simple joys

Oh life

So much chaos

So much confusion

School and homework overload

Forgetting responsibilities

Sunburns at the beach

Caught up in the good times

Emotions running high

Trying to find myself

Dating life yet to be found

Perspectives change

Hate to play the guessing game

Drama everywhere you turn

Sacrificing sleep for memories

Inside jokes

Making friends

Changing friends

Late for class

Missing class

Acing tests

Failing tests

Complete frustration

Beaming happiness

Sweating out the stress

New adventures

Bursting laughter

Full of light

Accepting being young and innocent

and Enjoying life as we know it.

My mind is full all the day long

But the world stops with just one song

Taylor and my emotions become one

When her lyrics have been sung

Long board night rides

With my besties by my side

Laying in the uncomfortable grass

While watching the clouds pass

Shooting stars and palm trees in the sky

And listening to Taylor while closing my eyes

All my worries settle down

As I contemplate and sort things around

But in the end I know things will be right

With one thing in mind, and He is Christ

perfect day at waimea bay

Yesterday Kellie, Preston, Bri, Crystal, and I were planning on going to the surf competition in the morning. Well we got on the bus but didn't end up going to the competition because we missed the stop and we didn't see any people out surfing. The waves were way too calm for surfing. So we ended up at Waimea Bay! The water was completely calm, with no wind, warm sunshine, and very few people on this beautiful beach! We couldn't have had it any better. We all jumped off the rock a few times and one time when we were standing on the rock, Bri spotted a turtle by a reef not too far from where we were. So we jumped off, swam to the reef and watched two turtles swimming around us! The turtles were probably two feet in diameter. The water was so clear that we could see the turtles pretty easily in the water. After that, Bri and Preston went home and Kellie, Crystal and I stayed to soak up some sun! What a great day to be at the beach! :)

The reef with the turtles!

The rock we jumped off is on the left and the reef with the turtles is on the right

roommies! :)

haha I was wearing Crystals broken sunglasses

being stupid

best job ever

As you may know, I am working as the athletic driver, driving the athletic teams to and from the airport when needed. This past week I got a new job working in the Aloha Center (student center) at the information desk. I have to either work the desk and answer people's questions about campus, or sell tickets at school events such as games, concerts, dances, etc. On Thursday, I was asked by my boss of the driving job to help out at the womens soccer tournament. Our womens soccer team had a winning season record so we hosted the region tournament in Waipio. Me and three other students rode in a van with my boss down to the tournament. Spencer and I sold admission tickets, and Micaela and Jeremy sold concessions. At half time, Spencer and I got to go to concessions and help them sell stuff. While selling food, we were able to have front row seats to watch the game! It was the best. My co-workers are so fun and my boss is way chill. We were having a blast. After the game, we cleaned up and went out to dinner... on the clock and paid for by the school. It was the best day of work ever!!

remember, remember the 5th of november!

Last weekend was a fun filled weekend! On friday, it was Tyson's birthday so we had a party complete with cake, ice cream, and a pinata! After the indoor activities, we all went out to the beach under the moon light and had a beach bonfire dance party! It was so fantastic. Not to mention there was a little bit of night swimming involved haha. It was awesome though. Something you don't normally do every day. On saturday, Bri, Preston, Tyson, and I went to a lunch at Kahuku Grill and then to Castles Beach. After the beach, we hitch-hiked home and got cleaned up because a bunch of us had planned on riding the bus into town to go ice skating!! Ice skating in Hawaii??? Who knew? It was fun none the less! We took a two and a half hour bus adventure into town, playing truth or dare on the way, went ice skating, missed the bus for the way home, and ended up wandering around town trying to figure out a way home. Luckily we knew a few good friends with cars that were willing to make the trip and pick us up! While waiting for our rides, we had some fun scavenging for food and entertaining ourselves. It was quite the weekend! Here are some pictures to illustrate...

Starting to start the fire despite the wind

Dance party!

Spencer, Preston, me, and Kellie

me, Crystal, and Kellie

Preston, Bri, and Me

Preston opening a coconut

Bathrooms... which one is which? Turtle or dolphin?

Nice pose Tyson

The group: going clockwise from the bottom - Crystal, Kellie, me, Preston, Devan, Tyson, Bri, Ally

We are awesome!

Oh Devan

LOVE this picture. so happy :)

NiGhTlY eXtRaVaGaNzA

Most of the fun things in college happen late at night! One thing that we like to do at night is to go for night rides on the street. Grab your longboards, grab your bikes, and lets go! There is something compelling about going out at night and longboarding down the temple street and seeing it all lit up. We do have a lot of fun though. Here is a little bit of what happens on our nightly extravaganzas...

BFFs

Kellie and Tyson

Our two ginger friends Preston (left) and Tyson (right) :)

TYSON!

Crystal:  "Who has a toooaaadd??"

Hahaha! Gotta love late nights at the swings. Oh Crystal

There I go!

 

Merry Christmas to me!

Longboard/Surf shop

This year Santa came early for me! I decided that a much needed/desired toy that I wanted here in Hawaii would be a longboard! So Kellie and I took a girls day trip on the bus to a town called Haleiwa to see if they had any longboards that I could just get here in Hawaii so I could save on shipping if I got it anywhere else. The bus ride wasn't too bad because it was a beautiful day outside and the waves were HUGE! Lucky the bus goes along the coast so we were able to watch the surfers from the window :) We got to Haleiwa and wanted to eat lunch at our favorite Thai food place but it was closed.. so we ate at Pizza Bobs. After lunch we wandered around through the surf shops in town, we eventually found the jackpot where they sell longboards!! For those of you that don't know what a longboard is, it is basically a skateboard but... longer! I found the one that I wanted and made the Christmas purchase :) Mine is 46". The longer they are, the smoother and easier the ride. In return for buying the board, the seller gave me and Kellie passes for free shaved ice! Perfect touch to a fantastic day. Kellie and I got back on the bus and slept all the way home. It was such a good day :) I love my bestie Kellie!!

  

* inner tube polo *

Here at BYUH we do things a little differently... Instead of having intramurals with your own created team, they do a few days of one sport and it is ward vs. ward. Crystal, Bri, Preston, and I decided to join in the water polo intramurals. My roommate Bri played polo in high school but as for the rest of us, it was the first time! But it turned out that we ended up being on a pretty good team! We played 3 games in a row and then made it to the championship. Things got pretty heated in this game but we unfortunately lost :( It was still way fun though. As you can see from the pictures, we had a good time haha. The next day we were all pretty sore. It was awesome :)                     

Me and Crystal

Preston