Kim and Matt

2010-06-07T15:13:00.000-07:00

MOVING UPDATE!!!

Well our last day at this Walmart is on friday. Then we are going to spend some time with Matt's family before we have to leave and then we will head out. We have decided that this time we are going to go through Wyoming, Utah, Idaho and Iowa. I tried to talk Matt into going through Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah and Idaho. But I can't talk him into going that way.

I have got put down to part time when I got to this Walmart and I had no idea it was part time. The manager made it sound like it was full time. So now with them doing that I have lost all my benefits except medical. I am so mad. I even lost my vacation and everything even though I have been with the company for 7 years. So when I go back to Montana I am still going to part time so I have decided that I am going to go back to school.

That is the gist of our crazy life right now.

2010-05-28T20:06:00.000-07:00

Another Move......UGH!!!

Well the condo association came back and said we cannot live at Grandma's condo. They said we are monetary renters and that we are not immediate family to Matt's Grandma. However, if a Grand kid owned the place then a Grandparent would be immediate family. Who knows it is one of there dumb rules.

So... it is back to Montana we go. We will head out in June and come back around August and pick up our stuff at Matt's parent's house.

2010-05-15T09:16:00.000-07:00

The Big Move

Well we finally made it to Palos Hills, IL which outside Chicago.

Let me tell you Matt and I have had the biggest journey and we have ran into so many problems.

It all started the day that we picked up the trailer and like our last two moves it had to snow. What a given but this time I mean it really snowed....ALL DAY!!!!

With all the bad weather Matt and I decided to wait one more day to leave so hopefully the roads would be better.

We were so sad to leave Montana. We will miss all the friends we have made and everyone we work with. We will miss the mountains and the outdoors. Also everything the west has to offer.

Our first day on our trip everything was going real good until we got just out of Sheridan, WY when Matt's blazer started smoking. We pulled over and Matt thought his rear differential leaking. That is not good cause it can be lots of money. We made it to Sheridan and the only people we could find to help us was a traveling fix it truck. Come to find out Matt had changed some kind of oil underneath his car and he did not put the cap on all the way so it fell out and it started leaking. Not as bad as what we thought but for a $2 part and some $14 oil it costed us $200. We did make it to our destination that night which was Gillette, WY.

The second day everything is going well except for the crappy weather we ran into on our way to South Dakota. Everything is going well after we make out of the bad weather. We stayed the night some where I just don't remember where obviously I was pretty dang tired.

The third day we get to Sioux Falls and our luck ran out when we got pulled over because Matt did not have a front licence plate on his blazer. We finally make it to Madison, WI. We stayed in the crappiest hotel, I felt like I had bugs crawling me all night.

The fourth day we finally made it to our final destination PALOS HILLS. YEAH I did not want to travel anymore. We get to Matt's Grandpa's condo. With no one living there for like 3 years it needed some cleaning. 2 days after we are getting settled we discover a wet spot on the carpet and come to find out the dishwasher is leaking. We have to hurry and move everything so we can try to get everything taken care of. We got everything taken care of but there is a mildewy smell in our Condo and it is taken me forever to get rid of the smell.

We started working at the Hodgkin's Walmart three days after we rolled into town and man they do things so different and everything is so different. We realize things are going to take time for us to get used to everything. However but our third day of working there I had gone home in tears and Matt had come home pissed off. We definitely hate this Walmart and we are so ready to transfer and we are questioning why we moved out here cause we really aren't saving a whole lot of money for Matt to go flying.

Our weekend finally came at work and Matt and are ready to go to the city for date. Nope we can't do that cause we received a letter from the board of the Condos saying that no one can live in the condos without the owner living there unless you are spouse, grandparent, son, daughter, mother or father of the owner. So now we get to fight the board on this matter but it is all up to them if we get to stay here or not. If it is a no then we have to head back west.

So as you can see we have a lot of drama and we feel like our lives have been on a soap opera. We will keep you posted on what else happens.

