Koontzie!!!!

Yesterday, Sunday, I had got to meet up with Koontzie in Malad. It was a great evening. Here's a few pictures from our adventure.

Oh, here I am... (I don't like pictures of myself, but some have been asking... so... here you go!)














Hope this makes you as dizzy as it made us!




*Faces*

Koontzie: "Here there sexy ladies! And I mean it!" ha ha ha

The dinosaur was a hit with us!

Isn't Koontzie a cutie!?!?!?











Okay... so, Koontzie and I walked back to our cars and as I reached into my pocket to get my keys, they were M.I.A.! We drove back to the park and my keys were on the merrie-go-round just waiting for me.










Thanks for a great evening Koontize!

Bunting Canyon Hike

This past weekend I had the opportunity to be a "chaperone" for the BYU-Idaho, Outdoor Activities program. The students were going on an overnight backpacking hike to Bunting Canyon, Lemhi Range. I can say that it was quite the adventure. (Especially "chaperoning" students my own age!)

Here are a "few" pictures of our fun adventure. (P.S. they are in random order... sorry)

*The pictures that look "black", click on them... they are pictures of the stars! I didn't get a very good shot, but what I got was neat.

The picture where I'm sitting like I'm on a "Harley" is for my dad!

See... I AM an angel! Can't you see the "halo"? ha ha ha! It was a fun trip. It was a beautiful trip!

Weddings and Friends...

Don't get excited, I'm not getting married... yet. (That would inquire the "d" word, and most people know how I feel about that!)

Today I got an e-mail from 2 very dear people to me. The first being KT-J, who is getting married in August. The second being Eirinn, Sister Swenson, who got married April 4th.

Sister Swenson was the second companion I had on my mission. She's the one who was raised in the wilderness with her family. (You all would love her to pieces! Definitely one of my favorite people in the world.)

Anyway, her photographer put her and her husband's pictures on his sight, and so I thought I'd share: Go to www.reflectionsbydon.com - go into the wedding gallery and they're on pp. 7 and 8. I don't know how long their pictures will be on this website, but please check it out while you can.

One Love~

May 27th...

Well, I could embarrass a friend of mine and tell you what happened today, but... I won't. You'd truly have to be a poly or a fob to get it anyway! (Much love Kehaulani!)

Here's a picture of Kehaulani and I showing off our Jamba juice during lunch.

After getting back to the office, I opened the letter that my dad sent to me at work. Here it is:

Notice the coins? A few years back when my brother Keoki turned 25, I started giving my family "coins" that represented their age. For Keoki, I gave him a quarter at age 25. At 26, a quarter and a penny. Well, my dad sent 2 dimes, a nickle and 2 pennies! Good times. Good times indeed.

Happy Birthday!!!!

So, here's a little something....

It was my birthday, yesterday, May 26. Fortunately, I'm another year older, not so sure about the wiser, but definitely thankful to be alive and healthy. It was a great day filled with family, friends and food! (Not to mention, a nap!) Basically, this post will be mainly of the pictures I took yesterday. Thanks everyone for sharing this day with me. Hope you enjoy!!!

The Hinckley Home:
I love being able to go home to Lewisville once in a while. It always feels like home to me.

Patsi made Quiche, homemade biscuits with honey, homemade jam, and fresh pressed apple cider. It was a great breakfast. It was sooooo good that I passed out with a full, happy tummy on the recliner!

John & Linda were also there. They brought me pictures of my mom and dad playing and having a good time at a luau that was held in Las Vegas. I thought that was pretty neat! Thanks!

Here's a picture of my Lewisville Family:

Patsi, Grandpa "Chick" Rock, Lee & Pili girl

P's B-day at the Hanson's

I must admit, I have some really neat friends. All of whom I appreciate and love immensely! Remember when I said I had a feeling that something was going on and that someone was going to have a party for me? Well, my "party sensors" were correct! So, here's a little insight of what we did! Enjoy the photo's and bust a gut watching the videos!




This is Bryce. He delivered our pizza! Nice person.





Here's the pizza (on the right). Can you tell what kind of plant that is in the background? If not, let me help you out. It's one of my other favorite flowers! It's a gardenia plant!!!! That was definitely a great gift!!! =) Oh, and of course, we can't forget the rootbeer! (I'm kind of regretting drinking a lot of rootbeer last night.)



