Golf Tourny!

The week before Christmas Jerrel (my bro) had his golf tourny here at Turtle Bay. My mom and I went to TB and stayed with him at the hotel as well. Here the hotel is below thru the trees...

The view right on the ocean and the pool!


Jerrel prob wouldnt be happy if he knew I posted this.. but I dont think he checks our blog! ;)

He made the cut- with these scores..On the third day he shot a 75. He was upset and not happy with himself at all.. but he still got paid money! In the end he just loved playing in 80* weather
His first shot from the Tee



My mom watching in silence.. we walked the whole course! All 18 holes to keep up with him! It was a lot of fun to actually get to watch him play a real 18 holes and in a tournament!

StorTo's

One of the best things about living here in HI is after awhile is learning of all the little best place to go and see and EAT! This is a lil sandwich place in Haleiwa we went to. We had a great lunch! On their sandwiches they put this papaya seed sauce-SO good!

Alaska

Just as my family arrives Chandler had to go to Alaska! The team gets hooked up big time from ADIDAS with new sweats, new shoes, new shirts, new heavy jackets, etc. Here Chan was packing for the trip. (oh and our cute little tree). He was so excited to go! it was in the negative there, snowing, and dark.

Matt and Chandler bundled up!
Right about now in this picture is when Chandler wishes he would have signed with Anchorage Alaska! HA! NOT! After going up there for a few days and playing a few games he was reassured and very happy he signed with Chaminade in Hawaii!

The team played Fairbanks first then played Anchorage- Unfortunately Chaminade lost both games in this Alaska tournament. They must have been too cold and well ready for Christmas they just wanted to get home! LOL!

I am so happy we are here living in Hawaii instead of Alaska! His trip there and back was good for now!

Inspiration

I have a weakness for designer furniture-or just simply beautiful furniture. There is this HUGE store here in Hawaii that is called Inspiration that is very expensive furniture. Chandler and I have gone to just walk around and admire the nice things they have. Well I knew my mom would enjoy it as well so I took her...

They carry FENDI- So expensive its not even funny. This table, the chairs, the carpet, the couch, the pillows, the mirror the lamp was all FENDI ( I think the pillow was around 5,000) What a JOKE!
More FENDI

I loved this coffee table!
My mom having a seat on the couch for a business call really quick!
Now these coffee tables were awesome as well- I love the low look! Love it! My house some day will look similar to this!


This couch is amazing! it will move any which way you want! Curve, turn, staight, loopy, etc.
and so comfy... but it only is $68,000 dollars! Stupid! (hey bro -in- Law- Zeke, ya you, Zeke! I am happy I have an interior designer in my family to get cost prices someday!)

Well its just fun to look at and see what the trends and styles are! I just cant believe people really pay the money for this stuff!

FaMiLiA....

My brother Jerrel (31) who lives in Sacramento had never been to Hawaii but he came out the week before Christmas to play in the Hawaii State Open Golf tournament held in North Shore at Turtle Bay ( for those of you that don't know- my bro plays golf for a living) So he flew out and my mom figured she would come visit me and watch him play too. It worked out nice! This is one of the first days they were here. We went to Shokudo's Japanese Restaurant! It was Yum! We had a great time catching up and laughing!

I don't like Sushi..I have tried and tried to like it... since its so trendy and popular and the social dinner life I have tried it many times...my bro made me try everything.... I am getting better and acquiring the taste

We went for a little drive over the Pali Highway to Kailua ( this is the town where Pres. Obama come to while he visits in Hawaii- so he currently is 11 miles from Chandler and I with his family)

Simply amazing!

BYU vs. CUH

Chandler had another great game againt BYU! Chaminade held a tournament at the school that included BYU, HPU, and Hilo. Chaminade won both games! YAY!
Here is the jump ball!

Close game but CUH owned it!
Me, Gayna, and Alicia watching the game (shhh...I realized I wore the wrong color BYUs... Coach wasnt happy at first to see me in red. Until we won! He then said I need to wear red everytime for good luck!)
We went to Planet Hollywood to eat after!

New Mexico vs. University of Hawaii

New Mexico came out to play UH and Darington plays for them now (Chan's good friend/teamate from last yr. who he played with at CEU)!

So we went to his game! of course they beat UH! It was so fun to watch D play! He did well as always! It was really good to see him- we enjoyed his time here to catch up and chill at his hotel!
I like this picture of the boys!

Chan and I watching the Game!


Darington running off court after the win!

DEcEmBer

Weird. Seriously. It is Decemeber and in Hawaii it is still an average of 85* during the day. It was always nice taking a Vacation to Hawaii in the winter when I lived in Utah though. I will say this- I sure do miss the seasons.. I miss the trees changing colors, I miss the leaves falling, the chill of winter to get to wear warm cute clothes, the first sight of snowfall, the beautiful first few white snow on trees, then the warm Spring and flowers blooming! I didnt think I would miss that out here- but I do. Why is it that we always want what we cant have? I miss the snow- But yet again, I will not complain about the warm weather, its only for a lil bit longer for us to live here to enjoy paradise year round. I have no problem loving this weather while it lasts! I just had to change our blog background to Winter Wonderland so everytime I log on I am reminded it is December! I forget sometimes.

Thanksgiving

Chandler and I had been so busy with his school, his homework, my work and with him going to Maui and being so busy the week of Thanksgiving. So we just wanted to do our own thing and be alone- a few people invited us over and people in the ward had a party but it was nice to finally be just us two!
We went and had a yummy dinner and just walked around and enjoyed ourselves!

Maui Invitational

So as most of you know we went to Maui for Chaminade's 26Th annual Tournament! First off, Maui is beautiful! We loved being there. It is so different then Oahu. We felt like we were actually on vacation. We stayed at the Hyatt- It was an awesome resort! Chandler was really busy with the team the majority of the time so luckily I had Gayna (my new friend from Australia who dates Dom on the team). Gayna is living here in Hawaii for three months. She and I stayed together in our own room. We had a blast!

The first game Chaminade played Maryland- The fans from Chaminade flew in that day and made the game so fun!
The 2nd game Chaminade played against Vanderbilt- obviously all the games were on ESPN so hopefully some of you were able to see Chan play. During this games half time they did a really cool blurb on Chan. It was a cool highlight for him on National TV!!
And the 3rd game was against Colorado- Another fun and exciting game! Unfortunately Chaminade lost all three But was great for the team to play hard like that pre-season!

Since Chaminade Hosts the tournament the boys were spoiled with banquets to be too, parties such as the X-BOX party, then they were fed by the booster club of Chaminade (Yummy food on the grass of the Hyatt under the tiki torches).

It was such a fun experience for Chandler! We cant wait til next yr November for the Tourny!


Chan and Shane here


This is the outdoor lobby of the center of our hotel

Me laying out at our pool! (I forgot my camera!! I was mad! So these are all from my cell)

Our hotel and so many animals- here are the penguins!

Pink Flamingos just chillin walking around

(I have more pictures but my cell will not send them right now)