day 2

day 1

For the next 30 days we will be just showing images of everyday life…a documentation for ourselves that we will share with you. No words…just living.

before and after

Need I say more?

ran's random thoughts...

im not the one who usually writes the blogs, as most of you know...but tonight i feel like rambling on about a few random thoughts. crystal had told me that a co-worker of hers had asked her what her hopes for the world are. what her dreams were, what she thought of the war in iraq. he video taped her and her answers in the event florida gets hit by a devastating hurricane and we all died. (the guys seems to be a real optimist here hua?) she didnt tell me her answers and the conversation moved on before i got a chance to ask her what she said.

to me, its amazing that we care so much for the people in our lives but do we really know the inner most, deepest thoughts and feelings of those we love. i would say no. you may think you know, and you may have known at one time, but i say all we truly know is the truth inside us. most of the time that truth is even clouded. the only thing we can honestly say is that we love each other. but what is love? i often ask kaiden what love means to him. we always say, "i love you" in our house, but i wondered what it means to him. sometimes he says "i dont know." other times he says "it means kindness". but one day he said, "love means when you see someones heart and you think its beautiful" how true...

so before i ramble on any more, i just want to tell all of you that "i love you" i see beauty in all of your souls. and i am truly grateful to have crystal, kaiden, karla, lee, brandi, mom, dad, sandi, pa, samantha, steve, jenn, claire, brandon, mark, adam, marty, andre, george, jill, marie, janaris, mikey, melissa, mike, rich, ryan, (i think thats all of you that read the blog) if there is anyone i forgot, i apologize, im being all emo right now! haha.

you ever get that feeling that your lost? you just dont know where you are, or where your going? you just feel so small? i guess im saying is that ive clouded myself from the truth...and im again waking...

so if any of you ever wanted to know my responses to the three questions above, here they are; my hopes for the world...i hope we all find our way home. home to me, is when you have completed your training, the tasks you were sent here to learn, you return to the creator. the tasks most greatly at steak are humility, respect, honesty, compassion and cooperation. i hope the world wakes up to these realizations...

my personal dreams; it is my greatest fear that i will be a bad dad. it just crushes me when i realize that ive been too hard on kaiden. i often forget that he is only 4 years old. i can proudly say that i have let my past come full circle. all past trials have been put to rest. i guess that is where i am right now, im resting...

the war in iraq; i do not stand for violence. ive never even held a gun. even as a kid i never played with guns, i would always choose to be the indian, with the bow. violence accomplishes nothing. my heart aches for those who are in the service, and for the families who are enduring without. i have a friend who is a marine, i went to his graduation ceremony. i was very proud of him, and his choice. i find those who serve very honorable, driven and brave. but fighting over religion is one of the most simple, weak, and ignorant reasons to fight. people are too quick to discriminate and segregate instead of embracing our differences and learning from each other. the politics surrounding the war are plagued with lies and deception. its our decision, as a whole to find an answer. call your fucking house representative or senator to vote in your favor. make a difference. the only person you can change is yourself...

26

I thought I was going to be 27 the other day until my mom informed me, no, I will be 26. So 26 I am!

26 for me means:

A loving husband of 4 years :: One beautiful child :: Three crazy dogs, six tempermental cats, two shy tortoises, and two sweet mice, all of which I adore :: A memory that is not so strong :: A mother who is a best friend :: Still thinking of what I want to be when I grow up :: Finally able to realize what true friends are :: I need to go to the doctor :: I don't like to look at my hands :: I enjoy coffee :: Finding new hobbies :: Appreciating living by the ocean but still longing for more :: Enjoying simple days :: Loving my family, my friends :: Loving my life

an ING kind of day

climbing,

jump roping,

skating,

pretending,

building,

cooking,

dancing,

creating,

coloring,

reading,

studying,

cuddling,

laughing,

and best of all - LOVING!

the demolition boys

We've had a bit of a problem for a while with a large hole in the wall of our shower. We knew that there was a very big problem going on behind that wall - MOLD - but we decided to cover the hole with ducktape until we could properly deal with the issue. While I was at work last night Randy and Kaiden were "wrecking the shower" (Kaiden's words because I was speachless for what to call this).

