..Kari. .

Baby River Bowman

2011-03-26T16:16:00.000-07:00

Picture Blog

2011-02-03T12:48:00.001-08:00

I realize I take too many pictures to not blog for 6 months! Heres a photo catch up.....the last few months I have been unemployed after working as a Property Manager for 4 years....so cheers to craft projects, trips to Washington, Vegas, Utah, Cali, lots of hiking and tennis, murder mystery and christmas parties, and lots of time with great friends!

Oh and....for the record: Ya. I'm getting stir crazy and would love any job leads! ; )

House Pictures....

2010-08-02T17:38:00.000-07:00

Ta da.

The main floor

I love my rug. Don't hate.

The loft/tv room

Same thing..

Kari Hardt's bedroom...the other bedroom will not be shown haha its basically full of the 'I don't know what to do with this' objects : )

Guest Bath

My 'quaint' master bedroom : P

My bathroom. Yes. Yes I AM in love with my wedding dress shower curtain.

So...its 75% there....still need a washing machine haha, a loveseat, rugs....blah blah

A great video....

2010-05-27T22:17:00.001-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/user/mormonmessages?blend=2&ob=4#p/u/1/KHDvxPjsm8E

Picture update...2

2010-05-24T17:18:00.000-07:00

Hopefully closing on my house before July. That is if I can get over my 'commitment issue' barrier. haha. So scary!!! But so far so good! The house is out in Gilbert, 3 bed 2 bath. Very exciting!

Cali weekend trip with Diane! Santa Monica and Venice Beach. My 2 favorite!

Off roading with the girls! We are dangerous. Bahaha

Picture update...

2010-05-24T16:46:00.000-07:00

Our 'before' picture for tye dying clothes haha we never got around to the 'after' shot but they turned out awesome!

Got to see the family for a trip back home. Thank you work for flying me home!!! <3 you family!!!

GO SUNS! Playoff game...we're STILL in - lets go NASH! woo!

Utah visit and fun girls!

Haha colored flour to throw around at everyone??? : ) Ok!

Went up to Utah for the weekend and went to the Festival of Colors!! So much fun!!

Such a fun roadtrip with good friends!

Huntington Beach in April... kite festival

Superstition Mtn in Mesa....on a record breaking cloudy day after some rain! So beautiful! Corny pose :) no big deal

Lake time in March! So great!

Camelback with my 'brothers' : P I love AZ weather

Bachelorette Party at the greatest Greek Restaurant! Plate smashing, belly dancing, OPA yelling...fun!

7,500 climb to Four Peaks again, there was snow and ice on the way up! Awesome views!

Jumping from the balcony onto a love sac? I'm in :)

Girls on New Years

Mesa Temple <3

Utah

2009-11-12T20:46:00.001-08:00

Took a weekend Utah trip and got to see some friends and family! Here are some pictures

Utah Trip

2009-11-12T20:20:00.000-08:00

photobooth anyone?

2009-10-25T17:11:00.001-07:00

<3

2009-10-25T13:57:00.000-07:00

Just some updates of what I've been up to on my weekends....concerts (Mae and Deas Vail), bon fires - I'm sooooo excited for winter! The weather here is already back to being AMAZING!!!! Sleeping with my windows open = my favorite time of year. Mexico trips, Backstreet Boys concert - haha ya, thats right! They performed with Kristi Yamaguchi on Ice..weird combo? I'd say so. You'll be able to see for yourself this Thanksgiving on NBC though!

I. Love. Arizona.

Powell Trip Video

2009-10-11T12:29:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut5ohX28ZTI

Lake Powell 09!

2009-09-24T23:32:00.000-07:00

Best trip ever! Lake Powell for Labor Day....150 people, 9 wakeboard boats, 3 house boats, zip line setup across the lake, bungee tube slide, volley ball, dj/dance room...the list goes on! What a trip! Here are tonnnns of pictures -

Cali trip

2009-09-09T22:35:00.000-07:00

Deyton

2009-07-24T17:33:00.000-07:00

My good friend's brother had their first baby a few days ago. It was born with a severe heart condition. Please visit this blog for their story and to donate if you can.

http://babydeyton.blogspot.com/

2009-07-20T14:31:00.000-07:00

Picture update

2009-06-14T16:06:00.000-07:00

Because I am too impatient to write about things I've been up to, you can create your own story through my pictures. It takes a lot less time to type and read : ) Lazy? Not at all.

To sum things up....I hiked Four Peaks with 3 of my friends, took a road trip with some girls to Cali to visit AZ friends, it was Kari and my birthday in May, most of the fellas left to do stupid summer sales so there's been a lot of 'girls nights' lol, I've been to some good concerts in the past few weeks, found a new favorite dance spot : ) Toby Keith's bar and grill brings in the best cowboys that will twirl and dip you all night long! haha, friends have gotten married and been so some cute receptions!, planning to get back into school this fall finally, and just been hanging out whenever I'm not at work!

For your viewing pleasure.....

2009-04-19T11:29:00.000-07:00

4 am entertainment at the C2K house. hahahahahahahaha

more...pictures

2009-04-03T16:23:00.000-07:00

The family was finally in AZ to visit!!! It was so good to see them! <3 <3 <3

Random picture of molly in all her glory - attacking men!

PICTURE OVERLOAD BEWARE

2009-04-01T13:46:00.000-07:00

Only because I love my family.....erg. Here are some random pictures of recent stuff!

P.S. Mom, this first one's for you...I thought it'd make you proud : )

Best time EVER.