2010-03-27T15:11:00.000-07:00

March 2010!!!
Well March has been a busy month. Matt and I went to Utah and visited my parents, grandparents, and my sister and her family. While we were in Utah we found out that my Grandpa had to have surgery on his tong cause he had cancer on it. Visiting my parents was nice. It had been a long time since I had gone to there house and stayed. We went back to my sister's house and stayed a night and then we had to be on a plane the next morning to fly to Chicago. When we got to Chicago Matt's sister was in the hospital. Then we are not having much luck with the move, so now we have to come up with a plan B and we better come up with a plan C just in case. We spent most of the visit cleaning Matt's old bedroom. Not a very fun vacation. We did go to the Zoo one day with Matt's sister and her family. That was a lot of fun. After Chicago we flew back to Utah. We had the opportunity to see by brother and see his new house. It is very nice. I am happy for my brother. We got to spend time with the kids. They are getting so big. We went back home the day after we flew back into Utah. On our way home we got pulled over outside West Yellowstone because they claimed "Matt ran them off the road." Matt did run anyone off the road, the cop gave us a ticket because of what the other person said and she had to go "98" to catch up to us, because hey she was about 6 miles behind us when we passed her as she had another car pulled over. So as I say again we did not have a pleasant vacation.

2010-02-24T06:52:00.000-08:00

Well we did not do much for Valentine's Day. Matt had to work and I had to work early the next day. I did make us a nice pot roast dinner. Other than that, that is all we did. Maybe next year we will both have the day off. We will see.

2010-02-07T10:21:00.000-08:00

Well I can't believe I am already 27.
Another year has come and gone before my eyes.
Matt and I did not get to do much for my birthday;
however we did go try a new restaurant in Belgrade. It was OK.
The good was not the greatest in my opinon but of course they messed
up my order.
We met up with Geoff and he came out with us.

I can't believe January is already done as well. Only a couple
of more months until we move!! I am so excited. Hopefully everything
works and we are able to move. Matt and I are both ready.

2010-01-17T13:01:00.000-08:00

Game Night!!!!

The Game is RISK!!!

Object to take over the world!!!

We had our friend Geoff over for game night.

We had a blast and Geoff kicked our butts.

Oh well next time I will win.

Matt and Me

Geoff

2010-01-17T12:51:00.000-08:00

MATT TURNS 22!!!!

Well Matt turned 22 on the 4th of January!

We went to Outback for his birthday! It was ok.

Then we went home and we played Mario Cart!!!

I am determined to open all the worlds and get in 1st place on the worlds.

Then we had some Pumpkin Cake. His favorite!!

I tried to spell out Happy B-Day with M&M's!!

Not a success.

playing Mario Cart on the Wii.

Me and Matt Before Outback

2010-01-15T06:10:00.000-08:00

Well Happy 2010!!! We did not do anything excitting at our house this year. When you have to work really early in the morning you just want to go to bed. Well we hope everyone had a great New Year and we wish the best.

2009-12-27T16:55:00.000-08:00

Well the holidays are just about over now we just have the new year's to come!! I actually get New Year's off this year. Yeah!!! Poor Matt has to work but he had Thanksgiving off. We had a good thanksgiving and christmas this year. My parent's and brother still have not got their gifts, so I hope they get them soon. We are ready to bring in the new year!!! That is about all the new things happening at our house. We are pretty boring and kind of home bodies. Matt finished the semester and passed all his classes except one he will take again in the Fall.

2009-11-04T12:35:00.001-08:00

Well fall is coming to an end. Good thing cause this fall was very rough for our household. 1st Matt dropped a car at work and ruined the oil pan. Then Matt Sprained his foot at work. All the same work week. Then Matt and his friend Geoff went to go hunting. When they left the house it was already dark and it was snowing. I warned the boys that it was going to be cold and a lot more snowier in the moutains. But they went along anyway. Then about 1 in the morning I got a call from Matt saying that 1. he slipped of the road a little and his car got a good scratch on it from a post and 2. he was cold and last but not least 3. that he had slipped while digging a hole for a fire and he had lost his wedding ring. All he wanted to do was come home and that they did very fast. Matt felt so bad about losing his ring he went back to look for his ring 3 times with a metal detector in hand. We have had a very interesting fall. Maybe the winter will be better.

