Slacker

Big fat slacker! That's me. Apparently going to school full time and have the brain power to write about my life is tough work. I really want to try to get back into it again. I know I say that all the time, but I need something to do, something to commit to. Sadly though, I'm internetless right now and my only computer is a desktop, so I can't do a full update post with pictures. Here's a few things that I'll want to write about what I can though-

-I'm moving. Ugh. And yay. I can't decide which. In two days! Oh boy. My house is packed except for a stack of VHS's in a closet that I can't make myself get rid of, my bathroom, which for some reason I am super resistant about cleaning, and my wrapping paper. I'm pretty impressed with myself. I'm really trying not to stress out too much. I have plenty of time in both houses to get everything done. Oh, and I'm moving about 5 miles or so. Not really a high pressure, high stress move.

-My family (minus my sister and BIL) went to the Grand Canyon yesterday. It was fun, relaxed, and a good break from packing and cleaning. Oh, and of course I didn't wear the best shoes. It was pretty funny, my dad was as far from the edge as he could be, because he's not the biggest fan of heights. Well, of course his clone aka my brother was too. It cracked me up every time my mom and I would go towards the edge to get pictures and they would freak out.

-School, school, school, holy crap school. Right now it is coming to the end of spring break, which is probably the only reason that I can move without having a heart attack. The only crappy part is that the actual moving is going to be during a school week.


I'll have internet again on Thursday (let's hope), so get ready for pictures!

Mini vacay

Since I'm starting school, I will be either working or in school every single day of the week. Yeah, I might be crazy. Because of this, my mom and I decided to take a trip down to where my sister lives to do some shopping. We went down on Tuesday, hit TJ Maxx (why don't we have one of those?!), and Chipotle (Oh my gosh so good! We ARE getting one of those soon!). Then we went further into the city towards my sister's and more shopping. We wen to a Home Goods, a Goodwill (they're supposed to be better down there. Not really though). After we got to my sisters house we had dinner, watch some movies, and just relaxed.

The next day we got bagels, I got a huge pile of clothes from Target (theirs is bigger) waited for my sister to get out of work, had lunch, then WENT TO IKEA. I have always liked Ikea stuff, and just got my bed from there, but you can't get a lot of stuff online. I really liked it, but was having a weird day, so I felt pretty panicky the whole time and probably didn't get the whole experience. Anyway, it was fun, I spent way too much money, but it was good. I'll finally have my room finished soon! Well once I finish painting my furniture. And I mean my dad painting my furniture.

Lunch at Ra

My sister's new kitten Miso

Her pup Koji

And Honzo!

Sweet guy.

I got to meet my sweetie of a nephew today! He's five weeks old, and I wasn't expecting to meet him this soon!

He is Steve's cousin's kid. I became really good friends with him and his (now) wife when Steve and I were first dating. I'm so happy to see how far they've come, and made their own little family.



Also, I like how I look in this picture. So... there's that.

Hi, my name is Caitlin, and I am a blog-slacker. Theses are from a bit ago, around Father's Day. We went up to Slide Rock. It's this place where the river runs over all this super smooth rock, and it has what are basically natural water slide. Anyway, here are the pictures from that!

Lovely day.

My family and I went to one of the lakes around here to barbeque today. I should get out like that more. Nature is good for me. :)

There was good food, baseball, football, a bit of a hike. Like I said, I should do things like this more.

Mr. & Mrs.

Today was such a happy day. Steve's cousin Arrick went into the Navy in December, and this week he came home and married his fiancee. Since they started dating, and especially since he's been gone I've really become friends with Mandi. They wanted the smallest thing possible, which ended up being them, my mom and I, plus the Justice of Peace. They're having a big traditional wedding later, so she wanted this one to be small, so that one is special. I can't imagine getting married without my family, but it totally worked for them. It was fitting. Anyhoozle, here's some picture. I had fun photoshopping some, so ignore those if you feel you must.

I'll have to just document the worst part, which ended up not being too horrible. The other person they asked to be a witness was Mandi's boss. Yeah, he didn't show up, which is why I frantically called my mom hoping she was still close. Yeah... there's always something that gets messed up.

My rad Friday night and my rad brother. Raddddddd

My Friday night:

I went and picked up Panda Express with my brother, and we rocked out to Tim McGraw. Yeah... All out singing, cellphones as microphones, and all that. And now we're home watching The Secret Life of the American Teenager (longest show title ever), and internet surfing. My nights are pretty wild.