2009-03-23T17:31:00.000-07:00

Retiring.....

2009-02-09T09:36:00.000-08:00

...from blogging. : )

I was only doing it to update the fam on what goes on down here but it seems that everyone loves Facebooking as much as I do and creates their own profile on there instead! So, happy blogging but as for me I am gonna take my bloggin time and use it towards something more productive like....Facebooking. haha! : )

Don't be scared : )

2009-02-03T00:07:00.000-08:00

SUPERBOWL MADNESS

2009-02-01T13:12:00.000-08:00

Went to a superbowl party wooooo! Kari and I wore some homemade shirts that said, "Kurt my Warner"...if you don't get it that's quite alright. : )We went out to dinner before and met Frankie Muniz (from Malcom in the Middle). Apparently he lives in Scottsdale! Cooooooool

So random.

2009-01-25T18:36:00.000-08:00

Ok this is more for me than anyone else haha but ever since my New York and Christmas trips it was physically impossible to see my floor in my bedroom. Clothes covered my bed and foot of my bed. I just couldn't make myself put them away...but guess what?!!? Here is PROOF. I have a clean room. : ) oh and it feels so much betttttttter

I decided my blue brown and cream living room was too drab and boring for my taste anymore. So. I whipped out the paint box (uh oh...) and painted the rainbow (haha not really, right?) on my wall canvas' and got fun funky pillows at pier 1...
PS these quality photos obviously had to be taken from my phone :)

Attention Arizonians....

2009-01-25T18:22:00.000-08:00

I'm moving to Mesa on Feb 1st!!!! What does this mean for you?? I will live CLOSER...which will lead to...more visits! haha so get ready! ; ) I'll be living in a 3 bdrm house in NE Mesa with 2 of the BEST girls ever! I can't wait, it should be a lot of FUN - but a big change too! I was thinking and...I haven't lived with roommates for. Get ready for this....4 years! How crazy to think about!
The commute to work is going to be crappy thats for sure, but I will be living a lot closer to all my friends and not be making anymore late night trips to and from Mesa just to hang out with them! I also won't be such a wussy and have someone to cry to if I think I have a burgular in my house haha! AND Molly will have a (super miniature, but it still counts) fenced in yard! Now...on to the packing part. I hate moving more than life! Aye....

Porkers and Glowing....you don't get it.

2009-01-15T17:41:00.000-08:00

Here are a few old pics from the beginning of January....Josh was in town woo hoooo so we went hiking New Years Day on Camelback Mtn...and we also thought it'd be so fun to take golf balls from the driving range, buy a bunch of glow sticks, break them open into cups, roll the golf balls around in the liquid and golf off the canal. Awesome idea right??? haha ya...it wasn't. : )

holy.

2009-01-09T17:19:00.001-08:00

My camera broke and won't be returned for up to 4 weeks. Shoot me.

Sick as a dog.

2009-01-06T07:10:00.000-08:00

I have not gotten sick this often in my whole lifetime! Ever since I moved to AZ it seems I've got SOMETHING at least once a month. Today is the worst I feel like crappppppp. And my poor dog is still sick too : ( fun fun.

Happy New Year!

2009-01-04T21:28:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone had a fun new years!!! A group of us went out to sushi (yuck) and then down to Tempe and saw Styx perform!

Christmas at the BAUERS! :) Enjoy the pictures!

2008-12-30T22:48:00.000-08:00

I filled my gas tank for $16 today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-12-21T21:20:00.001-08:00

A little taste of NYC!

2008-12-18T19:32:00.000-08:00

By far one of the funnest trips EVER!!!!

Traumatic.

2008-12-03T12:24:00.000-08:00

So. last night I was having one of my 'chicken' nights where I get scared that someone's trying to get in my apartment...come to think of it, I should video tape myself just once, it'd probably be really entertaining to watch me freak myself out. But it wasn't just ME freaking myself out, Molly kept barking at the front door and patio door! I checked the peep hole and never saw anything...when I was about to go to bed at 12:30 I had to take Molly out to go to the bathroom....

I checked the peep hole one more time and it was clear so I opened the door, looked around and went downstairs - fast - I made her hold it forever because I didn't want to go outside : ) so she bolted down the stairs.

Luckily I had her on a leash....when we got to the bottom of the stairs I hear things grunting, breathing, and making this awful high pitched squeak. I look up and about 5 ft away from us are a freakin family of javelinas (Havelinas?)!!! The one in the front had to have been twice the size of Molly, and Molly's fat.

So. Here I am frozen because I think I'm gonna die. Take a moment and picture this, please.

The group of 8-10 wild pigs come bolting towards molly and I and I dragggg molly by the neck as fast as I could and ran into my apartment, shaking. hahaha

can I just say they are the ugliest, SMELLIEST, meanest animals ever??? They were hanging out in the wash area for the next hour and I was watching them. They had a baby with them so I'm guessing that's what made them want to eat Molly so they could protect their baby?

Anyways, just another awesome welcoming to Arizona : )

I guess 3 years ago, one of my residents was out taking her dog out, the Javelina's came up and attacked (and yes, killed) her dog, and bit the lady's leg.

New Paranoia: Jave-freakin-lina's.

...ffuts weN

2008-12-02T19:02:00.000-08:00

Happenings....

