About Us

Welcome to The Kleiman Diaries! Our family blog about our life and finding joy in the journey! We are happy you stopped by and hope you will stay awhile! 

The Kleiman Family was established in October 2011!

Our story goes a little like this...

Jake and I grew up in the same small town in San Diego. Looking back now I see photos of us in popwarner. He is playing football and I am the cheerleader with a terrible hair doo! Unfortunately we met years later in year 2009 when Jake had returned from a church mission. He was working in California for the summer and we were hanging out with mutual friends. It was somewhat of "love at first sight" Jake was smitten with me ((how could he not be)) and I was smitten with him ((obviously- have you seen my husband?!?!)) Little did he know I had just gotten out of a semi serious relationship. I had recently been engaged and it was called off. At the moment I was heart broken but quickly realized it was the biggest blessing in my life. Jake and I became really good friends that summer and I felt a connection with him but I knew my heart was not in the best place. Jake was not going to give up so easy though. He asked me to his house for a home cooked dinner by him and sadly- I bailed! I cancelled at the last minute leaving him with food on the table and no one to eat it. 

Thankfully Jake is a forgiving man and understood but deep down I knew he was a little bitter about it. Summer ended and Jake headed back to Utah for school and we parted ways. Jake would come to visit California every so often and each time we would plan to see each other. It wasn't till years later that I realized what a mistake I had made in not pursing something with Jake when I had the chance. He was a dream in every way and each time I was with him my heart wanted more. One day after going on a date I told Jake how I felt. 

Jake was still in school and living in Utah at this time and he explained that he didn't want a long distance relationship. I felt like it was a kind way of saying "this is never going to happen" We continued to be friends and every once in awhile would text. I would tell him about the fabulous time I was having in California hoping he would miss the ocean a little and have a reason ((other than me)) to come back for awhile!

Shortly he made plans to work for his uncle in San Diego for the summer and that meant that we would be able to hangout! The day he told me he was moving out to San Diego was like Christmas! I remember shouting to my mom in Target! "JAKE IS MOVING BACK!" She had no idea why I was so ecstatic! 

Summer time finally came and Jake was in town. I decided long before this we were always just going to be "good friends" I knew my chances of being with Jake were far from none. As soon as we were together though feelings were developing and quickly. Jake would ask me out more and more to hangout and it was becoming harder for me to think of us as "just friends" I remember the day that he kissed me like it was yesterday. We had gone golfing that whole day with his dad and grandma and later on we went to a friends pool party. That night when he was walking me to my car he kissed me for the first time after so many dates, and so many years and soooo many moments prior that he could have kissed me but this was the time, THE MOMENT! 

I drove home with the hugest grin on my face thinking about it over and over. Shortly after I became his girl friend, then his fiance, and now his wife! 

Our love continues to grow each day! There is never a day that I am not grateful to have him in my life. It really is like a fairy tale come true. I am a sucker for a good love story and our love story will continue to be my favorite because it is forever.