"I dont know why you say goodbye I say Hello!"

Goodbye is a word I refrain from at all costs. I HATE saying goodbyes! See ya laters are really all they are though. I had to bid adue to many of my favorite people this week.

My family scooped up Monica and took her back with them, then Momi and seth and Baby Sol and seven of my ten roommates moved, among them.. me! Change is good though I suppose. Even our favorite things- like ice cream- if we ate it everyday we would surely grow tired of the taste. "Variety is the spice of life!" Endeavoring to live an awfully spicy life, one filled with all different kinds of zesty seasons, I say bring on the cha cha cha changes..


On my last outing with my family we took baby Sol to the Beach and Seth went surfing while Me and Momi chatted on shore.

On Jennys last day we got up early with the sun and both Jenny and I love quotes, so we read quotes about Great women, I highly recommend the book, "One Bright Shining Hope" By gordon B Hinkley. The pictures are just as beautiful as the prophets words.



We also made a delicious crepe breakfast. Jenny is moving to Jerusalem this upcomming semesester! She is one of the kindest people I have ever met. If she were an animal she would be a butterfly as she is so very soft, and gentle yet is so strong in all that she does (butterfilies may seem weak but the ones that actually make it out of the cocoon are top knoch). Jenny is also a graduate of culinary school so I love that she shares her many talents with me!


speaking of buterflies and cocoons. At times there are cocoon moments in my life when I feel anxious at the idea of standing still. It might appear I am just "loafing around" but really, underneath I like to think that I'm being prepared for something big.

“We all must have restful periods of incubation and calm. You’re meant to enjoy this time to relax and quietly grow, or simply catch your breath a while. Inactivity helps you gather energy so that you can take yourself to a whole new level in life. You’ll need these stores of energy so that, in the right time and place, you’ll be able to take off and fly high.”

widdle baby needs a changie wangey (this is baby speak, also can be used on small animals) My voice magically transforms to this baby speak even in my mind when I think of baby Sol.

My friend Brennan left this week too. We had kind of a funeral service for him on the day of his departure. We had everyone sit around in a circle and say a memory of him. RIP BRENNAN MOORE


If Brennan was a food he would be instant noodles. My Brennan memory was : I met Brennan walking to school one day listening to an awesome song, Brennan happened to be walking to school too, so we shared an i pod and were instant friend ever since!


Some things, most are so much better when they are shared. (It even works with Ice cream, which even tastes better when yours isn't the only spoon in the carton. Life is always better with a friend!

Monicas and my favorite pastime is snack time! Exibit A: here we are making the family specialty haystacks. I loved having a little sister here with me, and hate the idea of separation. But what a wonderful thing family is, that we are connected wherever we go.

Till we meet again! Wonderful Friends and Family. I always think that my life is comming to an end when people I love leave. But really that just makes room for new people to love I suppose. Like flowers I guess, each one has their season. I heard once the sounds of life are like an old creaky door, goodbye to something is always hello to something new, "Goodbye Hello, Goodbye Hello" or simply as the Beatles would say, "I dont know why you say goodbye, I say Hello!"

Aloha oi! La la la la la, until we meet again!

Family photoshoot

I love my family! It was so much fun to have everyone under the same roof again. The one downside of Hawaii is the family is so far away. Things I miss most: my mommys cooking and love, sleepovers with all the sisters, dads offbeat humor, the puppies and much much more. Since we are only all together once or twice in a blue moon we had a photoshoot! It is kind of hard to get the whole family cordinated, but our skilled photographer, Nathan helped us take some great shots.

PRIDE ROCK! (the lion king)

Young Simba

some jungle animals

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Conference Weekend

Ice Cream Eating Challenge

My friend Tommy Jordan every year hosts this ice cream eating contest during our churches General Conference. I was honored when he asked me if I would be his partner as he has been the raining champ twice in the 2 years of the competition.

We went head to head with 6 other competators. All competing for the title of fastes ice cream eaters plus, the whoever finished the fastest would win a surf board!

This year the ice cream contest recieved more publicity then ever. The newspaper was even there (School newspaper that is)

Towards the end of the competition "the raining champ (my partner)"'s left sinus froze, and left me alone for the rest room. This left me in a state of panic. However, this actually turned out to be great because I was so worried about falling behind as a one man team I ate twice as fast to try and make up for our slight disadvantage.

After four intensly cold minutes me and Tommy finished our ice cream won!

We are now joint owners of a surf baord! It was the best feeling in the world! Not winning really but just doing something that I didnt know I could do. Maybe similar to running a marathon.

