The last few months

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.

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!

Vegas

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

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!!

Halloween 2009

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.

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.

Not Just A Boy...

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.

brrrraaaap a dap.

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

Camping: According to Nathan and Colby

This Is Why...

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!

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!

<3

25 Things

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) :)

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.

Ringside

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).

Happy Birthday Nathan!!!

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)!