Rain Much?

J and I made it back safe and sound to good 'ol rainy Washington. Vegas was absolutely amazing.. beautiful sights, perfect weather and I could not ask for someone more perfect to be on vacation with!

Pictures will be up soon- I'll have to pick and choose some of our favorites to share.

With that said, the conversation we had the most with fellow vacationers, taxi drivers, hotel workers.. you name it was:

Them: Where are you from

J+K: Seattle

Them: 1. You get lots of rain 2. Share your rain with Vegas 3. Oh, its always raining there

J+K: Yeah, we know.. but we have the most beautiful Summers!

With that said, Seattle lived up to it's expectation and welcomed us home to Rain!

~Happy Birthday My Love~

Happy 25th Birthday John! May your year be filled with, happiness, good health and lots of love. I am so blessed to have met the man of my dreams. Your laughter, honesty, friendship and personality make you such a fun person to be around. Thank you for being you. I love you!

"The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age." -Lucille Ball

Washington's Worst

I am Washington's worst packer. I bring my whole closet whenever I travel and with the new weight and baggage check in restrictions for different airlines, I am simply in trouble. J and I will attempt to share one large suitcase and then bring our separate carry on.

My packing adventure starts tonight, wish me luck!

::Goodbye My Friend::

My best friend from Junior High and High School is venturing outside of the great 'ol state of Washington and moving to Wisconsin to live with her Mom. Some of my best memories from the awkward days of junior high and high school have her in them. Our innocent and playful fun and ability to always laugh at everything and anything will always be the best memory of mine.

Every time I think of....

Shrimp
Pretty Ricky
Beached Whales
Goldfish
Homework Parties
QFC
Shopping
Target
Midnight Sun
Chatting online, you upstairs, me down
Pierre
Looking for Bill Gates house
Justin Timberlake
Britney Spears
Napoleon Dynamite
Wisconsin
KP

....I will think of you!

Good luck in all of your new adventures in your new city! You will be missed!

"Even though life is like a roller coaster, having a best friend means that there's always someone beside you to scream, laugh, and hold your hand."-Kierna Mayo

Kiefer Game Night

Game Night; a famous and fun Kiefer tradition. Jen was lucky to experience this eventful evening of playing Phase 10 with my Mom, Dad, Bryan, John and I. We competed, screamed, laughed and even laughed so hard that we cried. 

Jen was #1..

Until she shuffled. We got the shuffle machine out for her!

Sparky joined in on the fun!

Bryan displaying his cards

The Score:

1. John

2. Kathleen

3. Dad

4. Bryan

5. Jen

6. Mom (sorry you lost!)

Up next.. Monopoly game night!

Welcome Spring

Dear Spring,

Thank you for finally arriving. The long, cold, dreary months of winter are now behind us (hopefully). With that said, I have some expectations of what I would like you to do until June 4th, which is the beginning of summer.

• "April showers, bring May flowers." A quote known by all, but please don't let it come true. Instead we should change it to "April sun, brings May fun."


• Please have the tulip field's be in full bloom when I go on my tulip festival adventure this April.


• If you are going to rain, rain at night. I know pretty plants and flower need your rain but sunny mornings make my day so much happier.


• How nice would it be to get a bouquet of flowers (preferably tulips or daffodils) every week during your time here?


• Please give us some nice Easter weather. Easter egg hunts are so much more fun when it's not raining and there is no mud. (Our egg hunt last year was cancelled due to your horrible weather).

That should do for now. Please try your hardest to fufill my wish list.

Sincerely, Kathleen

PS: Please put in a good word to Summer for me. I love hot, sunny days!

This was one of my favorite books to read as a child in school.

Summer

This just got me exited for summer!

Bye, Bye, Seattle P-I

Today, the 147 year old newspaper delivered its last issue of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in "hard copy" form. To access the news from now on you will need to go to their website. This popular newspaper reminds me of my high school days. My parents would subscribe to the paper during the high school sports season's my brother and I were involved in. We would read and follow our high school and local high school's in our division to see what the competition was and results of different sporting events. My name was even published in the paper for my swimming accomplishments!

What a beautiful picture of Marilyn Monroe visiting the Seattle P-I office in the 1950's

Goodbye to the paper that grew up with Seattle

The Countdown Begins

The vacation bug has hit me. I can finally say next week J and I will be traveling to Las Vegas to clebebrate his 25th birthday. My new obsession: checking the weather multiple times a day because the 10 day forecast actually matters to our vacation now. So far we are at 75 and baby blue skies, how perfect! Las Vegas, we'll be seeing you soon!

Diana comes to Seattle

Our friend Diana was in town this weekend for the Esperanza dinner at our church (which was a success, $25,000 raised!!) We had a a very busy weekend and every time Diana comes to visit she falls in love with Washington more and more! Our weekend started off with a entertaining tour at Redhook Brewery in Woodinville. It is a $1.00 tour, lots of beer and you get a Redhook souvenir glass to take home.. what a steal!

Byan, John and I on the tour

Our little group!

John was very surprised with the early birthday celebration we had for him

Diana was able to experience a true Seattle weekend. Rain, sun, snow and obviously wind!

Before Diana left we had everyone over for breakfast at our apartment. Overall we had a great weekend full of good laughs, friends and good times. We were sad to see Diana go. Come visit soon!Bryan and Diana

John and Me!

::Cold Morning::

On a cold morning, running late for work, with a frozen car, does not equal a fun time. Other when you come outside to a car that has a little message written on the ice:

I love you too babe!

My New Hobby??

Welcome family and friends! After months of contemplating on whether or not to start a blog, I have finally decided to go for it. Since I spend an endless amount of time on the computer during my work day I decided this would be fun and a way for others to know what is going on in my life.

My goal for this blog is to show you a bit about who I am and what I am up to by displaying pictures that represent the blog that I post. I hope my blog keeps you entertained, makes you feel enlightened and maybe you will even learn something new!

Enjoy!