Winnie


This is Winnie!!! She wanted to come and have a good time too! She's Dr. Hanson's cat for his birthday. Winnie was a hoot... here she is in full pawing mode attempting to get at the strings of my jacket. She really was a lot of fun to play with and watch!



Opening Presents


I just finished opening up my presents. Obviously, I'm still camera shy! (Just kidding...)

Hey... wouldn't ya know, I got a "Mahalo" 'ukulele (green), 'Ukulele strings, a picture frame and chocolate twizzlers.



Waiting Around
People waiting around for the food to arrive! "Where's the food?"!!!! (Listed bottom left to bottom right: Travis, Ryan, Emily Y., Emily May, Jen and Scott.)








More people waiting around for food and bonding with each other. (Left to right: Scott's shirt, Tamra, Tamara, Kim and Bryan Bybee)




Balloons!!!!!!



Lots and lots of balloons! It's amazing how much fun a few balloons can add to a bunch of people just looking for a little fun.









... more pictures of balloons...
















A video of playing with the balloons:




The "Cake"



Check it out... we didn't have enough candles to put on the cake, so they decided to write out my age. (Yeah, yeah... I'm 27, so get over it!) =) *Oh, and friends, remember, some of you are still older than I am!*



Waiting for a slice of cake:










Brittany serving up the goodies... the cake was... strawberry something or another. (Sorry, I don't exactly know what it was.) But it was good!







Tamara showing off her "slice" of cake. (Actually, her car load had to go, and she grabbed a "to go" for the car load.)







Playing Pictionary


I must admit, it's been quite a while since I've played Pictionary... it was fun!



Travis rocked on his picture!

Here's Emily Yeckley doing her thing with the hygiene!



THE SPOON GAME
Last fall, I was introduced to "The Spoon Game". I will also admit, I don't like to play it often, but once in a while, it's soooo much fun! (Especially to watch.) I only put one of the video's up here for fear of loosing friendships of the other people I videoed! (Emily May and Brian Bevan... much love to you both!)



I love this video! Bryan Bybee is our favorite spoon game player! He makes the rest of us happy with his dizzying performance!

Well, I hope you enjoyed my "Memorial Day Birthday"!

Oh, and Lorita, esto es para ti.




¡¡¡¡¡ Te Quiero !!!!!




¡Chistes!

Pink...

For the fans of pink... I'm writing this blog in "pink"....

There...

Please, please, please have a safe weekend everyone!

Paz, I'm outties!

Friday, before the Holiday...

Okay... I got sick of the pink. It was driving me nuts! So we're back to black!

Obviously it's Friday! Yahoo!!!!

I'm soooo excited for this weekend! Well, not really. But it's a 3 day weekend! I get to recover from travelling and being with family, not out running around places, being on the go, and yeah... (moving right along.)

One thing I wish I could have done, is gone to a friends sealing tomorrow. That would've been the highlight of this weekend for sure! However, life ends up happening, and things out of our control become priority. (Sorry Shaver Family.)

However! On a lighter note, I attended class this morning for MS-115 and we played ultimate frisbee. (I'm a fan of ultimate frisbee, but ultimate football would've rocked!) Basically, I still pushed people around, hit some people, ran into others, and hit the frisbee out of one person's hand, and... yeah! I was in my element of kicking some booty!

To "warm-up", we did 6 sets of 30 second push-ups! (The first set was 1 minute.) During which, Major Esplin took roll. I was wondering if he had our roll, because, he didn't call me my name. when we was finished, (and we were in the middle of one of our sets), he stated "if I didn't call your name, it's because I know your name and marked you on the roll." The first thought that popped into my mind was "ah crap!"

"Is that a good thing, sir?", was my reply, as the rest of our class laughed, and asked the same thing.

"Yes, that's a very good thing" responded Major Esplin.

"I'm not sure how I feel about that", said I. (By now, half of us are dying with laughter while still doing our best to finish our 2nd to last 30 seconds.)

"Peanuts! The Major knows my name!" kept going through my mind. That means, I can't mess up, or get out of line, or give cheeky comments back! Oh well! Such is life, eh?

Cheers!

I'm Yours!!!!

Eh, anyone from Kaua'i notice where Jason Mraz filmed "I'm Yours"? ...

Kaua'i No Ka 'Oi!!!!