Coming back

Here are some photos that I took after coming back to Hawaii after being home in AZ during the summer, I hope you enjoy them!

Photos

Here are some photos of my summer at home. I went to my sister Jenn's family's house in Colorado for the 4th of July and visited my sister Becca and her family in Vegas with my brother Brett. I visited my good friend Pooja in Scottsdale, which was kind of an adventure getting home... I had a hard time figuring out the way, but it was worth the trip! Then my awesome cousin Chris and I went to Tucson to visit my Grandma Luebke and to visit my grandpa's grave. I'm so thankful I was able to spend so much time with family while I was home.



My cute niece Andelin in Colorado



Here's some of my family on the 4th of July!




My good friend Pooja and I at her home in Scottsdale




My fun cousin Chris and Grandma Luebke and I at my grandpa's grave




Hiking with Becca, Ryan, Brett, Brinley, and Casen




Becca, Brett and I at the water show in Vegas





Here's my nephew Casen and I at the go-cart track

Weekend

This weekend has been great! Yesterday my roomie Brooke and I went into Kaneohe (closest town) and went to the mall! We ate steak and rice dinners, had Jamba Juice acai smoothies, and then watched the movie Time Traveler's Wife. We had so much fun! Then today, this morning my roommates and I had a cleaning check so we were cleaning the house for a while. Then, around lunchtime, I joined 3rd ward in their activity, which included lots of food (it was a BBQ) and we played a water version of kickball in the Little Circle (big area of grass with flags from around the world around it) on campus. The water felt great, and it was fun to slide on the slip-n-slide into home base. First base was a kiddie pool that you got to stand in. After the activity I came home and took a short nap, then headed off to Kokololio Beach to snorkel. It's the same beach that my family and I would go to when they came to visit. It's the beach that's behind the rental house we had. After coming back home I've finished some of my homework and relaxed, and soon will watch Valkyrie on my laptop. Overall I'd say it was a pretty awesome weekend! It sure was nice to relax after the week's classes and work.

Back to Hawaii

Aloha! I've been neglecting updating my blog, and I think I should update it more often from now on.

I went home for the summer, and had a wonderful time with friends and family! It was so nice to go visit my sisters and their families in Colorado and Vegas. It was my first time to Vegas, and it was great! While in Colorado we had a great time with Jenn's friends on the 4th of July. I am so glad I was able to see all of my nieces and nephews while I was home. It was my first time to see my new nephew Landon! It was such a luxury to not have to work or go to school, and be able to drive an actual car! It was so nice to spend time with my family at home, and hang out with my mom a few times. Brett and I had some good times watching movies together, and I even got to get a haircut by Clarissa before I left.

I flew back to Laie, Hawaii on June 25th. It was sad to leave home, but good to get back to Hawaii. I love both places! But I think I'll always think of my Arizona home as my true home. I started school 2 days after I got back, and it's been great! It's good to get back to work and school. I decided to change my major after I got back, so now instead of getting an Art Education major, I'm getting an Art major with 2D emphasis, plus my minor (which I was getting before too) which is Instruction Design Development. It's a great one! Because I switched, instead of graduation in December 2010, I will graduate in April 2010!!! That is SOOOO soon to me! Only two more semesters after this term, and I will be DONE. It's pretty crazy. I have mixed feelings about it, because I think it will be good to be done and move on, but I will also miss leaving Hawaii, BYU-H, and my friends here.

One thing that I realized after I came back to Hawaii is that I really like frozen bananas. Just peel a normal banana, put it in a ziploc bag and freeze it. They are so good, cool and refreshing on a hot day, healthy, and taste great! They're sweet and a little chewy too. (don't do it with green bananas, make sure they're all the way yellow before freezing)

There's supposed to be a lot of rain coming my way tonight, from the Hurricane Felicia. Luckily we shouldn't get anything more than some rain and maybe a little wind. There are flash flood warnings for my island and some of the others too, but hopefully it won't be that bad. One nice thing about it, though, was it cancelled one of my classes today! So instead of working on my project in class, I've been able to do it at home instead.

Lunch with Grandpa, Grandma, and Dave

Grandma and our pizza


My grandparents and me


Grandpa and Dave

My grandparents were able to have lunch with me and my friend Dave when they finished a Hawaiian cruise. It was great to see them! It was a very fun day. After lunch and dropping off my grandparents at the airport, Dave and I went to one of his favorite beaches and enjoyed the ocean and sun.

New Nephew!

This morning Landon Judy was born! He's 7 pounds 1 oz. and 19.75 inches long. The lucky parents are my brother Mark and his beautiful wife Clarissa. I'm so glad I'll be able to see him in a month when I go home. Have a wonderful day!

Indiana Jones Marathon!

Yesterday my friends Caroline, Mark, Drew and I had an Indiana Jones marathon with the 3 original movies. It was so fun! Caroline was so sweet and made us breakfast, lunch and dinner. :) We took a break after the first one and Mark, Caroline and I went to the beach. It was a beautiful day out, you couldn't have asked for better weather! After swimming and relaxing for a while, and a small break, we went back to Caroline's and finished the other two movies and meals. It was so fun! I'm so glad to have such great friends here in Hawaii.
P.S. I miss my friends at home too, though... I love you and will see you in June!