July started with a trip to Rapid City, SD for Darin’s 20th High School Reunion from Saint Martin’s Academy. It was a high school run by the Benedictine Order, but has since shut down. The school was in operation for many, many years and was recently purchased by the Rapid City Catholic Diocese which will keep the school and all of the surrounding area in good shape. We arrived on July 2nd to a beautiful day with perfect weather. After…
May and June have been fun months for us in Arizona. We’ve had two family birthdays (Naomi and Darin) and have had great time visiting with family and friends in Arizona and California. Rick and David are coming out at the end of June and we’re all going to the George Michael concert here in Phoenix as a gift for Kisha and Rick who went to his concert when they were teenagers in Chicago. It should be a fun and…
2008 is flying by… In March we had family visiting from North Dakota, Indiana and Washington state. We went golfing, to dinner at a local German restaurant and had a super time visiting with each other. It is always so wonderful to spend time with family. We also had our 2 week GAPP student visiting from Germany. Her name is Stephanie and she is from near Nurnburg in Germany. She is a wonderful person and we had a great time…
The year continues to move forward as we work and play. I’m working part time for eTools Learning, but am still looking for a permanent position at a local company. It has been almost a decade since I had to go through the interview process so going through this again has been a challenge. Since the last update we’ve been to Las Vegas and Los Angeles to have fun, relax and visit friends. We stayed at the Palazzo Suites at…
This Thanksgiving holiday weekend we flew up to Indianapolis to spend time with the family. Everyone in the Klein family made an appearance this year so it was very special. The Seattle Kleins and the Phoenix Kleins ( + Julia) and all of the Indiana Kleins had a great time together reminiscing, eating and playing games. The weather was typical November Indiana, but wasn’t too bad for us thin-blooded Phoenicians. We fixed computers and got a new phone for Dad…
November started with a great trip to Las Vegas with our exchange student Julia from Germany and her friend Asa (Osa) who is also an exchange student visiting from Norway. We stayed at a great place called the Meridian Suites about a block off the strip right south of Caesar’s Palace on E. Flamingo (250 to be exact). Very luxurious accommodations at an affordable (for Vegas) price. Prior to leaving for Las Vegas on the 2nd of November we received…
Well, here’s a long over due update. In August our exchange student arrived for the school year. It’s Julia! She was our 2 week GAP student a couple years ago, but loved AZ so much she worked hard to find a way back to spend more time in the US. We are lucky enough to be her parents for this school year. Julia’s first weekend in the states began with a 6 hour drive to Los Angeles to spend time…
Kisha’s last semester as a teacher couldn’t end fast enough for me (Darin). I know that Kisha loved teaching German and was the best at it, but the way that teachers are treated makes me wonder why anyone would do it. The one thing that all public school teachers should have is tax free living from both state and federal. This would allow them to have a better life and less stress. How much would that take out of our…
April began with a quack as four duck splash landed in our pool in a mating ritual that ended with two males flying off alone and one lucky male meeting the love of his life. Kisha turned the big 36 in April and we celebrated her birthday for a few days which culminated at our favorite Indian restaurant (Pasand) and then to “Cosmic” bowling at a nearby alley. We had a super time and we were actually able to surprise…
In March we went to Hawaii for Jim and Crystal’s wedding. It was a great trip and you can read all about it here. If you have pictures from the wedding and you’d like them included in a DVD I’m putting together for them please use Picasa to upload the photos so that I can download the full size picture. Oh, and don’t forget to send me the links – please use my gmail account for that. We went skiing…