Belated Anniversary Post.....

(read: please just look at the picture and save me from the embarrasment. Appreciate it! haha)



I can't believe it's the 3rd anniversary of yet another sappy love post........ and as promised, here's a pic of what we got to do! Fun and FREE (which makes anything in this world 10x better.... especially when your team loses but OH WELL! I got to see Iverson and even though he isn't the greatest player anymore, he is still more famous than I will ever be!!! Plus his hair is awesome.... if I were black, I totally would do that! Maybe.... )









Ben is the perfect husband ever.... I can't believe we've been married for 3 years already. Time goes by so fast when you're having fun together. You are SO ridiculously patient with me and so dang good lookin' too! :) Haha! Thanks for everything hun-bun-face!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU! CAN'T WAIT TO POST ANOTHER SAPPY LOVE POST NEXT YEAR THAT YOU PROBABLY WILL NEVER READ OR LOOK AT... Oh well. I still love your face! :)

Long and Boring Christmas Post

First off, I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas!! Ben and I went up to Oregon this year. We were going to leave Tuesday morning around 8:00am until we realized that a snow storm was heading towards Utah and since we were driving, we decided to leave at midnight (basically right when I got home from working a double shift at work.... phew!) As soon as we crossed the Utah/Idaho border, we hit the storm. I've never seen so many accidents in my life. We were going about 30 MPH for a few hours. There was at least 40 miles of a single sheet of black ice....As we were driving, Ben decided to change lanes.... ends up that Ben didn't decide to do anything! The wind was so strong that it made the decision for us and pushed us right into the next lane!! After that, we decided that maybe it was getting a little dangerous to be driving (with the wind, the snow, oh yeah, and not being able to see the road since it was so dark outside....) so we pulled over at a rest stop and took a long nap in the car (did I mention that there were 5 of us in our little Corolla? we were not in a good mood....). We made it okay although there were a few slick spots. And when we finished our road trip, we seriously pulled into our garage, parked, got everything out, unpacked, then my dad comes home and says that we have 2 flat tires.... ends up the tires were completely shredded on the inside (whatever that means..) Good thing we made it home! And thanks mom and dad for the 2 new tires.... :)

Christmas here has been great! All the K-moku kids decided not to buy anybody Christmas presents because we were going to go to the Nike Employee store here in Oregon. Everything there is at LEAST 50% off which is awesome for us because we were in need of some soccer cleats. Nike has a limit on how much money you can spend at the store and let's just say that Ben and I came close to having to put stuff back on the shelf....... At least we won't need to buy cleats for the next year! :) The next picture is JUST the shoes we bought....And if your name starts with a "J" and ends with "acob", don't look too closely at the next picture.....









On Christmas Eve, my dad decided we needed to start a new tradition(it's never too late!) and I think it's one that is going to stick around. We challenged another family in our ward to a game of basketball. It was fun just to play around and goof off. Riena and I just wanted to try out our new basketball shoes (which I think are pretty sweet). Ben had to join the other team because one of their sons had to work and I think that's why my family lost. Don't let Ben ever fool you anymore.... Soccer is NOT his only sport!!









Day after Christmas, we headed to the Oregon coast for a day of crabbing! It was fun but so frustrating! Oregon has these crazy laws about only getting a certain size of crabs and you can only get males.... after a full day of crabbing, we had a TON of little crabs that we had to throw back and only 1 crab that was the right size.... but it was a female! Nevertheless, we had lots of fun. The coast is beautiful and we got to eat at Moe's. Seriously, the best clam chowder in the world!!










For our 3rd year anniversary, Ben and I aren't going to do anything big.... I can't believe it's been 3 years! I'll have to post pictures later since this post is going up before we actually go but we're going to go to dinner and then to the Blazer's basketball game(free tickets, good seats....awesome!) And during our trip to the coast, we found this!!









