tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82072315867586381602024-03-05T12:32:44.076-08:00Ry and LiviRy and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-2034494264201665542013-12-07T14:31:00.000-08:002013-12-17T21:49:20.509-08:00Brock Ryan Webb<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For you to fully understand the love our Heavenly Father has
for our Brock and what he’s done to get him here safely, I need to back up a
few months. I’ve been meaning to journal this event for a while now, but I
never did get it completely finished. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I was 26 weeks pregnant I was driving to visit a friend
and her kiddos. I was driving on the freeway and was somewhat nervous because it was pouring outside and I couldn't see very well. I was cruising along when a song I
didn’t like came on the radio. I specifically remember looking down to change
the station, but then I didn’t; for “whatever” reason I kept both hands on the
wheel and stayed focused on the road. Just seconds later, a car swerved from
three lanes over into my lane and right in front of me. I knew there was a car
in the carpool lane but I had no time to think and no other option; I was able
to swerve into the carpool lane and was blessed enough that the person in that
lane was able to swerve to avoid me hitting them. Had I hit the driver that
swerved into my lane, because she came at such a sharp angle, I would have hit just
behind her driver door going 70 MPH. I
know that it could have been a horrific accident, that quite possibly could
have killed her, me, and most likely would have made me miscarry. After I got
back into my lane and people stopped honking, it took me probably a solid ten
seconds to realize what I just avoided and I broke down. I cried hysterically.
I cried because I was overwhelmed with the thought “that could have been so
bad”. And then it hit me with a ton of bricks… “My Heavenly Father is aware of
my baby boy and protected him. My baby boy is meant to come to this earth at
this time for reasons Heavenly Father has planned for him.” The love I felt
from Heavenly Father for my baby was overwhelming and more real than I had ever
experienced before. I was an emotional wreck. On Sunday during Relief Society I
could not stop thinking about what Heavenly Father helped me avoid. I pulled
out my kindle and wrote a letter to my baby boy: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My sweet baby boy, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I want you to know that your Heavenly Father loves you,
knows you, and has a plan for you. You are a special boy and will bring so much
good and so much joy into our family and into this world. I promise you that if
you stay close to your Heavenly Father and keep his commandments you will have
so much joy in your life. This life isn’t easy and you will have hardships and
trials but with your family and with your Heavenly Father you can overcome
anything. Your dad and I are your biggest fans and will always love you,
support you, and be there for you. I promise that we will teach you the gospel
and give you the tools you need to live the gospel. We love you more than you
know and want nothing but the best for you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mommy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now I will fast forward to Friday, November 15<sup>th</sup>.
Ry and I had wanted to get up to St. Charles one more time before baby boy
would make his debut. I was 35 weeks pregnant and we knew that we would have to
start staying closer to home in the next couple of weeks. This was a weekend we
had been looking at for a while since I didn’t work and we didn’t have anything
else going on. It turned out to be even more of a perfect weekend to go up
since Ry’s mom and grandma would be in Montpelier staying with his uncle and we
really wanted to visit him. By the time Ry was done working and able to leave
it was dark. We debated back and forth if we should go. The weather hadn’t been
too bad, but Ry was worried about black ice in Logan Canyon. However, if we
didn’t leave that night we wouldn’t be able to go at all since there was
supposed to be a blizzard starting early the next morning and lasting all day
long. We had already packed and loaded the car and knew that if we didn’t go up
this weekend we might not make it up before baby boy was born. We decided to
go. The weather hadn’t been too bad during the day and we the car had recently
had its tires replaced. Not long after we left Ry mentioned that he had a
feeling that we shouldn’t go. I didn’t have any sort of feeling either way. I
told Ry that in no way would I be upset with him if we didn’t go because he
felt like we shouldn’t. We kept driving and pulled off the freeway about ten
minutes from home to get gas. When Ry got back in the car he told me we weren’t
going. We turned around and went home. Little did we know that the reason
Heavenly Father prompted Ry to have us stay home was because our little man
would be coming. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now Saturday…Saturday just makes me laugh. You want to know
what we did all day? We cleaned. We vacuumed, cleared out the boxes from the
living room, moved the extra TV and table out of the nursery, etc. etc. We
cleaned all day long. Can you say “nesting”? :) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*I know this is an extremely long post and I apologize, but
I want to remember the details :) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday morning at 9am I woke up and realized that something
didn’t feel quite right. When I stood I could tell that there was some drainage
so I went to the bathroom. The drainage kept coming and went from thin and
clear to thicker and pink and then back to thin and clear. I started to panic a
little and woke Ry up and told him something was wrong. After about 15 minutes
the drainage all but stopped. We talked for a few minutes and tried to figure
out what we should do. We had stayed up really late and he looked exhausted so I
sent him back to bed and decided to shower. The drainage seemed to have stopped
but I decided to call the on-call doctor anyways. I had been in three weeks
before to be checked when I had had some similar drainage but on a much smaller
degree. I told the doctor about this and told him that last time it was nothing
and asked if I needed to be checked regardless or if I could wait and see. He
said I was fine to wait and see but to go in if there continued to be a good
amount of drainage. I decided to start getting ready for the day since our home
teachers would be here shortly. I had another large gush of fluid and started
to doubt that we would not be going into the hospital to have me checked. I
kept getting ready and we went upstairs to wait for our home teachers. As we
sat there waiting I had another large gush and ran downstairs. Ry stayed
upstairs and visited with the home teachers (he told them I wasn’t feeling well
haha) while I packed us a bag for the hospital. Lucky for me I had made a
hospital bag packing list in my phone the night before at about 1am haha. After
the home teachers left we were off to the hospital. Not long before I noticed I
was starting to feel a little crampy and get pain in my back that would come
and go. I didn’t know if these were contractions but I decided to time how
often they were happening as we drove to the hospital. They came about every
2-3 minutes. We got to the hospital and went to the triage room. I had been
there before and knew the drill. They would do two things: put some of the
fluid on a piece of pH paper and look at some of the fluid under a microscope.
If the pH paper turned blue there was a chance it was amniotic fluid (I say
chance because other things can turn it blue), it turned blue right away which
had not happened the last time I was there. Next she put some of the fluid on a
slide and went to look at it under a microscope. Amniotic fluid is the only
fluid that will look like snowflakes under a microscope. She left for a few
minutes and when she came back she told us the test was positive. It was
amniotic fluid. My water had broken. I broke down and started to cry. He wasn’t
supposed to come yet…it was too early. My cute nurse said she was going to
start crying if she stayed in there and then walked out. She came back a little
bit later to check how dilated and effaced I was. I was 1cm dilated and 80%
effaced. My thoughts were, “Lovely. This is going to be one long day”. I think
it was about 2pm when I got admitted, IV placed, and hooked back up to the
monitors. Contractions were regular and uncomfortable but not intolerable. I
didn’t want the epidural quite yet because I wanted to be able to move around
and walk. We discussed starting Pitocin and I asked the nurse if we could give
my body a couple hours to see if I really needed it or not. We started to let
our family and friends know what was going on. My parents were up in Idaho and
were planning on stopping at our place for dinner that night. I called them but
they didn’t answer. I left a message and called them again an hour later when I
hadn’t heard back from them. When my mom answered I could tell she hadn’t
gotten my message so I proceeded to tell her that we were in the hospital and
that I was in labor. So…dinner wouldn’t be happening. Contractions started to
get stronger and more painful in by back and I tried sitting on the edge of the
bed, standing, and walking to see if it would help with the pain. The nurse
also taught us to have me sit up with my feet flat and knees at a 90 degree
angle and have Ry push against my knees. I can’t decide if it helped or not,
but the distraction was nice :) After being checked again and my nurse noticing
that the contractions were starting to get very painful, she encouraged me to
get the epidural. I agreed and the anesthesiologist was in my room just minutes
later. This was maybe around 4pm? After that life was good haha. We just hung
out and continued to let our family know what was going on. Christen came for a
visit which was very sweet of her. The day kinda runs together and I can’t keep
everything quite straight. I know that the nurse checked me a couple times and
was okay with my progression but felt that at some point Pitocin would have to
be started. She checked me around 6pm and I could have sworn that I was 3 ½ cm
but Ry says I’m delusional and that I was 4cm. I guess I’ll believe him.
Anyways. My parents showed up just before 7pm and came to say hi. My nurse came
in about that same time and I told her I was feeling pressure so she wanted to
check me real quick as her shift was almost over. My parents stepped out into
the hall and Ry went with so he could chat with them. She checked and I was
complete! My parents and Ry came back for a few minutes while she let the
doctor know and grabbed the oncoming nurse so we could do some practice pushes.
My parents went to the waiting room and we started to push. We did 2 ½ rounds of pushes before they had me stop,
cross my legs, and wait for my doctor to get there. Sometime during all of this
my sweet sister-in-law showed up so she could get some pictures. Thank you Mel!
