Hawaii!

Josh and I decided sometime last year that we were going to go to Hawaii when we graduated college. It seems like a far away dream, but luckily, time took it's course, and vwa-la; HAWAII!!!

We went in the middle of May for 10 days to Oahu! There is really nothing else to say, it's obvious it was amazing... I mean duh, it was HAWAII!!

LDS Temple in Hawaii!

Chinaman's Hat

The names of all the soldiers that dies on the USS AZ

Part of the USS AZ is out of the water

The monument that is over the USS AZ

Touring on the USS MO! Self Timer!!

The USS MO

Beach front breakfast! It was so bright though, it wouldn't show in any pic we tried!!

A different shot!

On the top of the Diamond Head State Monument

A BILLION STAIRS!

Couple picture exchange; "I'll take your picture if you take ours!" haha!

Josh let me do his hair one night... hasn't let me do it since.... hahaaha!

At the PCC

Front row!

They taught us how to make fun stuff out of long grass ( I think that's what it was?)

At the PCC!

Front row at the dinner

Free ice cream at the Night Show!

Snorkeling! Be jealous!

Out to dinner!

The most famous dead tree in all of Hawaii!

Awkward pose!

paraside

Beautiful views!

Beautiful views

Jungle Expedition!

ATVing

Pineapple-ing

Doing the pineapple hula!

Yummy!

Wild Turtles!

I was sooo close to them! You by law are not allowed to touch them, $5000 fine!

I thought this was the coolest "graffiti" Look at the China Man

under the hat! Haha!

Look at the creeper in the background!!

Dinner!

Beautiful Flower

Beautiful views!

Muah!

Love the views

I spy a Joshua

These trees were awesome!

Josh and I both Graduated!!

FINALLY!!!!!

Well, both Josh and I graduated from school! Josh said that the feeling of never having to do homework EVER AGAIN was the best! It's so great to know that all you have been working for, trying to reach that huge goal of becoming a college graduate had finally payed off!

Last summer, Josh and I moved back in with my family so he could internship for Ernst & Young in Los Angeles. For those of you who do not know where my family lives, they live in Murrieta, CA. that is 80 miles away from LA. Yeah, it says 1 hour and 23 minutes, but that's WITHOUT traffic! He would spend on average, I think, 2 hours on his way in and then 2 on the way back. That was 4 hours each and every day in the car alone. It was all good though, because he was given a job offer before he was even finished with the internship. going back and completing his last year was a necessary evil. haha, not evil I guess, but he would laugh that he had a job, he just had to complete his last year in order to start it. So we went back up to Utah! He finished his last year, and I completed my hours at PMTS (Paul Mitchell the School). We both finished in April, and stayed in Utah for the summer. It was the smartest thing for us to do, since we both had full time good paying jobs.

Anyways, here are some pictures of both of our graduations!

Both Joshua and my graduation Announcement!

He's so handsome!

Congrats baby!

Raechel and I were able to graduate at the same time. It was really cool to have my best friend be my partner in crime at school. We were known as "The Sisters". If you said that, anyone knew who you were talking about. haha!

This was my model, Koe Koe. I did her braids. :D

Raechel and I with our men! Rae and I both graduated at the same time.

My Mom came up to see both Raechel and I graduate! Thanks mama!

Josh and my Mom got me flowers! :)

I didn't die, I was just busy facebook stalking everyone....

UUm woopsies... Don't tell my blog this, but I totally forgot that I had one. I am not really good at this, I think it has a direct hit of me not being in the habit of writing in a journal either... eh, over it.

WELL.... lets start with where we last left off? Oh, that we got a puppy. Yes.

Bear is no longer a puppy. He is now one and a half years old now!

He knows probably around 25-30 commands/tricks. He is mostly obedient.

He is still a puppy, or has the maturity of one. Well, in dog years, he is 11 years old-ish? So yeah, he only disobeys if there is something

more exciting then me or josh around, and if we are

not around, he is not very obedient. My poor mom had to figure that out for us when she was puppy sitting him for us. :(

Anyways, here are some recent pictures of him.

Bear just got groomed. So cute!

Bear loves to swing on the swings!

Bear loves going for rides. He also fancies driving.

WE GOT A PUPPY!!!!!!

YEP!!! That's right!! We got a pomeranian FINALLY!! He is a boy, full bread, papered, and adorable! He was born on March 9th, 2010. His name is Cerberus Bear. For those of you who don't know what Cerberus means or comes from, it is the 3 headed dog from Greek Mythology that guards the doors to the underworld. :) Haha!! Anyways. here are some adorable pictures of him!

SOO much has happened!!!

Well, since Christmas, there has been a lot that has happened!

Caper
My sister and I had an amazing opportunity to go to Caper which is a Paul Mitchell The School convention in Las Vegas. We got to meet a lot of Paul Mitchell Idols, they taught us what they know, how they made it to the top, what they did, what to do after we graduate, how to get to where you want to be, etc. It was so much fun!!
I also got an amazing oppurtunity to be a server! I now work at the bees, yes Applebees! I love it there! It is very nice, both of us having a job, we have been able to start building our savings (yesssssssssssssssss) and getting the things we need, like health insurance for me!






















