Happy New Year! (2011)

Happy New Year!! WELCOME 2011!

Resolutions for this year include:

OUR personal goals:
-Read and Pray regularly
-Excesize daily
-Save $
-Garden often
-Have FHE
-Attend the Temple 2x's a month
-Legally change Kilie's last name(RAINEY to FARNSWORTH)
-Start crossing things off our bucket list(Ill post that one of these times)
-go on more hawaiian adventures (Scuba at least once on our own, parasail, kayack, paddle surf, etc)
-Sky Dive together
-Visit another island(might not happen...gotta have $$ for that) haha

SOME of My personal goals include:
-Being a motivated non procrastinating student
-personal scripture study-make it a habit
-lose 15-20lbs (eat healthier/exersize)
-Cook new meals, make weekly meal plans for grocery shopping
-craft something new at least once a month if time permits
-FUFILL my callings to thier fullest( now that i am not working sundays it will get easier)
-Be more positive and grateful for blessings
-Enjoy HAWAII, and not get caught up on what im missing at home
-Be more understanding and more selfless
-DO MORE SERVICE!!
-STAY BUSY, and not be LAZY!
-write in a journal(maybe not physically write, but type??)

Back in Hawaii

We were sure welcomed back to island!!...NOT! we came home to car troubles. We got to our friends house who picked us up, and our car wouldnt start. Not even for a second. We thought first it was the battery so we replaced that, then Huston and a friend tried to take our starter out to see if they could replace it. They worked on the car for like 6 hours and couldnt get to ONE yep, just ONE bolt to take out the starter without taking everything else in our car out. By this time it was almost 10 at night and we still were not yet home in our beds. Keep in mind we had just gotten off a 6 hr flight with NO sleep the night before. ... are we happy to be back????? ha! .. Anyways, our KIND KIND KIND neighbors( The Erb's) had flown in at around 8 ish and were not yet home, they were closer to town side when we called thankfully, so they willingly picked us up from our friends house and took us home. Its really hard to ask for help when you need it, but they made it easy and seem like it was no trouble thankfully. We are grateful for them for doing that. Anywayss... long story short, the next day we were able to tow it, get it fixed and pick it up. Lucky for us for not having classes the first day back.

Anyways, now that the car is fixed we are back to normal. In school, working, and just playing when we can. I finally am not working sunday's anymore, but i do work full time. School is going to be a busy semester for us both, but we will make it. I am not as sad as i thought i would be coming back actually. I really miss home still, but i feel revived, and like our 2 week vacation was PERFECT. Hopefully that revival feeling doesnt wear off. I need at least a couple months homesick free. haha. Maybe year 2 away from home wont be as hard as year one. ... lucky for us we might have a promising year as far as visitors go!! Hopefully we can convince everyone to get thier rears out here to see us!!

Conclusion of this post: After a very busy 2 weeks, and even busier first 2 days back on the island, we are settled in and doing FINE!! Miss you all!

2010 recap

2010 in RECAP:

**Here is a slideshow of 2010**(we have more photos, but this is a pretty good amount)

This post will take me some time to think about. but.. Lets get started..I think the easiest way to do this is in clumps because i dont remember exactly what month everything happened.

January-April:
- after being married for all of 2 weeks, We moved to Hawaii
-found a decent car, and baught it
-Huston started school, and got a job working at PCC as night security guard.
-We experienced our first Tsunami warning and had to evacuate
-Birth Control Kilie was not a very kind person...EVER. haha
-Kilie Job searched-nannied for all of one month-and continued to job search
-we payed $1200 a month for a studio apartment with a PARTIAL kitchen
-celebrated Kilie's 21st birthday in February
-we played alot, and had many adventures. (Pictures in slideshow)
-in April after much job searching, Kilie finally got a job at Pizza Hut. and was then offered another job at Turtle Bay Golf(current job)
-we attempted our first camp-out on the beach and were told we would get stabbed if we stayed the night.
-we found out we got into married housing(April) -and moved in!!
-we learned how to surf
-baught bikes (Pipe and Sunset) treat us well
-We learned FAST the importance of paying your tithing and sacrifice and also service
-we recieved our tax return(This is a big deal because it was just what we needed at the time and it was alot more than expected)

May-September:
-Kilie went off birth control(but not to get pregnant) it was because i was psycho on the pill. so we decided it would be healthier for us if i went off it.
-Huston got his job as an RA-free rent yahoo! (plus he was able to SLEEP at night)
-Kilie was able to quit pizza hut because she hated it and only work at TB Golf
-Ward Camp(September)
-in June the Farnsworth's came out to see us for a week and half
-3 weeks later James(Huston's little brother) came back for another week with a friend
-We got to go see Mr. Tolbert, and Ms. Louize when they were on the island
-The lord led Kilie back into school after never finding full time work
-Kilie tried out for the Volleyball team(didnt make it)
-We got called to teach Gospel Doctrine, and then later we became the Family Relation's teacher.
-Huston finished 2 semesters of school-Winter2010, Spring2010, First Term 2010
-Kilie jumped off the rock at Waimea(Big deal)
-Friends showed us how to do HOBO dinners-which became a reocurring event. They are YUMMY
-Huston and a friend brought home thier first catchings from Spear fishing and tried to cook them
-We started our garden
-Tickets were baught for our trip home!!
-i(Kilie) started a fire in my kitchen
-we went to smelly China town because we were curious
-Spent fourth of July at the USS MISSOURI-WAY COOOLLL!!!
-we got to meet Captain Jack Sparrow
-we finished our SCUBA certification
-Found family names to do in the temple(Family history work)
-we tie dyed shirts :)
-Kilie got to go on her first shopping trip(we are poor) with a friend :) (July) and she baught shoes and a few shirts and was very excited

