I love the weekend!!!!

This semester my class schedule is pretty crazy. I am taking 18 credits, have 8 classes, and don't get done most days until 3:30, 4:30, or 5. I am also doing observation at Castle High School two days a week for 4 hours each day. It is fun to be able to help in the classroom and teach a little. But anyways, with all of my classes each week is pretty crazy and busy! I definitely don't get to surf every day like I used to. Luckily I have the WEEKEND!!! Every weekend I try to do as many fun thing as possible and forget about all the stress of school!
Last weekend I went surfing Friday and twice Saturday and it was awesome!!! Then at night me and my friends Hailey, Paris, Courtney, Dave, Ashley, and Alden went to town for the Lost Premiere. It was so much fun. They had a red carpet set up and the stars got dropped off in limos and walked down the red carpet. There were a TON of crazy fans. The area around the red carpet was blocked off so people couldn't get to close. One girl jumped up onto the fence yelling, "Hold me up, hold me up!" so that she could take a picture. I just backed away and tried to pretend I hadn't heard her.
They had booths selling food on the beach and I got the most amazing crepe! It was a huge and it was filled with nutella, fresh strawberries and bananas, and whipped creme. I love crepes, especially with nutella and fruit, I wish I could eat them every day!
After we got food we found a seat on the packed beach where the huge screen was set up. Once it got dark, they introduced the stars on a stage and then played the first hour of the season finale. It was really good.

This past weekend was way fun also. On Friday I went surfing at Puena Point with one of my friends. It took like half an hour to paddle out because the waves were breaking everywhere. Once we got way out there, we realized the waves were pretty big! It was fun though, so we surfed until dark. When we got home we went to a movie showing at the school.

After the movie my friend Ka'eo came over and we went to a dance at the school. It was fun, usually I hate dances, but all of my roomates were there too and we all just danced crazy and had fun.

Saturday was the perfect beach day. It was so nice and sunny and there was no wind. Ka'eo came back over and we got some longboards, shortboards, and skim boards and headed to Castles with Courtney, Dave, and Paris. Ka'eo is an awesome skim boarder, so he taught us all how to skim board. I wish I could do tricks like him, but skim boarding is way hard!!! It was fun to learn and watch how its done though! Then we went surfing for a while.

After Castles we came home and had lunch. Then we headed to Baggers to meet some friends. The guys all surfed there. The waves were HUGE! Me and the other girls all hung out on the beach playing in the waves and getting some sun. We stayed until almost dark and then headed home. At home on of my roomates, Ashley, had gotten engaged!!!!! so we had a little party for her and Alden. We got some pizza and made cupcakes. Then we pretty much all passed out because we were so tired .

Today is Sunday and it has been such a nice day. Church was really good, i love my ward!
I feel so blessed to live in such a beautiful place surrounded by such amazing people and good examples. I really feel blessed for my friends this semester. They are all such good examples to me and so fun to be around. I have the best roomates ever and it is so fun just talking with them and all going to the beach. I love BYUH and I know that it is the chance of a lifetime to go to school here. I am just so thankful to my Heavenly Father for all of these things and for all of the blessings He has given me.

Surf Competitions and Injuries

At the end of winter semester I had a little surfing accident. I've been surfing in Hawaii for 4 1/2 years and never gotten any serious injuries before. But then, I got hurt at Castles! I've never gotten hurt on the north shore and I got hurt at Castles (the safest place to surf in hawaii)! Anyways, I was with my friends Dan and Jess. We had been out for about 1/2 an hour. I caught a wave and got up, then after I jumped off my board, it hit wave behind me, flew up, and hit me on the head. It hit me pretty hard, so I reached up and felt the top of my head. Then I looked at my hand and it was covered in blood. Luckily Jess was right by me, so I told her to get Dan and paddle in because I hurt my head. Then I caught a wave in to shore and walked to the dry sand. By the time I walked from the water to the dry sand, I was completely covered in blood. I am SO grossed out by blood so I was kind of freaking out.

My friends came in and helped me wash off at the beach showers. They wrapped a towel around my head and we sped to Kahuku hospital. (It is just a minute away from Castles). We got the hospital and headed in. I only had my swim suit on with Dan's flannel shirt on top and no shoes. The people at the emergency room rushed me in and had me lie down on a bed. Dan tried to call and get a hold of my family, but I didn't have my phone and couldn't remember any phone numbers. (He accidentally called Jess's mom on her phone and told her that her daughter had had an surfing accident. When Jess's mom asked which daughter, he said Ashley and she told him she didn't have a daughter named ashley (: )

The nurses tried to get my head to stop bleeding while they waited for the doctor. They used a TON of towels and tried to get it to stop for about 2 hours, but it just wouldn't stop. Then the doctor came in. He said that my head wouldn't stop bleeding, so they would just start giving me stitches. He gave me some shots in my head and i HATE shots more than anything ever! I can't even hear people talk about getting a shot or it makes me queasy! Then he started to clean my head a little bit. After he realized that it was me, and I found out it was my friend's cousin and he had given me a ride to the airport before! He said he couldn't recognize me at first because my hair was all red! He said the board had burst a blood vessel (gross) Anyways, then he gave me 8 stitches. After that, the nurses helped me wash my hair and then wrapped a TURBAN on my head! A turban that i had to wear for the next 24 hours! After we left the hospital (3 1/2 hours later) we went to Kahuku Grill for hamburgers and then went home. Bad news was I had to keep the stitches in for 3 weeks and couldn't get them out until the day I was leaving to AZ for Christmas. No surfing for a month ): !!!!


Luckily there were a ton of SURF COMPETITIONS to watch and also I had to study for finals. I went to all of the Vans Triple Crown surf competitions. The best was the Pipeline Masters, of course!! Also, I went to the EDDIE AIKAU surf competition!!!! (It was actually the day after my surf accident, so I had to put a hat over my big turban head! Anyways, the competition was AMAZING!!!!! Everyone from our school ditched class to see it. The Eddie as a surf competition at Waimea that only happens when the waves get 20 feet or larger( which is really 40 feet waves from the front). I went to the comp early with some friends, we had to park about a mile away because the roads were packed. Then we ran to Waimea and found a spot on the sand to watch. After awhile I met up with my friend Dan and we walked down to the rocks, right next to where the waves were breaking. It was SO awesome to watch from there because we were right next to the surfers!!!! I could have stayed and watched forever! I love living in Hawaii!!