Dr. Terry showed up and we started to push! I can’t remember for sure how many
rounds of pushes we did with him…but it wasn’t very many, I want to say we
pushed through two or three contractions. Although the day is kind of a blur
and I can’t quite remember all the details, the feeling of seeing my baby boy
for the first time is unforgettable. And Mel did an amazing job at capturing
this moment and capturing the emotions we were feeling. They put my baby on my
chest and I got to hold him and touch him for the first time. And he was
screaming! Which meant that his lungs were strong. After a few minutes the NICU
nurse and respiratory therapist (both there due to protocol with him being less
than 36 weeks) took him to measure, weigh, and check him out. My baby boy
weighed 5 pounds 6.6 ounces and measured 17 ¾ inches. Because he was doing so
well they let him stay with me until we were ready to send him to the NICU to
be assessed by the nurse practitioner. Lucky for us, he only stayed there about
5 hours and his only issue was low blood sugars. We were given the option to
either have him eat some formula or have an IV placed to receive fluids. We
chose to have him eat. Ry stayed with him the whole time and I did everything I
could to get down to the NICU ASAP. They made me wait a couple hours until the
epidural was more worn off and I was able to walk to the bathroom. Finally I
got to go down and see my boys…my family. Words cannot express how grateful I
am that Brock was born healthy with no major issues or complications, that his
lungs were developed and that he got to come up to my room shortly after and that
he got to come home with us. Our little man was just anxious to get here and we
are so grateful to have him. Thank you so much to all our family and friends
for the love and support. We appreciate the visits, the gifts, the meals, the
pictures taken, and so much more. Thank you thank you thank you! We love you
all so much and know that Brock is surrounded by people who love him and care
about him. I truly feel blessed that Heavenly Father has entrusted us with this
sweet boy and I could not be more grateful that He helped him get here safely.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A HUGE "thank you" to Mel for being there and capturing such a special moment! I absolutely love all the pictures she took and I tear up every time I watch the video she created. I had the hardest time deciding which pictures to post on the blog...there are SO many more amazing ones!! I will always treasure these. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>How far along?</b> 25 weeks and 4 days. 14 weeks and 3 days to
go! He's the size of an eggplant and weighs almost TWO pounds!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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last week and wore them for the first time yesterday! Some of my regular pants
still fit, but they’re just not very comfortable. Yesterday I also got a box full
of maternity clothes from my Christen (thank you!) and bought a couple more
shirts :) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bought me some lotion (that smells amazing by the way), but I've heard that it
might not help at all…that whether or not you get stretch marks depends on how
quick you gain weight, genetics, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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little more tired than what I feel like I should be. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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matters a ton yet whether or not I do, but I’m a pretty paranoid mama so I try
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Something new in the last week or so is that I can actually SEE some of his
movements! I absolutely LOVE it. It’s very entertaining to sit and watch my
belly :) On less wiggly days I grab the Doppler and count his heart rate just
to make sure he’s doing ok. As I previously said, paranoid mama. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in particular for a while, and then I just don’t like it much after a while.
Right now I’m really into Easy Mac. Healthy, huh? I also could eat candy all day long, but I've always had a bad sweet tooth so I can't blame that on the pregnancy unfortunately. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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scrambled eggs lately. I tried to eat some this morning and I just don’t feel
that great after. Bummer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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haha. I showed my mom my baby bump yesterday and all she said was, “some people
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but I’m so tired this week! I get heartburn every now and then, but overall, I really can't complain. I feel great. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I paid a ridiculous amount for it, but I’ll beg Mel to take a couple pictures
of him in it when it fits him. Totally worth it. I also bought some newborn jammies that are
absolutely adorable :) If they fit him when he gets here it might be what I
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Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-75581213901530386152013-08-05T16:04:00.001-07:002013-08-05T17:17:12.594-07:00Gender Reveal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">July 25th we had our ultrasound! It was so much fun to see our little one and to see the heart, brain, spine, arms, legs, kidneys, etc. developing! I wish I could understand everything I saw, but that's okay. We still really enjoyed it and at our next appointment Dr. Terry will go over the radiology report with us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had decided a couple weeks before our appointment that I wanted to find out the gender at the same time as our families. During the ultrasound I asked the technician to tell us when to look away so we could be surprised later that evening. I had some fun planning a small get-together and deciding how we wanted the gender revealed. A huge thank you to my talented sister-in-law Melissa for capturing a special night and a very special moment for us! I absolutely love all the pictures she took for us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The kids had a lot of fun with the chalk board :) Not my idea of what the chalk board would be used for, but that's okay! The final count was 8 votes for boy and 12 votes for girl. Ry said without a doubt it was a boy. I had no motherly instincts telling me either way haha but due to my symptoms and old wives tales I voted girl.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adorable Nash! Such a happy boy. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Thanks to Pinterest I found a fun way to reveal the gender! We asked the ultrasound technician if she would put confetti in our pinata for us. We gave her a bag of pink and a bag of blue confetti and told her to keep the bag she didn't use (obviously). It was so much fun having the kids go at the pinata for a while!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But...after waiting for what seemed like forever and giving every kid a few tries, all they were doing was knocking extremities off the poor monkey. I was getting pretty dang antsy so I grabbed a different bat...a solid aluminum bat Ry guy made in high school. I figured it would do the trick!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfortunately all I did was make the monkey fly off the rope...so...we decided to have Ry give it a go. I </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pitched the monkey to him and that did the trick! It was actually really fun to have Ry be the one that finally got the pinata to break, so I don't regret not being able to do it myself :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second Ry hit that pinata I ran over to find a piece of confetti that would tell me what we've been waiting weeks to find out; if we would be having a baby girl or a baby boy. This is what the pinata held:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ry was right! We are beyond excited for this little guy to join our family in December. We love him so much already and can't wait to see his sweet face!</span></div>
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<br />Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-32476297097163001782013-07-15T17:29:00.000-07:002013-07-15T17:29:37.036-07:00Baby Webb!As most people already know due to our family and Facebook announcements, Ry and I are expecting! Baby Webb is due December 20th and we couldn't be more excited. <div>
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We found out we were expecting April 13th while on a trip to St. George with a group of friends. It was hard to not have any alone time to be able to talk about it! St. George has found a special place in my heart. Ry proposed to me while we were on a trip with a group of friends down there. We returned there to celebrate our first and third anniversaries. While visiting the St. George temple during our third anniversary, Ry expressed to me that he felt like it was the right time to expand our family. Three months later we returned to St. George and discovered we were expecting!</div>
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I called a couple days after we got home to schedule my first doctors appointment. I was disappointed to learn that my appointment wouldn't happen for nearly seven weeks. Longest seven weeks. Of. My. Life. It was terrifying to not have any clue if everything was going well. I had hardly any signs or symptoms of pregnancy until I was 10 weeks and was terrified that something was going to be wrong. I think I took a total of five or six pregnancy tests over that seven weeks...</div>
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FINALLY May 29th came along and we went to our first appointment. We got to meet our doctor and sit down and ask him any questions we had. Afterwards we went into an exam room and he did a mini ultrasound. The second I saw the baby come into view and saw his or her little heart beating, my heart calmed. I could have stayed there for hours. </div>
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Because I'm a worrier, I was only comforted for a couple weeks before I was anxious to get back into the doctors office to listen to my little one's heart. I was too impatient to wait for my appointment so I searched Amazon for a doppler and my sweet Ry bought it for me. It has become one of my favorite possessions very quickly. We listen and count the heartbeat at least every other day :) </div>
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After entering the second trimester and going to the doctor one more time we decided to tell our families and the world. We told our families with mini (aka baby) cupcakes that had "plus" signs on them to represent a positive pregnancy test. It took them a minute to figure it out and one brother-in-law asked if they were "religious cupcakes", thinking they were crosses rather than plus signs :) Ry's family was surprised and very thrilled. My family, on the other hand, saw it coming. I think I gave it away when I had to run out of my brother's wedding to throw up due to "food poisoning" haha. They were also very excited. </div>
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Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-16347364300780071092013-03-08T19:01:00.001-08:002013-03-11T09:13:55.021-07:00Love.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love is an interesting thing...the way it changes, grows, develops, and matures over time. I have been married to the love of my life for three years, two months, and one week. The love I have for Ryan, for this boy that stole my heart and made me the happiest girl alive is overwhelming. Lately I've been searching for the right words to adequately express this thing called love, and I can't seem to find them. Words are just not good enough. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Early in our marriage I decided the best advice I could live by was to expect nothing and to appreciate everything. Recognizing the importance of this advice is so much easier than applying it in our lives. We set expectations for ourselves, our families, our friends, our coworkers, and especially our spouses. How much happier would we be if we didn't <i>expect</i> our spouse to do this or that? If rather, we noticed all the good in our spouse and all the love, service, compassion, and forgiveness that they offer us? And then to serve them! There is so much joy found in serving the person you love most in this world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the quote by President Hinckley that describes what happiness in marriage is. He said, "I am satisfied that happiness in marriage is not so much a matter of romance as it is an anxious concern for the comfort and well-being of one's companion." I believe that. I believe that romance is important, but I know that I am truly showing Ry I love him when I am supportive and when I am anxiously concerned for his happiness, his safety, and his comfort. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My husband is the best thing that ever happened to me and I thank my Heavenly Father for allowing this loving, forgiving, amazing man to be mine for eternity. Although I can't find words strong enough to tell Ry how I feel, I can do my best to show him each and every day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love you Ryan Stevens Webb. Unconditionally. Forever. </span></div>
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Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-49848412356127001812013-03-04T10:07:00.002-08:002013-03-04T10:07:24.520-08:00Shortest Update Ever<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can’t believe that I haven’t blogged for over a year. Well…I
guess I can believe it, but I’m still disappointed in myself. What an eventful
year it has been too! Since my last post so much has happened in our lives.
Last January I took the NCLEX and became a Registered Nurse. I got a job at
Intermountain Medical Center on the orthopedic floor and have been working
there since. In May Ryan graduated and got a job at FLS where he had been
working as an intern. We had a great summer playing at the lake a lot with our
jet skis and dirt biking whenever we got the chance. In October Ry quit his job to open
Boost/Virgin cell phone stores with his brother. Because their first store was
going to be in Ogden and we were currently living in Eagle Mountain we moved
into his parents’ basement in Bountiful. When Brad and E’Shell’s basement is
done we will move there. In December I graduated with my bachelors. Ry would
like me to continue my education, but I think I’ll take a break for a little
while. Now Ry is running four stores and I am working full time at IMC. What
seems to be like such big changes in our lives I summarized in one paragraph!
