rainless winter

Oh the joys of a semester!

The homework load is in full gear for the both of us. I'm glad to be in my Senior Seminar part 1 of 2 class because it means the end is in sight. My classes this semester are so interesting and I have loved learning in them. It feels like our busiest semester yet but maybe we're just on opposite schedules. It's been hard to balance school and work because it doesn't seem like there are enough hours in the day.

Boy, have we had a rainless winter! It feels like summer has lasted all the way through January. Even though I am sure mother nature Hawaii is suffering from a drought, it sure has made nice beach days and bonfire nights for us. This picture is of a bonfire we recently had with the Nelson's and Onkes's. I loved the moon refelcting on the water!

Cameron usually wakes up earlier than I do and the other morning he decided to catch this beautiful sunrise from the front window. Nice work Cameron!

We had a great weekend full of the beach and relaxing. Cameron surfed while I laid in the sun and after we got some burgers at Kahuku Grill... pretty good!

We ended off the day with a very intense BYUH basketball game. If you were there, you would know.

Thanksgiving 2009

This year for thanksgiving we had such a treat! My family came out to stay with us. We had a great time with them when we didn't have class. Thanksgiving dinner was a hit! Mom, Courtney and I cooked while the boys surfed. It was delicious and we had lots of leftovers-- so many that I don't think I can eat turkey again for another year, at least! We saw a movie, The Blind Side, after dinner which was excellent.

It was fun to celebrate my brother Chase's 10th birthday!

I requested that everyone wore birthday hats.

We had such a great time with them and goodbye wasn't too hard because Christmas vacation follows 3 weeks after!

After they left, Cameron and I put up the Christmas tree! We couldn't wait for the Christmas season to start.

malasadas

It is so funny to see the huge smile that comes across Cameron's face when he comes up to this little red and white striped truck.



The smile was probably a combination of his 5 hours of good surf that day and the malasadas.

Beast to the Beauty

3 years ago... I owed my parents some manual labor and so they forced me to learn how to antique furniture. How grateful I am for that! They had a bedroom set that was a "honey" outdated wood look and decided they would let me mess around with their furniture.

I ended up loving it and finished 2 large dressers, a head board, and two nightstand drawers. I wanted to do more but just never got around to it.

Recently... I saw a $10 sturdy, solid wood chair on craigslist and figured I could do a little something with it for fun.

Bought $3 of fabric and gave it a little love...

We had it around our house for a little bit, we really liked it and we were thinking about keeping it but...

I sold it tonight for $40 via craigslist. Sweeeet.

Birthday cakes, candy, and s'mores!

I guess I have been MIA for a month in the blog. We both have been so busy but having lots of fun as we go! We've had midterms (not so much fun), our parents visiting, our calling... we've been some very busy people.



As always, we love it when Shannon and Allan come to visit!


It was Shannon's birthday and it was so fun to celebrate with her!


Cameron and Allan got in some good surf...
We were able to take some time out from our studies to enjoy the island with them.




After the Rondo's left, it was Halloween time!
Cameron and I love our calling and had a great time throwing the Ward Halloween Party!





Once it was finally Halloween day, Cameron and I were pooped! We enjoyed the day going to the beach and then finishing it off with bowling and a bonfire.

The only picture of bowling that we got was me with the cheating ramp.

It worked like a charm.


Bonfire with Onkes and Kolbs


Mike & Katie


Steve & Jenny
Steve told some awesome ghost stories to get us in the Halloween mood! "SNAP!"


Cameron & me


We had yummy s'mores and rees'mores (reeses + s'mores) and some other friends joined the bonfire later.


Cameron really enjoyed his burnt marshmallow s'mores. (notice marshmallows on lips)

What a fun Halloween!

lingering longer

Oh Jeanne.
Today she sends me an email saying that this would be her kind of Barbie.
haha... she's funny.
A few weeks ago I came into work and she told me she tried to trim off an inch of her long gray hair (because I refused to do it for her). When she showed me what she did I saw about six inches cut off in a completely diagonal line. I tried not to laugh and she realized previous to our conversation that she thought she trimmed off too much. Luckily her hair is usually pinned up in a clip and the diagonal hairdo remains hidden.
I feel like a hypocrite because I keep saying we're going to move out but... we're staying. Once again, things worked out perfectly and my classes were changed for Winter and now create the perfect working schedule to stay there. Unless my schedule changes from now until registration, we're planning on staying a while.

A week in San Diego