I learned that sometimes just when you think its over (Tommy Leaving me solo) its just about to get better. I love this quote: Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn

The Ride of Our lives

After the ice cream eating challenge I was feeling a little "heavy" at that point and it seemed some anarobic exercise was in order. My sisters, and our friends Nathan, Brennan and Vada all came on what I like to call the Ride of our lives- A four hour journey down the road to this place Sharks Cove.

The beauty of the world seems so much inhanced from the seat of a bike. Its one thing to see the sights out of a car window, but its a whole other when you actually feel a part of nature.

We took a few pit stops on the side of the road. Anytime the strength of your body is tested it makes you so greatful to be healthy. Nathan was the leader on the way home and I broght up the rear. It was so funny when I closed my eyes that night to go to sleep all I could see was people pedaling!




When we got there we freshened up with some snacks and then quickly hurried back. Nathan and I performed in his sisters wards talent show so the ride back we were on auto pilot. After awhile my legs felt like J-E-L-L-O.

Talent Show

We made it home just in time for the talent night. Nathan and I sang a medley of old favorites- blue moon, stand by me and the lion king song, complete with AwemaWays. It was so much fun. Nate is a musician! He is always such a good sport as last minute I always ask him to accompany me. I was so lucky to have him perform with me on percussion and back up vocals.

I loved this day. Days like this make it so good to be alive. I was able to do so many of my favorite things all in one. Eating mass ice cream in the morning, pedaling with fury through the afternoon and then singing by night. Life is so good!

Winter Ball

It always seems like everything in my life is last minute. I dont know if this is good or bad, but I guess this always keeps things interesting. My friend Michael had to work at this prom kind of thing, Winterball at our school, like a highchool homecomming but in my opinion, better! I decied I would come along a few hours before the boat took off. Michael got in for free since he had to work. It was hardly work though, he just had to wear this ear piece. At first he was obedinetly wearing it, but then he just took it off, as the airways were all fuzz, very rebellious.

The ball was aboard this ship called the Star of Hawaii. I truly felt like a star as we set sail across the ocean blue at 500 knots ( boating terms). We just cruised around for a few hours and then came back but it was so fun!

It took me a little while to get my sea legs.

Luckily dancing on land or on boat is equally thrilling. I thought this picture was funny.

I had alot of fun aboard the Star! (She is in a bit dim but in backroud)

Oh happy march!

Oh happy March!
When a baby is born, the whole world seems to stop whatever its doing to make way for this little miracle. Since every second of every day a baby is being born, perhaps it isn’t overly ambitious to say that every second is a miracle



Hospitals are probably my least favorite places in the world. Everything is so sterile it seems almost unfriendly and all those metal tools that give our warm skin a rude awakening, they give me the chills to say the least. Walking from one end of the hospital to the other I passed many families with tears flooding their eyes, arms around each other. I was reminded then that this hospital was a place not only for arrivals but also one for departures, a lot like an airport. Our family was so fortunate to be in the birthing center that day.

It is so interesting how places can have personalities too. Like walking where a battle was once fought, you can feel a place. Walking from the far end of the hospital and into the birthing center was transformational. I literally felt a heavy weight through all the hallways up until the Birthing center. The most positive feelings came over me there, as the walls were “screaming” with new life.

Since witnessing the birth of a child isn’t something that I’m able to experience every day, there still are so many wonderful little things that make life amazing.










Just the other day I was walking by myself it was getting dark. Right as my feet hit the curb of the sidewalk a street light turned on over head! Its times like this that I truly feel blessed and watched over. Like that street light was turned on just for me. Or when I catch a glimpse of a leaf falling from its home amongst branches to its new home on the earth, its like a behind the scenes look at the world spinning. I almost feel like a spy as watching these miracles unfold!

The world is so beautiful!

One day some of my friend brennan went exploring near Waimea beach. We saw the most beautiful things! Amongst them, a Peacock





He was rather sheepish with Brennan.

Me Chelsea and Pearl (Chelsea is the harrier of the two).

Pearl and Chelsea are a pair that can brighten anyones day. We were so lucky to meet them on our adventure to Waimea. One thing I miss so much about living at home in Washington is my doggies. Chelsea was such a sport bounding into Brennan and my arms, back and fourth we beckoned her till she was panting and her hair was all mussed up. We really wore her out! I missed my dogs so much after that. I watch this when I miss my home in Washington/puppies...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gSdJ1UdvAY

I love Hawaii though! It seems near impossible to have a bad day living here. There is beauty out the window and within my walls. I love my roomates and I love the Sunrises and sunsets here! Sunrises are always such a wonderful reminder that life goes on no matter what. I like to think of sunrises as a blank canvas. Everyday starts out beautiful, but its up to us to keep it that way. My friend Brooke had this saying her principal always said, she would say, "make it a great day, or not, the choice is yours!" and it truly is!

