Sunday, September 21, 2008

"Am I Related To You?"

Dunn Family Reunion of The Killer Summer 08


We road our Harley to Park City to participate in a make-shift family reunion on the Dunn side of the family. I don't remember the last time the Dunn family were all together in the same place at the same time! Most of my Dunn relatives are from Idaho so we don't see each other often, although most of them live in Utah but I have no idea where.


This little get together was to celebrate my Grandma Geane's birthday which was actually back in March but apparently not everyone remembered her birthday which in return possessed her to send this notorious letter to all guilty parties (me included):





As you can see from the card, my grandma is a very sarcastic person and needless to say she received a lot of attention from the letters which was exactly what she was going for. So here we are, some guilty some not, making up for the missed 75 year birthday of Grandma Geane.


Here is Grandma Geane and her much older husband, Dale, blowing out their candles. I guess all of Dale's grand kids call him on his birthday because they weren't there!


I don't think there was one person there that knew everyone else's name so I went around with my camera and asked everyone:


"Am I related to you?"


If the answer was yes, I got their name and took their picture. I am now posting all the pictures and corresponding names and relations in hopes that I will never forget my Dunn relatives again!


My "Cheesy" aunt Kathy (pun intended!) She is my dad's sister and ever since I was born my dad could not for the life of him keep our names straight! I know whenever he has recently talked to Kathy because he will start calling me Kathy instead of Kelly. He is so funny, I tease him all the time about it!



From right to left (ignoring my sister Lindee who ran into the picture at the last minute!) Kathy's husband Dan, Aunt Kathy, Kathy's son Heath and his Heath's girlfriend (I didn't get her name because she answered "No" to the "Am I related to you?" question.


My cousin Brooke, Kathy's daughter. And yes, my sister Lindee...again, but isn't she cute?!?!


Okay...right to left...it's just easier that way...My uncle Kim, my dad's older brother, the next guy is Britney's boyfriend and after him is Britney herself who is Kim's youngest daughter. Next to her is Travis, no Trevor (I think) Kim's youngest son.


There is one other cousin named Judd who didn't come to the reunion. He is Kim's middle son and I think he was my favorite out of all of them. When I was younger he used to make me laugh so hard and I always tagged along with him.


When I was living in Cedar City going to SUU I received a phone call from someone asking for Mandy. I explained that they had the wrong number and started flirting with the caller. We talked for a minute or two and I found out he was from Idaho so I told him I had family from Idaho. I proceeded to name off all my cousin's names and the caller was silent for a second before he said "Uh, I'm Judd, who is this?". Yeah, it was my cousin Judd I was flirting with!


Turns out that Grandma Geane had given him my phone number because he was in town and needed a place to stay except she told him the phone number belonged to his cousin Mandy, hello Grandma don't you remember my name? It's Kelly! Anyway, he and a friend ended up going to a concert with my roommates and I and sleeping over at our apartment, can we say awkward?


Hev, do you remember that?


This is my uncle Jared, my dad's youngest brother. I forced him to take his sunglasses off for the picture, I don't think he liked that!


So I think that's enough of the relatives for now...Here are some other pics from that fun day.


I love this picture! My bro Chad and his wife Amy and Amy's daughter Kelsi.


Me and my ever so handsome papa!


My baby sister chillin with her boyfriend.


We love each other sooooo much!


Lindee, shamefully trying to steal the umbrella from the pregnant woman!



Lin's son Logan, so innocent. You wouldn't have guessed that just a few seconds later he started yelling "SHIT" over and over again laughing harder each time he said it. Of course I had nothing to do with that!


Proof that Lance, Lindee's hubby, actually went to the reunion!


Proof that my husband beats me.


This was before I asked Albert what he thought of the reunion...


...and this is after!I think he loved it!

Friday, September 19, 2008

Roughing It

Lake Powell Trip of The Killer Summer 08



Lake Powell was fabulous! No communication with the outside world whatsoever which means I couldn't get any emails, calls, or texts on my phone so I missed all my conference calls at work but hey, there wasn't anything I could do about it!

A week of no work, what's that?

It's fabulous, that's what!

We went with the Silkman side of the family for our first bi-annual trip. This is a shot of the houseboat before we filled it up with all our gear. Yes, the guys were in heaven with the plasma TV. Talk about roughing it!


My favorite activity in Lake Powell is to lay out in the sun and read a book. Okay, and doing crossword puzzles, yes I know I am a nerd, my hubby reminds me everyday! But that's not the only thing we did.



We went wake boarding


Jet Skiin with the Hubby


Cookin Smores


Dressing up with Albert, aka Mr. Pooba



Winning (okay, losing) card games



Oh, and my second favorite, sleeping!


Now check out the cute family I married into!


My beautiful Mom-in-law. She took such good care of us, cooking, cleaning, doing laundary, and making sure we were always having a good time!



My Dad-in-law earned the name of "Anchor Man" because he was always making sure all the boats and wave runners were securely anchored down with his well thought out and complicated set up. I really appreciated him on this trip because a lot of things broke down and he was always right there fixing it so that everyone else did not have to worry and could enjoy the trip.


My adorable movie star niece Ava!


My two nephews Jaxon and Colin. I love these boys, they are so much fun. Our favorite thing to do together is play hide and seek, they could play all day if you'd let them!


My two cute sister-in-laws Rachael and Sharon laughing at a really funny joke I told. Just kidding, they were probably laughing at me! I love those two, they are so easy going and fun to talk to!


This is Clay my Brother-in-law Rachael's hubby playing with little Avers.


This is also Clay, I have no idea how he did that!


On the left is my Brother-in-law Brandon who is Sharon's hubby. This is my favorite picture of all three Silkman boys, they are pretty funny to watch when they all get together, they are so much alike.


My adorable cousin, Erin, whenever we are together we always end up painting our nails, I don't get to see her very often and I can't believe how grown up she is!



My other cousin, Colin and his friend Austin. These two are dare devils and kept us all laughing.


My favorite part about this picture is little Jaxon watching, can you find him?


My Aunt Jill is in the middle in yellow. She is so easy going and always willing to help everyone, I always enjoy talking with her.



And my absolute favorite person in the world, Albert!

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The Killer Summer 08

I'd like to update my blog with all my fabulous and exciting travels and adventures of The Killer Summer 08 so my next couple of posts will be doing just that. I'll try to make them short and sweet!


Vegas Trip of The Killer Summer 08


My cool and hip younger sister Mrs. Orr and her husband Mr. Orr had a wonderful idea of taking a trip to Vegas together. So Mr. Pooba and I packed our sexy Vegas attire and headed off for a weekend full of throw-your-worries-to-the-wind fun!


Check out our funky moves!


Nothin like spending the day at the "beach", we stayed at Mandalay Bay and they have real sand in thier swimming area so you feel like you really are on the beach!


My favorite ride in Vegas is at the Sahara, it's like a race car.


When in Vegas, you've got to get dressed up and go out on the town at least one of the nights you are there, so we did exactly that.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

To All Bloggers Of Which I Have Been Faithfully Blog Stocking: This Is For You!


Hi, this is Pooba. I'm a 27 year old female and have been married to my hubby for 7 years. No kids, 2 dogs, 2 gay kitties (example below) and lots of cold cereal.