanks for having a birthday and cutting down wood, we (okay you), deserved it)!

I give the Ringside a big two thumbs up and 15 gold stars.

(except the 12 year old that was working, and had too big of a sports jacket to even be legal).

Pet Peeve #1

2008-11-15T11:41:00.000-08:00

WHY?!

Are drivers out there really thinking, "Hmmm that car (okay, mini-van) has a baby in it. I should be extra careful NOT to hit them." Or... "Man, I was really planning on crashing my vehicle into another car today, but it's not gonna be these people because they have a baby." Wouldn't want to harm a baby, because you know an adult or child just isn't the same.

I would like to hang a
LIVING ORGANISM ON BOARD.
**Please don't hit me**

Happy Birthday Nathan!!!

2008-11-13T21:30:00.000-08:00

Nathan finally turned 20!
(8 days ago, just pretend it is the 5th of November)
You are, today, officially an adult.

(Yummy Birthday Pie)

(Happy Birthday to You, and Vivian too)!

Halloweenies

2008-11-06T17:11:00.000-08:00

We Watched These Cute Little Kids Trick-or-Treat

Then we headed to Billy's to hand out Candy to the all of ten kids that probably came down his street. Pretty lame, my mom said no kids really came out in my neighborhood either.

Jess, Billy, Me, Nathan, Nichole, and Colby

Children of All Ages:

2008-11-04T19:00:00.000-08:00

Keep Your Teeth In Your Mouth!
Unless you want to see THIS....thing/fairy/beastman
flying through your window to swap teeth for coins.

Dillon's Soccer Game

2008-11-01T17:51:00.000-07:00

Last week, me and Nathan went to Dillon's Soccer game to take some pics and watch him play! It was his last game so I think all the kids were just excited about getting pizza afterward instead of the actual game.

(I'm pretty sure this was the kid who was running around body slamming people yelling PIZZA)

Dillion is pretty good too. Who knows he could the the Vietnamese David Beckham!!

Dillon SCORED! But my camera died before that, so I didn't catch it. That and Ronnie was distracting us because he is so CRAZY.

For the First Time in my Life

2008-10-29T00:00:00.000-07:00

I VOTED!!

If feels good to be nationally recognized. haha
I first signed up to independant because really, I had no idea what anything meant. Until recently, I changed it to be Republican. Now I realize that I am not entirely one on one with the Republican's view. Oh well, now I can vote in Primaries :)
I got excited as I started reading the descriptions of all the measures. I wish there were more to vote for! My sister doesn't care, I'm voting for her, don't tell the government.

I am Pro-Life. I am also Pro-Gay Marriage. Anti-War. Pro-Guns. Health Care should be free, (go Canada!) Something should be done about the environment but I don't think that mankind is at fault for it's downward spiral. I believe that as much as the US declares it's freedom, it is not a free country. I think immigration is only as big of a problem as we make it to be as we try harder to keep them out. Standardized tests are a waste of time. Funding should go to all schools. The government spends money frivolously. It was not George W. Bush alone that created the problems we face today; look at the previous presidents.

Here's Lookin' at you America.

I'm Hooked

2008-10-28T21:28:00.000-07:00

Like Vampire's Teeth Onto a Delicious Assortment of the Cervidae Family.

(That would deer, elk, moose, elk, caribou, etc).

For Nic and Hailey

2008-10-23T16:06:00.001-07:00

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Dancing with the Stars!!

2008-10-23T13:47:00.001-07:00

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GOOOOO BEAVS!

2008-10-20T19:04:00.000-07:00

On Saturday the 11th, I was interrupted during my shopping excursions when Nathan called me and told me he scored some seats to the Beaver's game! I was so excited I didn't even care that I only went to one store :) And having witnessed a parking lot mishap, we were a little late in leaving. Still, we were really excited that Billy and Jess came with us too.

