Buoy Tree

One of the many cool things I see on my way to school.

Yesterday I was outside doing the wash (most wash rooms are outside/garage in Hawaii). I heard these chickens clucking like crazy. Anna likes to follow me outside and sneak into the back yard when I have my back turned, so I figured that all the clucking was because Anna was interrupting some wild chickens. So I ran back there to see what was going on. Good thing they were up on the wall, but they were watching her very intently. Anna on the other hand was oblivious. There are chicken everywhere out here! The dang roosters wake me up every morning! A girl in one of my classes told me that her 11 year old son and his friends catch the roosters and tie a leash around its neck. Then they go and find another rooster and plop the hostage rooster right down in front of the other so they can fight. And then she told me of some workers that were working next door to her house and one day they had a barbecue going on...They had caught one of the neighborhood chickens and cooked it up for lunch!!!

Things that are new...

Things that are new...month, apartment, dish towels, school, bad hair cut, jobs and a new TABLE!!! The first one ever in the Tyler household, behold...


and babies...congratulations Abby!

Swept Away

Ben and I went on the best hike the other day. It was the first sunny day in like three WEEKS! We started on the light house hike but took a detour down to the ocean and some pools. The cliffs were really cool and the sound of the waves were so loud! I love Hawaii! We hiked down to the rocks and walked around on them. I am kinda chicken when it comes to the ocean. It's so big and strong you really don't know what could happen. So the waves were crashing so hard against the rocks and the water would shoot up in the air and crash down onto the rocks. Well Ben being the daredevil he is decided he wanted a better view.

"That is the dumbest idea! Don't climb over there!"

"You always forget that I'm invincible!"

"didn't you see that AMF video when that girl was 'getting a better view' and she got swept away by that big wave?"

"OK I will go on that part up there...see it's totally dry so the waves don't go up there."

"Be careful motard"

Uncle Alan and Aunt Brenda...Great!

So a while ago my most favorite extended aunt and uncle came to Hawaii for a long needed vacation. They spent two weeks on Maui and Kaui. At the end of their trip they spent a Sunday afternoon on Oahu. So in need of a spiritual uplifting experience they came to sacrament meeting with Ben and I. It was really fun to see them for a few minutes. I usually only get to see them at the Burr reunions so this was a treat! I always look forward to hanging out with them at our family gatherings. My favorite memory of Uncle Alan is the surprise scream I heard from the next-door tent as he found his sleeping bag stuffed with grass. I don't remember who got who first I just remember laughing so hard...so thanks for playing along Uncle Alan.

SLC here I come!!

I am flying to Salt Lake tonight and I will be there in the morning! Yipee!! I am so excited to see my mom and dad and mike and Jon and Chap and Ann and Steve and Tom and Ted and Sarah and Char and Leah and Liz and Steve and Chole and Tommy and Ethan and Annie and Eric and Izzy and Loni and Matt and Devon and Grandma and Grandpa and everyone!!! I might not go back to Hawaii...OK I guess I will just for Ben ;)I didn't name Leo cause while I am flying there he will be flying here. To bad so sad, I will miss him. Viva Salt Lake or whatever.

Hunny Bunny Benny!

I have the best husband in the whole world! He takes such good care of me! I have issues about being on time...to anything. I always try and squeeze in more things than I have time for and therefore am running around in the mornings like a mad girl. It is amazing that I was never late for work as a flight attendant. With all the time restrictions and deadlines...I am patting myself on the back right now! So yesterday we added up our monthly expenses for January and oh my heck we spent a ton of money on food! I couldn't believe it! Well, I can believe it cause food out here is so gosh darn expensive. Milk for $4-$8, canned goods over a dollar a can, pineapple $4lb! PINEAPPLE don't they grow that here? Anyway our solution was to not make so many trips to the little expensive grocery stores (Safeway)and stockup at Costco and make lunches for work. So this morning Ben got out of bed earlier than usual to make lunches for both of us! He is so great! Guess who will be the one to make school lunches for the kids.

Four Things

So I read this on a couple different sites today and since I know that I won't be tagged I just tagged myself.
Four jobs I've had...

1. Ice cream scooper girl at Snelgroves Ice Cream or Squirrels Brothers as it is now called.
2. I worked at a dry cleaners and I don't know what I really was but I hated it. I put the clothes in the machines, tagged them, wrapped them in plastic and alphabetized them. I also cleaned the outside windows on Saturday mornings in the dead of winter! I had to steam press my fingers back to life after - it was freezing!
3. I was a lifeguard and was commonly mistaken for a Mexican.
4. Flight attendant for Skywest Airlines. What happens at 34,000 feet stays at 34,000 feet.

Four movies I can watch over and over...

1. Goonies
2. Monsters Inc.
3. Young Frankenstien
4. Emma

Four places I have lived...

1. SLC
2. SLC
3. Leesburg Virginia, almost
4. Kailua, Hawaii

Four TV shows I love...

1. Desperate Housewives
2. Crossing Jordan
3. Animals Cops
4. Any home remodel or design show

Four places I've vacationed...

1. Paris, France
2. Helsinki, Finland
3. Vancouver, Canada
4. Southern Utah and Uinta Mountains

Four of my favorite dishes...

1. Cheese Ravioli
2. Mochico Chicken w/ brown rice
3. Brisket (my moms)
4. Chicken Chimichanga

Four sites I visit daily...

1. World News
2. Celebrity News
3. UnCommonGoods
4. Google

Places I'd rather be right now...

1. Body Boarding
2. Surfing
3. In bed
4. SLC