Weekend Away

So my husband wisked me away this weekend to Eagle Crest over near Redmond. He even went one step further and arranged for his parents to watch our children so we could go just the two of us and let me just say...aaaaahhhhh! It was peaceful, quiet, relaxing and way too short. I spent my time reading, sleeping and laying in a huge bathtub surrounded by chocolate smelling candles. Can anybody say AWESOME! We ate Abby's pizza, did some shopping in Bend, and watched football. Lets just say, it was nice to be able to have adult conversation that wasn't interrupted by crying, feeding or diapers.

I met my husband when I was 14 and I have loved him ever since. Thanks for loving me back Josh!

Jenny's Birthday Evening!

We went out to dinner, shopped at Jenny's favorite store, and watched Jenny's (and my) new favorite movie. I must say the second time seeing Hairspray was even better than the first....We had so much fun...I must say having an entire theatre to ourselves to sing at the top of our lungs and dance to our heart content in the middle of the aisles was probably the highlight of my meager existence these last 4 months, so I will love Jenny's Birthday forever because of that. All in all, I hope Jenny's 30th Birthday was awesome because I love her!

Here are pictures from our night....

Happy 30th Birthday Jenny Darling!

Today is Jenny's 30th Birthday and in her honor I am putting up some of my favorite pictures of her that make me smile.

Jenny at my old house on 60th


Jenny kissing Lex in Vegas


Jenny inside our hotel in Paris


Jenny on the plane on our first trip with the girls


Jenny and I on my 21st Birthday


In case you didn't know already...Jenny and I met through my sister, Corrie, but what opened our hearts to one another was nothing other than Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I know, I know...sounds crazy, but if you know Jenny, she does not give her heart and faith and love to just anyone...this is just how I got my proverbial "foot in the door" as they say.

Our relationship has been slowly built from that point and 8 years later...here we are sharing her 30th birthday. I can tell her anything and she tells me what she wants to tell me until I weasel everything she doesn't want to tell me out of her. I can do things with her that I can't do with anybody else. She has opened me up to trying new things that I would never have tried before. I don't know what I have really taught her but I am sure there must be something otherwise I am sure she probably would have ditched me long before now. I love her to pieces and know she loves me back just as much!

This is Jenny's Favorite Buffy Moment...

Long Lost Friend...

So late this evening I was downloading some old school music from the eighties and early nineties and remembering the good old days of my youth. Thinking about my youth, my mind wandered to all the things that meant so much to me like my family home on Old Melrose Road in Roseburg Oregon, going to the Douglas County Fair and showing my pig in 4-H, playing golf at the Country Club with my Nana and then all of the sudden I missed my best friend....Jerrod Potter. I remember the first time I saw him he looked like Malibu Ken Doll! He had just moved to Oregon from California and was wearing Stussy and Mossimo everything and had more gel in his hair than should be allowed. I wanted him more than anything a 14 year old girl could ever want! I remember sitting in my desk and just watching the back of his head when all of the sudden he turned around and smiled at me. I couldn't believe he just started talking to me like I was somebody worth talking to. Let me just say, as far as Junior High School girls went...I was not doing so well for myself and I had no idea why this gorgeous boy was talking to me when I was neither pretty nor popular. After I got over the fact that he didn't seemed bothered by the fact that I was a walking embarrasment and was not going to further his status in the new school and he still wanted to hang out and talk to me....we somehow became best friends...

So what did I do...I started to panic...I haven't heard from him since he lived in Salem in an apartment by the college...oh but he said if I even need him I could call his parent....okay Katie think....his parent number....he always had a trick to help you remember something about 2/3 of evil...think Katie think...oh what are you thinking...this is 2007...do what everybody in the world does...GOOGLE THEM!!! So that is exactly what I did...and guess what I found???? He has a blog right here on blogger! Yay me! He even lives in Portland! I was so tickled to see my Jerrod alive and kicken that I stayed up all night reading his entire blog in one sitting. Come to find out that I am pretty sure that he lives pretty close to my sister somewhere and attends the same church as one of my long time friends. What the poo? Anywho...here are some pics of me and him growing up...

He used to love coming to my house because my mother would feed him like there was no tomorrow....
One time he came into the living room with chocolate from ear to ear and we all died laughing!

This Song Is Awesome!

Just like Jenny I adore the Killers but I had never heard this song so I looked up the video on YouTube and thought the video is awesome! Here it is....

Plus it lets me ogle one of my favorite lead singers in the shower....



Jenny has a link to Mr. Brightside on her Goodbye Summer Post if you want some more Killer Videos...

Chasteen Family Labor Day

I just got home from Roseburg where we had a Chasteen Family Labor Day Weekend. We had so much fun! We Started out Friday with a volleyball tournament. I believe Uncle Andy's Team won undefeated even after a challenge was thrown out by Uncle Mike's Team in a suprise come back win by our champions. We had a Chili Cook-Off on Saturday in which Uncle Matt won First Place and Best Homemade Ice Cream Flavor Contest that Grandma won with "Peach". There was kickball, obstacle course, swimming, waterslide, Lord of the Rings Trivia, 31 Tournament, Barb-B-Q Oysters, Water Fights, Bee Stings, Campfire Stories, Junk Food, Good Food, Too Much Food...etc....Overall...Can't Wait Until Next Year...here are some pictures of my Labor Day...