2008-11-17T11:32:00.000-08:00

Here ya go mom :)

Stuff thats been going on....started a dress project, no where near done but there's a pic...I got to go home for a work meeting and was able to see the fam!!! It was a much needed visit and I FINALLY got to meet lil Saylor! So cute! Hopefully I will see them again soon!...Went to the CARRIE UNDERWOOD concert! It was sooooo good I love that girl!...and more hiking pics from Superstition Mtn this time...Ciao!

Another day, another hike : )

2008-11-03T20:30:00.000-08:00

Halloween pictures

2008-11-03T12:43:00.000-08:00

Camelback

2008-10-20T20:40:00.000-07:00

Went hiking on Camelback today - harder than I thought it'd be! :) But we made it to the top hollllla! Here are some more pics - this is pictures day galore!

Ice Skating and Concert

2008-10-19T23:47:00.001-07:00

This weekend was fun!!! Minus the fact that i'm sick all over again and its been less than a month!! A group of us went ice skating Fri night and to the Anberlin concert on Saturday night...here's lotsa picturesss

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-10-09T14:20:00.000-07:00

YAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! :) I'm going to my first Suns game on the 23rd!!!!!! I'm so so so excited to see Stevie Nash in person! I might pee my pants. No, I most likely WILL. Oh I can't wait! They're playing the 'old' Sonics....(Oklahoma City now...)Tanner got tickets and I will DEFINITELY post pictures after I go because this will a scrap-book-able moment in history.

Is my infatuation unhealthy?????

Heck yes. :)

DIGITS

2008-10-09T14:18:00.000-07:00

I no longer have my old (503) number...I'm officially an ArizonIAN and got a (480)...so if I haven't already been able to contact you please let me know and I'll get you the new number *thanks* :)

Four Peaks round 2...

2008-10-06T21:42:00.000-07:00

A group of us went out to for a bonfire, fireworks, and riding this last weekend - it was so fun! Here are lotsa pics...

ever done a Sobe bomb? I highly recommend them lol

Checking one off my list!!!

2008-10-04T18:16:00.000-07:00

Guess where Kari is goingggggg!!!!!

NYC baby! One of our friends found round trip tickets for $150!!! Couldn't pass that up! There's about 13 of us all going Dec 11th - 16th. SO FUN!

Quads. Rhinos. Fireworks.

2008-10-01T18:24:00.000-07:00

Went late night riding on quads and the rhino last weekend! SO much fun! Here are some pics....

concert countdown

2008-09-18T00:52:00.000-07:00

Guess what I bought tickets for todayyyyyyyy........

Carrie Underwood concert November 7th!! YAY!

Sick....

2008-09-16T13:30:00.000-07:00

....as a dog.

I visited my death bed this past weekend, I don't recommend it lol. Saturday night and Sunday were definitely the worst days, my temp was 102, had an eachache, throat hurt, sinus infection, and everything else. I haven't been that sick in a long time!
Luckily, the really bad part only lasted for a few days. I slept for 10 hours on Sunday during the day, and then got 8 more hours of sleep that same night lol. I woke up Sunday feeling so much better, but still sounding like a man.
I felt so great that I thought it'd be such a good idea to go on a hike on Monday! What a dork. :) So I went, and we only made it about half way up Superstition Mtn until i felt too light headed and sick to keep going. lol oops :) Here are a couple pics.

Two great new things....

2008-09-09T19:49:00.000-07:00

A sewing form so I can start makin some clothes again :)

Cute new lights and curtians and bedspread!

Congrats Mr Parker!

2008-08-31T22:24:00.001-07:00

Whitney is an official member of the United States Air Force! Gooooo Whit! :)

Tears were shed tonight...

2008-08-25T21:53:00.001-07:00

Out of pure fear.
I found him
on my bedroom floor
laying on his back
flailing his legs, arms, antennas
It took me 20 mintues and 4 phone calls to get the courage to move get him off the carpet and into the toilet. Be thankful i didn't load this picture full size. He was like 3 inches long. k? :(

I hate car stickers/bumper stickers

2008-08-25T21:53:00.000-07:00

But....lets get real, this one is cute!!! :)

Meet my new back window: Love it.

You'll thank me later.

2008-08-24T22:54:00.001-07:00

Essentials! Buy em, use em, live em, and you will lovvvve em! Seriously.

Johnson and Johnson Melt Away Stress body lotion. Its amazing. A-mazing.Clinique all about eyes.

It was love at first sight. I use it day and night. It helps me not look like such a fright. Yeah. thats right. hahahha

Apricot scrub (I buy the Target brand, its like 2 bucks lol). Keep it in the shower and use it on your face like every other day. Seriously. It is grrrrrreat!

What are your essentials? I tag everyone that ever reads my blog. Right now. lol Josh and I were talking about how lame everyone is that reads because I'm probably the least commented on blog everrrrr :) thats ok cause I never blog about anything exciting - i can take it folks. But ok lets get real, I want to know your must-haves!

Trip to the couve

2008-08-17T17:40:00.000-07:00

This last week I was able to go back to home for one of my best friend's wedding! I was there form Tues-Thursday so it was a pretty short trip. It was SOOOO good to see everyone - I feel like I've been gone for a lot longer than just 2 months! Here are some pics....she looked gorgeous!

We're the KKK's - dont' take offense. its Kamela Kari and Kenica! :) I can't believe we've been friends for 10 years that makes me feel SO old!

Us girls gettin ready to go to the rehearsal dinner

These are my pimps: It was a mini high school renuion :)
They're MARRIED! Adorable! Love you guys!

Mags in her pretty dress with her sweeeet CHEESECAKE!
Bestfriendssssss

Time goes by slowly....

