Also in November, Tim and I made a very hard decision. We have made the decision to move back to Pennsylvania. Its a tough one... We have met such wonderful, amazing people here and have had such a spiritual awakening! I'm especially happy for Tim that he has come to know Christ. He's learning everyday and its been wonderful! We can't wait to continue to learn and grow in a new church back in PA. While we are leaving simply wonderful family and friends here, we are also excited to be back "home" and enjoy time with friends back there. Its a very bittersweet time for us, especially since the big move will happen right before Christmas. We'll definitely have a Christmas tree (when you're dad is in the "biz" you really have no excuse), but other than that and some presents underneath, I believe that will be the only decoration adorning our house this year. I will be heading back this week on my own for a few days to begin a new job. I am very excited to begin my new position and feel that it will be a great fit for me.
We are basically starting over again and have been given a second chance. Not many people get the chance to do it all over and we are blessed to be able to do so.
We will forever be grateful for the time we have been able to spend with my Mom, Larry, and Kyle. We had some awesome family time together! There were tough times, but overall it was a truly wonderful experience. We are SO blessed to have such an amazing family!
Stay tuned to see what's in store for the Klinger Family next!
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Where did the time go?!
In November we had the official opening of the Ritzy Roost, my mom's new upscale furniture consignment and merchant marketplace. I couldn't be more proud of my mom! She has wanted to be able to do this for a long time and finally realized her dream. The place looks absolutely amazing! I'm told that my pictures do not do it justice, so I'll just direct you to the Ritzy Roost website (www.theritzyroost.com) to check out the pictures there. Our friend Linda designed the website and has added the wonderful pictures. She's done such a great job!
Also in November we celebrated Tim's and my birthdays. For Tim's birthday, Larry scored us some fantastic tickets to the NASCAR race in Talladega. I am so happy that we got to go experience this racetrack. Especially for Tim, who has always wanted to go there! Below is me at the race. Its really the only picture we took. The cars were going MUCH to fast at this track to get any suitable pictures.
For MY birthday, my husband decided he would give me the gift that keeps on giving... a higher insurance premium! LOL! Unfortunately on my birthday morning, Tim was involved in a car accident downtown that resulted in thousands of dollars of damage and almost totaled my car. Eeek!
Needless to say, I will never forget this particular birthday!
Also in November we celebrated Tim's and my birthdays. For Tim's birthday, Larry scored us some fantastic tickets to the NASCAR race in Talladega. I am so happy that we got to go experience this racetrack. Especially for Tim, who has always wanted to go there! Below is me at the race. Its really the only picture we took. The cars were going MUCH to fast at this track to get any suitable pictures.
For MY birthday, my husband decided he would give me the gift that keeps on giving... a higher insurance premium! LOL! Unfortunately on my birthday morning, Tim was involved in a car accident downtown that resulted in thousands of dollars of damage and almost totaled my car. Eeek!
Needless to say, I will never forget this particular birthday!
Ghosts, and gobblins, and witches, Oh my!
In early October the boys were able to make a nice visit back to PA with my dad. Tim, Kyle and I drove the boys to Atlanta and met my dad who them took them back to PA for a long weekend. It was a whirlwind trip for them, but they loved riding their 4-wheelers and seeing their cousins Reese and Hank, as well as their buddy James. Not enough time to fit everyone in during this visit, but they had a great time!
Above is Chase and Kyle passed out in the car on the way to Atlanta. Only an hour drive for us, so I knew my dad was in for a long night of driving with 2 anxious boys in the car!
Here are the boys with Hames on their 4-wheelers during their trip. They just love the great outdoors!
It snowed while the boys were in Pennsylvania also. This was the first official snow fall of the year and it came in early October! Somewhere I have a very sweet picture of the boys outside in the snow in their underwear. If I could find it in the depths of my hard drive I would post it. Alas it is not meant to be. Ian and Chase would probably harm me in my sleep if I did post it anyway!
On October 3rd Tim, the boys, and I visited the Cotton Pickin Festival in Gay, Georiga. What an adorable town it is and such a scenic drive from LaGrange! We had a very nice time. It was very family oriented with a lot of activities for the kids to do and some great food as well!
