Our Christmas Part 1

New Coats! We had a great Christmas! Cody got lots of things for flying and I got lots of kitchen electronics :o)




After we started opening presents Christmas morning, we took an intermission when Kyle called. He is in North Carolina and he is doing great. He'll be home in April. It was so fun to talk to him. While we were waiting we gave Buster a present Chad and Allison got for him. He opened it all by himself- it was a bone! An indestructible one!






He ate the birds head? weird-



Cody always goes quail hunting with his dad when we are in Arizona. This year Buster tagged along, other than getting into some cactus he had a good time.

Our 2007 Newsletter

Merry Christmas!

This has been another year of many blessings for us. With our busy schedules we treasure any time we have together and time with friends and family. The slide show is just a few pictures of the memories we made in 2007. We went with Natalie’s family to Vegas in January and rode all the stratosphere rides. In February we got a chocolate lab puppy named Buster. He is a great stress relief and loves to play and go on morning runs with us. In June we spent a week playing in Wolf Creek and Midway, Utah with Cody’s family. We also visited the ocean in Washington, the cabin in Idaho and the 24th of July celebration in Snowflake. And although we will be in Arizona for Christmas, the song puts me in the Christmas spirit and has since my childhood.

Cody is almost done with his BS in Business Management at BYU. This is his last semester and he will officially graduate in April. Cody decided he just isn’t satisfied with a business degree, so he is pursuing a commercial pilot’s license! He got his private pilots license in September and loves airplanes and flying. He has been able to share this joy with our families and has taken them up to see the sights. His construction company has done well this year and keeps him busy. Cody has had some mishaps health wise this year and is hoping for better luck in 2008!

Natalie is in her 2nd year of Pharmacy School, and now officially half-way to being a Pharmacist. She is enjoying this year more as the focus is on the drugs, which considering the number of drugs has made this year more difficult also. She is often rewarded with Monday off after passing the every other Friday exam. Natalie is still working part time as an Intern at Costco Pharmacy along with school rotations at various pharmacies. She has being scrap booking a lot this year and this summer she and Cody planted a square foot garden which was quite successful and fun. She loves anything crafty enjoys reading and cooking when she gets a chance.

We want to you all to know that we love you and appreciate the blessing of your friendship. We wish you the very best for the holiday season and 2008!


With Love,

Cody and Natalie Kartchner

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LocalNews8.com Idaho Falls, Pocatello - Weather, News, Sports - Families Remember Plane Crash Victims

Plane Crash that will change my families lives

ksl.com - Missing plane found 25 miles northwest of Cedar City

Don't worry, it's not Cody. It's my Dad's Boss, Tom Sainsbury. He was in the plane along with their investors on the way to St. George. The found their bodies 30 ft from the plane crash, all dead. We are both pretty shaken up about it~ for obvious reasons. There is a video of the news cast on this page. The just found the bodies tonight, they don't know what happened. We are praying for Tom's family and for the jobs and lives of my family. Both my Brothers and my Dad and Uncle and Cousins worked for Tom, we aren't quite sure what will happen now.

Fringe!

My friend Stacey who does my hair talked me into fringe- a variation of bangs. It's new.. but I think it will grow on me. I was getting alittle bored and Stacey always does it so cute, but I have trouble re-creating it thereafter. My mom always wanted me to keep my bangs so she will like it. Cody thinks it is cute, and that is all that matters! Except they are in my eyes.. I guess pain is beauty..?

Busters 1st Birthday!!

Cody loves birthdays and thanks to him Buster even got a treat.
In February we got this sweet chocolate lab puppy that is now this huge dog. He is a great addition to our backyard. He loves us more than anything and whines at the backdoor when we get home until we come say hi. He has taught us a lot about accident prevention after chewing up almost everything he could possibly get his paws on including garden hoses, wire fencing, the stairs of our porch, the ignition button of the BBQ grill, more gardgen hoses and more stairs... He loves to play and run and has been a great stress relief through a hard year of school and work. He has been to Idaho and played with neighborhood dogs and in the lake at Natalie's parents house and he gets to go to Snowflake for Christmas!
This is a dog safe cake & frosting we made for him tonight. Before I could put it in front of him for a picture he knocked it out of my hands!! The whole thing took about a minute for him to devour. We thought the frosting on his nose was cute. Good Dog!