2009-11-04T12:31:00.000-08:00

Well HALLOWEEN came and gone already I can't believe the year has gone by so fast. Matt and I both had to work but I did dress up. I was not the 50's girl again, I was a nurse. I bend down to much at work and so the 50's girl was not really a good costume to wear to work. After work I went home and handed out halloween candy all night it was ineresting to everyone's costume's. Some people are very inventive.

2009-11-04T12:18:00.001-08:00

Karly's 6th Birthday

Well Matt and I were able to go down to Karly's

6th birthday party. We had to dress up for the party cause it was

a halloween party. Matt wanted to be a gorrilla but I said no

cause it was to hairy. So we found a monkey for him,

Matt loves monkey's they are his favorite animals.

I was a 50's girl. I wanted to be an 80's girl but I could not get the look down.

We had so much fun and it was good to see family.

2009-10-03T17:55:00.000-07:00

What a crazy week and half it has been especially for Matt. First at work he was getting ready to jack someone's car up to change his tires and he was jacking up the car something shifted and the jack went through the guys oil pan.

Then a couple of days later Matt slipped on the ladder that they have in the pit and he sprained his foot. He just got off his crutches today thank goodness he only was out for a couple of days and only on the crutches for a week.

Now I must add what happened to FALL!!!! It went from short sleeve to coat weather overnight we already got snow. There was no Fall. It is cold and they say it is going to snow again tomarrow.

2009-09-15T15:27:00.000-07:00

Homebound Montana!!!!

Besides Montana and Illinois we drove through 3 other states before we made it home.

We drove through Wisconson, Minnesota, and North Dakota.

We had so much fun coming back as well. There is so much to see and do.

Matt and I decided that some of these place we are going to have to revisit because we did not have enough time to see everything.

Wisconson there is so much to do there. We stopped at the Wisconson Dells which is just a big amusemnet and water park. It is just massive and it is the size of town like Bozeman, MT. I definaltly want to go back we did get to see the Top Secret place. Also Wisconson was one of the hardest places to find a state shot glass. For those of you who don't know I collect state shot glasses. I do collect random cute ones as well but I mostly collect the state ones. We finally did find a state shot glass at the last gas station in the state.

We finally got to Minnesota and we decided to stay in Minnapolis so we could go see the Mall of America the next day. What a neat city there was so much to do there we did not get to see. The Mall of America is huge when we thought we had cleared one level we moved to the next floor but when we looked outside there were all these other shops we did not see. They also have a Nickalodeon Universe with a ton of rides in it. There is really something for everyone to do there. May I advise you as well dress comfy and where tennis shoes cause your feet will be dying before you get done. After the mall we were back on the road again to North Dakota.

When we got to North Dakota we stayed in Fargo. There was tons of things to do in Fargo. We didn't get a chance to see everything there as well. We did see the Fargo Air Museum, Walk of Fame, and Bonanzaville. After we got done in Fargo we headed for home.

Next came great old Montana. I have deicede this was the longest part of our trip. Not the whole state but between Miles City and Billings there is absolutly nothing for like 140 miles. It is the boringest stretch of road I really ever been on so far. When we got to Billings it felt like we had been driving for like 5 hours on that stretch of road but we only drove for like 2. We eventually decided to stay the night in Billings even though we were only like an hour and half away from home.

We saw an in North Dakota and we also saw a tiny town called

"Home on the Range."

Bonanzaville is an old time town that has all this old stuff from the past from telephones, guns, books, automobiles, a church, school and houses. It makes you feel like you are in the western days or your like on that show Bonanzaville.

Walk of Fame

Barney's foot prints.

I am a huge Vikings fan and here is a store of just Viking stuff

this place was awsome and Matt was daring and wore a Bear's jersey in the store with me.

We met Dora the Explorer

Matt getting off the Fairly Odd Parents ride

at he Nickelodeon Universe

Matt with Lego's in the Mall of America

They even had a Target furniture store across the street.

Huge 2 story Target in Minnapolis

Matt age "21" with a plane numbered "21" at

the Fargo Air Museum

The LUCKY gas station in Wisconson where I got my shot glass.

Top Secret!!!!

The white house blown up and flipped upside down.

2009-09-13T10:50:00.000-07:00

So as I was reading our blog to Matt last night I was wrong about the location of the Mississippi River. It is on the border of Iowa and Illinois.