2008-08-04T23:28:00.000-07:00

Can it please just be basketball season already so I can see my one and only?

WHEN I go to my first Suns game, I will be able to die a happy woman. :)

<3.

brothas

2008-08-03T10:59:00.000-07:00

So, basically I met my blood brothers in AZ. Josh, and John Bauer I like to call them. :) We 3 Musketeers went out for sushi (SICK! - I just had ice cream lol) and bowling. I'd like to let the world know that in one of our games...I WON!

Thats how excited I was.... He won one too....hahah
I have thriller hands, a lot. So they like to make fun.

Johnny boy here is actually professional. He didn't tell us that until later.....
This is actually my sister, Sara.
cheeeeseThis picture is for everyone to poke fun at my HUGE head and my HUGE vain :)

saying goodbye to something I love... : P

2008-07-25T18:44:00.000-07:00

Meet: My favorite pair of shoes. I love them.....

Meet: The Devil....

Terrible combination. I wanted to kill her.....

: (

Yes, I am dumb. But only sometimes. :)

2008-07-25T18:27:00.000-07:00

I found my debit card last night.

It was in the back pocket of the jeans I wore that night.

The $50 charge was from a gas station that I forgot about.

..I don't want to talk about it.

:) Give me all the crap you won't - this will NEVER happen again hahaha

Bad bad bad luck.

2008-07-22T20:05:00.000-07:00

So. I was at FHE last night and we all decided to go get frozen yogurt after it was over...SOMEHOW my debit card fell out of my purse while we were there. It wasn't until this afternoon that I realized it was lost and by then some jerk had already purchased 50 bucks in groceries and who knows what else we'll find on my account. Bad luck eh? It even had my picture on the front of it! It was like 2 months ago that this happened to me! I think I need to have a debit card implanted in my wrist or something so I can avoid ever having to deal with this again.

Concert

2008-07-18T18:17:00.001-07:00

Wednesday night me and group of people I met through church went to the Vanessa Carlton and Joshua Radin concert! It was fun! Here is the one picture of me, great, i know :) Part of the group...Jade and MikeJoshua Radin himself....his music is very mellow and he had the most amazing voice in person! Download himmmmm

Tonight we're going to see the new batman movie....I heard it was really good, i will let you know :) ciao

2008-07-10T18:13:00.000-07:00

The New Pad

2008-07-09T19:11:00.001-07:00

So...people have asked for pictures of my place lol here it is...

The bedroom....girly I know :)

A gi-normous closet all to myself!

Guest bathroom

Dining Room...green is my color lately, can you tell?

Living room...yes my computer is on my floor instead of my office. I can't figure out my dang wireless internet!!

Kitchen
Ghetto Fabulous patio:)Didn't take pictures of my bathroom or the office cause they're boring...thats all :)

Sedona

2008-07-06T22:41:00.000-07:00

Whitney was here visiting this past week and we made a trip up to Sedona, AZ this weekend and it was the most beautiful place I've ever seen!!! These pictures do not do it justice, its so cool to see just how BIG it is in person. We took a hike with Molly (who could barely breathe by the end of it lol) up to teh top of one of the mountains and got a gorgeous look out. I wish we had more time there, I'll definitely be going back! here are a few pictures and some other random ones...

She'll sit in this position for a good 5 minutes. I guess its comfortable?

I made it...a while ago lol

2008-07-01T18:59:00.000-07:00

I made it :) I haven't blogged in forever I know and this one will be short. I don't get internet until the 5th. That means I will have gone without cable or internet for almost a month! I'm amazed i'm still alive ;) jk. Its actually been kind of nice for the most part. I love my job here and my apartment is great and I'm learning to love living on my own. Here are a few pics from the trip, my good friend maggie rode with me in my car and whit drove the truck with molly the entire trip lol. It was definitely an adventure ! I'll post more and put up pictures as soon as I get my own internet. I got a new digital camera and am in love with it!!!!

az or bust

2008-06-10T17:10:00.001-07:00

Leavin for AZ tomorrow mornin' at 5am! Driving down with 2 friends and we're gonna try to drive straight through! Wish us luck ;) Yeee haw!

Kenny

2008-06-04T08:54:00.000-07:00

Kenny Concert was grrrrreat. He looked GOOD ;) and I love Leann Rimes she sounded amazing live! It was raining ALL DAY up until the concert started and then it stopped for the rest of the night thank goodness!

Great Weekend!

2008-06-02T11:13:00.001-07:00

This past weekend was the big 2-2 for me. Ugh I hate it. I don't want to get ANY older. Seriously. lol Saturday was the big day. I spent a lot of money that day at IKEA. Very exciting. Got me a cute new bed, kitchen table set, and other little things. I can't WAIT to put it all together (not really. its going to be tricky.) I've been staring and dreaming and drooling over this bed for a while now. I'm so glad I coughed up the money to finally buy it! So cute. Yellow is my color recently. And lime green. Do other people have 'colors'? Mine changes every few months. :) Its going to so cute with my stuff I'm excited to decorate!

I decided not to fly out to AZ the 5th-9th. The trip would be pretty pointless considering I'd have to turn around the day I got back to drive down there. So, I'll be in Vancouver until the 10th.

My friends and I hung out Saturday night and had a great time "line-dancing" (totally faked it. we were terrible.) at a country place lol it was tons of fun. Sunday we had an amazing bbq at the house with the family. Grandma and Grandpa B and Kris and Jon came over too.