Thank goodness I wasn't home to witness this event!!!! The two of them were equipt with all the right stuff to deal with it and knew not to say something to me until the damage had already been done. Those crazy boys, what am I going to do with them? They took care of the horrible mess, got rid of the mold, and took down the wet wall.



When I got home Randy had me cover my eyes and wanted to get a picture of my reaction. Photo below:

Needless to say we cannot take a shower until the wall is fixed! Randy has 5 days off this week so I know what we'll be doing! But it needed to be done and probably never would have been knowing how I procrastiate EVERYTHING! Thank you Randy for taking care of this, especially while I wasn't home. I truly appreciate it! I would have DIED watching the you go at it!!!!

Sea World

We took a nice relaxing trip to Sea World the other day. Kaiden guided us around the park like a pro, using his newly found map reading skills. We've got year passes to Sea World so we've been there many many times. We were happy to have him show us around, going into every single gift shop, stopping to see every white ibis looking for food, and walking on every single ledge on the edge of the sidewalk. It was a slow moving day indeed but its our favorite way to visit!

One of our favorite parts of the park is the dolphin nursery. We sat there forever watching the mama's and babies. They are so curious about us, and us about them. They really seem to be communicating with us - flirting almost!

This is the first time we've been to an amusment park and Kaiden has truly been into going on the rides. He was loving the thrill of them and by the looks of this picture so was I!

This a picture of Kaiden right before going on his first roller coaster type ride. He's finally tall enough!!! He was so proud but got really nervous right before the ride, Journey Through Atlantis, started. He was fine going through the BIG splash but we were unaware of the 2 other drops at the end of the ride wich caught him off guard making him not want to go on again. But with a little coaxing he caved in and went again. He LOVED it the second time around and we went again and again!

Now Kaiden is itching in his seat to be tall enough to go on Kraken, just like his Daddy of course!

greyson, ethan, and justin welcome kaiden

saturday crystal had to work, so kaiden and i went to our friends house, THE DE VANEY'S, to play for a while. greyson (3), ethan(5), and justin(7) welcomed kaiden as one of their own. the boys played for hours swimming, sword fighting, 4- wheeling, wrestling, pretending to be power rangers, and watching part of the fantastic 4-rise of the silver surfer.

adam and i were exhaused just from watching the boys, but they were effing funny! adam and i had lots of laughing, eating, drinking and yelling while the boys did alot of crying, laughing and fighting and raina was left to making things better, and bringing adam and i more drinks! stepping in poop, cooking...you know all the things women are supposed to be doing...lol. (JUST KIDDING) i had to promise raina i would make crystal call in sick to work next time we go over.

when we left i asked kaiden what his favorite part was, his response was funny. he said: "when i was on the 4 wheeler, and greyson wrecked it into the wood, and i flew over the windsheild and hit the wood with my head!" (the wood being a fence post adam had cemented into the ground earlier in the week) WTF?! crazy child!

(i laughed at it when it happend though...does that make me a bad dad karla?) haha! i thought of you and lee.

randy's thoughts of lee and karla handling the situation, after i found out k was fine;

lee; "HAHAHA! u ok tard?"

karla; "she's fine, there is no blood. f*cking kid!"

kid; "WHAAAA!"

lee; "whats wrong with you honey? u ok? awee.. your ok."

karla; "your fine, go away."

LOVE IT!

a trip in pictures

We took a picture in front of this cactus 3 years ago. It was gigantic, green, and thriving. Look at it now! DEAD. Something about not transplanting it with the south side facing south?

Only 5 more hours

until we get to pick Randy up form the aiport!!!!

We can't wait to see all his pictures and hear about his adventures. We've really missed him over here. It's a bummer that he has to head to work first thing in the morning tomorrow but at least we'll get a couple hours with him.

Pics and stories coming soon!

We've been on a countdown to October 5th for about a month now. Only 4 more days to go!!!!

Do you want to know why?

There is an awesome exhibit coming to our town - to one of our most favorite museums!!!! G-Wiz is having a KING TUTANKHAMUN EXHIBIT!

It seems that there is no end to Kaiden's mummy obsession in the near future. It's neat how things fall into place just when you need them!