2009-09-13T10:24:00.000-07:00

CHICAGO

While we were in chicago we went with my family to the Navy Pier.

We took the train to the city and when we got to the city we took

the bus to the Pier. I think this was the kid's first time taking the train and bus.

There are so many things that you can do on the pier. It over looks Lake Michigan and

from Lake Michigan weither you are on a boat or in the air there is an amazing view

of the city skyline.

The kids on a Thomas the train ride at the Pier
A Light house on Lake Michigan

The name of the boat company that we took the

tour from.

Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier

My wonderful Mother on the boat

My Dad and Matt on the train

My sister and her family on the bus

2009-09-12T16:50:00.000-07:00

Chicago Bound

Matt and I got married on Saturday and Monday we hit the road for

Chicago. We drove through 3 states not including Utah and Illinois before

we got to Chicago; Wyoming, Nebraska, and Iowa. We made one stop to eat in

Cheynne, Wyoming.

Wyoming was the slowest state to drive through cause literally they

had construction from the time we entered state until we left the state.

There was only maybe 15 miles of highway where we did not have construction.

We finally made it into Nebraska and just when we thougth we'd have a

break from all the construction at least for like 10 miles we ran into construction

in Nebraska. We finally made to Ogallala, Nebraka where we decided to stay the night.

Now Ogallala was a nice small town but I have never seen so many black bugs in

my life all over the place. The were everywhere. We decided to stop in

North Platte, Nebraska to see some the sights the town had to offer.

We saw a Railroad museum, we drove over one of the biggest

railroad yards in the U.S., we saw Buffalo Bill's house, and we saw

the 2oth Centrey Vetren's memorial. Our last stop in Nebraska was

Lincoln where we stop and ate at Cracker Barrell.

As we were on the border of Nebraska and Iowa we saw the Mississippi River

that thing is huge. We decided we were going to sleep in Des Moines but when we got there

all of the rooms were booked in the area and the closest place that we could

find a room was in Newton, Iowa which was another hour, hour and a half away.

We finally maded it to Homer Glen, IL the next day which is for those of you who don't know is where Matt is from.

Mississippi River

Mmm.... Cracker Barrell.

The Memorial

This was such an amazing place to visit they have great

display to honor the men and women of armed services and that

have fought for our country. I am so proud to be part of this country.

I am so thankful for all the men and women who have and are serving in

our armed services to protect this great contry we live in.

The Legandary house. The property was so big and the house was to.

The tourist guide said a lot of the stuff in the house is donated cause a few

years back someone vandelized a lot of the stuff in the home.

The Legandary Buffalo's

The Legandary Buffalo Bill

I had to take a picture of this cause it brought back

childhood memories and seeing all my Dad's Safety First stuff he had for work.

I was so afraid to get on this train I am afraid of heights and bees

and it was high and there were lots of bees.

The Railroad Museum

The Long Construction!!!!

2009-09-12T12:51:00.000-07:00

The Chicago Reception

We had a lot of fun at the reception in chicago.

Like in Utah we had problems with the radio in

Chicago. Only instead of skipping the stero broke.

As soon as we found a stero that works we were able

to dance. Matt and I had our 1st dance; well it would the

1st dance in Chicago, but technically the 2nd dance as a married

couple. Matt's cousin Grace danced with us and she had to dance

with both of us at the same time. When Matt had disappeared for a

second she kept looking for him to dance with us again, but we found my

niece Karly and Grace, Karly and I danced.

It was so nice to see Matt's realatives again.

It was nice as well to have my family come to Chicago and for

Matt's family to make it to Utah.

We greatly appreiciate everyone's help to help make are

wedding a success!!!

We love you all!!!!

2009-08-24T10:21:00.000-07:00

Our Wedding Day

Matthew and Kimberley Rehr

August 1, 2009

The Cake--

I will, I can, I have, I Do

The rings with my bouquet

The Rehr's
Granpa Harry, Jeannine, Dennis, Matt, Kim, Kelly, Denise, Gavin, and Matt

The Fordham's
Grandma and Grandpa Mecham, Michael. Kris, Jennifer, Kim, Jaxon, Matt, Dad, Mom, Carson, and Karly

Ring bearers and flower girl

2009-06-13T17:52:00.000-07:00

Bridal Shower in Springville
My sister threw me another bridal shower in Springville. We had a lot of fun. It was also good to see everyone here as well.