The highlight of Sunday was my birthday cake lol. I'm pretty sure it fell straight from heaven. MmMmMmM!!!! It was Cold Stone's cake batter ice cream (my FAVORITE ever) layered with red velvet cake. Sounds deadly huh? It was :) and I loved it.

Thanks everyone for the great birthday!

(Sorry, no pictures. I don't have a camera anymore) :(

Life Stolen.

2008-05-29T12:11:00.000-07:00

Saturday night. My friend's car window was busted into and someone stole my purse. I'm stupid and had my life in my purse lol. Everything. They have it all. It's been such a mess trying to get the pieces put back together. And an expensive mess! Aye....Had to get a new license, cancel all bank accounts, tow my car to the dealership to get new keys made, buy a new cell phone, say goodbye to the expensive purse, etc. Its been a fun few days so far : ) Peace Out
Ciao
Buh Bye
See ya
Its been a huge pain, but the worst part of it all, is to think of the people that took everything. They also got my friend's purse, which had an iphone in it. They used one of my debit cards to spend $620 at...Bed Bath and Beyond? Luckily that is taken care of. I wish they would catch these idiots who would rather ruin people's lives than get a real job!!!

Clarifications : )

2008-05-22T08:54:00.000-07:00

I received a few phone calls about me moving to AZ and wanting to know more details....Well, I was over on my minutes for my phone so I'm sorry to those that I had to ignore! :( (Luckily, my minutes started over today so if you call me I CAN answer!).

Anyway, my friend Maggie and I will be driving a moving truck and towing my car (scary, I know) ;) down on the 11th of June. I will be working as an assistant manager at an apartment complex (for the same company I worked for in Vancouver a while back) that is it NE Scottsdale. I will also be living there! I start work as soon as I get there, and once I get settled I will be looking into going back to school part time.

I will be taking Molly with me and see if she can survive/breathe in the heat :)

I can't wait to go to a Suns game next season!!! :)

I'm Insane.

2008-05-21T14:41:00.000-07:00

I'm moving to NE Scottsdale, AZ on the 12th. I'm still flying down there the 5th-9th. Then I'll come back, pack up a U-haul with everything, and drive back down on the 11th. Willlllllllllld. I'm stressed.

:)

Trip

2008-05-15T08:38:00.000-07:00

Guess where I'm goingggggggg..........................................

I'll be here from June 5th to June 9thhhhhh.....................

Staying with my best friend from high schoolllllllllllllllllll.........................

Yay! :) can't wait to make a trip to the SUN in Arizona! I'm looking at eventually moving to AZ. Why? Because I think I'd love it of course! Ill be down there making SURE I want to move and possibly looking for housing/jobs. So, if you live in AZ......make way cause I'm comin' through haha. Oh, and I can't wait to actually get a TAN

Latest and Greatest

2008-05-09T09:22:00.000-07:00

So far so good :)

Kenny!

2008-05-07T15:01:00.000-07:00

One happy girl.

:) Going to see Kenny Chesney with Leann Rimes opening on June 3rd with some girlfriends! Can't wait!

Sick.

2008-05-05T11:31:00.000-07:00

I came across this site that allows you to type in your address, and it will bring up a map of sex offenders/criminals that live near you.

Once you enter your address and press enter, click on the location of where the criminal lives or works, (identified by small colored squares), and it will bring up their picture and their criminal charges.

This freaks me out. If you want to see whose in your neighborhood go to : http://www.familywatchdog.us/

I know for a fact that this website isn't bolonga either. We heard of someone living around us, looked him up, and there he was. ugh.

I don't even want to talk about it.

2008-04-30T09:27:00.000-07:00

Suns are out.

You know what that means....

No more Nash.

:(

Dreams

2008-04-21T14:08:00.000-07:00

I bought this book about a year ago, and thought I'd share the wealth. ;) That is, if you believe in this. And if you think its balogna and that I'm crazy well, thats ok too. Anyways, this dream book has every word you can imagine in it. And when I remember dreams, I look up the 'deeper meaning' in this book. For the most part, it is always symbolism of something else going on in my life or my thoughts. It is very weird, and fun! What you do, is think of a word or main subject of your dream and look it up. The girls that I work with will look up dreams and sometimes they are halarious! Try it, I swear.

Michael!!!

2008-04-11T08:38:00.000-07:00

I'm upset. I was shocked that Michael Johns is OUT on American Idol! I should've voted for himmmm. Brooke and Michael were my FAVORITES! I hope Brooke can hang in there :) If Michael comes out with a CD I will buying it for sure...Poor Michael.

Jesus Land

2008-04-10T08:59:00.001-07:00

I borrowed this book from my mom and so far, sooo good. I really like this author and recommend it to anyone needing a new book :) Ciao!

Meat.

2008-04-10T08:45:00.000-07:00

Have any of you seen the Carl's Jr Commercial? I hate it. The one with Paris was bad enough, but this one has a **** on a mechanical bull eating a hamburger. I have so many names I could call this girl...and Carl's Jr for that matter. I'm boycotting them for degrading females. (I don't think I've ever eaten here lol but still, I'm boycotting). Please join me.

On a much...MUCH...happier note, Matt and I are cookin steak and potatos tonight!!! I LOVE steak and haven't had it in way too long. I'm drooling just thinking about it and its not even nine in the morning. :) YUM

On my way to the dentist...

2008-04-08T16:00:00.000-07:00

I must've eaten something bad...

