I have great friends. One of these friends, Brandi was sad that I never had a birthday party for myself (my birthday is May 9^th). Well last Saturday I invited her and some other girlfriends and my sister over for a girls’ night. Everyone was supposed to come over around 7pm.

My sister came over early around 5pm. At about 6:30 Kelly left for the grocery store for miscellaneous stuff. Then he called at 6:45 to say the the belt on his truck broke and asked if I could bring him his tool box. I was a nice Katie and drove it down to Fred Meyer then drove back home. I opened the front door and all of my friends yelled, “SURPRISE!” They decorated the whole upstairs with birthday and teacher'ish banners. My Kelly was in on the whole thing and faked that the belt on his truck broke. It was pretty cool.

Here are some pictures from my “birthday” party.

That is my pretty, pretty princess birthday crown (on loan from Brandi).

They got me a barbie cake! When I was little I always wanted one. I finally got one when at 27. Dreams really do come true

Kelly and me with my hair in my face.

Me and Emily talking about something very important.

Me and my sister, Kelly.

Brandi and me.

Brandi, me and Emily. I think we are looking at different cameras…

Sunday, June 28, 2009 7:39:28 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Comments [1] Trackback

Happy Father’s Day to my dad and dad-in-law!

Sunday, June 21, 2009 10:21:55 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Comments [0] Trackback

Last Wednesday was my brother-in-law’s 25^th birthday. My mother-in-law made the best cake – EVER for him.

If you look closely your noticed the hand crafted monkey feet made from tootsie rolls. Soooo tasty!

Sunday, June 21, 2009 10:16:03 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Comments [0] Trackback

I was sitting on the couch in our basement and I heard Kelly grunt something I couldn’t quite understand from the downstairs bathroom.

“I just dropped a magazine I was about to read in the toilet.” He said.

I asked, “well, is it icky?”

“It’s soaking wet.”

“Um was there anything in the toilet except for water.”

He replied, “well, I had just peed in it.”

Ah, good times at the Keeton house.

Sunday, June 14, 2009 5:40:30 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Comments [0] Trackback

My cousin Christine and her now husband Greg got married last night at the Hansen Place in Sumner. The wedding and reception were beautiful and a lot of fun. I can’t wait to see the photographer’s pictures. These pictures are good (thank you for taking them Ken) but I don’t think they do the bride justice. She looked AMAZING last night and these pictures pale in comparison to the real thing.

Here are some pictures:

The beautiful bride.

Me, pinning my Uncle Dave’s boutinier on. I am very good at this now after pinning the entire wedding party, fathers and mothers.

My sister Kelly, the maid of honor walking down the aisle with the best man, Brian.

Christine’s dad, Dave walking her down the aisle.

The newly married couple.

The wedding cake with Wallace and Grommet-esque cake topper made by a friend.

Greg searching for Christine’s garter.

The kid that caught Christine’s garter.

The beautiful bride and me.

Greg’s sister Michelle and me. She is SO much fun! And I want her hair cut.

My parents and Christine’s parents dancing.

My sister’s boyfriend, Mac helping with bouquets.

My sister, Kelly and me. I love her bridesmaid dress. I already asked her if I could borrow it…

Me, figuring out how to put balloons on my sandwich board.

Ta dah! The sandwich board I made to help guests find the wedding.

The getaway car. The groom might not have been very excited about his car being decorated.

Sunday, June 14, 2009 2:54:34 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Comments [0] Trackback

I just got an email telling me where I’ll get to have my second our of three internships. I’ll be at Sunrise Elementary in the Kent School District (I was in the KSD). I’ll be in a first grade classroom. I’m SO excited! The best part is the school is only 2.2 miles from my house! I’ll start whenever school starts in the fall.

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 10:06:57 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Comments [0] Trackback

The time came for us to sell the goats. They had gotten out countless times and all of our blackberry brambles had been eaten up. I didn’t really want to put the goats up for sale on craigslist because I wouldn’t know for sure that they would be well cared for. Before I sold them however I drove them out to this nice girl in Enumclaw to trim their hooves, de-worm them and put flea medication on them so they would be in tip top shape. They did not enjoy this field trip. I however thought it was pretty fun driving around our ‘73 Ford Ranger with goats in the back in Enumclaw. I felt like a true country bumpkin – and it felt good.

It turns out that one of my dad’s coworkers owns a few acres that need to be cleared so on Thursday the guy came over and drove Carmel and Lulu to his home in Burien. He was a super nice guy that seemed concerned for the goats well fair. He actually called them, “little critters.” It was pretty cute.

Here are some parting photos Kelly took of me with my goat babies.

Feeding Carmel and Lulu their favorite snacks: carrots.

I am SO strong I can lift a whole goat.

Carmel was impatient and wanted her carrot NOW.

So the goats are linked together here with red rope.

I thought I could put the rope around me for fun.

My plan worked fine for a while…

I quickly realized that two goats are stronger than one Katie.

Goodbye goats! I miss you already!

Sunday, June 07, 2009 8:18:56 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Comments [0] Trackback