Valentines Day
I worked all day, but the day before, we went to Little Italy on the corner of center street and University. It is AMAZING!! here is a cute little picture of us!! After we ate, we went out to a movie, I don't remember which one... but it was a great night!! I am so glad that I found Joshua, he is the PERFECT man for me and I am so lucky to have him.









Photo Shoots
There have been 2 photo shoots that I have participated in. One of the photo shoot days, I did 2 photo shoots in one day! So I have 3 different styles! (the last one, I haven't gotten the final draft yet, so the picture I have is a picture of a picture of the one I will get, this one is un edited..) look at them, tell me what you think!!

Happy Hollidays!!!

We spent Thanksgiving here in Utah this year. Josh had work and I had school. It was fun, we went to my Aunt and Uncle's house in Sandy. Very good cook, mmmmmmmmMmmmm! We were assigned to make an apple pie, and let me tell you, it was so good! I felt very proud of myself, and it was the first pie I had ever made!!! :)

CHRISTMAS!!!
This Christmas was the best one yet! We went to California on the 18th! We went to Disneyland and California Adventure on the 19th for Emily Duvall's 18th birthday!! Happy birthday Em! That was the first time that we went to Disneyland together. We went on so many rides!! Matterhorn, It's A Small Word After All, Indiana Jones, Autopia, Soaring Over California, Slash Mountain, Haunted House, Toy Story Game/Ride, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Space Mountain, Star Tours, Tower of Terror, etc, and then we went on the Winnie the Poo Ride/Adventure!!! hahahhahha
We went and got free tortillas in Cali Adventure, they are so good!! Josh and I like the Flour more then the corn.

We were exhausted by time we were ready to go home! here are some pictures of Disneyland!!Rain Forest Cafe

I got up at 4:45 the next morning to go fishing with my family and the Skousens, Josh decided to sleep in. I was SOOOOO excited to go fishing!! I don't know if a lot of people know this, but I absolutely LOVE fishing!! I became a fan 2 years ago at Lake Powell!! I think I was really spoiled with what type f fishing we did there, though. Blaine has this AMAZING boat that has a radar that shows what is directly beneath him, so we were able to cheat a lil bit... :) and on top of that... Blane has amazing fishing poles and amazing skill!!! I can still hear him yell, "OHHHHHH, FISH ON!!! FIIISSSHHHH OONNNNNN!!!!!!!!!" hahahhahah... plus, I heard that Lake Powell has a lot better fishing then most places. Here is a flash from the past picture of my fishing adventures at Lake Powell. Fabulous, right? ha Anyways... we went fishing for about 5 hours on Friday and NONE of us got anything, well, Papa Skousen got a big branch.... lol but that was about it. SO SAD! I caught a bit of a sunburn though, which was nice, cause it wasn't painful and it reminded me of summer! (cant wait)
The week leading up to Christmas was fun, mostly slow pace, mostly. We got sushi with my dad and sister, Raechel. That was a big treat!! We spent a lot of time with family, that was great.
Josh and I were able to get presents for everyone that they could use and that was personal, which was really cool! We got my mom a memory chip for her phone so she can store more then 10 pictures at a time, a cookbook from my old that my old ward put together, some pictures of the family, and a facebook!! (hahaha) We got my brother, Ryan, bb's and a new bb gun. We got my sister, Raechel, a visor mirror for her car, and we got my dad an 8X10 picture of a Spicy Tuna Hand Roll and had our friend print on the bottom of the picture, "every day should start and end with a spicy tuna hand roll" (he lovesssss those). Then we got Josh's parents the cookbook from my old ward, and then we got our secret Santa, which was Danny, Josh's younger brother, a new wallet. :)

What we got for Christmas;
Flannel Bed Sheets, Wireless Router for the Internet, Shoes for Josh, Snuggies!!!! (yes, for both of us!!!) pictures coming soon... :) ,Vitamins, Bunch of games (mancalla, scrabble, backgammon, and a puzzle), Tucanos gift certificate, other gift certificates, Clothes, Candy!, Money! etc It was a great Christmas!! But what was the most shocking present was what we got from the Duvall kids.... baby booties and a baby card.... I'm pretty sure our expression says it all.

NEW YEARS!!!
We have a great family tradition in my family of new years eve. My dad and uncles were raised in Arcadia, which is very close to Pasadena (where the Rose Parade is every year), and they used to go watch the floats set up the night before the parade and then go around the floats and go to this restaurant named Twoheys, have dessert, and watch the floats pass by there again. We still do this tradition today!! Pictures coming soon!!! After we were done, we went back to Murrieta. Josh and I went to his house in Temecula for the actual new year count down, it was really fun!!

Happy Holidays Everyone!!