Now…I hope to be a better journal keeper and blog more often. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-66023817649870784022012-01-16T17:46:00.000-08:002012-01-16T17:46:59.564-08:00by Melissa Sue Photography<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have an amazing sister-in-law that is a very talented photographer. She was so great to do our engagements and temple pictures and has been so good to take pictures for us at other important events. I don't know if I've expressed to her enough how grateful I am to her for that. So once again, <span style="font-size: large;">thank you Mel!!</span> I <u>love</u> having all the precious pictures that I have because of you! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted some updated pictures of us because to be quite honest, its been a while since we've had family pictures and I look completely different. It might be the hair...I'm not quite sure :) So, once again, sweet Mel took the time and talent to take some amazing pictures for us. Enjoy!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span>Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-61332127609251966852012-01-15T22:00:00.000-08:002012-01-15T22:00:06.901-08:00Sheesh.<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Alright. This is pretty ridiculous. I knew this would happen. I knew that the second I got home I would be too busy to blog…which makes me really sad because although we have been busy with school and work, we have done some really fun things that I wanted to write about! I started a note in my phone that listed all the things I wanted to blog about so that I could do it when I had more time, but that didn’t last too long. Dang. But here is what I do have as a note in my phone:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“<b>Monday night flew home</b>. (Red-eye flights actually aren’t as terrible as I was anticipating. It was nice to have an extra day in Hawaii and then just sleep for most of the flight. AND we didn’t miss any flights! We made it home in a record-setting nine hours.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tuesday got home</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. (My sweet mom surprised me and showed up at the airport to say hello! It was so good to see her and so sweet of her to come. Thank you mom!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Wednesday went to Lagoon</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. (So much fun. I’m so glad I made it home for Lagoon day with my family. I was so excited to be able to see Christen and Henry before they left for home. Side note adorable story: While we were at Lagoon I gave Henry $5 for his birthday. We were standing in a gift shop and we looked over and saw Henry handing a giant pencil to the Lagoon worker and digging the $5 out of his pocket to buy the pencil with. So cute! The kid is TWO and he knows that you have to pay for things you want! So cute. Lagoon was a lot of fun and I was so impressed with the kids for being so brave and going on all the big rides. I was expecting to be on little kid rides all day but that was not the case at all.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Thursday left for Idaho and slept at Grandma Stevens</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. (We rode the street bike up and stopped in Logan so that Ry could install a security system in Grandma Stevens house. It was so sweet for her to let us stay the night. She even made us yummy waffles for breakfast. Thank you grandma!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Friday went four wheeling in St. Charles</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. (Fun. Always fun.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Saturday picked millions of raspberries, went boating, and went to the world’s smallest demolition durby.</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> (I now have a million frozen squashed raspberries that I need to make more jam with. Yum! Boating was a blast. I overcame my fear somewhat and went tubing. Dad may have been “nice” to me but I felt like he was going hard! I sure did get a good workout though. The demolition durby was awesome. FOUR cars. Four. Usually there are WAY more! It was still a blast though and I will always love a good demo durby.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sunday drove home</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. (Long ride. Sore butt.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Monday ran errands and got a hamster. His name is Pepe. </span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(For all of those who are wondering, yes, he is still alive. Although we did have a close call when someone left the cage open. Woops. Good thing we’re smart and put the cage on the ground to see if he would come back at night. He did. And Ry heard him running in his wheel and ran and closed the cage! Close call my friends.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tuesday – Friday Ry worked. I did who-knows-what. </span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(This week taught me that I really need to be busy in order to not die of boredom. I guess I should be grateful for school and work.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Friday visited Emily and her cute new babies. Had a girls night with the Webbs. Played bunco. Lost. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Saturday went dirt biking with pops and Ry. Had a bbq and movie night with Ailin and Jake.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Lupe concert: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2 people I saw pass out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">5 pounds lost by sweating.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1,973 times I checked to make sure my wedding ring was still on my finger.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">543 times I checked to make sure my purse was still zipped. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">3 times I caught a glimpse of Lupe. Height disadvantage. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">0 songs I knew.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2 songs I am now obsessed with.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2 months that my cilia are damaged.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">4 hours standing in one spot. Give or take six inches. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">7 times my toes got smashed on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I know I sound like I’m complaining, but I’m not. It was quite the event!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">October 5<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Lake. Cold! Coat, beanie, wet suits.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Yup. That’s what I have in my phone! I think that most of it is self-explanatory…except for October 5<sup>th</sup>…which was quite hilarious </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Ry and I bought a couple lake toys and we decided to ditch school one *sunny* day to take them down to the lake. The funny thing is…no matter how bright that sun is, that has hardly any bearing on how warm it actually is. It was frigid. I’m starting to think that 9 o’clock in the morning is cold no matter what time of year it is. Anyways, I’ll get to the point because heaven knows I do not have time to write and write and write as much as I would love to. SO…we went to the lake, it was freezing cold. I was waiting for Ry on the dock and he comes walking down wearing a half wet suit that is WAY too small for him, a coat, a beanie, and gloves. I was confused as to whether we were going to the lake or to play in the snow! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Anywhoo….that’s what October 5<sup>th</sup> was. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So there are a FEW things that we have done! I’m so sad I’ve done such a terrible job at blogging.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Last semester was a good one. One of the easier ones for me, but unfortunately one of the busier ones for Ry. That’s okay though. He earned a whopping $7 per “A”…AND, he got straight A’s!! That’s right, I snatched a smart one!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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The end of last semester was an exciting one for me. It meant that I could take the dreaded test and start working as an RN. One month after graduation and that dreaded test is STILL lingering…torturing me. If anyone reads this, a prayer would be much appreciated! To celebrate surviving the nursing program, we had a pinning ceremony. Kind of like graduation…but just for the students in my class. Thank you to my sweet sister-in-law, Mel, I have pictures to remember this big day.</span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I want to thank all my friends and family who have been so supportive! You guys rock. I know I’ve been busy and missed important events or just disappeared for weeks on end, but I want you all to know that I appreciate you and love you all so much! (…and miss you!!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Three weeks of Christmas break seemed to fly by, but it was a nice break. I was able to manipulate my work schedule to have a lot of days off in a row for Christmas and for our Anniversary, which was so nice. Ry was even able to get a week off and we celebrated our 2<sup>nd</sup> Anniversary by going to Idaho and going snowmobiling and just RELAXING. It was the best. Thank you mom and dad for a great weekend! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Here is my cheesy blurp because I’m a terrible wife and totally forgot to write a card for Ry for our anniversary…Ry, I love you more than words can express and I am beyond grateful that you are mine FOREVER! I love everything about you and I’m so excited to live life with you and raise a family with you someday (someday does NOT mean in 7 years mister). You’re going to be the quirkiest and BEST dad ever and I’m so excited for that! You have opened my eyes to so many things and have given me the privilege to meet so many wonderful people. Thank you for being the greatest example to me and to everyone around you. You are the most kind, forgiving, considerate, loving, trustworthy, reliable, selfless person I know and I hope that your good example rubs off more on me. You are always serving and giving and it humbles me. You don’t want people to know how you help them, which sometimes kills me because I want everyone to know how pure and GOOD you are. Thank you for always forgiving and forgetting when I do something mean, bratty, or dumb and for always loving me and being willing to hold me when I’m down. I find such comfort in knowing that you are always there for me when I feel that nobody else is. You know me and you know how to make me smile when all I want to do is cry. Thank you for showing me how to live. You’ve showed me that life is SO much more than work. That life is about relationships and memories. Thank you for giving me opportunities to learn something new, even when it means you have to go slow and wait for me. I love you for all your funny little habits – like not putting cups upside-down in the cupboard because you’d rather rinse dust out of your cup than lick the bottom of the cupboard, like licking the top of the toothpaste (and every condiment) so that the lid doesn’t get sticky, taking a bajillion vitamins, criticizing the heck out of movies, making the bed with one pillow in the middle of the bed for your knees, eating a bowl of cereal while you drive to school, and even having me fold your socks in half in a pair rather than rolling them together :) You make me smile Ry guy. I love when you are joking around with someone and they have no idea. I love that I can expect what’s coming (usually) because I <u>know</u> you. I’m so excited to keep getting to know you! I love learning new things about you and about your childhood and about what made you become the man that I am so hopelessly head over heels for. Happy Anniversary love, and here’s to MANY more to come!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></span>Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-821741324070847412011-08-04T00:36:00.000-07:002011-08-04T00:36:15.382-07:00Our Week With Lil' B<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week Ry and I got to have Brandon come visit us for a little bit. Because he was here we wanted to do a lot of fun things in the mornings, so we definitely had a busy and fun week!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Saturday</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brandon got here Saturday night and Ry did not want to waste any time. We got home and put a little bit of food in him and then went shell hunting. We found a few cool ones :) they always end up being my most favorite souvenir. I don't have any pictures of them, but I have about a bajillion tiny ones and a good amount of big ones we're bringing home!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anywhoo, Sunday we just kind of hung around and showed B a few of the lagoons by our place and then barbequed hamburgers for dinner. With grilled pineapple of course! Mmm. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After Nanaku we stopped at what we lovingly call the “turtle beach”. It’s a little lagoon in Ko’Olina that has definitely earned its name. Every time we go there is at least one turtle, and often there are two or three. When we go there we pick seaweed off the rocks and hand feed the turtles. Unfortunately the awesome pictures and videos are on Brandon’s camera. Hopefully I will get to update the blog with them soon!</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Wednesday</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wednesday was a very good day. We woke up early and drove to Laie to go to the temple. Beautiful. We were especially excited to go because last year when we lived here the temple was closed for reconstruction. AND, when we went to visit the temple grounds last year Ry had thrown up in the car a couple times and I was super mad that the drivers did not turn around…so it was good to go back when everyone was feeling good and happy and we got to do a session, which is always extremely uplifting and rejuvenating. I love the temple!<b style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, we swam all the way to that little white dot at the top of the picture searching the water for dolphins that we thought we saw from a mile away. I've circled it in red for your convenience. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were utterly disappointed that we missed our one and only chance to swim with dolphins. Our dreams were crushed...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...for a short time until we heard that there were dolphins at Electric Beach! This was such a surprise for us. Last year we lived about five minutes away from Electric Beach and went there very often and had NO idea that dolphins are there frequently. How we never knew beats me. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am happy to say that our crushed dreams were uncrushed and we did finally get to swim with dolphins. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was SO cool! Some days I'm a little sad that we don't have a waterproof camera. That day would be one of them. The picture above is pretty much what we got to see though, and it was really neat. We swam with them for an hour or so and watched them jump out of the water and spin and play with each other. Absolutely loved it. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dolphin searching take 2 was definitely a success. </span>Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-644342062379868892011-07-08T20:37:00.000-07:002011-07-08T20:37:00.027-07:00The Great Debate<div class="MsoNormal">Last week I had a great debate going on inside my head…<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THIS </span> </b></span> or <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>THIS </b></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJysPFd25xLAtJ1FB1vFpRUX0p2LnS9ZSBB-iCNqafHRk7GLja68b-BFRoAFmQxGZLHaI_tGD7mZju22ITeuuwl_ZOB7ACo1GM1BewXRkKPMvOxyQ9yj4YdNDITBRZlTiT60DR5N64Nb-8/s1600/lady-shopping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XNtnbde1EAlL0PyyJ0zM2bDNrru5lfvjYe0Bkkw0t81ELLJbz5FLFOWDLcreJ0whGDT8aUhMMnl2OQXM03YIreJcsVdhCzj9wFQELhMxIGuumqw8ATLUVFipk8_F1rWZ9uOQy_4FyuHV/s1600/Sky_Diving.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XNtnbde1EAlL0PyyJ0zM2bDNrru5lfvjYe0Bkkw0t81ELLJbz5FLFOWDLcreJ0whGDT8aUhMMnl2OQXM03YIreJcsVdhCzj9wFQELhMxIGuumqw8ATLUVFipk8_F1rWZ9uOQy_4FyuHV/s200/Sky_Diving.jpg" width="200" /></a><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJysPFd25xLAtJ1FB1vFpRUX0p2LnS9ZSBB-iCNqafHRk7GLja68b-BFRoAFmQxGZLHaI_tGD7mZju22ITeuuwl_ZOB7ACo1GM1BewXRkKPMvOxyQ9yj4YdNDITBRZlTiT60DR5N64Nb-8/s200/lady-shopping.jpg" width="200" /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal">Last week for an outing our boss took the company sky diving. I have to be honest, I had the hardest time deciding whether or not I wanted to go. Not because I didn’t have a blast when I went last year, but because I have been before and I could have quite the shopping spree instead. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">When I told Ry that I was thinking about going shopping instead of sky diving he told me that our grandchildren would be disappointed in me. He said that they would say, “Grandma, how come grandpa went skydiving so many times and you only went once?”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Todd, in my defense replied that our grandchildren would look at pictures of us and say, “Grandma, your clothes are sooooo cool!” He may or may not have said this sarcastically, I can’t be sure. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Ryan retaliated by saying that our grandchildren would say, “Grandma, you have a LOT of clothes you need to take to the D.I. Can we use some for our Halloween costumes?” Rude. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">So long story short I debated about it for days. The morning of I still didn’t know. I had decided that whether or not I was going to jump I still wanted to go watch Ry. So I woke up, got ready, made sure I had tennis shoes on, and got in the car. By the time we got to the north shore I had made my decision. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">I did it! I jumped out of an airplane at 14,200 feet! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last year we jumped at about 10,000 feet so the free fall this year was quite a bit longer. It was amazing. I’m not going to lie, I was pretty scared this time for some reason!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The airplane ride up seemed to take for-freaking-ever and they opened the side door and I was scared I was going to fall out…kind of ironic, huh? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think my tandem guy could tell I was scared when I gripped the bench we were sitting on. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">My tandem, aka Jo, and I jumped first. According to Ryan I looked pretty dang worried when I looked back at him one last time before I more or less fell out of the airplane. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It was amazing. I can’t even describe the beautiful view I saw or the feeling of free falling. I absolutely loooooooved it and I’m SO happy that I went. Ultimately, I chose sky diving over shopping because I knew I would end up regretting it. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Here are some of our fun pictures from that morning!<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>I guess my grandchildren won’t be disappointed in me after all.</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-88086117225259210182011-07-05T21:59:00.000-07:002011-07-05T22:00:03.853-07:00Newsprint NailsI don't remember how, but the other day I stumbled on a random blog and found this awesome idea! Newsprint nails! The first time it takes a little bit of time to get the hang of it and may take a bit of time, but it's easy as <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>1, 2, 3</b>!</span><br />
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I had the hardest time trying to get a clear picture of them, but you get the idea, ya? I'll teach you how to do them :)<br />
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<div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 8px;">Supplies:</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 8px;">- ten pieces of newspaper (the newspaper should be paper with soy ink - supposedly this kind of ink is used on cheaper papers) cut into pieces big enough to cover your entire nail - my favorite nail was my thumb, I did a crossword on it. I've also seen people do a part of a comic on their thumb.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 8px;">- rubbing alcohol and a small container to put it in (I used a shot glass that I found in the cupboard)</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 8px;">- a colored nail polish and a top coat</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 8px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 8px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>First</b> </span>paint your nails with the colored polish and wait for them to dry completely. Depending on how many coats you do, this may take a little bit of time. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 8px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Second</b></span> dip a piece of newspaper in the alcohol - make sure it is completely submerged and saturated - then place the piece of paper over one of your nails and push for about 30 seconds. The first nail I held it for two minutes thinking that the longer the better, right? Not true. 30 seconds is plenty of time and prevents the paper from sticking to your nail after you've taken it off. Repeat with all your nails. (I've also read that you can dip your nail in the alcohol instead of the newspaper - I've done both ways and dipping the newspaper eliminated the dilemma of the paper sticking to the nail.)</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 8px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Third</b> </span>wait five minutes or so and paint your nails with the top coat. This really helps the letters show better. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 8px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 8px;">Kind of a fun idea :) I even did my toes! They're pretty difficult to see unless you're up close, but I still had fun with it.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 8px;">The only complaint I would have is that I used cheaper nail polish and I went snorkeling the next day and half of my nails had chipped off :( I was pretty depressed about it. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 8px;">Overall, a fun idea!</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 8px;"><br />
</div>Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-69170965008186493052011-07-04T18:31:00.000-07:002011-07-05T22:11:47.105-07:00So much to blog blog blog...<div class="MsoNormal">I have SO many things I want to blog about but I keep getting further and further behind! <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">So, I will try to catch up. <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I would like to start with June 22 :) Yes, my birthday. <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I lied. I would like to start with June 21. This would be my birthday celebration day thanks to my good friend Tarah (aka T-Rah). We decided to go to Salvation Army to find legitimate Hawaiian tees. I have to say, I am pretty in love with mine. It’s a high school graduation shirt! I’m pretty excited about it too because it’s Class of 2011. It’s 2011 and school ended recently. I’m pretty sure this shirt has never been worn before. Anyways. After Salvation Army we cruised over to JAMBA juice. Tarah bought me a pink star. Mmmmmmm. Amazing. We then went to our favorite store, Ross. We found some adorable bright pink sweats that said LOVE down the leg in lime green. They were practically screaming my name. After shopping and playing we had to return to the real world of work. <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Now, June 22… <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The day started at 6am when I couldn’t sleep anymore because I was nervous I would wake up late (we were leaving at 7:30am to go golfing). I was getting ready when I heard Brandon and Ryan call my name. They told me to go sit on the bed. After a slight pause they changed their minds and insisted that I LAY down on the bed. They brought me breakfast in bed :) mmmmm. Sweet boys. <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The drive to the golf course was interesting…to say the least. Brandon insisted that he break the law the WHOLE drive up (about a 45 minute drive). He accomplished this by not using his blinkers, speeding, crossing solid lines, texting and playing games on his phone, etc etc. Yup.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Golfing was a lot of fun! It was my first time so I technically didn’t play. Instead, I got to drive the golf cart and occasionally try (emphasis on ‘try’) to hit a few golf balls. I actually hit a couple pretty well! Most of them were quite ugly however. I had a ton of fun though and I would really like to learn how to golf! Ry played 9 holes and we took off while the other boys played the back 9. We went to the Volcano National Park and saw the crater of a volcano and walked through a lava tube and stopped by the museum. It was pretty neat :) I unfortunately was rushing out of the door and didn’t find my camera, so here is a Google image of a lava tube…</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">After golf we grabbed lunch from L&L, a yummy local place. We ate teriyaki beef and macaroni salad. Mmm. Hawaiians have a crazy obsession with macaroni salad. I’m starting to kind of like it a lot…we also stopped at Mc-eee-Dee’s to grab one of their new McFlurry’s, a rolo, ice cream, and caramel swirl of yumminess. We might have eaten dessert before lunch. Woops. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Then we got home and it was work time. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Tarah was super sweet and bought me a gourmet cupcake. Ry found a random candle in one of the drawers in the kitchen and wrapped the bottom of it in seran wrap and stuck it in my cupcake, lit it, and sang to me. Sweet boy, huh? You’d think that until as I wound up to blow the candle out he turned the fan behind me on.