We're heading back to Utah on Tuesday.... don't know what time yet but we're going back to work and school. Hope you all had a great year and will have an even better one this next year!

It's Coming....

If you're here in town the day before Thanksgiving, you are invited to our house for....


Pie Night!!



Get excited....

Soccer Girls are Tough....

.... but honestly?!

Prom Night(mares)

For Young Women's we're holding an Oscar's night for YW in Excellence (for those of you who have forgotten, we're celebrating Personal Progress achievements!). All the girls are going to dress up in fancy prom dresses, do their hair and make up, walk down a red carpet looking absolutely FABULOUS, and maybe get their picture taken by "paparrazi." It'll be fun. We had to find a house to keep all the dresses at, so of course, I volunteered.


A few of the dresses were really pretty (and yes, I still fit in some of them.... some.) A few others though, were.... for lack of a better word.... interesting?

So then I had to look online for some HOTT dresses and decided to share them with you (since nothing in my life has changed since my last post).

Yes, these are diapers.

Oh, my eyes...

Oh wow, symmatrical....

Feather duster....

How can you not look at this picture and not think of a gift bag?!

Time to Get the Cobwebs Dusted Off.....

Wow, it's been FOREVER!! And I doubt any of you are keeping any track of our lives but here's an update for those of you who still care....





Work: I got a job at a place called Provo Canyon School and I absolutely LOVE it! I'm just a PRN (on-call) but I basically have hours of a full-time employee, minus benefits. I also am the assistant volleyball coach there. I love all my volleyball girls! They are so fun and TALENTED! I also get to help out with the basketball team... hilarious, I know! Ben is still chugging away at Traditions Mill and still loves it just as much. His boss will sometime try to bribe him with money to skip his class for a day just to stay at work a little longer but Ben is so good, he says no and faithfully goes to.....





School: He's been doing great! He'll go to his class and then stay there "studying" (or napping... usually his studies involve both...but he swares that it's about 80% study, 20% nap). I told him that I'll give him a snowboarding pass for the upcoming season if he gets a 3.5 or above. We'll see...



Play: We decided to grow up and be more mature so we backed off on the sports. So this season we're ONLY on (this is a combined list) 1 women's soccer team and 1 men's soccer team at Timp Indoor and 1 flag football team, 1 soccer team, and 1 co-ed ultimate frisbee team with BYU Intramurals. See? We backed off.



Church: I'm the 1st counselor in the YW presidency in our ward and I LOVE LOVE LOVE my Mia Maids. I have about 7 girls that I'm over and they are so funny! And can I just tell you how EXCITED I am to NOT have a music calling?! Finally!! (But no, this does not mean that I get a break.... they still ask me to play for the choir and sometimes the organist..... BUT IT'S NOT A CALLING!!!) Ben has 2 callings: Elders Quorum teacher (again) and Priests Quorum advisor... which he also loves. The Priests in the ward have so much fun with Ben.



Family: My mom calls me on a Thursday night and said they're coming to visit us that weekend. Good thing my house is clean! We had so much fun seeing them even though it was for just a short time.... but who cares?! I haven't seen my dad in 2 years so we all had a blast just talking and seeing each other! And of course we HAD to take our regular family picture.... I think my dad just thinks we're crazy..... and my mom. Ben was at school (yeah, he has class on Saturdays.... stupid) so that's why he's not in the picture!




Big News: I'm FINALLY (and much more important, legally) a Wheeler. Yup, after 2 years, 8 months, and 18 days, I finally went from being a Kalilimoku to a Wheeler. Don't judge.... it was seriously the hardest thing I've ever had to do!




So there's your big update for all you out there.



....... cricket, cricket.........

Take That Miss A

Well, today was it... my last day at work. Phew.

