Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Hawaii part 3

We found this ornament at the Pineapple Plantation. Last Christmas my dad gave all of the kids an ornament and we were so excited when we found it there that we bought a partner for it for our FAKE tree this year.

Golfing on the North Shore. I'm not a big fan of golfing because it steals my hubby away but when it's in Hawaii I'm perfectly willing to watch especially if the day ends with Italian food. Although there were no golf carts available and I was super sweaty and sunburnt by the end of the day. Drew was determined to get a coconut out of the tree.. he tried climbing.. and throwing many many old coconuts in the direction.




Soon after his many failed attempts at knocking down a coconut we turned

around and there was a midget coconut tree where he just reached up and picked one off.

If you can't get a coconut open just break it with a golf club.



Although windy, isn't that the best view while golfing?



The gorgeous sunset while we were driving home!







More of the beach outside our condo.







We went snorkeling numerous times right outside of our condo and one time Drew forgot to take off his wedding ring and realized later when we were playing ping pong. He could tell how sad I was and went and got his snorkel stuff on and said he wasn't coming in until he found it. Well obviously the ocean won and bye bye wedding ring. Eventually Drew came back and I tried really hard to just get over it. A couple weeks ago we finally replaced his wedding ring (I've worked in the restaurant business and it's very important to have a wedding ring visible at all times ;)) with a less expensive one from ebay. Not so romantic as the first but it'll do.

I love snorkeling but the fun is all ruined when I try to come through my hair after.

We both had never buried someone in the sand so even though

we looked like kids we checked it off our buckets lists.





Every night we were at the condo we sat in the hot tub.. my favorite!

and played ping pong..













The middle of the airport.

We had such a fun trip and were sad to come home. Drew is such a fun travel buddy.

I can't wait to use our vacation club some other exotic place!

Drew's Birthday and Mother's Day

Drew's birthday was on a Sunday this year and I always dread Sunday birthdays because you can't go out to eat so I tried to make a restaurant style breakfast with bacon and everything. He even slept through the bacon smell and was surprised when I came to get him from bed.


Not only did Drew have his birthday on Sunday but it was on Mother's Day too. Drew shared his celebration with his mom, his sister Crystal who is a mom, his sister Clarissa who has the same birthday, and his nephew Thomas who has a birthday around the same time. Needless to say, with all of the celebrating we spent the day with Drew's family.

BBQ tools for Drew's new toy

The knives we gave Lyssa





Our present to Thomas


Thomas opened new socks and was so excited until someone broke it to him they were Drew's size and just wrapped wrong.


The birthday twins


I was impressed Drew's mom made 3 seperate cakes so Drew, Clarissa, and Thomas could all have their favorite.


Can't believe he's 25!


Today I asked him why he looked drugged in all of the pictures
and he said he was just tired.. who knows..






We made a quick visit to my mom's later to wish her a Happy Mother's Day. I love my mom so much and hope one day I can be half what my mom is to me to my children. She is one of my best friends and I love spending time with her!



Sunday, June 19, 2011

Father's Day

It's officially Father's Day and I'm at work reading everyone's facebook status' about how much they love their dad and wanted to join in. I am so lucky to have my dad and well my whole family for that matter. Here is a list of my favorite things about my dad:




  • He has helped/encouraged all of us kids through college.



  • The way he respects and treats my mom. My mom always has to be careful when she says she likes something because he'll bring it home for her the next day.



  • How happy he gets when you say thanks with a package of sunflower seeds of mambas.



  • He can always fix anything whether its a car or your problems in life.



  • He can tell you when you are being too emotional about something and to just get over it in a nice way.



  • When he says "I'm always so happy when you come to visit" while squeezing your cheek and gritting his teeth. Even though it hurts and I have to grit my teeth to bear it I love it because thats how he shows he really loves you.



  • He has always supported me through everything even when I refused to run for talking to much in soccer practice when he was my coach.



  • The way he loves BYU football. He turns into a completely different person when he is watching.



  • He would do anything for anyone. I can't even count the times he has driven to Arizona to help my brother or dropped everything he is doing to fix our cars.



  • He is the best grandpa to my neice and nephews. He is at almost every baseball game or dance performance they have coaching and cheering.


  • He and my mom let me tag along when Drew is working.


  • He plans the best vacations!


I could keep going but don't want to make anyone jealous. Just kidding. I do have an awesome dad though and want to wish him a Happy Father's Day even though he never checks my blog :).

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Drew's Graduation

Yay! He's a college graduate! Drew graduated on May 5th from the

University of Utah in Exercise and Sports Science.

So proud of him! Now onto trying to find a job in medical sales..








Drew and Joni. One of Drew's best friends wife graduated in the same major.



Accepting the diploma





Drew's family





My family.. Matt and Nats and their kids were also there but had to leave before pictures. Thanks for being there for us!

After graduation we all went to Olive Garden. Yum!


Later that night we went over to Drew's parents to open his graduation gift.



A new grill!

Thanks for the grill and helping us set it up!

We have already used it once and loved it! Even though we looked ghetto rolling it out of our garage to BBQ our burgers. Makes us really want a house so we can have lots of barbeques!