Oh We're Going (or we went) to a Hukilau

Earlier this month we went with the family on an AMAZING trip to Kauai. It was absolutely beautiful, fun, and relaxing.


While we were there we spent lots of time in the spa... (note the waterfall flowing into it)


We stayed in a beautiful penthouse...


We swam in the cool pool... (view from our lanai)


We read...


We saw some beautiful waterfalls...


We jumped off trees and waterfalls - some of us did anyway... :)


We boogie boarded...


We ate shaved ice...


And then we ate some more shaved ice (about everyday)... my favorite!


We walked through some cool jungle grass...


We celebrated our anniversary... two years!!


We had a great time!

X & Y

X

We have been having a great summer so far. This month we got to go up to Utah and had a blast. While I would love to put our visit in my own words, my sister Jessica did such an amazing job on her blog about it that I would much rather have you read her detailed recap. So if you're not already visiting their site like you should :) go to her site and read about our amazing weekend up there:

http://daneandjessicachurch.blogspot.com/2009/07/perfect-weekend.html

Speaking of Dane and Jessica, you couldn't ask for two better people to have in your family. We love them to death and have so much fun anytime we are around them. It also doesn't hurt that their son Beck wins cutest nephew ever award (see above). While we're happy to know we are definitely the frontrunners to be his favorite aunt and uncle ;) we're bummed that they're off to school themselves on the other side of the country. We can't wait to visit them and to one day, when we're both done with school, move onto the same street and continue the fun. Good luck you two, we love you.

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Trevor and I celebrated our anniversary a little early this year since we will be on vacation during our actual anniversary (granted, already a great way to spend it, but why not celebrate a little extra?) Trevor completely tricked me. I had no idea we were doing any sort of celebrating, except a company party; he got me all the way to our destination without me even having the slightest idea what we were doing - I just thought that we were completely lost and in the middle of a random big crowd being directed by cops... I was completely oblivious! Final destination: COLDPLAY concert! YAY!!! I pretty much am in love with Coldplay and Trevor took the opportunity to surprise me with what I told him would be one of my top five concerts ever to go to (he's already taken me to two of them, not bad :) )

Trevor was amazing - he did his research for the concert and found out that during the concert Coldplay would perform in the audience - he found out the area-ish they would do part of the concert and got tickets right by where he thought they would be - so the entire band came and performed a few songs right by us... it was surreal! We were literally four rows away... (look who's right behind me!!)

Trevor ended up with the duty of being photographer for the night too... didn't he do a great job?

The concert was absolutely amazing - Trevor and I agreed one of the best either of us have ever been to... don't I have a cool husband? I'm pretty lucky if I do say so myself.

Summer Fun in SD

It's been a fun and busy summer for us so far. Phil, Janelle, and family came down last month for Trevor's birthday and we went to Dave & Buster's to celebrate...

... it's way fun and if you've never been there, it's pretty much the adult version of Chuck E' Cheese. This is Courtney regretting her choice of briefcase in Deal or No Deal. :)

And this is what happens to Dallas Dahl when he takes a nap after the party.

Trevor maintains that his summer could not have started any better when this happened....

It's adorable seeing him stand all alone in front of the TV and cheer like nobody's business. Not gonna lie, it's nice to only have to be an overly supportive basketball loving wife during the 2 months the playoffs are going on.

We were also lucky enough to have them down for July 4th. We went to the San Diego fair which is huge. Among many other things, they are proud to offer you chocolate covered bacon, fried oreos, snickers, smores, or a Krispy Kreme chicken sandwich (?). Tanner opted for the 18 inch corn dog.

Besides the laughably unhealthy fried fair food, San Diego does have other things to offer visitors- there were 23 different firework shows going on in San Diego on July 4th! They found a spot in Mission Bay where you could see 6 of them. Wow. We also have fun animals-
So they went and saw San Diego's own Shamu....

