HAWAII BABY!!

Our after the flight beauty... ha ha it was a 6 hr flight but the airlines do a great job keeping everyone entertained with the screen in the head seat idea... We had fun..

Wow so needless to say I have been super super busy the last little bit so I haven't even had a chance to come update our lives in the blog world. We went to Honolulu, Hawaii with the Shumway clan for a whole week at the end of July... The best part about it was I was getting paid.. I had some wonderful vacation time so I used it and it felt amazing scooting around Hawaii knowing I was still coming home to a nice paycheck... Anyways so Ma and Pa Shumway bought a timeshare in Waikiki and we stayed in a beautiful condo right next to the beach. We did so many fun things, it was so so hard to leave. Also be very glad you are seeing these pictures because for some reason on our last day of our trip the SIM card in my camera stopped working and I couldn't view any of our pics from the whole trip. Heartbroken the whole flight home I was nervous that I would never see our awesome pictures again... With tons of researching and several unsuccessful attempts of calling every picture savvey person I knew we couldn't get the pics. I couldn't just give up, that's not in my nature... So I said a little prayer for help and literally seconds later hopped on the computer yet again and found a data recovery place in Provo, not only here but like down the road from our apartment. I called immediately and took my card and dropped it off to a lovely Asian man. I knew there was someone smart enough out there that could get these pics. Well long story short and $60 later he recovered ALL our Hawaii pictures. YES!!!

We were of course going to do all the touristy things that tourists do.... Our first day we went to pearl harbor and saw the USS Arizona memorial. I have been before but it was awesome to see it again. I cant believe the oil still leaks from the boat. It was a beautiful Sunday trip..

One of the boat anchors with our family.

After the boat tour...

The next day we went to Hanayma Bay.. This was awesome. I have been here before also but for some reason this time was SO much better. I think it was because I was really nervous snorkeling last time but we rocked it and saw a ton of cool sea life. It was neat!

The girls

Derick and I hanging on the beach..

Just getting ready to head out for our snorkeling...

My little fish friend I found...

This is the coolest shot ever... We weren't supposed to step out off the cliff but we got a little crazy and broke the rules but who wouldn't for this shot.

Eating by the beach.. this place was yummy and had the best Orzo (fish) dish..

I definitely lost track of what we did on each day but this was cool. We drove down to the north end of the island and were told to go to a little nook of an area called waimea falls.. We took the advice and LOVED it. We hiked the Hawaiian jungle trail until we were spit out at this beautiful pure water waterfall. It was like in the movies but better.. I will never forget that waterfall and recommend it to ALL who go to Hawaii on vacation.

Random little tree along the hike..

We hiked down into the jungle off the trail... this for some reason reminded me of Jurassic Park.. I was waiting to see the little valasa raptors (ankle high) ones.. ha ha

Success, we made it to the falls...

We went to the Polynesian Cultural Center one of the days, it was so much fun. We watched some of the local men climb trees and attended a delicious banquet that night..

We also had time to drop by the Hawaii temple and BYU Hawaii campus...

The main characters in the PCC performance....

 

These guys were HUGE and they were going crazy on the drums.. I was impressed!

We also were able to Catamaran on our beach day. We went out in the middle of the ocean and snorkeled and looked for the turtles.. There were a ton so the trip was well worth it. The turtles would come up for air pretty close to us so it was fun watching them.

Teaching Allie how to hang loose.... lol

Haha not much success but still a cool underwater shot of us.

Crash from Nemo....

Last but not least the last day before we flew home we had the choice to go skydiving which we probably should have done or para sailing. I was so rested I don't think I could have even handled skydiving but I am sure it would have been AMAZING! Maybe next trip we can do something crazy like that.

July 2010

So this last month has been awesome!!! We celebrated our Independence by attending the stadium of fire and played with some more bats. Derick was such a trooper going with me. He wasn't too excited but secretly I think he really had a good time.

The Stadium of fire dancers....pretty neat!

Carrie Underwood was the headliner....she did an amazing job. She is so talented.. What a singer!!

Such a beautiful sunset that night...

The fireworks were great!!

So just a couple of weeks ago we started of our summer vacationing by going to the Brown family cabin in Idaho again. We had such a fun time...

Our little family.... ha ha

Miss Allie Pants

Couple of cheese balls...

Canooing down the river.... We all got super burnt but it was entertaining until Derick purposely tipped us over.. So much fun!

 Here we go again....You ready to go bat hunting??

Best picture ever.... Morgan being the manly man attempting to bat mitten the bat to death. meanwhile my macho husband is in the corner with a blanket over his head.... ha ha but I was doing the same thing. PS... if you look closely you can see the evil bat inches away from Derick's head and just right of the cabinets.