O' Christmas Tree

I got home from Washington and our house was all lit up! Apparently Cody put them up when it was snowing. This is him and Buster on Saturday night after our big snowstorm. We had a Jolly ol' time playing in the snow. I wanted to build a snowman but Buster made that quite a challenge! We decorated our tree a few weeks ago. It is our first life size tree. The last 2 years we have just had a mini. My parents get me an ornament every christmas, usually precious moments ones, so we had a few to put on our tree. Cody's favorite is an ornament with Santa in an airplane that says "Clear for landing" and the ice cream cone one too. We love Christmas and can't wait to be done with school.

Hilarious!

Best laugh in a long time- thanks Julie! You made a cute elf!
Everyone has to try this!!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1210225775

Here you go Kristin..

We ran into santa on fri night- we had a little girls night. I think Kristin and Nate should move to UT too!! Had to have alittle fun cuz I love Washington!

Goodbye Grandpa Muir

My Grandpa Muir passed away last Saturday. He died of cancer that caused multiple blood clots. His funeral was today. My cousins and I sung his favorite song "Did you think to pray." It was hard to get through it. My dad spoke and it is comforting to think that him and Pam are in heaven together. He was a great man and I have great memories to remember him by. The Military did the graveside service and the gun salute, and they gave my Grandma an American Flag. I am glad to be in Washington with my fam- but missing my hubby.

Hunting Dog

Jordan wanted to catch this Muskrat out of my parent's lake. Apparently it was eating all the fish. He shot it and not seconds later Buster was in the freezing cold lake, retrieving the dead muskrat. Buster was so proud, although he froze in the Rexburg cold. He is a smart dog- but we didn't know he was a real hunting dog!

She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy!

Ah, there is nothing like playing in the big sandbox with Tonka Trucks, on a little bit bigger scale.

Kartchner #27,883

The Census Bureau totalled all the last names in the US, and although there are always Kartchners that fill prescriptions at my pharmacy, we're not too common. We're #27,883 on the list! Smith is #1- go figure! There are 2 hispanic names in the top 10, Rodriguez and Garcia, they said on the news it is the first time that has ever happened- just an interesting fact!

Muir is #3,062- I used to be more famous I guess..

What's yours?
http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/freqnames2k.html
Click on "Sirnames occuring 100 or more times" link

Bowling Shoes!

Saturday night date! This face was an accident, my foot was up in the air too, but you can't see that. Codys had a stye in his left eye, so it is a little squinty in the pic.

This is Jason and Mckensie, they are a way cute couple! Cody and Jason were in the MTC together.

Check out these rental shoes! I was being alittle crazy this night. But I won the 2nd game!


The blog was alittle slow this week. I had a big test Friday and passed! So life is good! We had fun bowling w/ Jason and Mckenzie, we went and got dinner at Goodwood (very good) and had a Grandma's at Leatherbys. We have missed that place. We are excited for Thanksgiving and Christmas and can't wait to see our friends/family and eat! Hope everyone has a great feast for Thanksgiving.

tagged on the blog

So I got tagged by Julie and that means I have to think of 6 interesting things people don’t know about me… So here goes.

1. I have webbed toes. Yep, toes #2 and #3 are stuck together!! It is a genetic birth defect passed down from my aunt Pam and my mom’s aunt Joyce. My mom was going to have it fixed when I was little, but thankfully didn’t. I was made fun of so bad in Jr. high that I would hardly ever wear sandals, but in high school I learned to appreciate it, thanks to a boy I dated who loved it. It is fun to show people and see their reactions and to see the Chinese ladies at the nail place figure out how to get that thing in between my toes!! Now I can’t wait to see if it gets passed on to any of my children!
2. I hate swallowing medicine, any meds, liquid, tab or cap. Hate it! Some Pharmacist huh! Cody has heard me gag on more than one occasion. Sometimes even on your everyday IBU tabs! Vitamins reek, they’re always huge and have a bad aftertaste. I would much rather eat healthy than take them. No worries- I get them down, but not without a struggle.
3. I have been in school for going on 21 years. I have only taken 2 summers off, when we got married and between BYU and Pharmacy school. I have also always had at least 1 job, often more, consistently since my 16th birthday, when having an official job was legal. All the work will hopefully pay off next year when I have a Doctorate and even though I have a life ahead full of learning, No more school!
4. I became an Aunt at age 14, not just any aunt, a favorite Aunt. My nephews and my niece have been such a big part of my life since Jr. high. In high school when everyone had to carry around those fake babies for the weekend, I had the real deal. I love it when they fight over who gets to sit by me at dinner, or when they want to be just like me and Cody no matter what we are doing. I love them like my own kids and love seeing them and spoiling them.
5. My older sister was so mean to me growing up. We didn’t ever get along until the day she moved out. Now we have a lot in common and we are the best of friends. Here are some of the things I endured as a child. One time her friend and her peed in my retainer case then poured water in my bed so I thought I wet the bed. I remember her burning my forehead with a curling iron more than once. She hid my flute under the couch cushions and my dad sat on it and broke it. We camped in the backyard once and she told me my parents moved and I had been asleep for years and that there were werewolves outside the tent so I couldn’t go outside to see for myself. We used to fight over clothes so much; we’d rip them, steal them, and throw them back and forth. So although I never had an older brother, my sister sure taught me how to defend myself.
6. I lived in every dorm at BYU; DT, Helaman Halls and Heritage halls, moving rooms in between to get away from some crazy girls, then in 3 different apts before me and Cody got married. Cody and I lived in 2 different apts before buying a home. So in my 4 years of attending BYU I lived in over 10 places. Each time I moved I would load my little Honda up to the max and move all my junk. This makes me appreciate our home more than ever!