*if you have a sick, disgusted 'I'm so embarrassed for that girl' look on your face then I've done my job. :)

Cure for my sweet-tooth

2008-04-08T15:21:00.000-07:00

I love Costco (who doesn't?) and I've found my latest vice. They carry this huge bag of assorted frozen fruit and its perfect to make yummy smoothies with! The bag contains something like: pineapple chunks, peach slices, strawberries, blueberries, honey dew bites, etc. Just put it in the blender with some vanilla frozen yogurt and ice and its so yummy :) And much cheaper than my jamba juice addiction.

SO. Next time you go to Costco get this, its worth it. Matt likes to eat the fruit frozen by itself. Yum. :)

Aprons, Dog sitting, and Makeovers

2008-04-05T14:12:00.000-07:00

Ooooops. I forgot to show off part of my adorable easter present from my MOM! She MADE yes, Jenny actually SEWED ;) jk mom love ya, this adorable apron!! She found the cutest fabric and buttons! I told her that she and her friend April need to start selling them because i think the are so adorable and I KNOW people would love them. What a great gift idea :)

This past week my dad had to go to vegas for business and my mom joined him (lucky.) While they were gone we babysat Keeta - their golden retreiver. Molly loved having a buddy to play with all day! And even though we only had her for 3-4 days, when Keeta left Molly was acting so pathetic and depressed. I called my mom and she said that Keeta hasn't gotten off her bed since she got home either. lol Looks like they got quite attached :(

I've always disliked my bedroom, I rarely spend anytime in there except to get dressed and sleep. Its so boring and....just neutral. eck.

So...I went to Ikea with mom and got a few things to turn it from DRAB......

To....FAB! haha ok so not really, but it is much more colorful :)

Powell Butte

2008-03-27T18:40:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday, I dragged Matt out for a hike with me. (He hates walking or running because 'its boring'. ugh.) We went up to Powell Butte and it was gorgeous!! Luckily, Saturday was great weather and no rain, but because we were so high up the wind was pretty wild! We went on a long hike through many different trails. It was gorgeous! There were lots of different trails, mini waterfalls and streams and a great view of the mountains! here are some pics...

This may seem like a lame picture but its the only one I took on the trails :)

This was a gi-normus tree that looked like someone cut it in half!

Bad pic.

We took Molly and let me tell you....she zonked out for the rest of the day as soon as we got home lol I don't think she got off her bed for at least 4 hours to get a drink. This was quite the excercise for her

Tell me this isn't the fattest, grossest, sloppiest dog you've ever seen. Look at those rolls!

Easter

2008-03-27T18:30:00.000-07:00

I'm a little slow and I didn't take any 'worth while' pics, but this year for Easter Matt and I went to my parents house after church. We had a yummy ham dinner (of course) and decorated easter eggs with my brothers. It was really nice!

These are my bird nest's I made for my Sunbeams. I realize they look like barf in this picture but I swear they were cuter in person lol i think the kids liked them. I tried convincing them that the eggs were real bird eggs so be really careful not to drop them! But then i saw their believable faces and felt bad so i had to dig myself out of that hole :)
I made my first carrot cake...and besides the lop-sided-ness I think it turned out pretty good. I was so nervous of it being a complete disaster so i went to the store and bought colored frosting to decorate it so it would at least taste good. (but i made the white cream cheese frosting). Matt 'the artist' insisted on creating the design, one carrot. lol here is him in action!

Tah dah!

In the Motherhood

2008-03-27T09:41:00.000-07:00

Ok you HAVE to watch this lol so funny. Chelsea Handler is my favorite comedian ever and these are halarious!

http://inthemotherhood.msn.com/?source=MSN_SL_27March=6&GT1=25021

Steve and I....

2008-03-26T09:18:00.001-07:00

I love Steve Nash

so sad

2008-03-21T15:46:00.000-07:00

I didn't win any Rascal Tickets. I called every hour from 7am - 6pm for 5 days. What a devastating week

Problem solved.

2008-03-20T11:13:00.001-07:00

This is probably going to be the most exciting post ever. Just to warn you,

So every time I take Molly to the dog park or my parents, I have to lay down a blanket on my back seat because she sheds like a horse (Do horse's shed? lol), slobbers like a...bulldog, and rolls around like a bowling ball. Anyway, I'm getting tired of vacuuming out my car because even though the blanket helps catch the hair and drool, it definitley doesn't cover the back of the seats or floor.

I went on Amazon.com (love that place) and found the greatest invention ever:

How exciting, eh?

A Brother's Journey

2008-03-18T10:01:00.000-07:00

I just finished reading this book...it was a tear jerker just as expected.
I read the first book that was written by his older brother ('A Child Called It') when I was around 15 or so. I read 'A Brother's Journey' shortly after, and just decided to read it again. I figured with all my free time at work I could be more productive rather than looking at blogs and the news all day ;) I finished this in 4 days and it was VERY good!

2008-03-18T08:46:00.000-07:00

This entire week from 7am-7pm, Monday - Friday, the Portland radio station 99.5 is giving away sets of RASCAL FLATTS concert tickets EVERY hour!!! I was sooooo upset that I missed the date that tickets went on sale. And they sold out in one day. I will be sitting here at work with the radio in my ear listening very closely every hour lol...SO hopefully by Friday I will be able to say 'I Kari, am going to see my favorite band of all time on April 4th'. Cross your fingers for me.