It was actually really fun. I made the kids these really lame yearbooks that they loved. We spent the first part of the morning signing them. Then we actually did some school-related things (but not much). After that, we watched The Secret Garden. Our class just finished reading the book together so I thought, what the heck... let's watch the movie. Found out that we're definitely NOT supposed to do things like that but oh well.... fire me, then. I gave them all a little goodbye gift (girls got those pens that you stick a flower on top and then wrap in floral tape and the boys got these really stupid foam pencil-animal things....) from me (again, lame and cheap... the gifts, not me). Oh yeah, and a little something sweet. And since sugar is DEFINITELY NOT allowed at school, you can count that as #2 on my list of things I shouldn't do on my last day at school.

So I'll miss the kids and teaching but good bye and good luck! (PS. one of the parents told me that her son was so sad that I was leaving! That was all he could talk about this past week.... He wants to go to another school now because he doesn't like Miss A and thinks she doesn't like him. I told the parent that he would do a whole heck-of-a-lot better at another school too. She gave me her number and wants to talk with me about it. She asked what school I was teaching at next....Take that Miss A. #3.)

Oh yeah, and I "forgot" to clean the fish tank.

(Yup, this is seriously how bad A I am....)

Someone Please Explain This One To Me.....

The difference between a lay-off and a "cut back".....


To put it into context:

Some random person who loves the kids, loves teaching, dislikes the management: "So am I getting laid off?"
Some equally random person who is just awful and lives to make the above person's life as miserable as possible: "You must be thinking of filing for unemployment. This is just a cut-back, not a lay off. We would love to keep you here but it is just not going to happen. Can we call you back in a year if the economy picks back up?"
1st random person (still loving the kids, loving teaching, still disliking the management): (thinking to herself) H*ll no (but saying aloud) "umm.... probably not."


Please. Someone tell me what the difference is. Dumb.

Ideas???

So playing indoor soccer has its benefits.... we get to meet a ton of really cool, fun people (I'd say that I got in shape but yeah right, has that happened! I'm still waiting....)

We met these guys because they needed a girl sub on their team once so I jumped on and we've been playing together ever since then. We get along really well with them. They're really funny guys and AMAZING soccer players. We all decided to leave our old teams and start a new one together. We are so super excited to play but we've come across a problem. Money.

It always seems to be money, right? Anyway -- we're looking for ideas for someone to possibly sponsor our team so that we don't really have to pay a whole bunch of the big greens. I've been to random restaurants, small businesses, etc. but I was wondering if any of you guys would want to sponsor a soccer team. No, just kidding. I was wondering if you guys had any other ideas about getting someone to sponsor a soccer team.....

Any ideas would be SO helpful!! Thanks!!

My favorite game right now.....

NINJA DESTRUCTION! Seriously, so much fun..... We played this 2 nights straight at our cabin trip!


(Sorry the pics are so dark)



(and no, I'm not posting my ninja picture)

Moving On Up

Awesome Location (aka. low gas prices): $40/week
Killer Rent(2 bed, 1 bath): $240/month
Garden: $25 (maybe...)
Lila: $15/month

Memories, Family, Friends: Priceless

Goodbye to all the above and Hello to a new place that Ben and I moved to! Pictures to follow... sometime.

Yup, we moved (this is nicely put.... basically we had 30 days to get out....) out of ghetto basement apartment and moved into a bigger, nicer, more expensive (obviously) place.

I love the area that we're in. EVERYONE is seriously SO NICE (like the "how-can-you-be-this-nice" kind of nice) and I love the ward that we are in.


You'll have to come visit us sometime*



*Sometime (sum-time): adv. 1. at some not specified or definitely known point of time. 2. when all the boxes are unpacked and my place is organized.

Happy Birthday/Mother'sDay Mom!

"A mother is she who can take the place of all others but
whose place no one else can take."
-- Cardinal Mermillod


Thanks for putting up with all of us!

I really do owe everything to my mother. She is an amazing example to me.
I hope that one day I can be as awesome (and as patient) as you, mom!
Happy Birthday Mom!


Happy Mother's Day to all moms out there!!

Ben got his baby....