A blanket my Mom and Sister made me. I love blankets that people make than buying them.

2009-06-13T17:40:00.000-07:00

Carson's Baptism

I can't believe Carson is already 8. It seems like he was just learning to walk. Time sure does flyby. I am so proud of Carson. He is one of the best nephew's an Aunt could ask for.

Everyone at the church after the Baptisim.

2009-06-13T17:01:00.000-07:00

Bridal Shower at Mom's

Oh Thursday June 4th I had a bridal shower that

was held at my Mom's house for all the relatives. It was a

lot of fun and really good to see everyone. I miss my family

and I am very blessed to have them as my relatives.

My Aunt Mairiam and her girls Jolene and Mashell and

Mashell's daughter McKelle

Some of the family talking.

My Aunt Neoma, Mom, Cousin Nikki, Aunt Shauna,

Aunt Gaye, and Cousin Julie.

Me and my Aunt Neoma and some towels she gave me.

2009-06-13T05:11:00.000-07:00

Bridal Pictures!!!

Here are a few of my bridal pictures!!!

The my sister found an ad for

Ashlee Elizabeth Photography and I chose

her to to take my Bridals and my wedding photos.

I can't wait till the big day comes and for Matt and I to

share the rest of our lives together. I loved the red door,

the orchard and me blowing the dandylion. She got really creative and had fun ideas.

2009-05-29T21:50:00.000-07:00

It is finally here....

It only took 3 months but we FINALLY

Got our new couch and loveseat.

That was the longest wait EVER!!!

2009-05-29T21:36:00.000-07:00

Our Old Apartment

This is Building 623 A-D at the Moutain View Apartments in Bozeman MT. This is the Building Matt and I were in.

This was the first place that Matt and I called home

together.

Number 623 A was our apartment

number. These were good apartments

but expensive and small.

This was right before we had to go drop off the

keys to our old place.

2009-04-25T23:15:00.000-07:00

I went to Springville in March to get some stuff done for the wedding. While I was down there we ate at Cracker Barrell. I Love Cracker Barrell it is one of my favorite resturants.

We could not miss Jaxon with is new hair cut!!!

I always enjoy seeing my family. I miss them a lot and I can't wait to move back to Utah someday.

2009-04-25T22:57:00.000-07:00

I finally got a picture of Coldstone this is where Matt proposed to me. He put the rings on the straw of my shake and gave me my shake and my rings were on top. I don't know who was more suprised me or the guy at the counter. Matt and love to go to Coldstone especially in the summer time. We love to talk a walk down there and get some ice cream.

2009-04-25T22:40:00.000-07:00

Easter Time!!!!

This year easter was on April 11, 2009. Matt and I decided we wanted to something different for a date night so we decided to paint easter eggs.

We had 5 different colors to choose from. We decided to even mix the colors on the egg. We also tied died the eggs. I think I wore more of the die than the eggs did.

We had these cute little face stickers and I decied to make one of my eggs into a bee.

Matt made this cute egg that says Matt Rehr loves Kim Fordham. It was cute.

This was our end results!! We had a lot of fun!! And it was fun to spend time together.

2009-03-07T09:29:00.000-08:00

Out of all of Matt's and I's engagement pictures this picture is probably my favorite of us.

Matt and I decided to som pictures in our favorite baseball team hoodies. He likes the Cubs I like the Cardinals.During football it is fun around our house to. He likes the Bears I like the Vikings. We just love each others rivaling teams.

2008-09-18T18:19:00.000-07:00

Matt on the motorcycle in the museum. People in other countries ride those motorcycles around and sell cassette tapes.

Me on our way to the museum we walked by this foutain; at the time it was not running when we saw it because it was to cold to run it.

Windy Chicago is a big boat we saw when we went to the Pier on Lake Michigan.

Me and Matt when we went to Chicago in April. This is us on the train on our way into Chicago to go see the Museum.

2008-09-15T19:24:00.000-07:00

Me and Matt on on our way to Billings, MT to go see Sugarland. They gave an awsome show and I recommend to anyone that likes them to go see them.