Here is Chase tackling the rock climbing wall.
Really though, the only difference between a festival in Georgia and one back home is the food and the music. Here they serve a lot of biscuits and gravy and fried chicken, and back home they serve a lot of peirogies and monkey bread!
This is a picture of one of the many bands that played for the crowds.
And of course in October there was Halloween! Down here in the south Halloween is not such a big deal. The schools don't have Halloween parades or parties. There is trick or treating in various neighborhoods. But the trick or treating we attended was the one put on by the local businesses on the square downtown LaGrange. Our church, FLF, also participated. I honestly did not get any good pictures of the boys in their costumes. Ian was "Jason" and Chase was a pirate again this year. This year was the first time since the kiddos were born that we were able to do costumes on the cheap! Below is a picture of the girls from church, Deena, Tracie, and Judy handing out candy downtown.
It snowed while the boys were in Pennsylvania also. This was the first official snow fall of the year and it came in early October! Somewhere I have a very sweet picture of the boys outside in the snow in their underwear. If I could find it in the depths of my hard drive I would post it. Alas it is not meant to be. Ian and Chase would probably harm me in my sleep if I did post it anyway!
On October 3rd Tim, the boys, and I visited the Cotton Pickin Festival in Gay, Georiga. What an adorable town it is and such a scenic drive from LaGrange! We had a very nice time. It was very family oriented with a lot of activities for the kids to do and some great food as well!
Really though, the only difference between a festival in Georgia and one back home is the food and the music. Here they serve a lot of biscuits and gravy and fried chicken, and back home they serve a lot of peirogies and monkey bread!
And of course in October there was Halloween! Down here in the south Halloween is not such a big deal. The schools don't have Halloween parades or parties. There is trick or treating in various neighborhoods. But the trick or treating we attended was the one put on by the local businesses on the square downtown LaGrange. Our church, FLF, also participated. I honestly did not get any good pictures of the boys in their costumes. Ian was "Jason" and Chase was a pirate again this year. This year was the first time since the kiddos were born that we were able to do costumes on the cheap! Below is a picture of the girls from church, Deena, Tracie, and Judy handing out candy downtown.
We also had a lot of fun carving pumpkins before Halloween. This year I enlisted Tim to help with some non-traditional, "designer" pumpkins. He's so good at that kind of stuff and they turned out AWESOME! Just how I pictured them (or copied them from Country Living magazine, lol!)
Izzy was a big fan of the pumpkins as well!
Throughout October we continued work on the Ritzy Roost. Getting it ready for the big opening on November 1st! It is now up and running full steam ahead! It looks amazing! Check it out at www.theritzyroost.com
Long time comin
Well this post surely has been a long time comin! I have two entire months of catching up to do! I guess we should go back to September....Chase, my dad, and Larry all had birthdays in September. My dad and Larry share the same birthday, September 4th. On "Pop's" birthday we celebrated with dinner, ice cream cake, and some very special presents.
Here are Larry and Kyle posing with "Tiki Guy." Tiki Guy will move into his new home in the Tiki Hut out back by the pool this spring.
Chase's birthday was September 23rd and he woke up to find that the "birthday fairy" had arrived.
Ian and Chase also crafted Pop some special gifts out of clay. They had some much fun doing this! Here is Larry, Kyle, Ian and Chase posing with the "Pop" clay design.
My dad and Connie were able to come down for a visit right before his birthday. The boys had such a good time staying at the hotel with them for a few days and swimming in the pool and hot tub.
Chase's birthday was September 23rd and he woke up to find that the "birthday fairy" had arrived.
What a neat tradition we have started! Chase thought it was awesome of course and wanted to keep his birthday fairy balloons for weeks! That evening we had Chase's favorite dinner, Spaghetti, and mommy baked him his favorite cake, funfetti! Our friend and neighbor, Miss Sue, joined us for dinner that evening. Chase and Ian both just adore Miss Sue and she does them as well. The boys love to ride their bikes at her house because she has a nice slopping brick path leading from the bottom of her driveway across the back of her house and to the big pavilion in the backyard. So they start on their bikes or scooters at the top of the road and zoom down the driveway to the backyard. Such fun!
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