So remember that post about Ben and I being spontaneous sometimes....

Yeah..... about that .....

We were sitting (again! Maybe that is why we try to stay so active... so that we don't do things like this!!) and talking about how bad my day was at work. Ben asked me what would make me feel better......

Trina: I don't know.... I wish I had new clothes. But not really though. We really need to save money for your tuition and things.

Ben: Yeah, but you had a bad day and we have a little extra cash laying around. Let's get you clothes.

Trina: No, that's not fair to you. It's okay, I'll be alright (which all us women know that really means "please, please, please buy me lots and lots of things... NOW!)

Ben: Well, let's make a deal. I get my gun if you get new clothes. Deal?

Trina: (thinking deal over..... gun = lots more money than a new outfit.... in fact, gun = lots and lots of new outfits) DEAL! Let's go before we actually realize what a bad idea this is!!

And just like last time, I grabbed the keys and Ben grabbed his wallet. The only thing different this time was that Ben got the big thing and I got the little one....




Ben is getting this little "baby" (we had to order it though....he'll get it in a few days)



And I got:

• 4 new pairs of shoes (one for work, one for church during the summer time, and of course, 2 sets of flips (flip flops).... man, I forgot how expensive shoes can get!)
• 4 movies (Get this, all 3 X-men movies were in a set for $10!!!! T.E.N!!! it was at Walmart... I almost bought another one just because it was $10)
• 6 pair of pants (mostly for school during the summer... I'm so excited, we can wear bermuda shorts and capris to work! I LOVE Old Navy)
• 1 shirt (I always struggle with these.... but I finally found one that I thought was decent!)
• 1 C.B. radio (yeah... this wasn't for me, it was for Ben......but we decided to count it towards me so that the deal would be a little more fair)
• a "Cool Snack" (Thanks to the twins for this new phrase.... a.k.a. McDonald's strawberry milkshakes with Burger King giant straws....)
• The best part of this whole deal is that I bought black shoes for work....The pants I bought definitely do NOT match black shoes which HAS TO MEAN that I need to go back and buy another pair of shoes that do match (that's 5 pairs of new shoes!!) Because we all know that I need shoes that will match!
  

Needless to say, I feel a whole lot better now! (Even though our bank account is thinking otherwise.... and even though my end of the bargain doesn't even come close to Ben's part. Oh well! A girl can't be too picky! New clothes is new clothes!! And I haven't had new clothes for A.G.E.S.)


Why do we do this to ourselves?! I'll know I'll regret this tomorrow.... It hasn't even been a year since our piano/soccer cleat purchase!!

..... OR....

Maybe I should tell Ben that every day is a bad day.....

WE DID IT!!!

I know, I'm such a loser to blog about this right away but seriously....

WE JUST RAN A TRIATHLON!!!!

I cannot wait until the next one comes up. Everyone in our group did amazing. Good job you guys (since you are (some of) the only ones who read my blog.... haha)! You were all an inspiration for me, so thank you thank you thank you!! Isn't it an amazing feeling to know that we all did this? I love us!

*Sigh*

(Can I brag a little now? Sorry.... Usually I don't like to but....) A few hours after the tri, I had a soccer game up in Lindon.... and let me tell you, I played so much! It was the weirdest thing, you know? You do a triathlon then you expect to be sore and not play soccer but oh man. (bragging....) I was hustling back and forth, took a few shots, had really good passes and even blocked some shots! The best part was I got to take a pk (penalty kick) for our team and (more bragging here....) it was a pretty wicked awesome shot. The goalie barely got his hands on it to knock it away BUT if you've seen how awful at soccer I was before, this is definitely a big improvement.


Moral of the story: A triathlon and a soccer game in one day IS POSSIBLE without dying. Awesome.

Best. Day. Ever.

That's Miss Trina to you....