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"> It blew out the candle for me.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Will my wish still come true? <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">After Tarah and I finished the things we needed to do we got bored and decided to do our hair. Tarah was kind enough to tell me that my curls weren’t that great. She gave me a brush and told me to brush them out and then re-curled them for me. She’s a good friend :) <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">When Ry got home I begged him to let me open at least one present; a lime green shirt I had been waiting to open for weeks and was especially excited for it now that I had awesome sweat pants to match it. He was disappointed in me for peaking in the suitcase earlier that day to make sure it was still there. He asked, “how would you like me to wrap it?” I answered, “grocery bags will do”. I don’t think Ryan believes in wrapping paper or gift bags. He isn’t pleased when I purchase these items. So, grocery bags it was! and I was perfectly ok with it.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">These three items I had shopped for and waited for and was super excited to finally have them be mine!<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">A while later before we went to bed Ry told me he had another present that was a surprise. He handed me two pieces of paper and said I could choose between A or B and that ‘none of the above’ was not an option.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">A. Epilady. Weird, I know, but I have always wanted one! When I was in High School my good friend Emily had one and we would use it once in a while on our arms. Thanks to her, when I have a longer hair on my arm I pull at it until I get the dang thing out. So, and epilady would be handy.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">B. </span> </span>Laser hair removal on my lower legs. I couldn’t believe this was an option! I opened the piece of paper and immediately said, “no way”. Poor Ry, his face dropped and he said, “I worked hard on this…” I felt so bad! The only reason I said no so fast was because laser hair removal is expensive! I immediately told him sorry and that it is an awesome idea and that I love him so much and thank you so much for finding these for me, etc etc. I hope he feels better…it really was a really good idea…</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I chose option A and it should be here next week! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Ry was super sweet and bought me a coconut crème pie so I could have a birthday pie. He’s so funny, he asked me if I liked coconut pie and told me he got that one because he remembered that earlier I had said that I wanted coconut something or other. I told him I wanted coconut curry. Such a funny kid. Love him to death! The coconut pie was very yummy nevertheless. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Ry went and got all the boys in the other house and brought them over to sing and have pie. Can I just say…most awkward 30 seconds of my life? NOW I understand why Ry hates people singing ‘happy birthday’ to him. I don’t remember ever feeling so utterly awkward and embarrassed while being sung to before! It was awful! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Oh well. Maybe I’ll try to avoid it next year. Or maybe it won’t be so terrible because it will be family rather than a group of boys that I work with. Ah well. <o:p></o:p><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Do I even need to say that some of them ended up inside my home?<o:p></o:p><br />
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</div>Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-24484378032912927882011-06-21T22:30:00.000-07:002011-06-21T22:30:04.830-07:00My Husband<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Sometimes Ryan does things that just make me laugh a little. I find him adorable!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">This is what Ry does when he knows one sandwich won't fill him up, but when two sandwiches will put him overboard:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It's logical, ya? </span><br />
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And this is what Ry does when he wants to lay out at the pool, but not IN the pool...<br />
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Very creative. And honestly, very comfortable!<br />
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I love Ry with all my heart. I love so many things about him, especially his <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">quirkiness!</span> I find it irresistible :) </div>Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-22616303469244829212011-06-14T23:14:00.000-07:002011-06-15T00:59:25.431-07:00Reason #12 Why Hawaii is not America (according to Tarah)…<div class="MsoNormal"><b>They allow a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> nude</span> beach. </b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We were pretty sure that not wearing clothing in public places is<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> illegal</span>, are we incorrect?<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Apparently it is allowed here</span>.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">The terrible part about this nude beach is that it is the ONLY beach on this side of the island. I’m being serious. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it, but Hilo does not have beaches! Rather, it has 15 foot cliffs that drop off into the ocean or “beaches” that consist of rocks and boulders, so you don’t dare get in the water just to be thrown onto a rock. Oh, I just remembered. We did find one beach one time. However, it took us an hour to hike to it and an hour to hike back from it, so it is not the most accessible beach ever. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I’ve gotten over the fact that there just aren’t good beaches here like there are on Oahu. I enjoy my one mile run followed by pool time each morning. It is the most relaxing thing to hang out in the pool for an hour or so and cool down while reading a book. I love it. However, it is also nice to get out and go do something fun once in a while too. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">This is why we were excited to hear that there was a beach about a half hour away with BLACK sand. We packed our beach bags – snorkels, check…sunglasses, check…sunscreen, check…towels, check…tootsie pops…check. Six of us piled into Andy’s car. Because Ry and I are the only married ones, we get the privilege of squishing in one seat. No problem, we’ve got a system down. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">A half hour later we arrived at the black sand beach. We all got out of the car and started to stroll down the path to the sand. I’m grateful the terrain down to the beach was rocky so that I had to look down at my feet so I didn’t trip…because we were greeted by something most unpleasant....<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">Apparently (so I was<b> told</b>), when we reached the beach there was a gentlemen (needless to say he did not have clothing on) standing on the tallest rock with his arms folded, as if he were the “king of the rock”. His mannerism said, “I own this beach, if you don’t like it, leave”. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I never did get to see much of the beach. I was too scared to look up from my feet in fear that I would accidently see something I had no desire to see. BUT…I did get to see the awesome black sand and the most confusing tree I have ever seen. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">There, it is officially crossed off the bucket list. Just kidding :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">The end.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We had read some reviews on the zoo. Some were good, some were bad. There were a few that said the zoo was too small and there wasn’t much to it. However, we were pleasantly surprised! We saw some really pretty birds and adorable monkeys and a white Bengal tiger and we even saw an ant eater! I had never seen an ant eater before! It was pretty awesome. We even saw a couple animals that we had never even heard of before. Lots of fun. </span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My favorite animal there was the umbrella cockatoo. We used to have one of those at one point in my childhood. I believe her name was Morgan. I kind of can’t remember. Morgan may have been the grey bird’s name? Anywhoo…this bird LOVED Ry’s hat. The second we walked up she was sticking her foot through the bars to try to get it. I love Ry’s expression in these pictures :)</span></span></div></div></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">All in all, the zoo was a success. I even got a magnet to add to our lovely collection. My only complaint would be that we had to rush. I hope we get to go back before we leave this island!</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></div>Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-16720337476947402902011-06-07T23:11:00.000-07:002011-06-08T19:56:48.143-07:00Pirates Cove<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">REWIND. Alright, this post is about a month late, but I promised Bryce it would get blogged, so here I go! Again, mostly pictures on this one with some explanations I think. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So we randomly up and went to Vegas with our good friends Bryce and Ally. It was the Supercross Final so we were stoked to be able to go. We left late Thursday night and slept in St. George and then drove to Vegas the next morning. We didn’t really know where we were staying, but we knew we’d be able to share a room and work it out. Bryce surprised Ally by not telling her we were coming until he picked up…Bryce surprised us by not telling us where we were staying until we were there. It was by far the most amazing vacation home I have ever stayed at. Everywhere you looked there was something awesome to see. I can’t really explain it…and I didn’t get a picture of every detail, but I got a few :) I loved the pirates everywhere and pictures and pools and so many DETAILS. We ended up staying in the Egyptian room...I think is what they called it. It was perfect. There was a big hide-a-bed downstairs and a big bed upstairs. The room itself was amazing too! Tons of pictures and some books and a giant shower...loved it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7W-L4_PwUhM35wTzmx5N8_KTOPvqw5cGTIXeWOmWSW1LXWKyCcdrIWA7KDKz3KIQLQINe6Nk8Zv9Y1JB9kD49LrGwo9gZxGLDe0_qFDTu4c77VkheiAr0uoIfQmqC_aoKPURnvDNMc2dl/s1600/DSCF3403.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7W-L4_PwUhM35wTzmx5N8_KTOPvqw5cGTIXeWOmWSW1LXWKyCcdrIWA7KDKz3KIQLQINe6Nk8Zv9Y1JB9kD49LrGwo9gZxGLDe0_qFDTu4c77VkheiAr0uoIfQmqC_aoKPURnvDNMc2dl/s320/DSCF3403.JPG" t8="true" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the pool that the waterslide fed into...you can't see it but there was a rope swing that people would also play on and fall into the pool. Crazy boys would also jump off those platforms. Not me!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This isn't the greatest picture, but this is the pool from the other side. The waterslide is inside that ship. It was...a crazy slide. We went on it the first time without mats, not too bad. Then we saw mats and decided to go on them with two people per mat, a little scarier. The mats made us CRUISE and I think I screamed everytime. I'm pretty sure I have a scar on my knee from that slide :) it was worth it. Poor Ally would hit her head every time she went down it and ended up with a nasty goose egg and headache. Poor girl :( The absolute scariest time was when we went two people per mat in a train of 6 people...BAD idea. I think I saw my life flash before eyes when we lost control. Bryce luckily thought quick and let go of Ry and I and pushed us ahead of them so that no one got hurt. Regardless, I still love that slide :) </div><br />
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</div>So cool :) Friday we spent the rest of the day swimming, playing, and eating the unlimited icecream cones and slurpees! After we were all pooled out we went to the strip to get dinner and walk around. We went to an amazing Italian hole-in-the-wall restaurant...and there was an adorable older man playing the accordian for tips. He had to have been shorter than five feet tall. Loved him. He did amazing. After dinner we walked the strip and went to watch the fountain show. It was a lot of fun!<br />
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Saturday morning the guys left for the supercorss event so that they could set up the semi and do who-knows-what. Ally and I spent the morning at the pool until we met up with the boys at the event. I got fried. I was determined to not peel, so I lathered lotion on multiple times throughout the day. Ummm...is there anyone else that didn't know that putting lotion on right after you get burned traps the heat in? Oops. Needless to say, it HURT all day long. Especially when I had to walk in the sunlight. Ouch. And...I did peel anyways. I think I learned my lesson the hard way that day. Aloe vera, not lotion. At least for the first few days. <br />
