fall semester

This weekend was really fun. Friday I had school, catered, went to the beach with friends, and hung out with alex. Saturday I went into town w/ alex and we went on a sailboat ride. It was SO fun! I love sailing!! I don't have the pics from it yet, but I will post them once I do. Then at night we went to foodfest, which is my favorite school activity ever! The clubs at our school each have a booth where they sell food. Since our school has people from so many different countries, the food is very different and SO good! We got roti w/ chicken and potato curry from the Fijian club. Then we had crepes w/ ice cream, strawberries, bananas, and whipped cream for dessert. It was amazing! While we were eating, there was a reggae band playing that was really good. I am so thankful to live in Hawaii and to go to such an awesome school. It is the best school ever! I love being able to meet, be friends with, and learn from people from all around the world. I am so blessed!

Here are a few pictures of my car and bike in Hawaii. I just got this car a few days ago and now I have to sell old rusty ):  Even though everyone makes fun of it, I love this car and it has been the perfect north shore car for 2 years! Unfortunately, it has also been unregistered and unable to pass the safety check for 2 years. Maybe this is because the windshield wipers don't work, so I have to pull over and wait or stick my head out the window to see whenever it rains (which is at least once a day). Or maybe because the hood is held down by a bungee-cord. These are just a few of the quirks of the car. Anyways, I have been pulled over by cops at least 10 times and never gotten a ticket, until a week ago, so I had to find something new. Old rusty has driven me to north shore a million times in the past two year and has been filled with tons of friends, sur

fboards, and sand and it will be sad to say goodbye to my first hawaii car!!

I also posted some pictures of my bike. The first one is before I painted it and the second one is after. 

at waimea w/ alex (last week)

new car
new and old car
Before:
After:

back on the island

I got back to Hawaii Monday afternoon! The first thing I did when I got back was go surfing!!! My friend Drew and I went out to goats. It is a long paddle out there and my arms were definitely not ready to paddle that far! I had to hold on to Drew's leash part of the time so he could pull me out there! Once we got out there it was so much fun! It felt so good to be back out in the water. 

The other days I have been here I have gone surfing everyday, relaxed at the beach a ton, met up with friends, and gone to the school to get my classes and books figured out. Yesterday my friend Lindsey and I rode bikes down to the north shore. It only took us about an hour to get down there. We have done this a few times, when there are no waves to surf. When we got down there we hung out at Sunset. Then we got acai bowls at Kava Roots. So good!! Then we rode down to Keiki's and hung out on the beach and played in the shore break. It was so much fun! I love being able to hang out at the beach all day long. It is good to be back here. The only thing I miss is my family. They are taking my sister, Brittany, to BYU-Idaho right now and I really wish that I could be with them...  

last days of work

Yesterday was my last day of work nannying for one of the families I work for. After I got home I was just thinking about how blessed I have been with work this summer. Every summer I come home with about $5 left in my bank account. Then each summer, I work as much as I possibly can and say a lot of prayers that I will be able to earn enough money. Somehow I always make the exact amount of money I need to pay for school, housing, food, etc. I am so thankful for this and know that it is an answer to my prayers.

This summer I have had the best jobs. I nannied for one family with a little girl and a 8 week old baby boy 2 days a week, nannied for my usual family with a cute little boy and girl 3 days a week, and taught a yoga class every saturday at Pure Fitness. I feel so blessed to have had so many awesome jobs this summer. Also, the families that I work for are seriously the nicest, most generous families ever. They are always giving me gifts, taking me out to lunch, and giving me money to help with college. I could not have had better people to work for. I have also loved teaching a yoga class again. I'm going to miss it when I'm in Hawaii...but it will be nice to have a break from work. I am looking forward to my 2 week break in Hawaii before classes start!!!

I have REALLY missed this.