When I was in 4th grade, I wanted to be a teacher. Now before you "ooh" and "aww" over how precious my heart must have been, I need to warn you... my reasons weren't exactly in the right place. I didn't want to plant the seed of learning into the bright, young, eager hearts of children who were just waiting to soak up the knowledge I could give them. Nope. I just wanted to be a teacher so that I could write on the projector.

Yeah, I heard the heavens singing too....

Well, since I've been a teacher. I've definitely been writing on the overhead so objective met, right? Nope. Turns out, there are other reasons why people want to teach. Who would have thought?! Here are just a few reasons why this whole teacher thing is actually worth more than just using the oh-so-mighty, oh-so-grand overhead projector:

These are some of the brightest boys in my class. I can always count on them to help me out when I'm drowning in front of the class. They're doing a science project that demonstrates Newton's 3rd Law in this pic. PS. the one in the red shirt should be in 2nd grade.... he's reading at a 9th grade level. Crazy, huh?!

These cute boys are always SO eager to learn. They make me laugh even when they are getting into trouble :)
The one on the left (dark blue shirt) is one of the younger kids in my class.... way to smart for his age.

I hope my children will be as cute as her.... unlikely since she is one of THE cutest girls I have EVER seen. But my chances are pretty good since she is part Hawaiian....

I love this little one.... His eye lashes are even longer than Ben's. He is always giving me hugs constantly and is always so happy to see me!

This one is going to be trouble when he gets older but seriously, how could he when he looks this cute?!

... And if you could have favorite students, this next one would be mine. This darling girl is my absolute favorite. She is adorable, smart, funny, and appropriate ALWAYS ... something teachers love love love.

I call her my little chipmunk.... as if you couldn't tell from the face we are making.

Anyways, moral of the story: yes, writing on the overhead is fun but believe it or not, there are other reasons why being a teacher is so rewarding! Actually, I can think of 22 reasons.... and they are all just as enjoyable as these ones!!

It Finally Happened .... *** Updated with Pictures Now!***

After 2 years and some odd months of playing hundreds of sports and playing like crazy, it has finally happened... Ladies and gentlemen, we have our first broken bone! And luckily (for me), it's Ben's hand and not mine :) He broke it on April 1st (yeah, everyone thought we were playing an April Fools joke but we werent) playing football. It was in the first few minutes of the game. Ben was rushing and he ran into the guy that was blocking him. It forced him to the ground and he landed right on his hand.... every 155 lbs (pure "muscle" (as he likes to call it)) of Ben. Ben is a pretty tough guy. Not much can hurt him. So when I saw him run off the field, cradling his hand, I knew it was more than just a little something. Ouch!

Anyways, you don't have to know the rest of the story but basically he broke 2 metacarpals (his middle finger and ring finger) in his RIGHT hand ... and yup, he's right-handed. He'll get a cast as soon as the swelling goes down (for a small visual, it looks like he has that elephantitize syndrome.... it's disgusting). I think the best part of this whole story was that we called April to wish her a happy birthday while we were driving to the Urgent Care facility and didn't tell her about what happened. We didn't want to worry her on her birthday...... :)

Here are the pics -- We're going to try and get the X-ray up here too.

*** Update: As always, pictures don't really do the real thing justice.... But I'm pretty sure you get the picture. Also, I forgot to add that Ben had a basketball game after the football game. And yes, he went to that game and played in it after (not very well I might add. Picture someone playing basketball with your wrists and not your hands... pretty funny). Boys.....


PS. I've started on a few of my home-made crafts for the 3 of you..... I should finish in about 2 weeks when I am on spring break so that I'll have more time to do them!! :)

Something Homemade and Crafty......

You may have seen this on other blogs - you sign up to receive something homemade and crafty, and then you pay it forward by doing the same thing for 3 people who sign up to do it on your blog.

So here’s how it works:

1. Be one of the first 3 people to leave a comment on this post and I will send you a handmade gift.

2. You get to pay it forward as well by doing the same thing for 3 people on your blog.

3. Once you leave a comment telling me that you want to participate, you need to make a pay it forward post on your blog.