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Anyways, I won't ramble much longer, but Saturday was a ton of fun at the Supercross event! We maybe kinda had to sneak in, which always scares me bad, but we didn't get caught! It was SO awesome. It was fun because we had been two weekends before in Salt Lake so we kind of knew some of the riders and knew who we wanted to win. All in all, fantastic weekend. Thank you so much Bryce!!Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-80652997016714575592011-06-06T01:23:00.000-07:002011-06-06T01:23:03.804-07:00Waterfall Adventures<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This week we went on a waterfall adventure! I’m not in the mood to write a ton about it, so this will be a mostly picture post :) It was a lot of fun though to get out and see these beautiful waterfalls!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The first waterfall we stopped at was called<strong><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: red;">R</span><span style="color: orange;">a</span><span style="color: lime;">i</span><span style="color: blue;">n</span><span style="color: purple;">b</span><span style="color: red;">o</span><span style="color: orange;">w</span></span></strong> Falls. I think we were supposed to see a rainbow in the mist...but I didn’t see one. Even though we saw no rainbow, it was still very pretty! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuyiqXX6OOdEmtGRt9_xVeFiSTzr7uL5wiFU23RG5jjntFJML5h_5b7602noSHPDiHRdh_1O74mEpbt64Vp4zEXpui_LO9wsSqxkjPtWJAPo4O31wm8Nk5fEu98wyMoD8q1knMbtiAHyr/s1600/DSCF3515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuyiqXX6OOdEmtGRt9_xVeFiSTzr7uL5wiFU23RG5jjntFJML5h_5b7602noSHPDiHRdh_1O74mEpbt64Vp4zEXpui_LO9wsSqxkjPtWJAPo4O31wm8Nk5fEu98wyMoD8q1knMbtiAHyr/s320/DSCF3515.JPG" t8="true" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After we saw it from one angle we walked around and up some stairs and saw it from another. We started to walk around a little bit and found an AWESOME tree. Picture is posted below.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our last stop was Akaka Falls. This waterfall was amazing. If I remember correctly, Rainbow was about 80 feet high? Akaka was 442 feet high. SO cool. It started to rain on us while we hiked to this one, but I don’t think a single one of us minded. Definitely worth it. </span><br />
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</div> It was a "torrential" (according to Ry) downpour. Those little white specks in the picture are rain drops :) We got SOAKED. <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1. <span style="font-size: 48pt; line-height: 115%;">Painting my fingernails.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkyXp6qFH_AyLJPysNGUM83rEw1vpQZbGIIHTzhgxlIAZd7cGOQEf33WD9FgknhPMo6t0vrufOsfCdy0FDfMd_oBZrs7MbYbPXUjetoiFyazvoHtlD5CcW-KY7xJ7oG6eyp9hRoCC_o4S/s1600/toenails.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkyXp6qFH_AyLJPysNGUM83rEw1vpQZbGIIHTzhgxlIAZd7cGOQEf33WD9FgknhPMo6t0vrufOsfCdy0FDfMd_oBZrs7MbYbPXUjetoiFyazvoHtlD5CcW-KY7xJ7oG6eyp9hRoCC_o4S/s320/toenails.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ry laughed at me when I told him this was one of my favorite things about Hawaii :) He just doesn’t understand! A nursing student is not allowed to paint her fingernails, and since I am a nursing student 8 months out of the year, I love the four months that I get to paint my nails! I used to hate polish on my fingernails, but a friend forever changed my mind last summer while we were in Hawaii. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2. </span><span style="font-size: 48pt; line-height: 115%;">Feeding geckos.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I just discovered this this year and I absolutely love it! It is definitely one of the most entertaining things to do! They are so stinking adorable. If you don’t believe me or even if you do… watch the videos! Those little stinkers are the worst sharers ever. If another one even gets close the first with start to freak out haha. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx2C041GqUk_re4F6FFPtbwXKYJ5RW6GX2Y68pBq-ImQZDk_lroCRgFpotLzSVUf_T_-4DYywLzTrI4C7D9' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: 48pt; line-height: 115%;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I LOVE the ocean. Hate the salt, but love the water! I absolutely love snorkeling and boogie boarding and scuba diving and playing in the waves. Anything and everything. It is so much fun.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I LOVE this woman’s murder mysteries. I don’t know why, but they are just great. I never have time to read a novel during the school year and it makes me kind of sad! So…my sweet Ry guy took me to the D.I. and we found a few Mary Higgins Clark books for 25</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">₵ each :) Sure beats the late fees at the library! I’m a little bummed though because it’s only three weeks into the summer and I’m almost done with one of the books. I only brought two :( bad idea. So uh…if you ever need a gift idea, go to the D.I. and get me every Mary Higgins Clark book you can find! I promise I wouldn’t be offended that it’s used. In fact, I’d be offended if it wasn’t used! Anything more than 25₵ for a book I will read one time is way too much. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I love them :) When we lived on Oahu last summer there was a beach super close to our house that we would go to and there would always be two or three turtles there. Sometimes they were even up on the beach resting! (so cool, but holy crap they smell bad!) We would climb on the rocks and pick a ton of seaweed and go in the water and they would come up to us and eat it out of our hands!! They are so dang awesome. Every time we go snorkeling we look for them. I don’t know what it is about them, but they are such neat creatures. One day last summer we were snorkeling and for some reason decided that we wanted to try to ride one. They are pretty dang hard to hold on to! So slippery. “I like turtles” too. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfN_wZGMqWK5IktysCHm-2-qWjUYCx-TopUgYoIZ0xLRPg55zA3YLw939JeZ5tGz2_PGXzqv5OebQf756LFOTYBXB39C6RhSNpgB6gg6QGPMUObyYqa0zkW8h2FO-KBYLZqgz7rqH5C-Q7/s1600/downloadfile-6%255B1%255D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfN_wZGMqWK5IktysCHm-2-qWjUYCx-TopUgYoIZ0xLRPg55zA3YLw939JeZ5tGz2_PGXzqv5OebQf756LFOTYBXB39C6RhSNpgB6gg6QGPMUObyYqa0zkW8h2FO-KBYLZqgz7rqH5C-Q7/s320/downloadfile-6%255B1%255D.jpeg" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">9. </span><span style="font-size: 48pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Not doing my hair.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Okay, now I just sound plain lazy…but this one I have a good reason for! I’m not the nicest to my hair and I really want it to grow out, so this is my chance to try to be a little bit nicer to it!! And it’s not so much that I choose every day to not do it, but we usually get done playing in the morning and I don’t have much time to shower and get ready, hence, less makeup and air drying my hair :) poor Ry guy. I try to make up for it by getting all done up on Sunday at least. I figure he’d rather play for an hour longer than for us to go home early so I can shower and put make up on and do my hair. Right? Again, as Ry says, “it’s okay Liv, you don’t need to justify it”. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">10. </span><span style="font-size: 48pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Spending time with my sweet husband. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Probably my most favorite thing of all is getting to spend so much time with Ry. During school our schedules are both usually so crazy and opposite that we hardly get to see each other. It’s so nice to have a few months where we wake up at the same time, go to work at the same time, get done with work at the same time, and go to sleep at the same time. When we were first married there would be days that we wouldn’t see each other for three or so days because I would wake up early and he would get off from work late so I would be asleep when he got home and he would be asleep when I left for work. It was depressing and I hope that it’s never as bad as it was those first few months of marriage. It’s so much fun to be with him so much!! I'm so grateful he's mine for eternity...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="" aria-busy="true" aria-describedby="fbPhotoTheaterCaption" avglschecked="1" class="spotlight" height="640" src="http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/18846_495627665415_610785415_11002228_1531841_n.jpg" width="424" /></div><br />
<div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 48pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></div></span></span> </span></span></span>Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-8609705763933800862011-05-26T21:15:00.000-07:002011-05-26T21:15:52.435-07:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Friday, May 20. Weightless. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The feeling of weightlessness is amazing. Love it. It’s one thing to get that feeling when you’re floating in a pool, and another to get that feeling when you’re floating 30 feet underwater. Love it!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On Friday we got to go scuba diving! Even though I had done it before, for some reason I was nervous. We got on the boat and I started to get really nauseous. I went and sat on the edge of the boat, you know, just in case…but right when I felt like I really might lose it a group of the certified divers were swimming right below where I was sitting. Drats. I held it in, no worries! I’m not sure my boss would have been that thrilled if I had thrown up on his head :) The second I got in the water I felt better though, so that was good. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Because we aren’t certified we had to pass off a few skills about a foot under water with an instructor…which I don’t really mind. It’s a nice refresher course on how to get water out of my goggles in case it gets in :)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Scuba diving was awesome. I saw some really neat fish, coral, eels, and a giant conch shell! I can’t really put into words how awesome it is to observe the undersea world. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Getting down was pretty tough for me both times that we’ve gone scuba diving. It absolutely kills my left ear. I don’t know if I can’t get it to pop or if I’m trying too hard to get it to pop…either way it is pretty painful. I’m grateful that the pain usually goes away after a bit though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish I had more to say or pictures to show, but I don’t. To put it just plain and simple, it was AWESOME. </span></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sunday, May 22. The move. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We went back to the ward we went to the week before and I absolutely loved it. I have never been to a ward that has been that welcoming and loving. So many people came up to us and welcomed us and recognized us and told us it was good to see us again. They are saints. I want to be like that someday! Maybe one day when I have more permanently moved into a ward and gotten to know everyone…then I will know who is a visitor and who has lived there for ten years. Someday!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After church we packed up and moved to the other side of the island. It was a long drive, but it was beautiful. Ry and I saw an amazing waterfall and drove through some amazing forest. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A while after we got to Hilo we drove back towards where we came from and went to the observatory. It was up about 9,000 feet in elevation and dropped about 25 degrees in temperature. Brr! I was in pants and a hoodie and I was FREEZING! Who’d a thought that it could be so chilly in paradise? It was amazing up there. There were big telescopes set up and we got to see Saturn and some really need groups of stars. This place is the only place in the United States that you can see the southern cross and the north star at the same time. I saw them both. So neat. There were a bajillion stars! Ry found “my” star :) sweetheart. It was a good time. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Monday, May 23. Running. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Ran. Well, attempted it anyways. We did about two miles in the slowest time I have ever run in my life. BUT. That’s okay! I’ll get there someday. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ran down to the ocean to see what our coast is like. It was about a 15 foot drop off made out of lava rock. Not somewhere we could chill on the beach at…but beautiful nonetheless. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The second we got home we jumped in the pool and hung out there for a while. It felt a-mazing. We did the same run on Tuesday and jumped in the pool again. Love it. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Wednesday, May 25. I love Ryan. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Wednesday reminded me again how much I love and care and worry about my sweet Ry guy. Tarah and I were working when Andy came downstairs and told us that the sales reps hadn’t been able to get a hold of Brandon or Ryan (they were together) to schedule appointments and that they hadn’t showed up to a job they were supposed to be at an hour or two before. I immediately started to try to call both of their cell phones. Neither of them answered my repeated calls. A while later Andy came down and told us that they had somehow gotten stuck on a dirt road. I have a creative mind when it comes to worrying. Did he mean stuck on the side of a dirt road in a ditch? Did they get in a car accident which caused them to get stuck on a dirt road where there happened to be no cell phone service? So many thoughts racing through my mind. I continued to call both of their cell phones with no success. Tarah and I then came to the conclusion that there is no way you just get stuck on a dirt road unless you were REALLY messing around. Frustration started to add to the worry. FINALLY Brandon answered his phone. He didn’t have great service and he couldn’t talk long because it was starting to get pretty dark and they were still stuck, but he promised me that him and Ry were okay and that they would call me the second they could. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Turns out a GPS told them to turn onto this nasty road. They started to go down it and it slowly got worse and worse. They didn’t know if they should turn around or keep going, so they kept going. It got the point that they didn’t even know how long the road was so they decided to run to see when it ended. They ran about a mile (in slippers, aka flip flops) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and saw the end and ran back. They decided they would rather just try to drive the rest of it rather than turn around and re-drive everything they had just driven. Poor guys. It took them three hours to drive the four mile road. I was so relieved when Ry called to say that they were off the nasty road and that they both were okay. Poor boys. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I love my Ryan to the sun and back a bajillion times x a bajillion. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></div></span>Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-5020411642165539252011-05-20T01:56:00.000-07:002011-05-20T01:56:55.223-07:00New and Improved!I decided to change our blog up a bit...I'm kind of proud of myself for figuring it out! I had a cute background all chosen and everything and Ryan was disappointed that it wasn't Hawaiian themed...so I let him choose the background for the next four months :)Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-63401279608415264462011-05-20T00:50:00.000-07:002011-05-20T02:06:38.641-07:00Welp! Somehow 8 months flew by and we landed back in Hawaii for another summer of work and play. This time I am a little more determined to "journal" aka blog about it. I used to be the BEST journaler! I don't know what happened. Oh well. I can always renew a goal, right?<br />
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<strong>Monday, May 8th</strong><br />
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We flew out at 10:45am. I am proud and RELIEVED to say that we didn't miss any of our flights!! We made it here in 14 hours rather than...30 or so? (if you don't know the story behind that, please see last year’s Hawaii post). The flights went well. I was a little disappointed that we didn't fly Hawaiian Airlines because they at least fed us on the 7 hour flight. We didn't even get peanuts or pretzels! Just drinks. Good thing I learned my lesson from last year and didn't just pack two dozen muffins. I was prepared with sandwiches and snacks galore. However, I don't remember Hawaiian Airlines playing movies throughout the flight. I'm sure they did, but this year I got to watch two movies while Ry slept away. Yay for melatonin. <br />
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When we finally got here we stopped at Walmart and got the cheapest groceries we could. Totinos pizzas, ramen noodles, and frozen burritos. We caved and also bought cereal, milk, and bread too. They are like twice the price here than at home! Anyways....this isn't all that interesting so I'll move on. We found our house and went to bed!<br />
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The place we're staying is pretty dang awesome. From our deck I can hardly see any other homes. I can see a church and one other garage and that's about it because there is SO much vegetation. I absolutely love it. Gorgeous. Of course with so many plants come spiders...not so lovely. I think they build new webs about every day for us to walk through when we go down the stairs outside. I've learned to let someone else go first and walk behind them :) <br />
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</tbody></table> There are also a TON of geckos and I absolutely love them. They're adorable. Tarah and I like to put cookies on the deck and watch them lick them all day...they aren't very good sharers though. If one gets there, he scares all the rest away. Stinkers. <br />
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Now for my most depressing moment here...I accidently squished a gecko :( I felt so dang bad. I closed the bathroom door and he happened to be inbetween the hinges. I didn't even realize it either! We were in the kitchen and looked over and were like "hey, a gecko!" So I went over to look at him and as I got closer....yeah. Depressing. Moving on.<br />
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I was kind of proud of us! Last year for the first week we woke up at like 11am (which is 3pm at home)…kinda backwards if you ask me. This year we were normal! We woke up around 6am (10am Utah time…which is pretty good considering we were awake until 3am Utah time)! I was glad to get up and get going. I was determined to get to a beach asap. This island is a little different when it comes to beaches…on Oahu there are good beaches everywhere, but here we kind of have to search for them because so much of the coast is lava rock, so sand it not as common. <br />
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We went to a beach about a half hour away. It was pretty cool…because of the active volcano on the island the sand was pretty dark…pretty grey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We played spike ball for a while which was a ton of fun. I really want to buy one. After two games of spike ball we got in the water. I love the ocean. I hate the salt…but I love the water. We also snorkeled for a bit. I love it. I could spend hours looking at fish and coral. I am terrified of sea urchins though. I hate when the water is not deep enough and they’re everywhere! <br />
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Started working on Tuesday also. I was nervous that I had forgotten everything and that Tarah would have to reteach me. She has been very patient with me at reminding me how to do things <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span> but it hasn’t been as bad as I thought it would be! Love it. <br />
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<strong>Wednesday</strong><br />
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We went snorkeling again <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span> I’ve kinda learned that it might be the thing to do while we are on this island. I’m okay with that! I would like to boogie, but there aren’t really good beaches for that here. We went to a different beach, but the sand was just as dark. We saw turtles! But the turtle nazi’s were there and every time we got close they would say “we ask that you stay at least ten feet away from the turtles”. Lame. But the snorkeling was good. Lots of fish!<br />
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<strong>Thursday</strong><br />
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We went dolphin searching. Failed. This was the first time I went snorkeling that we got in water so deep I couldn’t see the bottom. It was a weird feeling to be completely surrounded by water and not be able to see the bottom. It scared me. Ryan and Brandon found an underwater cave/bridge thing and Brandon decided that he wanted to swim under it and he did…he said it was awesome so Ryan did it too. Unfortunately when Ry was coming back up he didn’t see some rocks and scraped up his back pretty good <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span></span> poor kid. <br />
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We did nada. Which is sometimes nice too. <br />
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<strong>Saturday</strong><br />
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Company barbeque! It was nice to have a GOOD meal. Mmmm. <br />
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<strong>Sunday </strong><br />
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We found a church close by and all went. The ward members there were SO unbelievably nice! The second we walked in people were welcoming us and shaking our hands and kissing our cheeks and putting leis around our necks! So nice. The lady sitting in front of us turned around during sacrament and gave us all Juicy Fruit <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span> so sweet. Church was awesome. Loved it. <br />
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After church we went for a drive and stopped at a few beaches around the island. It was nice, Tarah and I took naps on the beach while the boys played spike ball for a bit. When they were done with that beach we went to a different one. On our way I noticed a van pulled over on the side of the road and saw that there was a cave-looking thing so we pulled over! It was a huge lava field and it had like collapsed in...it was pretty sweet.<br />
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To get to the next beach we drove on a crazy bumpy road (oh yeah, did I mention I was sitting on Ry’s lap in the front seat because six people squished in one car?). Not comfy. After we drove on that road for 30 minutes we walked over a lava field for what we guessed was a mile and a half. Lava rock is really poky, and we were all in flip flops. Also not comfy. <br />
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</tbody></table>The beach was beautiful though. There was nobody else there, which is always nice. The guys and Tarah had fun snapping pictures while jumping off a ledge. The sunset was also beautiful. <br />
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</div>When we left our car to walk to the beach we noticed a sign that said the park closed at 7pm and that we needed to be to our cars by 6:30pm. Well we didn’t get to our car until 7pm and when we reached the gate that nobody noticed a half hour late there was a car waiting for us. We kind of got chewed out because the lady was supposed to be home with her family by then. I felt bad.<br />
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<strong>Monday, May 16 2011</strong><br />
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I hate running. I want to love it! But I just don’t! I used to…then I ran 13 miles of up and down and tripping and peeing my pants. And just like that I did not run again. So depressing. I am kicking myself for that!! Anyways, I finally got the motivation to wake up early, put on my running shoes, and go for a jog with Ry. About died. For some reason I thought that when we got here because we are close to sea level I would be able to *poof* run again. Not so, not so. I am determined to keep working on it and to not make the same mistake as last time and run on just flat stuff. Good thing that is impossible here, huh? The whole island is hills! <br />
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<strong>Tuesday</strong><br />
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Amazing. When we got here we discovered that there was a temple on this island. We had no idea! We made big plans to go while we were here. They were dashed when we learned that the temple does not rent clothing <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span></span> we didn’t bring ours. But then our hopes were revived when one of the sales reps knocked into the temple president! He said he could probably get a few sets of clothes for us! So we showed up at 7am Tuesday morning ready to go. I love the people here. They were so nice to let us borrow temple workers and missionaries’ clothes. I love the temple so much! It was such an amazing experience and I can’t wait to go to the one on Oahu!<br />
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<strong>Wednesday</strong><br />
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Oh gosh. This day was…quite the experience. Remember how I said we went dolphin searching and failed? Well we heard that they were often in a bay close to our house early in the morning, so we tried to give it another go. When we got there we stood on a wall for a while to see if we could spot any. We spotted a few big splashes that were out of place and we finally saw some fins! So we threw our gear on and headed out on the adventure. Well we got in and swam and swam and swam. Nothing. We pulled our heads out of the water to see if we could see anything, but we couldn’t. <br />