That was kind of fun, so I am now tagging Tara C., Holly K. and Cody!!

Another weekend of FLyiNG! Up UP aNd AwAY!

This weekend we decided to go on a short flight to Idaho to visit my fam. It was so fun- we took the 4-seater plane and flew to Rexburg! Cody is a very good pilot. We flew up through Provo canyon and continued on through the mtns, before we knew it we were in Pocatello. Cody even let me take the yoke. When we landed my fam was there waiting and the kids were so excited. Everyone wanted a ride and Cody was more than happy to take them up. The kids had fun and my Dad was excited to fly again. On the way back we hit alittle turbulence, but we flew back through Salt Lake airspace and got to talk on the radio a lot. We spotted all of the temples, our house and even Costco!! It was a good experience for Cody and so fun for me. Our goal one day is our own hangar and an airplane that seats 10! Now back to school and work and all that goes with it.

Vampires?

I do not know why Natalie is reading those vampire books, those people are scary! Watch... YouTube - Vampires: Is It Real?

pumpkins

What is Halloween without pumpkins? Even though I should be studing tonight Cody and I got creative with our pumpkins. My garden was quite plentiful this year and we had our own little pumpkin patch. Cody thinks he is a victim to my creativity- He told me I need kids to do that stuff with me- But I think he had fun. We did 4 pumpkins, carved 2, did a Lite-brite thing to 1(remember that toy?), and a vinyl face on the last one (which would be really good for someone not into carving). Next year maybe we'll have a pumpkin carving party. Hope everyone has a great halloween!

Festive activities

We dressed up last night for Ben's Halloween party...Guess what we were? Stick Figures!! It was so fun to walk the streets in the dark and see peoples reactions. Kinda scary to have this thing running right at you! We went to the Haunted Forest with Chad and Allison and they opened a new indoor part called the Psycho Manor- It was really good!! We got some good scares for sure. We are carving pumpkins and watching It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown tonight- Cody's favorite!

It is hard to do these costumes justice with a camera- so here is a light and a dark picture to give you an idea!

Snowday

Sunday morn we woke up to 2 inches of snow- Which was great because we only had to go to church. Cody went to church meetings while me and Buster enjoyed the snow. Buster was going crazy- It was so fun to throw his toy and see this big poof of white then have him run back all covered in snow! The neighbor girls made a big snowman, I was so jealous. I needed Cody for that tho, every time I would start to get a semi-big snowball Buster tackled me and ruined it. When church was over it was the prettiest day, Timp was covered in snow and the sky was so clear and blue.

Cruisin on a Harley

My Dad had dreamed of having a harley for years. It was so fun a few weekends ago to see him finally get one. He got a screaming eagle limited edition harley davidson. Now, I want my own harley, to go on rides through yellowstone with my fam. My Mom looked great in this leather harley davidson jacket. Crazy to have such wild parents, but they are fun and we love them. They deserve nothing less!!!

