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)

Video

I am so excited! I have waited- what 7 months now to see our wedding video complete. We just received it in the mail here in Hawaii. Sarah Assay with Camelot Studios did such a wonderful job with our video! She did everything I wanted...

-Photo montage
-A day date
-the Temple wedding
-the luncheon
-the ring ceremony
-the whole reception
- and Bloopers!

The video is over an hour long! I love it! It is perfect! Chan and I have already watched it like 5 times! It brings back the best feelings! Yes- Dennis, Kaylene, Mom, Dad you'll all get your DVD! HA! Here is just a clip of us at the temple if you want to watch it its under "St. George- Summer" once you've click on link.

http://www.camelot-studios.com/gallery/temple_weddings.shtml

MAUI HERE WE COME!!!

We are leaving on Saturday to fly to Maui for the Invitational!!! We are so so excited! We are staying in Lahaina- BEAUTIFUL I hear! This is Lahaina Beach...

And here is our hotel...The Hyatt Regency. We are so spoiled! It is going to be so fun to take time off work, go to another island, and watch CHAN PLAY!!!

I will definately update when we get home BUT if you all can.... watch Chandler play on ESPN on Monday, Tues, and Wed of THIS NEXT WEEK!

So here is the schedule
MON.Chaminade vs. Maryland- at (7:30 UTAH time) its at 4:30 our time on ESPNU
TUES.Chaminade vs. (Cinn. or Vander) -at (11:30 Utah time)(10:30 cali time-dad!) -on ESPN2
WED. Chaminade vs. (?winner?)- at (12:00 noon Utah time) on ESPNU

Make sure you have the right channel!

Here is the schedule link...
http://www.goswords.com/documents/2009/8/4/2009.MIT.Bracket.FINALwithTeams.pdf

First WIN!!!

Chaminade had their FIRST WIN!!!!! They played Hawaii Select again Tuesday night.. H.S. is a team of guys that consists of past Hawaii college basketball players or who have played pro overseas before. Most of the guys are probably about 25yrs old. They are a good team! Chandler played SO GOOD!! It was so fun to watch him play again. It was exciting because he played the WHOLE game except maybe 4 mins! His stats again were the best on the team! We won 77 to 74. Chandler had 25 of those points! Which 5 of those shots were three pointers! He had 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks, 3 steals, and only 1 turn over in his 36 minutes played! He is having so much fun playing-he is loving the game again this year and enjoying his team and his coaches!


Here is just a picture of us girls watching towards the end of the game- Amy, Courtney, and I

Chandler might not be happy with me about this pic..but I went into the training roon after the game with the boys and Chan sat in the ice bath! Poor guy!

PCC

Chandler's good friends, James and Lynette from his mission, (also who is Chan's head boss with FirstData) came out to visit Hawaii with their kids and stayed out at Ko'Olina. They were SO kind to invite us to hang out with them while they were here. So we did a lil touristy thing. They bought us tickets to do the full Polynesian Culture Center excursion. So we met them up in Laie and went around to the villages and learned about (Tahiti, Samoa, New Zealand, etc), we went to the Luau with Great food- then the fire show of "HA! Breath of Life"...

Here the guys were running up the palm trees!
This is at dinner... The PIG!


Chan and I at our table with the Wilhelm's (I am sad I didnt get a picture with them) James bought us a 8x10 pic of "our group picture" that the PCC took for us but I don't have a scanner to post it!
Our yummy smoothie drinks in a pineapple

"Ha! Breath of Life show"
James spoiled us- we had right in front second row seats!


Here is a part in the show where the little boy receives his fathers symbol necklace!
AND the famous fire dance! These guys were crazy and exciting to watch!


After the night at the PCC with the Wilhelms we later met up with them before they went home for a great Steak dinner out at Ko'Olina and swam at night with the kids! It was fun! Thank you James and Lynette for treating us!

Pre-SEASON!!

I was so so so excited to finally watch an official game! It has been so fun to have been able to hangout, meet, and get to know all the players individually on his team before they have had games. That way when I watch the games I know each of them and their personalities! They now call me their "Team Mom!" The game was exciting to watch to see how they all play together!
YAY! Here is Chandler starting! This game was against a team called Hawaii Select! They are all either-past college players or played overseas professionally. Chaminade lost 74 to 77! But a great game!
CHAMINADE goes to Maui in ONE WEEK for the invitational!
My camera is not good for sports-I need a better one...
Chan on the line! Chandler played so good!!! And got great credit and recognition for from his coaches! Chan had 12 rebounds and 11 pts. with the full 35 minutes he played! You could tell in watching Chan play that he was working his tail off and that he was fully invested! His coaches were very happy with his hard work and then got after the other boys for slackin ;)

In this video- Chan is obviously #23 He comes around inside the key and lays up the shot...Then towards the end of the video he is the one that gets pushed upside down into the wall! He's okay tho;)