Captain Bailey Rue

Did I ever tell you about the time when Bailey took us cruising around Cass Lake?

Don't believe me?

Well looky here........





So what if she was sitting on Virgil's lap the whole time.

Big deal.

Did you have a nice Sunday?

Oh my gosh are you okay?

FYI: this picture has nothing to do with my actual post.

I just felt like this post needed a picture.

To be honest all posts need a picture.

Words make it real hard to stay captivated.

And like they say a picture is worth a thousand words.

I think I was on ichat with Mysti when this picture was taken?

She prob made some comment about my braided bangs.

I can hear her now....

"Krystle I hate braided bangs. You look like a total polygamist."

Then maybe I said...

"Ya Mysti, I've been meaning to ask you if you'd be my new sisterwife."

Then she prob said,

"Krystle all my dreams came true just now when you said that to me."

Then her and Taylor prob sang me that "Anyone Else But You" song from Juno.

So it seems like I've been really busy the past couple months but haven't really posted about it.

I will catch up so stay tuned and all your dreams might come true too.

But for now I will leave you with an awesome incident I had early October.

So it was a nice October night and Kylee was at the neighbors house playing.

Kylee is my six year old niece.

Corey and I were watching the kids and I marched over to the neighbor's house to tell Kylee it was time to come home.

First of all I just cannot even believe that she'd rather hang out with her friend as opposed to Corey and I.

Seeing as how we are dripping with awesomeness.

Let's call the neighbor parents Margo and Todd.

Okay so I knock on the door. I wait. Knock again.

I'm looking around the porch and notice some real cute fall pumpkins that Margo's got displayed.

Well I must've been feeling cocky that day cause when I took a step back to get a real nice look at them I stepped right off the ONE concrete step and fell right onto my back.

Do not ask me how I fell straight back but I did. And smacked my head on the concrete walkway.

I got up just as fast as I fell. Seeing as how I knew someone would answer the door any moment.

"um holy crap," I thought to myself "did that seriously just happen?"

Just as I stepped back onto the porch Todd answered the door with a huge smile on his face.

"Um did you just see that through the peephole?" I inquired.

"No, did you fall or something?" He asked.

(Okay seriously you DIDN'T see anything but your first response is to ask if I fell? Um..liar)

"Ya I fell and hit my head and I am a total moron is Kylee here?"

"Oh my gosh are you okay?" He prodded.

"Are you kidding me? I am totally fine. Except for my dignity, which I leave here. On your walkway."

"Okay well I will send Kylee home."

"Thanks I appreciate it. Oh. And by the way. Those are some real cute fall pumpkins you got there."


All that being said I think I've learned some lessons the past 11 months.

You see that was not my first "land flat on your back" fall this year.

I've even had a major spill since then.

That night after the fall off the neighbors porch I called my sister Natalie and had a nice little chat.

She pointed out that I am the only person she knows who actually falls "ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GROUND."

Is that how you put it Nat? I believe so.

Anyways I responded by telling her that it would blow her mind how fast I got up.

My reaction time has gotten quite amazing.

And in that response I think there is a lesson that I just now discovered while I was concocting this post.

Maybe it's not always the actual fall that teaches us the lesson.

Maybe it's our reaction to it?

How fast do we get up?

Or do we just lay there feeling sorry for ourselves until someone finds us?

Maybe sometimes its mandatory for us to fall ALL the way down so we can learn something about ourselves as we are recovering.

Here's another lesson about taking a spill.

Do not ever crash on your go-ped and lay in the middle of the road until Wyley fetches Grandma Sonja.

Cause seriously she just might not believe him.

She might choose to stay put and talk to the nieghbor lady on the phone instead.

All the while you are dragging your go-ped back to the house.

By yourself. Thanks for nothing. Lesson learned.

Look's Like Bailey's Got Something to Say.....

Let us all "Bee" safe this Halloween Weekend.

"It is hard to fail, but it is worse to never have tried to succeed."

We learn wisdom from failure much more than success. Do you ever wonder about those people that have everything handed to them and never have to work for anything in their lives? Do you ever think how easy life would be if you were this person or that person? Instead of being resentful, I actually feel sorry for these people. Part of life is taking chances....failing.....and then learning from those events. I have failed miserably this past year, however, would I be a better person in the long run if someone gave me a "good job" and money to cope with my problems? The answer is NO, what would I have learned about myself and the situation if the issues were resolved temporarily through monetary means?

The greatest mistake in life is to continually be afraid you will make one. This past year I left a "good" job in a tough sector of the economy. Many people said I was an idiot for leaving because the economy was crumbling and employment was tough. They were right....but did anyone ever ask how I felt each morning waking up wondering if this was going to be my last day of work? Did anyone ever ask how we felt living in AZ? We probably could have spent the next couple of years collecting a paycheck unhappily. Collecting a paycheck will help pay bills but no amount of money will compensate for the way we felt each morning.

We often discover what we will do, by finding out what we will not do. Desperation thwarted us into Twin Falls to accept a job as an insurance broker. The economy was in shambles and unemployment was beginning to skyrocket....I had to take any job offer I could get. I was romanced by high income potential only to find out it was at the expense of others. Selling insurance and financial products can be a highly lucrative career, but my morals and ethics started to get into the way. I was starting to see that people in this profession would not sell the "best" or "cheapest" product to their customer, but rather the product that earned them the highest commission. This experience forced us to evaluate the type of people we want to be in life and that greed and money don't create happiness. Many of us are casualties of greed because of the mortgage and real estate industries, however, we are far better off living through it. It has forced us to analyze risk and that following the crowd to make a buck isn't the best solution.

Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again. So, here we are, living in Minnesota thankful for family to let us regroup temporarily. Many people might still be saying, "I told you so," but those are the same people that are too afraid to take chances or had their entire lives handed to them. We appreciate the support, no need to worry about us, we will be fine.

After all, what would life be like if we had no courage to attempt anything?

By: Corey

I've decided

I love seeing little ones all bundled up and ready to conquer the weather.

Also decided Corey and I need this in our bedroom.

"I Stand All Amazed..."

I feel like during my weeks off I have lots of time to reflect.

I think it's been quite a year for me.

I'm typically someone who is so opposed to change.

I think with all the obstacles of this year it's been easy to forget who I am and where I come from.

Easy to forget everything I've been blessed with and who gave it to me.

I am so grateful.

I have amazing family.

I know you are probably thinking your family is amazing.
And I'm sure they are....

Just not as amazing as mine.

Amazing extended family.
Amazing friends and clients I consider family.

Amazing in-laws.
I married into a pretty fun family.
Fun and kind.

How does one person get so blessed? I don't know.

All I know is the appropriate thing to do is be grateful.

And I am so grateful.