SUCCESS... Sadie was our dog savior. She literally jumped in mid air and grabbed the bat and killed it. We were so glad after that was finished... Love the victory stance Morgan!

Yucky, this years culprit..... apparently the day we left they found like 40 bats throughout the cabin due to a mishap with the exterminator guy.... I am so glad we were out of there....

Adrenaline junkies!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DERICK!!

Happy 23rd baby!! He will never show those pearly whites!!

Sadie had a good time too!!

This last week was Derick's BDAY..... ha ha its so weird that he is younger then me. I love it!!

So Derick and I love doing new, fun spontaneous things.I attempted to surprise him for his bday o fun and decided to take him up to the indoor skydiving in Ogden. I did so well the entire week keeping my mouth shut and was so excited to see if I was successful at surprising Derick which is a very very hard thing to do. He guessed it even before we left Provo. Geeez I will be able to get him someday.

So needless to say we love doing super crazy things in life. I am so glad we married each other and can still do all these fun things together. Derick and I have been Skydiving and Bungee Jumping on seperate occasions but still have both done it. It was awesome and such a rush!! I loved skydiving and definitely recommend it to anyone. It was such a thrill and totally cool. Bungee jumping was so much scarier because the ground is so much closer then when you skydive so that thrill kinda freaked me out. Here are my crazy pics that I have from when I went. I need to find Derick's and post them but this is what I have for now.

I still can't believe I swanned dived off this tower. SO scary!!

Don't worry that I (or should I say my tandem man) did a gainer out of the plane.... it was one of those army planes so we were able to jump out the back which made our exits that much better!

Ha ha I had cotton mouth the entire time so I can't believe I mustered to get my tongue out of my mouth for this shot... So funny...

Next crazy activity.......something crazy for our Hawaii trip...YES!!!!

Promotion

Yet another post. So I have been working at Kohl's for almost 2 years and I have loved it. I just recently got a promotion which is great. I am in charge of so much more and love the authority I have. It has been hard but I love the store and am very passionate about our sales and product. I just had to share this...... So Derick and I went to this random Chinese buffet place across the street from our apartment (which was amazingly yummy) and ate our delicious meal and then got to the dessert.... Fun yet disgusting hard as rock fortune cookies..... This is awesome. I opened mine and this is what it said::

You will be selected for a

promotion because of your

accomplishments.

 

 

I kid you not that is what it said and I literally like that last week got the promotion.. ha ha totally random right....  You think that was good well here is what Derick's said:

 

 

 

 

Work on improving your
exercise-routine.

TEE HEE TEE HEE!!! HA HA HA I love Derick so much and he was super bummed after reading this one. Both he and I have gained weight due to our wonderful happy marriage and we were talking about working out and getting healthier and then this little sucker comes along. SO RIGHT ON!! I couldn't believe that the fortunes were so in tune with our lives at the time. Pretty funny hu? Anyways so yea thought that was hilarious.

Pawn Shop!!

Ok so for any of you who don't know my sexy husband is an amazing entrepreneur. He baptized our dear friend Antonio Palazzola on his mission who is a pawn shop guru and who helped Derick find his current career. The Quick Cash Pawn shop has been opened for a little over a year now and it has been extremely successful. I am so proud of Derick and all of the hard work and dedication that he puts into the shop. Now I have to admit when I heard about this whole pawn shop thing when we were first dating naturally I was a little nervous.... Who wouldn't be??? The way the world portrays pawn shops are shady and unreliable. Derick has made it his goal to be the best and to offer the best to everyone he comes in contact with. Anyways here are a few pictures from the beginnings till now. Amazing how much crap you can accumulate within a year. 

Antonio and Derick

Now here are the most recent shots.....

Derick and Brayden at worky work

Front left half of store

Front right half of store

Somewhere in the middle,,, LOL

Of course we watch pawn stars and have attempted to go there once with no success but it was still a neat journey to Las Vegas..Derick and I love chum lee and love to see all the neat old stuff people bring in.

Jenkins Family Reunion 2010!

So this last weekend we were pleased to make it up to the wonderful Jenkins famly reunion in St. George. We only have these reunions every two years so they are super fun. I got to see cousin's I haven't seen in forever, new babies making our families grow and grow and got to swim and play games with people I love.. This is the picture of alomost all of us...

Grandma and Grandpa celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. They are an inspiration. Still so in love. They sang together at the reunion. They are amazing!

haha the Pribyl Mafia... we are so much fun! Uh watch your hand there Bryce..lol

The soon to be newlyweds

What are you looking at?

Wow what beautiful people... love it!

Hiking with Craig, Jodi and Amanda... it was such a cool place to explore.