New Zealand culture + Michael Jackson = happiest clip ever
(from the movie "Boy" so wonderful)

happy hawaiian times

this month i surprised jordan with a trip to hawaii, well i tried to surprise him, it lasted about 2 weeks before i blurted it out, but hey, we went mainly for anita and katie's graduation, two of my favourite girls in the world. ahhh so good.



the other two ladies happen to also be my favourite! :) Leana who just returned from her mission in Carmel, Indianapolis. And the beautiful Rachael who i met my second day at BYUH. (there are 2 who couldn't make it, for good reason though, Chelsea is currently serving in Brasil and April just came home from her mission to marry her best friend in July)



we did take the opportunity to catch up on some serious sun time, enough to turn us both a lovely shade of pink!





everyone together at the rental with their happy others!! from left, Katie and Nate williams, Me and Jord, Nathan and Rachael, Leana and Anita.



we have many more photos which i will get to put for now Aloha, we love you and we are so happy and grateful for our ridiculous life.

so jordan and i have decided to head back down to Houston this summer, to work and play with Elite. very excited to have made a decision! bring on the sun, softball, bbq's and cowboy boots!

Jord and I had a day off together yesterday for the first time in months, we had planned to go snowboarding but with jords leg still all sore, we decided to take a drive up to the "This is the place" monument as we have been living in SL a while now and never been. such a beautiful day! i love spring! we then carried on up emigration canyon and stopped at Ruth's for buiscuits and Jam.... great day.

day of colours

a couple of girls from work and i made our way down to spanish fork this week for the Holi festival of spring! i have never seen anything like it. so many people so many colours, any holiday that requires throwing large amounts of coloured powder into the air is okay with me...

this week i had an amazing experience, I got to go to the temple with two of my favourite people in the world. Cha, Luke and I grew up together in Christchurch, New Zealand, we attended early morning seminary together, cha and I recieved our patriarchal blessings together and we all graduated the same year. It was so great to see how strong they are in the gospel and in themselves. truly joyful day.

every now and again i read a poem and its as if the words etch themselves on my soul. i know that sounds dorky, but they really resonate with me. this has been one of my favourites for years, but today after the day i've had, it has taken on a whole new form. gotta love David whyte.