... and the Scary San Diego Squirrels, who I think disgustingly (Trevor thinks remarkably :) will come right up to you and eat out of your hand. Not my hand squirl-eo.

It hasn't been all fun and no work, however. I'm still working as a teller (I love having a name tag!) and Trev going to school and working with his internship. We are looking at some exciting options for next school year as Trev starts the MBA portion of his JDMBA. Stay tuned...

All-in-One

A lot has been happening lately and I'm not great at updating so here's an all-in-one...



Greatest news for us lately is that Trevor finished his last final today! Yay for being done and for me finally getting my husband back; sanddune fun loving playful Trevor is ready to come out of hiding...

... and replace this poor boy who sits and studies all day for weeks (all the while growing the soon to be gone finals beard part 2) Overall, glad first year's over, but wasn't nearly as bad as anticipated. You're great Trev.


Dane, Jessica, and Beck came and stayed with us a few weeks back... While they were here we went to the beach, went to Disneyland, and had a blast just watching Beck's every move. Being around these 3 makes us want to be around them as much as we can and realize how lucky we are to have them as part of our family. We love you guys!

We also loved seeing Beck again - it was only the second chance we've had to see him since he was born, so it was fun to get to spend time with him too. Because he was teething, he was a bit of a crank so it helped scare us off of kids for a few years longer ;) But Beck sure is the cutest beach-bum-in-training i've ever seen and Uncle Trev can't wait to teach him how to surf.


Proof of Trevor's score on the Buzz Lightyear ride... better luck next time Dane : ) (and Shelby for that matter... ten times my score?!)

And I got a haircut... pictures as promised for my family; before and after


Other news lately:


Made super cute sugar eggs for Easter with Janelle and Courtney...

Went to an MMA expo...

Michelle came & we played...


We are now excited to just enjoy the summer here in San Diego!

The Family Stone

My parents and brothers finally came down to San Diego at the beginning of March - yay!! We miss seeing them regularly so it was great to have the opportunity to see them and to let them see our life down here.

While they were here we went to Disneyland, which is always our favorite!

It was my parent's anniversary the day we went to Disneyland, so DL gave them special "Happy Anniversary" pins - they were so cute!

We also went to Sea World... Trev and I actually hadn't been there since we'd moved here and I hadn't been since I was old enough to remember, so it was fun to see what all the hype is about - gotta say I loved the dolphins!

While at Sea World we went on a raft ride - not going to lie I was being a little bit of a poor sport because it got a little chilly and I really didn't want to get wet! As we were getting on the ride I asked the worker if there was a best spot to sit or anything I could do to avoid getting wet - he just laughed. As we were getting off he just said "told you so". We definitely got wet (hence the picture of us all showing off our wet spots). Yay for me, I actually was the least wet of anyone, look at those poor, wet boys (and my mom)!

Not only did we all get wet on the raft ride, during the dolphin show, Bubbles, the whale, parked himself right in front of us and did some crazy splashing... my mom was great and saved me by shielding us with her coat, but the boys, again, were soaked... warning - you might think you are safe in the twelfth row, but you're not!

The last day we went to the temple - I'm probably a little biased but I sure do love the San Diego temple - it is so pretty! Thanks for coming fam! We loved having you here and are waiting to hear when you are coming next!

Time to Brag

I'm not going to lie - I have an amazing, smart, charming, and funny husband! This week, Trevor competed in a mock trial competition. Out of 60 people who entered, he made it to the finals! He ended up being given the title of "Distinguished Advocate", which basically means he did really really great. It also means he's invited to attend a course this summer specifically offered to DA's and to be a part of their traveling moot court competition team. He went in to the competition with minimal practice and still did amazing... Trev, you're so cool!

On a side note: It was probably only the second time he has been 100% clean shaven since we've been in SD. He likes his stubble. I barely recognized him without it.

WORST. BACHELOR. EVER.

I am ticked...