I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

Sometimes

Sometimes

You fall in love.

And you get married.

Sometimes

You get sunburned.

Sometimes

Your sister has a baby.

And you fall in love ALL over again.

Sometimes

You aren't sure where your life is going.

Sometimes, you pack up all your stuff.

And you move to Utah.

And sometimes,

Utah doesn't quite work out.

So you move to Idaho.

And in Idaho,

You have a plethora of 'campouts'.

Sometimes,

You get a package from home.

Every time,

It makes you smile.

Sometimes

When you're driving your antenna splits a bird right in half.

And you keep driving til it falls off.

Well sometimes Corey does that anyways.

Sometimes

When you're driving you roll up your hair in the sunroof.

Then you play it cool trying to steer while your head is jerked around.

Sometimes, it leaves grease in your hair as evidence.

Sometimes,

You fall in love with a lamp.

Sometimes,

At Yellowstone National Park your dog makes more friends then you do.

Sometimes (if you're Corey)

At Yellowstone you excitedly jump over a log and land in a pile of Buffalo crap.

You just happen to be in flip-flops.

Sometimes,

Living in Idaho doesn't quite work out either.

So Sometimes you move to Minnesota.

Sometimes,

Your little sister gets baptized.

Sometimes,

You play bean bag toss.

And you look so hardcore doing it.

Nice form.

Sometimes,

You have campfires.

Sometimes,

You hold your Uncle's hand at the zoo.

Sometimes,

You have spa day and get your nails done.

Sometimes,

You see a street sign with your name on it.

Boo. Ya.

Sometimes,

Ivy spends the night.

Sometimes,

Your niece has her very first birthday.

And you miss it.

Sometimes,

You have an ice cream cone.

Sometimes,

You look at your sisters' and think they have got to be the most beautiful people you've ever seen.

Sometimes,

You take your niece to the movies.

Sometimes,

You jump in the tub fully clothed.

Sometimes,

Playing with sidewalk chalk can be stressful.

Sometimes,

When you go to the Mall of America you park in 'Arizona'.

Sometimes,

You lay on your bed and you miss your family.

Sometimes,

You play in the Autumn leaves.

Sometimes,

You wake up and there is snow on the ground.

Sometimes,

You build forts.

Sometimes,

You get sleepy so you take naps.

Sometimes,

You have your very first day of preschool.

Sometimes,

You meet a friend on an airplane.

And they change your perspective on life forever.

Sometimes,

Your ravioli gets all over your face.

Sometimes,

Eating mustard pretzels can just be so exhausting.

Sometimes,

You take your dog for a walk.

Sometimes,

Things get tough and you are so thankful you have someone holding your hand.

Dear Sisters,

Were you wondering if I missed you so much?

I do.

Were you wondering if I stayed up last night and cried a little in bed because I wanted to hang out with you?

I did.

Were you wondering if I want to pitch a tent in the middle of the back yard and have a camp out?

I do.

Were you wondering if I wanted to watch home videos of us tap dancing and Gordon dressed as a girl?

Um I for sure do.

Well I am wondering when we will all be able to see each other again?

All at the same time?

I miss you guys so much.

Love Krystle

P.S. Raise your hand if you like me.

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.