Let me tell you about my brother. I haven't talked about my family too much. My brother is awesome. Obviously, since he's hanging out with me on a Friday night. I'm doing in in bullet points, since thats how I like it.
-He just turned 13 last month
-He's 5'7", a good 5 inches taller than me
-He has the feet to match
-He's jocky, he plays football
-He's also artistic and loves to draw
-He's the nicest 13 year old boy ever
-He's not a douche like some little boys are
-We like to sing in the car together
-He'll spend an entire Saturday at school with me
-He's super cute
-Girls at his school love him
-But he doesn't have time for them
-He's always played dress up with me, still to this day
-His name is Elijah, but that's his "your in trouble" name, otherwise it's Sugg (like sugar)
-He started off as Sugar Bear, then Suggie Bear, then Suggie, and now he's Sugg

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Fa-la-la

Yay, Christmas! I'm so glad it is here! It was definately stressing me out, but it all ended up good. Spending time with family on days like this is the nicest thing.


So my entire childhood, we would always sleep on the floor in my parents' room Christmas Eve night. That way we couldn't sneak out to all of the presents without them. Over the years though, it became a tradition. Now, a thing about my sister, is that she can sleep in. It's a gift we all have. Every year though, on Christmas, my sister wakes up first. It's usually around 4 am. Then she would wake me up and get everyone going.

This year, we woke up at about 8:45. My sister doesn't live with us anymore. It was nice to sleep in. ;)

It was a nice morning. I got some awesome clippers, a few movies, some kitchen stuff. My brother made the cutest things. For me and my parents, he made picture things. Kind of like a scrapbooking page, but he made it so it hangs on the wall. Super cute. He also made coupons for my sister and her husband. I got my mom and gift certificate to my school for a day of pampering. My sister and her husband gave my parents a digital photo frame.


Anyway, we're watching the Goonies, so I'm losing my train of thought. So more later.

Home... yet not.

August 24, a few minutes before 1 in the afternoon, I got the most amazing text.

Steve was coming home! I couldn't believe it. He had asked the guys in charge (I really need to learn the terms) if he could take leave and they said yes. He only took the time to throw a few things in his backpack, and he was on the road. He drove straight through for 27 hours, only stopping to nap for about an hour. He's so crazy.

He thought he would get here mid afternoon. I spent the entire day at school waiting…

And waiting…

And waiting…

Anyway, he got here around 7 o'clock. It was so exciting

By the time he got here, he was so tired, he practically fell asleep at I-hop. He’s so adorable. The car he drove down, he bought up at the base, and it is his first car. It was weird to see him driving his own car! Add to that his ABU's and boots... I'm hopeless. He's adorable.

So he got here on Tuesday, and we spent the week just hanging out. Not doing much but being together. That weekend, we drove down to Tucson to visit his family. His mom, step dad, and sister live there. His dad drove over from New Mexico, which was really cool. The first day there, we went to the water park, and of course I got sunburned. Shocking? No.

We had a little dinner down there, with friends of his mom and step dad. It was pretty cool, because the guy was in the AF. I always find it so interesting talking to people that are in the military. They’d been through what Steve had been through. Their wives or girlfriends had been through the same as me. Anyway…

We didn’t do much while he was here. Mostly just hanging out. We did go on a date, and spent obscene amounts of money on sushi. Yum. We got so many different things. Steve loves sushi. I had never tried much, so it was fun to try new things. Squid… is strange.

We decided that I would drive up with him, and then fly home. Finally, we got to do a road trip. My grandparents, aunt’s, uncle, and cousin’s all live in Montana, so we decided to stop by there on the way up. It took us two days to get there. We went up through Utah and Idaho, and stopped in Idaho Falls the first night.

 

Here is Steve driving. This was about when I woke up. Do you see how bright it is outside? I sleep like a baby in the car.

Kanab UT

 

I swear, driving through Utah feels never ending. We made it through with a lot of Katy Perry and Lady Gaga. My boyfriend really does love me. :)

When Steve is on vacation, he doesn't shave. I think it's funny. It's like the one time he can rebel from the Air Force. Shaving? Heck no! Take that military! What now??!!?

 

Here's Steve showing what a big tough man he is.

 

 

I'm not making fun of him... Not at all.

While we were in Montana, after lots of family time, we took an afternoon for me to show Steve around. I took hum to the Bitterroot River, which was freezing cold and gorgeous.

Then we went up to Missoula, and watched a minor league baseball game, walked around downtown, played on railroad tracks (no longer in use, don't worry), and just messed around.

Oh, and of course Steve found a skatepark.

So I realize that it is December. Yes, we did take this trip in early September. I am a slacker and I admit it. But I still am going to have to do a seperate post about the part of our trip after we left Hamilton on our way to North Dakota. It was a lot of fun, but that post will have a few more feelings involved. Because who else better to whine to than the internet?