October Birthdays!!

Colette and Mom both had birthdays in October. For Mom's birthday we went to the Thousand Oaks Mall to do some shopping, and then we went to El Torito for dinner. It was fun to spend time with the family. Colette on the the other hand, we went over to my parents house for dinner and watched Colette open TONS of presents, had cake and ice cream. Then we went to her Princess birthday party a few days later with food, a huge jolly jump with a slide, and lots of little children. I am sure she enjoyed it. It is crazy that she is 4 years old. She is a lot of fun and is really smart. I am excited to watch her grow up!

Palm Springs

I also forgot to mention that on conference weekend, Ethan and I went to visit our friends Cyndi and Craig. We had fun relaxing, eating home cooked meals, watching conference, and also we went for a fun hike at Joshua Tree National Park. It was a lot of fun, but unfortunately, Cyndi, her sister Tara, and I all forgot our cameras, which was such a bummer because we could have taken some really cool pictures. Ethan and I always love going down there to spend time with the two of them and thank them for being such good friends. I still can't believe that all three of us girls forgot out cameras. I am sure we will be down there soon, so we will have to go back for another hike, and I will have to remember my camera next time.

Hearst Castle

This weekend, Ethan and I left Friday night for San Simeon, to go and check out Hearst Castle. We stayed in a hotel Friday night, and then on Saturday, we woke up and went to a beach close by. About 15 minuets from our hotel is a beach that has elephant seals on it. They are pretty ugly animals, with these long noses that look just like an elephants. When we were at the beach, we mostly saw baby elephant seal though. After we went to the beach we went to Hearst Castle. The place is amazing. The architecture,design, and thought that has been put in to this home is so neat to see. I was saying to Ethan, why go to Europe because William Hearst, the owner had such a collection of art, and has designed all the buiding with Spanish, Italian, and Greek designs that you think you are in another country. The castle looks so odd because in the middle of nowhere, there is a castle on a hill. There are also zebras romaing around the hills as well. Yes, there are zebras living in the hills of California. It was alot of fun, and it gave us a few ideas about what we want our future home to look like.

Last weekend we went to Santa Rosa Island which is part of the Channel Islands with my family. You take a boat out of Ventura Harbor, stop at Santa Cruz Island and then head off to Santa Rosa. Once we arrived on the island, we took a hike around the island and then we had lunch on the beach. The island is one of a kind, and we had a lot of fun hiking around and spending time with the family, I would recommend people going, you can even camp there which I would like to do someday. The coolest thing is on our way home, we saw blue whales. They are incredible!! I have never seen them before and they are amazing, and as they swim they leave this blue tint in the water thats why they are called blue whales.

This is a picture of the beach on the island the water was very blue compared to the water in

ventura.

The blue whale coming up for air

It has been way to long...

I have been such a let down. We started our blog in July, and haven't updated it since then. We have been busy with school, work, church,family,friends, and moving plans. For those of you who do not know, Ethan and I are moving to Rexburg,Idaho to attend BYU-I. I know it is not Provo, but I really liked Idaho better, so my loving husband is always trying to please me. We are really excited about moving and starting a new chapter in our lives. We will miss Ventura, but we will be back!! I am not nervous about moving but I am nervous about cold weather.I am a beach girl, and I complain when it is 50 degrees, so it will be a change. On the positive side, I picked up snowboarding because of Ethan last winter season, so we are excited to snowboard on real snow, and to go every weekend. I am not sure if that will happen, but if Ethan gets his way it will.

Since starting our blog, I never posted pictures from my trip to London. I went this summer with a friend of mine, Darshana. Darshana and I have been friends since middle school. We have always talked about going to London, but it was just talk and we never really acted upon it, because we never had money to go,til this summer. My birthday is in April, and my parents surprised me with this trip. So I was able to go thanks to my parents, and I also have to thank Ethan, because he was so supportive in me going. At first, I really wanted to go, but I also was not sure I wanted to, because it meant being away from him for 2 weeks. He said "go this time, but next time I am going with you!" So we are planning to go to Europe together, hopefully some time soon. Yes, I was able to go on the trip, but Ethan didn't make out to bad either. I think my parents felt bad that I left him behind, they bought him a road bike that he had been wanting, I will post pictures of that later. So here are some pictures from London!! Cool thing is, the next Olympics are going to be held there. I guess I will just have to go back!

Boise

Were bloggers now, so everyone can stop hammering us about not having a blog. My best friend Cyndi, set this up for me, and I really appreciate it! Thanks Cyndi, for helping us become bloggers!

Here are some pics of "gods country," Boise, Idaho. "Don't be jealous haters," according to Ethan, check them out and enjoy.

Here is a pic of us at PF Changs, in downtown Boise.Craig and Cynthia are our friends who we stay with whenever we go to Boise. We always have a ton of fun with them. At the restaurant, I asked the waitress if she could give us all free desert because we never are together on our birthdays, so she did. I think, she felt bad because technically, Cynthia is only six. Her birthday is February 29th.

This is the Perrine Bridge that crosses the Snake River from Twinfalls. We stopped by on out road trip with the Shannon's. It was really neat, because people were free falling off the bridge. The would walk past us with backpacks on their backs, and the next thing we knew, they were jumping off the bridge.Ethan and Craig served there together for six devastating months... for Craig.

These are pictures of the river we floated down and the raft that held us afloat.

WE HAVE A BLOG

hooray!