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On the other side of the bay there is a monument dedicated to Captain Cook. A lot of people rent kayaks to get out to the monument and snorkel around it because the snorkeling was supposed to be really good. Well, by about this time we were half way to the monument so we decided to just go all the way so that we could at least snorkel and take a break. So we kept swimming and swimming and swimming…this was the deepest water that I have ever snorkeled in. It was kind of scary at first, and I still don’t love it, but it wasn’t too bad. The only thing I could see were floaties (I have no idea what they were and I don’t care to know) and glowing blue things. Really. Glowing blue things. I had NO idea what they were and I don’t know why I was scared of them, but I was! I thought they would sting me. I think being scared created a fake pain on my stomach…because I was so nervous and then all of the sudden my stomach started to sting and I was sure that they had gotten me! But nope. Nothing. <br />
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So we kept swimming and swimming and swimming. And finally made it!! Ry’s guess was that it was two miles. Doesn’t sound far, but swimming that is a killer. I need to look at a map and see if I can figure out how far it really was. Well we got there and climbed onto the wall by the monument and rested and brainstormed. There was absolutely no way we could swim all the way back. We contemplated commandeering some kayaks but decided against it…then we saw some tour boats conveniently dropping people off right by us to snorkel. So Ry and Brandon jumped back in the water and swam over to one of the boats…as they got there the lady looked down at them and said, “let me guess…you guys swam too far and decided you might as well go all the way and decided that it’s too far to swim back?” Ummm, yup, pretty much! She was super nice and gave us a ride more than half way back! Woot. Before we took off we got to snorkel for a bit with her group, which we decided we better dang well snorkel to get something out of that adventure. It actually was really good snorkeling too…we saw some awesome coral and fish and even an eel!! The eel was my favorite part. I would not mind an underwater camera. <br />
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</tbody></table>Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-64551353198339682392011-04-27T13:23:00.000-07:002011-04-27T13:23:14.836-07:00Dang it.I am officially one of the worst bloggers! Let me explain why. It will only take two...no four words. School. Work. Crappy internet. But as my Ry always says, "it's okay Liv, you don't need to justify it." Dang it. Well let me see what I can do to update this thing. <br />
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How about a million pictures with a few explanations? That seems to be the trend that this blog is taking. That's okay, pictures are more fun anyway! Right?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at my sexy bike!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ryan and Troy pushing down trees....it actually was extremely entertaining :)</td></tr>
</tbody></table> When we got home from Hawaii we bought dirt bikes and tried to take every opportunity we could to ride them. We got to go to Idaho a couple times with some friends and absolutely loved it!<br />
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I HAVE to blog out most recent biking adventure next! Why? Because if I lose your interest before you get to the end you have to at least see this :) quite fun. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next morning a guy was flying around with a self-propelled parachute thingy and he landed and asked us if we wrote "I heart Ally" for him...random...Bryce asked him if he could take a picture from the sky. Somehow the camera got switched to video mode, so he got some good videos!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I married a nerd. He was SO thrilled when he realized we would be at the Knolls on earth day and said that we HAD to celebrate by rolling a tire lit on fire down a hill. So we did! Happy Earth Day? We were able to get a big fat tire from Rockwell and Ry had been saving old gas and oil for who-knows-how-long for this day. His dream finally came true. Good work sweetheart. I'm glad the mountain didn't catch on fire :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ry is amazing!! He completely surprised me with a trip to St. Geezy for a few days to go shopping and dirt biking! I married a sweetheart. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Happy 25th Birthday my bebe!!<br />
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Hopefully it made up for it sorta lame birthday day though? He did get to go skiing, which was good....but I am a terrible planner and had no idea what to do that night. His friends were out of town so we couldn't really have a party...so Ry and I went to dinner. Where? IHOP. Ry's choice. Why? Because we had a free meal coupon for his birthday :) Great times. I love you with all my heart Ry guy and I am so happy you are here! <br />
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Back in October we watched Claire while Nate and Mel went to St. George for the marathon. Mel and Nate were SO dang sweet and gave us a Tucanos gift card and movie passes...we are a little bit slow but we finally went on a hot date and absolutely loved it! Thank you guys!!<br />
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</tbody></table>Okay. NOW it is time to study :s oops. I shouldn't have started this today :) One more final to go and I have completed my 3rd semester of the nursing program!!Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-9699285846355521462010-12-01T13:22:00.000-08:002010-12-01T13:22:44.067-08:00Hawaii...finally :)I've decided that the time to do this is never going to make itself...so I'm going to have to have to make time for it! Again, I will be putting a lot of months into one post, so there will be lots of pictures but not a ton of words.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Okay, this story I do have to explain because it was pretty awesome. Ry and I left Saturday morning for our 1 of 3 flights to Hawaii. First flight went well. Second flight, same. I can't even remember where we had our layover between those two they went so well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our second layover was going to be about an hour and 45 minutes, so we got off the plane and found a seat and waited. An hour and however many minutes later they started to board the plane. We went to get on the plane and sure enough we were at the wrong terminal! We were at Delta's when we needed to be at Hawaiian Airlines....CLEAR across the airport! Literately. We ran, jogged, speed walked for...30 minutes. Needless to say, we missed our flight. And...the next flight wouldn't be leaving until the next morning. About 14 hours away. I had been crying long before because of the blister about the size of a silver dollar on my ankle. (No worries, some lady that worked at the airport tried to comfort me by telling me about the time her best friend died.) And then I found out we'd be spending the night in the airport. Poor Ry. I still feel bad. He sat there and lovingly listened to me while I listed every thing I hated for about five minutes. I'm not disappointed that I don't remember the list. Although, I'm pretty sure my stupid socks that wouldn't stay up and protect my ankle was on that list. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alright, so it wasn't terrible. It was just bare and didn't feel like a home. Oh, and the other couple had found like 20 cockroaches in their place so far :) I think we only killed two. I am proud to say that I killed one of those two. With a stapler. I know, I'm pretty brave, huh?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But we got to move! To a very very beautiful place that was free of cockroaches. But we still had friends there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyy0eNgUKZhTCqI5xmcZrHi4BwtOrG51raPGOp0oY8N96y64pa2P8SmMJNAgBidx7BA8Qej98ULa87THniyY3Al_rwUKWdTGJeOxjcLlrxIgCxoOq3ScHOQFuiAR0BhugiVZPlqpuLmm9E/s1600/IMAG0043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyy0eNgUKZhTCqI5xmcZrHi4BwtOrG51raPGOp0oY8N96y64pa2P8SmMJNAgBidx7BA8Qej98ULa87THniyY3Al_rwUKWdTGJeOxjcLlrxIgCxoOq3ScHOQFuiAR0BhugiVZPlqpuLmm9E/s320/IMAG0043.jpg" width="214" /></a></div>This is Daisy. I loved her. I let her go in our house, and I'm not quite sure if I ever did see her again...they all look so similar...but I did enjoy finding them and catching them every once in a while!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was my absolute FAVORITE thing at the plantation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmbUXEKafwLuwRjeWjO_Rl_IT4Mn36jfaJxDMwHC8856DCrUBKMgwxsRgU4Zz6IUAWDp-q9CUiKbXWxbU1l-xr937osyfJDFbaxyQ7BRnnU_4kJq0Vz-XUtFY0DZHl7UETVtIrvjXfQeYQ/s1600/all+pictures+8.22+349.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmbUXEKafwLuwRjeWjO_Rl_IT4Mn36jfaJxDMwHC8856DCrUBKMgwxsRgU4Zz6IUAWDp-q9CUiKbXWxbU1l-xr937osyfJDFbaxyQ7BRnnU_4kJq0Vz-XUtFY0DZHl7UETVtIrvjXfQeYQ/s320/all+pictures+8.22+349.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These fish were soooooo dang funny!! I wish the picture would do justice. There were quarter machines with fish food and the second someone would throw food in they would all swarm and jump and get on top of each other and flap their tails....oh goll. Loved it. So funny. Poor things.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We did a lot of fun things that I didn't or couldn't get pictures of. One of our favorite things to do was go boogy boarding. Us and the Quayle's would go a couple times a week to a beach we found called Sherwood Forest. I never took the camera tho because I was scared it would get ruined or stolen. I'm a little sad we didn't get pictures. Another thing we would do all the time was go snorkeling! There were two awesome beaches by us with super cool fish and coral and turtles! But...no pictures. I think I have a picture of one of the beaches later though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I was sad that the temple was closed, but it was still really neat to see it! It's absolutley beautiful! Poor Ry didn't fee very well that day.<br />
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We went to...something Lookout...Pali...Polly...Pauli...It was fun! Ry found this cool little trail on the side of the mountain, so we followed it....<br />
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The hike was really cool! We were going through crazy trees and roots and branches and stuff. The view from the top was AMAZING!<br />
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We also went on the "waterfall" hike. Ry found a nice root to swing from :) I guess he thinks he's Tarzan? and I'm Jayne! Kinda....<br />
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We also got to spend a morning at Pearl Harbor. I'm glad we got to see that. <br />
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A few weeks later Todd came back! We love when Todd comes because we get to do something crazy and fun :)<br />
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Hawaii was awesome...there are so many more cool and fun stories I could tell and pictures I could post, but its already taken me 3 months to complete this blog post. I hope you enjoyed it!<br />
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</div>Ry and Livihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007404315290850730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207231586758638160.post-29621066870258377552010-10-07T12:18:00.000-07:002010-10-07T12:18:34.482-07:00Someday...I will have enough time to post, I promise! I have so much to say and so many pictures I want to show, but absolutely <strong>NO</strong> time! I am feverishly (is that how you spell it? is there a spell check?) writing because I just got out of four hours of class, I have to do my online class, and I have to leave for the hospital to go pee in a cup so they can determine if I use drugs. Don't you hate that? I sure do... Can't I just pinky promise that I don't? Guess not!<br />
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Well, let me get to the point of this post. I <strong>pinky promise</strong> that someday I will find the time to write all about our amazing summer adventure and post a million pictures. Promise.<br />
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But for a quick <strong>quick</strong> update...<br />
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<ul><li>We moved to Highland into Carly's basement and we absolutely love it! We have a ton of fun with the kids and it's great to be able to see them so often. It does get a little roudy sometimes, but we don't mind :)</li>
<li>Ry and I are both in school full time and working hard to keep up with the demands of it</li>
<li>We got Trafalga and Seven Peaks passes! Anyone want to join us?</li>
<li>I just got hired at UVRMC to work on the 6th floor. In hospital! With nurses! I couldn't be more excited and more scared. </li>
<li>We are currently on Season 3 of 24. Please do not discuss details of other seasons with us. Not to point fingers or anything... *ahem* Roger Goodwin. Thanks a lot dude. </li>
</ul>I'm sure there is a lot more I can write, but I need to go drink some water! <br />
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Much love,<br />
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