And ESPECIALLY this! I cannot wait to go surfing in hawaii again!!!

cooking

This summer I have been cooking as much as I can. Everything is so expensive in Hawaii that I just end up eating the same cheap meals every since day (granola for breakfast, peanut butter sandwich for lunch and tortellini for dinner- every single day for 9 months!) Whenever I am in Arizona it is so weird to go into a grocery store and see how cheap everything is. Like $2 for a gallon of milk that would be $8 in Hawaii! I always go crazy and want to buy everything until my mom reminds me that these prices are normal for Arizona. But anyways, I've been cooking dinner at least once a week this summer and I've found some really good recipes. My favorite is for the BBQ chicken pizza from California Pizza Kitchen... so good! I have a week and a half more until I go back to my sandwiches and plain pasta...

BBQ chicken pizza

Parmesan Eggplant Ravioli

sunshine

Right now I am still in Arizona for the summer working as a nanny and yoga instructor. I go back to Hawaii in three weeks... crazy! The summer always starts out slow and then goes by incredibly fast. So since I haven't posted in forever here are some of the highlights of my summer:


*sleepovers with my little sisters
*So You Think You Can Dance parties at my sister Brooke's house
*playing with my little nephews
*being able to hang out with melissa in st. george
*going on bike rides with my mom
*swimming once or twice a day
*California trips! surfing and watching the U.S. open
*going sailing
*mexico
*movie nights
*shopping trips and goint out to eat
*making dinner for my family
*playing guitar
*family reunions
*road trips!

This summer has been really fun. I have missed Hawaii a ton, but I am SO thankful that I have been able to spend the summer at home. I have loved being able to spend so much time with my family. I feel so blessed to have so many fun sisters, they are my best friends! I am also so thankful for my awesome mom and dad! I love my family SO much, they are the BEST!!!

Here are some pictures from my summer (sorry they are all mixed up)....

Happy Father's Day!

Well, this is late, but I just wanted to put up a Father's Day post about my dad. He is awesome! He works so hard for our family. I know it must be hard to take care of five girls, but he does a great job. Since we were little he has let our family go on trips to our favorite place, Hawaii. It is always so much fun and I have so many fun memories from those trips! Now I am so thankful when he brings my little sisters there to visit while I am going to school out there. I am so thankful for my dad. He is a hard worker, goes to church and fulfills his callings, does service, has a fun sense of humor, and he is a GREAT dad!!!

Hawaii and Arizona

Well, I'm not very good at posting on this blog, but now that I'm back in Arizona I finally I have time. Here a some of my favorite pictures from Winter Semester. It was a crazy, busy, awesome semester! Me and my best friends Sam and Katie had some of the most awesome things happen. At Waimea, we got to paddle out on the lifeguard rescue board (thanks to our lifeguard friend, Johnny) where a ton of spinner dolphins were. It was SO amazing, they were swimming and jumping five feet away from us!!! That was the coolest thing I have EVER done! We also had a ton of amazing surfing days including one of the best days ever at V-land! Me and Sam surfed until we were the only ones out and it was pitch dark! That is my favorite thing ever to do! The three of us also went to my favorite place ever, Waialua bakery a million times. And guess what... that is where I met Judge, the most awesome guy ever (: We got to hang out a ton my last two weeks, so that was really fun. We surfed and snorkeled for shells and hung out as much as possible on the beach! I also hung out a lot with one of my best friends, Lindsey my last week. On my last Saturday we rode bikes from Laie to Sharks Cove. We got acai and stopped at all of our favorite beaches. It was so fun!! Now I'm back in Arizona for the summer to work. It is really hard to leave everyone and Hawaii, but in three months I will be back there. It is really good to be able to see my family here. I miss them a ton when I am in Hawaii. They are the most awesome family. I don't have any pictures of being home yet, but we have had a lot of fun. It has been so fun to talk to my mom a ton, hang out with all of my sisters, and see my cute little nephews. I just wish all of my family could move to Hawaii and then everything would be perfect!!