Skateboards and Movies

2008-03-17T09:40:00.000-07:00

This weekend was movie-filled to the MAX. During a normal month, I might rent two movies. Well, this weekend I rented 3 and watched all 3. AND I reallllly wanted to see Horton Hears a Who, but didn't have time :).

Friday, we watched 30 Days of Night with a group. I hate scary movies with a passion, I don't see any point to them. This was about 30 days of darkness in Alaska, and these vampires come out and try to eat everyone. Yeah, bad idea. I had my face covered for probably half of this movie because it was so gross!!! No nightmares that night though :)
I watched Into the Wild on Saturday night, I really liked it! It was the kind of movie you need to be 'in the mood for' though. It was pretty slow moving but I think it had a really good message.

Watched the Bee Movie and was pretty disappointed. I love animated movies, and thought this was so funny in the beginning. But by about half way through the movie I was bored, and didn't see any point to the movie at all lol. So I didn't make it all the way through :)

On Sunday, while Matt was at work I took Molly to the big park right by out house....she tested out her skateboarding skills :) When the skateboard wasn't moving she kept trying to eat and attack it, but once I gave it a push she would hop right on and paddle herself down the road! It was pretty entertaining :)
p.s. I went to the Doc for that weird bump behind my ear and discovered it is a cyst. Ew. So if it doesn't magically disappear I'll have it removed.. exciting news, I know ;)

Throbbing....

2008-03-11T13:42:00.000-07:00

* This is gross to me. If you are easily grossed out just don't look...*

I was sitting at work and all of the sudden this throbbing pain was behind my ear. I swear its bigger than this picture shows lol but I have a rock hard lump behind my ear that hurts SO bad. It appeared so fast and out of the blue! I didn't sleep well last night because I always sleep on my left side and any time I rolled over in my sleep it woke me up because the pillow was touching it. I hate it, I don't know where it came from or what the heck it is! I looked it up online and there was everything from lymphoma, cancer, infections, blah blah blah....if It doesn't go away in a couple days I'll head to the Dr but its all very gross and painful...has anyone else ever had this happen??? I doubt it, but its worth a shot :)

P.S. Pretty sure I set my own record for 3 posts in one day! Must be a slow day at work!

46645

2008-03-11T12:39:00.000-07:00

I love Google

....I use them daily and thought I'd spread the word just incase you don't know about these things.... If you haven't checked out their new 'street view' yet - its a must! Go to Google.com, click on 'Maps', try typing in your address up top. And if the street has a blue outline on it, you can actually see a real picture of what you will see on that exact address. I know they don't have this option for all cities yet - but if I'm looking up directions to somewhere I like to check it out on Street View (I'm a visual person) to see what I'm getting into lol- check it out if you haven't already.

Also...if I'm going somewhere or need to look up a number to a restaurant I just type in the number 46645 (GOOGL) on my cell phone for who I'm sending the text message to. Then just type in the name of the place, the city, and the state. Then send the text and it will write you back within seconds giving you the addresses and phone numbers for any matches in that area. It also works if for weather, sports, flight schedules, etc. just send messages to 46645. Its rad, and its free. Thanks Google for making life easier lol

I'm craving to have....

2008-03-11T11:09:00.000-07:00

This: This:

And lots of this:

Total value = over $1000

aka: not in my budget.

Darn.

Hermiston Pics

2008-02-28T18:05:00.001-08:00

Weekend Trip

2008-02-26T16:36:00.000-08:00

Jack and I drove to Hermiston this weekend to go to Tyler's reception...I'm so glad we went! It has been over a year since I have been there (HORRIBLE, I know), and it was so good to see everyone! Tyler and Tara are so cute together and 'just fit' if you know what I mean :) !!! I'm sad I didn't get to stay longer, :( so Jack and I tried to cram in everything we wanted to do while we were there...

We stayed at Grandma and Grandpa's house which was great...and stopped by Sheila's, Mary's and the Benxisens house before we left on Sunday afternoon. The weather was beautiful and I was so happy I didn't have to drive in the rain!!!

Speaking of the drive...Jack was a very very...VERY...big chatterbox!!! :) I think there was about 15 minutes total of silence during the ride there and back lol. He's one curious kid. It was question after question that he wanted answered lol. For example, 'Kari, why is the power line on the bottom thicker than the one above it?'...Me: 'I don't' know Jack...'..Jack: 'What does it mean when that sign says -traffic patrolled by aircraft-"...Me: 'What do you think it means."...Jack: "Well, like, traffic is being patrolled by someone in an airplane or helicopter or, something." ...Me: 'Good job'...

You get the point. lol and then he spent much of the ride asking about all of the different religions and what they all believe in. (I think they're studying this in school), his favorite bands, the speed limit and how I was going 6 over and was going to get pulled over any minute, etc.

I will post a few pictures I took while we were there when I get home....

Things that make me smile....

2008-02-21T09:08:00.000-08:00

Dog Parks:)

Otis Spunkmeyer cookie dough - I eat the frozen cookies right out of the box (don't tell Matt!lol)

My backyard view when we lived in Florida

NASH. Steve Nash. I love him.

Boeckman Creek Trails in Wilsonville

Tomagotchis from back in the day...what a great invention

Bon Jovi. I love him from then and now! mmm mm mmmmmm

Feburary so far....

2008-02-20T12:57:00.000-08:00

I don't think I've written since Valentines day....SO here's whats been going on in the life of the Gentry's....

