B-Y-U

School has officially begun! I am working part time now and going to school and Ste is studying hard in his program! He has been super busy but doing so well.  On Tuesday he went to a conference and met a few people that worked at big accounting firms.  We are trying to decide where and what we want to do for our internships next summer.  I haven't been able to hear back from the internship coordinator but Stewart is going to be applying to places this week so I need to get on it and make sure there is a place that I can do mine! We will have to see what happens and where we could possibly go! 

During the last couple months, Ste, grandpa, and I have been building a bookshelf! Okay, so mostly Ste and grandpa.  I am usually taking pictures, sanding, or holding stuff while they cut.  I am not very good on the saws so I was there for support, mostly. It was so much fun though and I love having the bookshelf! In our little apartment it really made a different in our storage space! Thank you grandpa!!!

 

Last weekend was the Texas and BYU football game.  Ste and I were on our way but once we hit Brick Oven, branches started falling, wind was pushing us forward, and we were getting soaked.  We made it to the bathrooms by the tennis courts to be covered from it all, mostly.  We watched people run by for about half an hour then decided to go back and wait until the weather cleared up.  The storm was awesome and I am so happy we weren't at the stadium when it hit.  When we were walking to the game the second time there were so many people walking to the their cars or home completely soaked and looking miserable.  Definitely happy we did it the way we did!  BYU won and it was so much fun to watch.

 

I also got the chance to see Joel before he left on his mission!!! I am so proud of him!

Hawaii!

This last month has been a busy one but so much fun!  Ste finished up Summer term and we took a two weeks off of work to do some traveling!  We drove out to Orangevale, CA for our friends' wedding- Brock and Mary Kate.  On our way out there we stopped at a way good mexican place.  We thought the logo was hilarious.

Their wedding was beautiful and they both looked great! We were both part of the bridal party. It was so much fun to be a part of their big day!

Next stop- Hawaii!!! We got to join my parents on an awesome trip to Kauai.  Neither of us had been to Hawaii and we were so excited! 

  We went to the Grand Canyon of Hawaii- This first picture wasn't it but it was still a cool shot. 

While driving to and from places I would always fall asleep and Ste would have too much fun bothering me and taking pictures...

Here are the pictures of the Hawaiian Grand Canyon! :)

On our way back we stopped at a few places.  This was a trading place with this picture booth outside.  We also stopped at a Kauai Kookie Factory.  THEY ARE SO GOOD! The lady let us try so many cookies and had us try all the kinds we wanted to buy before buying them.  She is way too good at her job because we bought maybe.... 12+ boxes plus a huge bag of the guava cookies.  They are shortbread cookies.  The other flavors we got were coconut, peanut butter, chocolate chip, pineapple, and normal.  SO GOOD!!!

Mom and dad also took us to a sweet luau.  Great food and entertainment! Also, an awesome sunset!

We went snorkeling every day we were there.  Ste's parents let us take their snorkeling gear and we definitely got great use out of it!   We also decided to buy a digital underwater camera after we used a disposable camera and they turned out terrible. :) Definitely worth it! And we can use it in dusty and cold places too! WOO! 

We also met Gill from Finding Nemo.  This was on of Ste's favorite fish because he totally looks like a cartoon character with this eyes.

This was also one of our favorites. it was so cool!

This fish stayed in front of Ste forever like it was posing for him. 

Before we got this camera we also swam with some turtles!! I was actually kinda scared the first time we saw them because it was really weird being in the water with them. haha I warmed up to them though.  So cool!

We went on a hike to the Hanakapapaieosomething Falls.  It was an 8mile round trip hike and totally worth it!!! We got to swim under the waterfall there-one of Ste's goals in life.  It was awesome! At the beginning of the trail there was a like forest ranger that tried to talk us out of going to the falls by saying the second half the trail (after a beach where a lot of people stopped)  was unmarked and unmaintained and there were times where there wasn't even a trail.  Totally not true.  It was super easy to find our way and plenty of people along the way.  It was an AWESOME hike!

Here's the falls!!!

This is Ste going directly under the falls with the camera. So cool!!

This was my favorite fish. It's awesome!

We flew back into California so we were able to spend more time with Ste's side of the family.  Niece and nephew time so much fun!

This birthday girl!

Ste had fun trying to make his dad's flying helicopter fly!

So I have been into sewing lately.  I tried quilting my first quilt... ya.. I made a huge mistake.  Oh well.  I will learn! haha