We didn't get to see the kickoff and first touchdown in the FIRST 5 MINUTES! But the game was awesome. Even though we sat by a bunch of grumpy goose old people. Not to mention the crazy kid that told EVERYONE around that he was

getting black and orange dippin' dots and then showed off his black tounge a-waggin'. (I think Nathan was jealous of his dippin' dots, I saw him staring)...jk babe.

We left during half-time and found Aaron's house right next to the stadium. We watched the reat there, then left and sat in traffic until we got to Monmouth and visited Jew (Nate) and Gloria at Western. Me and Nathan reinisced about the good 'ol days when we went there, and kinda still wished we did. Maybe someday we will go back to a University. OSU would be great, Student Tickets for More Football Games!

GOOOOOOO BEAVS!

Song For Nathan

2008-10-19T21:55:00.000-07:00

SyKart or SIGHkart

2008-10-14T21:39:00.000-07:00

Last Friday, Nathan, me, Jess, Billy, and Colby (do you see a theme here with who he hang out with these days)?! haha. We decided we were bored so we went to Sykart. Indoor Go-Kart racing, like Malibu Grand Prix, but indoors. Well.... I would say it was fun, but not totally awesome. Expensive. That and within five minutes of being released, a drunken Colby slams into you (obv. didn't read the no bumping rule) and I have no idea what to do so I sit there until someone comes and pulls me back so I can go again. Otherwise it wasn't so bad. I would suggest it to you if you had NOTHING else to do...I mean, we got to wear some cute outfits!

Billy and Jess

So I always forget when I have a helmet on, you can't see anything but my eyes. That is the reasoning behind scary eye mcgee there.

Me and Nathan sportin' our new threads.

Some Fun Ones

2008-10-14T21:22:00.000-07:00

So I am trying to decide what camera I wanna get. I need a new one! The camera I have is the first digital camera I have EVER had. I got it for my birthday two years ago. I that it was pretty bad to the bone, but a couple months later is went faulty. Yeah, what was I thinking. Anyway, when it does work right, I like to take pictures that I think are pretty and I always see picturesque moments, envision them, and see landscapes or nature doing what she does best, and I wish I had a good camera to capture it. Well, here is what I got with my rinkety-dink ol' sony.

Portland: Keep it Weird!

I like this one cuz you can't tell whether it's rising or setting. Obviously I am not up at the butt crack of dawn, so it's setting.

I LOVE the pink's and oranges. It's nothing like Fall to have pretty sunsets.

Prison Camp

2008-10-14T20:42:00.001-07:00

These are from a LONG time ago. Like a month...

Nathan, me, Billy, Jess, and Colby headed to Prison Camp on a Friday --> It's not an actual campground: First come first serve, costs 00.00 dollars, and nobody patrols. There is a actual prison but not high security. Mostly people there for drug possesion or stealing. They also roam around the grounds but I'm sure they are harmless. lol.

The first time we all went, we found the PERFECT spot! It was awesome, there is space to park the two cars in front, and it also blocks us in so nobody can enter our little camp. It lowers into this little hole that we can have a fire (when we can burn), cook, and sit around. Then our tents are on the sides. It's the best spot ever. Trust me.

Only bad thing: No Bathrooms. Make sure you bring the blue "man towels."

Anyway, Nathan, Colby, and Billy were there to ride in the morning and me and Jessica just like to camp :)

Nathan in his cute get-up

Me on Nathan's Bike. A little too big for me.

I don't know if the picture does it justice, but Nathan moved the Passport onto a higher bank, and it was practically sideways. Bad picture cuz my camera is horrible. But if you were there, you would be freaking out like Nathan and Billy were. :)

Saturday morning, we cleaned up and Me and Jess drove back home and stopped at Coleman's 99 South and had milkshakes. YUM they have the best ones in any flavor you can think of.

For $6.00......not so yum.

Don't forget your alarm!

2008-10-08T21:32:00.000-07:00

Nathan found this on youtube and showed us tonight.

HILARIOUS!

Words to the Wise

2008-10-07T08:15:00.000-07:00

Attention Halloween Celebrators:

Do not let your pumpkins come close to the boo's closet.
Results may vary.

**Please Drink Responsibly**