What is....

I find it as a fun challenge to have to explain something that is common to me, to someone who has never heard of such a word, thing, concept...etc.

{is it ironic that I think I explained that poorly?}

While attending BYU Hawaii {and maybe since meeting Wolfgang?}, I did that a lot more often than I thought I would ever have to.

Yesterday, a co-worker asked me what Halloween was. Halloween! That was fun. I then got into the discussion of what a haunted house is.

I have a love-hate relationship with haunted houses. I don't like to be scared, but I really like going to haunted houses. But I will only go under these conditions: I MUST have a death grip on someone; preferably be in the middle of two people; not be in the front of a group; and I usually scream way too much. I find them terrifying yet exciting.

Now I'm excited to hopefully find one here and go!

Hawaii Corner

Hawaii will always be a big part of our lives. It is the place where Wolfgang and I met, where we got engaged, and where we both graduated together with our Bachelors Degree from BYU-Hawaii.

Since our walls are quite bare, we decided to dedicate a section of our living room wall to Hawaii, by decorating it with some things we brought over when we moved. You can't really see the pictures very well, but they are the photography of the late Jon Mozo.

The bottom pictures isn't crooked as it looks here...

The top left hand picture can be seen better here and the bottom right picture can be found here (click the button "Click to enlarge" on the website). {except it doesn't say his name huge right in the middle of it}

One day we want to have a large canvas on our wall of one of his pictures :)

Seasiders....lost at sea.

Today I was routing for our BYU-Hawaii Seasiders,


T-shirt and all, as I watched them play today online. Our men's basketball team made it to the championships for Div II- for the first time in its history!

It was a great game to watch and yell at; pretty much neck-to-neck. The Seasiders were doing awesome...until the 2nd half, and especially the 2nd half of the 2nd half (get it?) Our boys totally choked, kinda embarrassing and shameful. I did feel bad for our star player though, Jet Chang, who was pushed over by a (censored) player from Bellarmine and who smacked his head realllly hard on the floor, I wouldn't be surprised if he got a concussion, but he got up and kept playing!

The final score was 68-71, they were sooooo close! Even though in the last few moments of the game they had some *smack forehead* and *hit and yell at computer* moments, I am still proud of them for making it to championships!

PROUD to be a Seasider alumna!

It's time.

...to FINALLY document the last few weeks!

I will do them in parts, because I don't want to spend hours blogging, and it make it more fun if it isn't just one huge post, right?

I'm also going to try really hard to not put a million words in the posts; just short, brief, and to the point....with pictures (because that's all you care about anyways, right?) of course.


Part 1: GRADUATION!

After 5 grueling years for me (and only 3 for Wolfgang...I don't want to talk about it) we have finally graduated with our Bachelors Degrees! I can't even tell you how often I wanted to give up, honestly.

In those 5 years, I went to BYU-Idaho for my first 2 years, studying Psychology for about a semester, and the rest of that time my major was Biology. I LOVED biology, and marine biology was my motivation to go to BYU-Hawaii, but it just didn't work out.

I had an awesome time in Idaho, but I'm so glad I transferred to BYU-Hawaii. There I started out as a Biology major with an emphasis in Marine Biology, and ended up changing my major to something completely different, which I ended up getting my degree in: International Cultural Studies with an emphasis in Communications. This major has opened my mind and my heart more than I could have ever imagined.

Wolfgang graduated in Hospitality and Tourism Management. He is awesome at what he does, and he will no doubt be successful in anything that the future holds.

We shared our special day with both of our families, and some friends too. We were adorned with beautiful and thoughtful leis. It was a bitter sweet day, and I was just so happy to finally come to this point in my life, even though it was very surreal. I take great pride in being a BYU-Hawaii alumni! Both Wolfgang and I have been deeply blessed to have attended such a wonderful university, and to have found each other there :)

Class of 2010!

Wolfgang and I officially graduated yesterday from BYUH! It was a fantastic day. Couldn't have been better, celebrating it with our families and friends.

Last night was the first night in a while that we actually got some good sleep in, so we are happy campers.

Pictures and more details to come!

Pathetic

I may or may not have teared up after our friend bought and took our entertainment center.

I didn't care about the entertainment center itself, is was just the fact that our little apt became that much more impersonal (our entertainment center was about the only thing we decorated semi-cute) and that much more real that we are leaving.

(Sorry I have so many posts like this....get over it.) ;)

Disclaimer: OH and one more thing... the above mentioned DOESN'T mean we are sad to leave TVA (housing complex) I've been counting down for months on that one...I just mean leaving in general.

1:5

Completely done with one class,

5 more to go.

This week will be one of the worst/best weeks of my life.

here we go.