I can't promise I'll get it to you quickly because of work and other things.... but I'll sure try!!

... I need to update ...

I told Ben that I absolutely HAD to check my blog before I go run (for the triathlon that I'm doing with the majority of people who read this blog....) so obviously, I'm going to procrastinate that as long as possible!

Here's a quick...er, long... list of updates:

Ben is playing on 3 soccer teams (1, 2, 3...Th-u-ree!), a CRAZY good football team (there are 2 ex-BYU football players (ex meaning last season) and 2 semi-pros), basketball team, wallyball team (although he doesn't want me to tell anyone... oops), and an ultimate frisbee that gets together every Tuesday. I'm doing basketball again (yes, we are trying to defend our Championship... and yes, I did capitalize that), wallyball, and 2 soccer teams (upper division.... yikes). You'd think I was in shape or something....

Teaching at Montessori is going great. It's a lot to get used to because everything there is SUPER organized but I love it. Good news: I got a raise a week after starting there and was offered a salary position in the afternoon!! Job hunting is finally over. Basically, I get paid hourly during the morning because I'm still training with the Miss A but since I'm the head teacher in the afternoon from now on, I get paid on a salary!

I got braces.

.... oh wait, what? Yeah, I got braces a few weeks ago. I was so worried when they were put on because they didn't hurt at all! I wanted to call the ortho and let him know that I thought they were broken.... Anyways, he says my teeth are actually pretty good. I only need braces for 1 1/2 years. No expanders, spacers, rubber bands, head gear... none of that really fun stuff.

Training for the triathlon.... not happening really. Ugh. Let's be honest, I don't want to do it... BUT at the same time I do want to. Sorta. Oh well. With a month left to train, I at least know that I can do all the events.... whether or not I'll be dead last is still up to debate.

Funny story: I was telling Ben about the shirts that Ashley is making for the triathlon. (cuz if anything, I'm going to do this tri just for the free t-shirts)

Trina: The logo that we are putting on it says "Just Tri" with an "i" instead of a "y"
Ben (totally oblivious): Oh... is that because it costs extra for more letters or something?
Trina: Umm.........

The end.

Haha, actually, Ben got it after a minute.... or two.

Anyways, maybe it was a had to be there kind of thing. Whatever. I've wasted enough time. I'm going to go run a few miles.... or go watch CSI...

I could go do this:

--- OR ---

Do this.....

GAH!

.... the Church IS true!

... I had a Laurel's teacher who always said "The Church IS true!" whenever something amazing happened. So here is my amazing something:

I got a job!!

Well, sorta... It was really just an accident. I graduated in April 08 and looked for a job ever since... and of course, as most of you know, I haven't had a job. I picked up a newspaper on campus (because I like the Sudoku puzzles at the back of the paper...). As I was reading it, I decided what the heck! I'll give the Classifieds a chance. Seriously, the only job that appealed at all to me was a teacher aide. How hard could aiding a teacher be, right?

I called the number and the lady I spoke to said to come in for an interview. I show up to the school and there are 2 other girls who are my age and dressed up for an interview. Great, I think to myself.... Now I'm nervous because both these girls graduated in Elementary Education and have taught in schools before. I'm a Psychology major....

This is getting long so I'll cut it short (or try or you could skip these points and go to the points at the bottom of this post) --

• The lady (the director, Miss A) tells us about the school. If we're interested, we can come back and watch how they teach on Monday.
  
• I show up on Monday (yesterday) and watch the class. After class, Miss A asks me if I have any questions. I ask when I can start. She said tomorrow (Tuesday... today). She gives me a HUGE pack of paper that I need to read (background on the school's method, how to write in cursive, rules for the English language, phonograms, etc. ). I go home, overwhelmed.
  