Buster Brown

What a good dog!!! Buster gets to be on the blog today. We neglet him far too much as it is, and since we have no children we find joy in other things, eachother and our dog. He spends most of his time on the back porch waiting for someone to open the door to his world. He loves to destory anything in and including our big backyard. But after all that mischeif, he is the best dog we could ever ask for. He loves our morning runs, sprinklers and his friends along the way. He rode the jet ski and swam with me in Idaho this summer, he loves the water and doesn't hesitate to jump right in. Best of all he loves us, loves to play and makes us so happy. Good Fella!!

Halloween Game

Turn your sound on if you can- Don't anybody get in trouble at work now! Cody got a score of 445- can you beat us?

Conference weekend & Eating!

Hello!
Cody's fam was in town this weekend. We had some fun times and had lots of inspiration from prophets and apostles. We also ate A LOT!!! I would be 10 lbs heavier if Cody's fam didn't run so much~ maybe only 5 lbs now! hehe. Anyways we ate at Tepanyaki, Gandolfos, Maggie Moos, Leatherbys, China Garden and the Bombay house. They were all very good!! We celebrated Cody's Dads birthday with a pumpkin ice cream cake. Eat and be merry!! Back to school and work and life tomorrow~ until next time.

UP UP AND AWAY!!!

We went on our first flight together today- first of many we hope. It was so fun to see the world from a different view. Cody did a few tricks just to hear me scream- it felt like a roller coaster, no wonder he loves to fly. We flew around spanish fork airport then flew to Lehi to get a sky view of our house, and we waved to Buster! Then we did a touch and go at Provo airport- flew by the Y and headed back to spanish airport, which was surprisingly close. Cody did some tricks and talked to Chad on the radio and we landed. Now we are back to the earthling view and all that goes with it.

Party Hardy!

So, you know we had to celebrate after Cody has been working so hard. I had to work Wed night after Cody took his test, I was way sad becuase I wanted to do something for him. I just so happened to get out of school early that day so I went home and decorated the house for Cody. He gets excited over the little things- Plus I got him a present, a book called "The History of Aviation." I found little airplanes and parachute men. I had all these fun ideas, but limited time and money. He loved it, and even waited to open the present until I got home. I am such a proud wife and I love to see Cody's eyes get all big and excited when somebody mentions airplanes!!!!

Private Pilot's license

Watch out all airplanes, birds and bugs. It is official- Cody is now a licensed pilot!!! We are so excited for his acheivement, he has been flying regularly for 4 months and has learned very well what is required of him. This is the perfect career for someone like Cody, he hates offices and business suits, but loves the weather and airplanes. We went on a test flight in May- It is very fun to be free in the air, with no traffic or "crazy woman drivers" (as my dad would say). So don't forget to congratulate him on his new wings. And if you are real nice or it is your birthday maybe you can fly with us!

Scrapbooking

This is my newest hobby, Cody might call it an obsession- but I think it is so fun. My mom and sister got way into scrapbooking, so I am kind of a tag-along but I love it. For beginners like me they sell kits, that come ready to put together. It is great! I love creating these pages and putting our pictures all over them. It is so much more fun than looking at a plain photo album. Plus you can journal them and write stories and date stamp them. So I now have scrapbooks that are almost done of me and Cody's life together. This is just practice really, by the time we have kids I will be a pro! For now it is just a hobby, something to keep me busier than I am already :o) But it is very fun to do with friends/family, so if anyone wants to join me... Here is a sample page, enjoy!

Blogging

So we did it, We have our very own blog. We aren't sure anyone will want to read what we have to say, but I am sure someone out there bored enough will check this out. So, a little about us:

Cody is from Snowflake, AZ. He served a mission in Connecticut. He is graduating from BYU in December in Business. However he decided recently that he loves airplanes and flying them is his passion in life. So, he will soon be getting his private pilots license and we will be free to "roam about the country." He wants to get his commercial license and has big plans for his future. Cody has a construction company with his brother, Chad. They do very good work and they have learned how to be good business owners. Cody loves BYU football, 4-wheeling and driving his truck, running, golfing and anything to do with airplanes.

Natalie is from Kent, WA. She graduated from BYU in Nutrition and is now in pharmacy school at The University of Southern Nevada in South Jordan, UT. She is in her 2nd year and can't wait to be done. She works as an intern at Costco Pharmacy and loves her job. Natalie enjoys scrapbooking, cooking/eating, shopping, hiking, camping, traveling, reading and working out.

Cody and Natalie met through a mutual friend in April of 2004 and were married in 2005 in the Bountiful, UT temple. We now live in Lehi with our dog Buster. We keep very busy but cherish weekends, friends and family that keep us sane.