- For V-Day, Matt took me to the macaroni grill and I had some yummy shrimp scampi! It was the first time I had it and it was very good (and garlicy!!!). Then we headed back home because Matt had his final test in the morning so he crammed some more studying in before bed. He got me the perfect gift....a MASSAGE that was sooooo great! I think I had a huge knot going from my shoulder all the to my lower back. OUCH, it was soooo painful half the time - but a good kinda pain, if you knwo what I mean. I'm glad Mando (yes, that was his name aye aye aye! jk...) couldn't see my face as he practically pushed as hard as his 250 lb body could straight into my back. I was clenching my teeth and my eyes were popping out of my head. lol but the feet rub made up for the pain!!!
I got Matt an engraved money clip because I remember him saying he wanted one a while back. I think he liked it, I hope. :)

- I've been back into the Dr a couple more times and got some good news (I guess). Earlier they thought a blood vessel was being blocked leading to my kidney and would have to do go in and 'unclog it' or whatever. But after more tests they said that's not the problem, for some reason the top half of my kidney never developed. So, I'll just be taking blood pressure medicine for the rest of my life! fun fun

- Matt passed his final Insurance test!!!! Yayyyy, he was so nervous and had been studying every day so we are glad that part is over with!! So if any of you in Oregon are needing new auto, life, house, etc Insurance please call Matt :)

- Jack and I are taking a trip to Hermiston this weekend for my cousin's wedding reception!!! Matt isn't able to get work off, My parents will be in Mexico, and Eli has a competition so it'll just be me and Jack making the trek to Hermi-town! Should be fun and I'm excited to see everyone - its been forever it seems!!!! See you all on Saturday :)

- I can't wait to watch Supernanny tonight lol...one of the chicks from WILSON PHILLIPS is on their with her crazy kiddos. I used to LOVE love LOVE Wilson Phillips..."Hold on for one more dayyy" mm Can't wait.

:)

Get to know me inside and out! :)

2008-02-11T13:45:00.000-08:00

Last week I had another test for my kidneys, it was a Nuclear Dye test. They injected radioactive isotopes (i think) through an IV (one of my phobias) into my body and took pictures and videos of my kidney function for almost 2 hours. It was quite boring but very interesting to watch. I had Matt take a picture of the screen with my phone.....The one on the left is a nice chunky kidney that seems to be doing his job and the wimpy one on the right aint doin so hot. The pile on the bottom is my bladder :) lovely eh? I don't know the results of this test and was just told I have to go in again on Wednesday to do this all over again to verify whats going on because they found abnomalities. Ahhh the joys of medicine advances.

Jumpin on the bandwagon...;)

2008-02-11T13:22:00.000-08:00

Tagged....

Matt & I

How long have you been together? 2 and 1/2 years
How long did you date? a year before we were married
How old is he? 25 (yeah, he's an old fart) jk!
Who eats more? He does, we come close though sometimes!
Who said "I love you first"? Him :)
Who is taller? He is by exactly a foot
Who sings better? Just play SingStar with us on the playstation and you'll clearly see who wins!!
Who is smarter? Streetsmart: HIM Booksmart: ME :)
Who does laundry? its a joint effort
Who does the dishes? I HATE dishes, they gross me out (I'm a wimp, I'm aware lol) so he loads and I unload
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me
Who pays the bills? both
Who mows the lawn? I wish we had one....:(
Who cooks dinner? Me. He tries..sometimes...lol
Who is more stubborn? Moody? Depends on the time of the month if ya know what I mean ;)
Who kissed who first? ummm I think he did?
Who proposed? Matt
Who is more sensitive? Same as three questions up lol
Who has more friends? Whose counting?
Who has more siblings? Me
Who are you tagging? Mary and Ryan

Pictures

2008-01-20T22:27:00.000-08:00

Picture update....

Christmast family photo....

During Christmas break I got to see a bunch of friends from high school...Matt and I were hanging out at a friends house...

Me and my girlfriends on Matt's 25th birthday....

Out to dinner at PF Changs..yummy!!!!

Its been a while....

2008-01-14T09:20:00.000-08:00

Looks like I haven't posted for over a month! OOPS :) Well I'm at work and a little distracted but here are a few things that have been going on...I'll try to post pictures later.

- Matt turned 25 on the 10th! He is so old now lol...we went out to Gustavs and had some yummy fondue! I got him Mixed Martial Arts classes to try out for a month :) we'll see how that goes, he seemed to like them!

- After 14 years of going to different Dr's in hopes of discovering why I have such high blood pressure we think we FOUND IT!!! I had an echocardiogram, MRI, and blood tests a week ago and they discovered that my right kidney is very shrunken, as well as the artery leading to it. I was probably born with this and there is about a 90% chance that I will need to have it removed. :( Scary.

- Matt has his Insurance License test this week and if he passes he will be able to start working with Farmers as an Agent

- I cut two inches off and added brown streaks in my hair :) I was tooo blonde so its a nice change

- Teaching Sunbeams so far has been a learning experience. I have eight three year olds, 2 girls and six boys. Sitting in Primary again is a flashback, and I have definitely forgotten a lot of primary songs lol...I have two boys that are really tiring and hard to handle. Talk about testing my patience. Its funny to see how each kid is soooo different. The girls are my little helpers and act like angels, and 4 of the boys are hyper as ever and think class time is karate class. And the other two boys are all about telling me who is doing what and why they are breaking the rules. Aye. I need to start taking Sunday naps. lol but it is fun thats for sure! They say the funniest things!

Thats about it for now :) Hope everyone had a happy new year!

.*.Kari. *.