There is something just so scrumptious about a babies hands and feet. My sister and seth ask in a non morbid way which body part we would like to eat. As for me, I LOVE THE FEET and HANDS! Whenever I look at baby Sols hands I always think to myself, "these hands will do great things". Admiring the bead size toes I always think, of all the great places these little feet will take him one day.






BYU Idol is something that happens every year at our school. This semester they renamed it Youve Got Talent but dont worry, it was the same thing performing under the scrutiny of judges and a very demaning audience. When I went as an audeince member last year all i could think about was how badly I wanted to be on stage so I promised myself that next time I would get in on it. I almost missed this oppurtunity by a hair. Luckily the day before someone told me about it and the girl in charge of it happend to be a former co workers so she let me slip through without trying out. Thank heavens for connections.




My roommates were a great support!


I wanted to perform my karioki favorite-Whitney Houston- I wanna dance with somebody. I realize she is a bit out of my vocal range but the song is so good I coudnt resist. My vision was to have backup dancers adhereing to Whitneys call of "dancing with somebody" so I asked some of my friends to be in it with me but when show time came, the majority of my dancers got cold feet. But ofcourse the show must go on! I didnt know it yet but another blessing was yet underway. To my utter shock when I qued the remianing faithful backupdancers to come on stage, one of them being my brother in law seth, and my friends Nathan, Hoon and Ryan, a whole bunch of dancers appared out of no where! I was so shocekd but so happy! Seth really came through getting all the choreography down, he is the best brother ever!






When I was little (and secretly still) I always wanted to be a singer and when I was up there all I could think was- My dreams are comming true! you might be able to watch a little bit here:
http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=193306049&k=Y2C3PVT4R5ZM51EHTE3TWP





Momi turned 22 this month! She is one of the kindest most compassionate people I have ever met. When I was little my number one goal was always to be taller than her. I’m not sure if it’s due to religious milk drinking or simply a matter of genetics but I have surpassed her height for some time now. Even though inches will beg to differ, I still look up to her!





For breakfast Seth took Momi, Monica and I out to Turtle Bay hotel and we had huge breakfasts! It was so beautiful and so much fun! I loved the fresh fruit and waffles the best!




I am so greatful to live close to my sisters. It was so much fun to celebrate together. We spent the day snorkeling and later had a party for her. Though she’s not even 2 years older than me I have learned so much from her. What a blessing it is to have someone just a few steps in front of you, it makes everything less daunting. After seeing her take on child birth I don’t think there is anything she can’t do. Love you Momi!





I don’t believe in the harming of animals in any way, so if you don’t either perhaps refrain from reading this next paragraph.

I’m not sure why I agreed to go, but some friends asked if I wanted to go Spear fishing. I had never been before so I thought it sounded fun to just to go, and watch. It was fun to swim and snorkel but like hunting I will never understand killing for the sake of killing. One of the friends, the bloodthirsty Curtis as I like to call him now, decided to harpoon this miniature angel fish, (I think it is Dory). This beautiful little yellow fish was struggling on his spear. I won’t go into graphic detail, but it was awful! After that he had holes in his side and Curtis released him back into the wild, I was shocked! They say fishes only have 2 second memories so cross your fingers that little yellow fish has forgotten this trauma and is pressing forward with his life. Anyway after this happened spear fishing wasn’t fun for me anymore.









Playing in the shallows lead me to a great discovery, sea cucumbers!





This month I got my first taste of real teaching. At Laie elementary school I’m just a helper but my first grade teacher Mrs. Youngblood is so awesome and lets me put in my 2 cents for activities for the kids. We learn about a new country each week so "this land is your land" seemed suitable.




Even though I was the one giving a brief history in the beginning- about how people didn’t always know how to share with each other, it was the kids that brought the words to life, teaching me what it really means to share yourself with the people around you.

When I looked out at these young faces singing so triumphantly, “this land was made for you and me” I believe the kids truly belived what they were saying. I wish the whole world could have their same enthusiasm!





We collected toilet paper rolls to make maracas so the children could be on percussion.

How much more peaceful I’m sure the world would be if it were run by first graders. Maybe a little messier, but for sure more filled with love. I love the first grade!


I did some modeling this month! Well kind of, my friend's have this really cool clothing business. It is still a little underground, but I think it will get big!





Nathan is a professional.

The website is: http://stores.ebay.com/Delmer-Vintage






Our friends Stephanie and Mia came out to visit us and to see baby Sol. It was so much fun to have them here. It seemed as though they came and went. Good friends can make any place home.





We had delicious crapes for breakfast at my house!

After Baby Sol was born I wanted to dedicate a song to him. There was an open mic night at school so I sang “What a wonderful World” with my friend Nathan. I love this song so much, it truly is a wonderful World. I am so grateful for the wonderful people in it. Happy March Everyone!