October-December:
-Celebrated Huston's birthday(October) by eating at an ALL YOU CAN EAT sea food buffet. expensive, but fantastic!! and worth it
-said goodbye to many friend's who were not returning to Hawaii after graduation(December)
-Our nephew was born(Milo Kalai Manning) (October)
-Found out Paul and Sam are pregnant. (December)
-Celebrated Halloween-dressed up, played games, ate good food.oh and we carved watermelon's instead of pumkins
-enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast with friends who are like family
-Bradley stayed with us..he was like our son! gotta love that kid
-Casino Night Christmas party for TB golf. (REALLY FUN)
-Kilie finished up her first semester of school
-We celebrated our 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY (December 19, 2010)
-The temple re-opened and was rededicated
-We went home :)
-Got Temple clothes for the first time!!
-We shook Elder Eyrings hand twice
-my dad sent us the crock pot we had been begging for! (thank you)
-we realized more than anything this past year(throughout) that Heavenly Father's plan is not always the same as ours.
-started new Christmas Traditions
-spent alot of time with family
-enjoyed ARIZONA thouroughly

Its fun to look back on the year and remember little things! We had a wonderful first year of marraige and we hope the second is just as perfect! ...The year was hard being away from home, and we truly did learn alot, but as you can see...we stayed busy and made the best of the year! :) WELCOME 2011!! 2010 is a hard year to beat, because we were so immmensly blessed, but we are excited for the start of another year!

Home for the Holidays

Here is a slideshow of our adventures at home.

We really enjoyed ourselves. We spent pretty much the whole trip with family. we saw few friends, and wish we could of seen everyone but in only two short weeks it was near impossible. The highlights of our trip was going to new mexico, durango, lakeside, going through the temple with james, Danny's homecoming, lots of movies, shopping, lots and lots of FAMILY time which was amazing, late nights, good food(eating out, and home cooked)...the weather, the familiarity of the place,the jumping in the pool at midnight on new years, and just most of all being HOME. I kept telling Huston i was never going to come back with him. haha. But im here, and its not so bad. It feels normal. Going home was the perfect break! Christmas and new years were spent with family and we couldnt have asked for a more perfect time. Thanks mom's(Candi and Nylene) and Dad(Kevin) for EVERYTHING you did for us, and for making it possible to come home! It was PERFECT, and we miss it already!

Anniversary -1 year

Unfortunately i had no camera on the celebration: it was broken. but thanks to Santa we now have a camera. But there are a few of our wedding pictures!

Its been 1 whole year! Can you believe it? Where does time even go!? December 19th, 2010 was our 1 year anniversary. They say the first year is the hardest, if thats the case i think we have a pretty good handle on this whole being married stuff. I mean you live with your best friend, and its the best. .. dont get me wrong, there were hard, sad, times.. like moving far away from both of our families, and me being a freak while on birth control, and me getting used to sharing my husband with the ocean(that one took some time;))...but all in all it has made us come so close together. Together we have learned so much. We have learned how to truly rely on each other ONLY, how to manage our finances, that the little spiritual things are the most important..when we dont have that, we have a hard time. We have learned to understand each other better, to become more selfless in helping each other. We have learned how to FULLY put our faith in Heavenly Father sometimes, because we finally are understanding that our plan is sometimes different from his. ...and i could go on forever on what we have learned in this first year of marraige, but here is to the second!!! May it be the best, and may we still continue learning and loving each other the best we know how to! I could not imagine my life with anyone else. simply said.

**THE CELEBRATION** included spending the night at the Sheraton Waikiki and eating fast food and ice cream..instead of a nice dinner..because we spent more than we wanted to on our hotel room.Which, if you know us...that was perfectly ok with us! We enjoyed it no matter what! Plus, We really enjoyed the HUGE room, and the pool/hot tub. What a year it has been!! We cant wait for many more, and to see what our future has in store for us!

Pandora

Pandora is the new best "girl" of a friend i ever had. She has never let me down and her singing christmas music to me every day is a plus. She probably feels like thats all she does and gets pretty tired, but i wanted her to know i appreciate her. she has saved me these last couple weeks from feeling homesick. she has made our home here feel more like christmas. and she even sings for me weeeee into the hours of the night( NOW) when i am finishing up a research paper, or even when i am at the library studying with my earphones in. so thank you my good friend Pandora for being there for me, and for getting me through these last two weeks. I love you. but i dont love you more than Huston. ok? Goodnight

FINAALLLLSSS SUCKkkkk

it has been A LONG week. i dont know why i am complaining.. most of my finals were comprehensive and or open note considering i have done really well! .. My prediction for grades this semester is fairly well for being my first semester back in school for almost 2 years. but anyways.. i have mostly just had LOADS to do. and so has Huston. Pretty stressful for both of us. probably the most "intensive" semester we both have had. but i think it has been good for us to really rely on each other for help, or even just appreciate the small things like today we had some down time, and we went out for lunch and then to the beach to tan and it was so nice to relax but as soon as we were done we had to crack down..and i have grown to appreciate Huston so much because i called for another break after spending a good 3 hours in the library...and Huston showed up at the library with ice cream for me and we just sat and chit chatted outside the library eating ice cream looking like lobsters from todays previous tanning sesh..anywayss. .. i just need to go home....only a few more days. but we are both done with school for at least 2 weeks tomorrow! horray. ;) love home, love breaks, love husband, love family etc! cant wait!