• (Sorry, I know I said I'd cut this short but this part I have to explain.) This school is a private school (kind of a glorified day care). It teaches students using the Montessori Method (this is the Wiki version...take it or leave it). It's actually a really cool method that teaches children at a very early age how to write in cursive and all the sounds of the English language. Granted, it still has its kinks to figure out BUT it really is amazing to see 6 year olds writing a whole lot better than me.
• I learn the best by actually doing. That being said, when Miss A was giving the students their phonogram test, I decided to try it with them. The best part is that I did better than I thought I would do!
• I read to the students out of the book Inkheart and Miss A was pretty impressed with how I read to the kids. Anyway -- when I was supposed to leave for the day, Miss A asked me to come up to her office. She told me that she really liked what she saw in me and wanted to do something she really doesn't do... ever. She told me that she wanted to start paying me (just so you know how big of a deal this is: they don't pay you for the 2 weeks they train you. After the end of the 2 weeks, they decide if they want you to teach or not. If they want to keep you, then you get paid). Anyways, she basically said that she thinks I have a lot of potential so she offered to PAY ME (something they don't do for trainees) ON THE VERY FIRST DAY THAT I STARTED TRAINING! I hope this is as big of a deal to you as it is to me... k, I'll be honest, probably not....
  

Anyways, the main points of this post:

• I went into this job today thinking that I have to go "to work" for 2 weeks without getting paid....
• I left this job today thinking, "Oh gosh... now I HAVE to do amazing or ELSE!"
• I HAVE A JOB!!!
  
• ... the Church IS true!
  

And for all of you who just "read" posts to look at pictures.... here's your sign:

Are you LOST yet?!

Gah -- I love this show. Ben and I were so excited for this new season to start (PS. I blame all my IS friends for getting me hooked on this show!)

Did any of you watch it? If you don't want to know what happens, don't read this next paragraph....


The "catch-up" show right before it started said that this season would leave the viewers with a lot more answers than questions.... Yeah right!! Ben and I were so confused throughout the whole thing. Who were the guys that surrounded Juliet and Sawyer? Was that a jump back to the past or in the future? And what is up with Ben (in the show, not my Ben...)? I don't like him at all but he does keep his side of the bargain... most of the time. And why is that white-haired lady back -- and how do I know here again? I forget! And Daniel.... oh goodness, Daniel... what is his story? Ben and I think that during one of the time jumps (maybe yet to happen?), he jumps to the opening scene of the show (the one with the asian doctor/scientist). Oh! Jin can't be dead... no way. The producers in the pre-show said that Sun BELIEVES he's dead. They didn't say he was dead so there's no way that he can be dead. He has to be alive.... just because he's probably one of my favorite characters and he's awesome. Anyway, bottom line: the island is time traveling and the Oceanic 6 needs to get back. Oh yeah, wasn't Locke's line great? "When am I?"

To conclude on my little tirade -- Lost is awesome.

Oh goodness....

$150 million for a party?! Seriously?!

Obama, Obama.... For the sake of this nation, I wish you the best.

Christmas in Tennessee

This was my FIRST Christmas away from the Kalilimoku fam bam and I'm proud to say that I made it! :) I was really nervous (and yes, there were tears) but everyone was so great so it made it fine.

Here are some pictures of the trip. It was great to surprise Janae (who got home from her mission), spend time with family, shoot rockets, be married for 2 years, sleepovers with Ashley and Russ (thanks again for letting us crash with you guys), and just have fun with everyone (shout out to all you Tennessee blog-stalkers.... let's be blog buddies)!!

I can't believe that I have been married to Ben for 2 years.... time flies :)

Catching rockets.... SO MUCH FUN!!

I've always cut a Christmas tree from a tree farm.... I've never gone out, just found a tree and then cut it down. Needless to say, I was pretty excited to (help) cut this one down.

Family pictures

More family pictures....

.... And a trip to TN wouldn't be complete if we didn't go out shooting :)