Almost Forgot!

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

Dirty

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!

Montana

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.

Way Back When

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.

Video Happy

I got a little carried away with the youtubing...but these are my favorites :)

So because I love asians, and the beatles, and especially this cutie little Korean...I bring to you:



This next one I think is HORRIBLE! Not for those who have a weakness with small children, watching them possible get bounced onto the ground from skyscrapers. These people are CRAZY. They do it for luck...can't they just use rabbit feet like normal people?!?!



This is NOT a nightclub!



There's another one that's really funny, but I figured I wouldn't put it on...it's a little obscene and some people might not like it, but if you care to search for it: Carrie Underwood-Before He Cheats Remix Stand-Up... And don't say I didn't warn you if you didn't like it...




HAHAHAHA I leave you with this one. Possibly the greatest. Just wait till the end...

Update

Finally got my pics on here. So here is an update:

The latest of Chloe--Nate had CiCi so he brought her over to mi casa, and we played.

 

Then, about 2 weeks ago, I was driving on the road, going through a green light, when this CRAZY (yes, I swear she was freakin psycho) ran her light, trying to run in front of me, and hit me. She jumped out of her car and started pointing and screaming at me like it was my fault! I sat in my car, I don't even remember, i was in shock. The lady behind Bippidy (something like that) was my witness and thank goodness for her, she was so nice. The policeman too, I made him stay with me until Nathan got there because that lady kept saying it was my fault after she got a ticket for not yielding and not having her insurance card. That's a pricey one. So all in all, I got a almost super sick rental car (a mazda 3, would have been ultimate if it was the 2.3 and wasn't manual everything)

My Brother also graduated from CLU (where I went my freshman year) and it was weird to be back. At least one person was nice to me. haha whatever I really don't care. I am glad I never have to go back there :) But he lives down there now, trying to get a job with Medical doings. Finding a dental school to go to and lots of fun stuff. 

Oh Canada. Oh boy oh boy

That last little note on my last post about Canada...

I think I have decided that I want to live there. 

I will come up with reasons later. But for now, I can dream. And my dreams will someday, as they always do, come true. 

Go to sleep. I have important stuff to do. Like take my junker in for it's check-up. I swear something died in it, and then peed on the floor. This morning it was damp, and it reeks! I so wish I had a roller skate car. So much better for everyone. 

 verus   

which of course do not compare to the real love machine

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