Our North Shore Adventure

For the long Thanksgiving weekend Chris took me to see the beautiful North Shore. I have lived here for just about three months and haven't really been to see the sights. Our first stop was Turtle Bay:

Our "sexy" poses..

As we were driving towards Haleiwa, we passed the 2010 O'Neill World Cup at Sunset Beach. I only got these two pictures because there were too many people to try and stop. 

Then we were on our way to get something to eat but I found an old building and wanted to get some pictures.. 

I know you're thinking.. "Wow.. a bunch of pictures of some random, old building". Yes, yes it is.. but I love it. I thought this building was so sweet. In some of the pictures, the sun is hitting it just right. Anyway.. enough of my rambling about loving old buildings. 

Later that day we went to the BYUH Men's Basketball game and that was about it. The next morning (Sunday) Chris and I went to church and then wanted to get out of the house so a walk was needed.  We went to the beach of course and found a few lovely little critters. 

On our front mat:

Snails love to eat the geckos here.. you'd think it would be the other way around. 

                                                      Ugly slugs everywhere you look. 

A giant crab hole. Usually they are fairly small.. not this big guy. 

A nasty fish.. Chris called it the dragon.. We still have no idea what it is.

At the end of the day we both had a great time. I love spending time with my hubby!!

NOT Reccomended!

Okay I've got to be honest, I did something really really stupid. I mean really.. seriously dumb. Chris went to the library and I decided to go with. He started writing his paper and I got on Netflix. 


A couple weeks ago I got invited to a invited to a "girls night out" with a bunch of Chris' lifeguard friends. We went out to dinner and talked like girls do.. for hours. :) Then we started talking about scary movies. One mentioned "The Haunting In Connecticut". 


Back to the library.. here I am on Netflix wanting to watch a good movie. I find "The Haunting In Connecticut" and hit play. After short, loud screams every now and then and having my hands and feet sweat and people looking at me like I'm crazy.. I shut it off. Na, now where's the fun in that? Yes, I kept watching. 


All in all, this movie is so NOT reccomended!! If you're going to watch it.. do it with someone else nearby. 

Day 11

Day 10 was suppose to be a picture of me from ten years ago.. since moving to Hawaii and leaving most of my things behind, old pictures weren't on the list of things to bring. So sorry, I had to skip that one. I would say I will post it later but let's face it.. I won't. 

Anyway, Day 11 is a picture of me recently. Here it is! 

Okay ya it's not a recent one. :) I just wanted to post this one because it has a funny story behind it. 

After Chris and I got married, we went down to La Habra (Chris' hometown) a week before we were to fly out here. Chris wanted to take me down to one of the Huntington piers just for fun, so off we went. We were taking a romantic stroll along the beach at sunset.. haha and we found this awesome sand castle. I wanted a picture with it so I could do something like blog it and make it look like I did it. Anyway, as I was posing for this picture, a group of guys walked by and commented on what a great job I had done. Yeah, I'll be honest, I took the credit. "Thank you, thank you", I said. Chris just laughed. It was great. 

Food, food and more food!

Sorry I haven't been blogging in a while!! Well, I have a lot to catch up on so I might as well get started. Since being here, Chris has introduced me to a whole new spectrum of food. Our new favorite is a Molasada; egg sized balls of dough, deep fried in oil and then covered in sugar. They also have special kinds like chocolate and haupia (coconut). So yummy!! After one, I start feeling gross so Chris usually eats the rest for me. The Molasada truck drives around the island and stops in random places for about a week. It has been to Laie twice already and we've been to the truck twice.. :) 

I made Chris pose for this.. can you tell? 

Last Tuesday we got a pink slip in our mailbox!! That means we get a package the next day. I look forward to those days. Chris decided it was his turn to get on his long board and go get the package this time, so I stayed home. About 20 minutes later I got a text from him saying we got three! I hurried to go help but he was coming around the corner, balancing two heavy packages and trying to ride his unstable long board on the gravel road. A friend from the ward was carrying the last package on her bike. I was so excited, I already had the scissors in hand, ready to open them! This is what we found:

FOOD!!!

We are so lucky to have amazing mothers who think about us often! We had enough food for our whole ward to have a Thanksgiving party. It will get us through December with the way Chris eats. 


Chris and I were finally able to go to the beach this Saturday. It's so funny how we live only three minutes away and we haven't been in about two weeks straight.  This was the best day to go because we found sea turtles!! They were just riding the waves like Crush does on Finding Nemo. :) There was a really, really big one, a medium and a small baby. It was so cool to be only   a few feet from them. The only bummer is that I don't have an underwater camera so I didn't grab any pictures of them. 

For a pre-Thanksgiving party, Chris and I were invited to a dinner at our friend Ted's' house. His parents were in town for a couple weeks and his mom wanted to make a big dinner for us before they left. And, of course, we didn't have a problem with it! The dinner was amazing! Sweet potatoes, turkey, papaya, stuffing, mango, honey-baked ham, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, German apple cake, pineapple and so much more!! It was awesome. 

Chris, Ted and I were resting after our fourth round and then Ted said "Chris, are you getting fat?". I just laughed. Chris has been complaining (since we've been married) that he's fat. I know, you're thinking "Isn't that your job Sarah?" Ya. He keeps saying he needs to get to the gym and work out so when we see Ryan (his younger brother) at Christmas, he will still be able to take him. So, this is him posing his "fatness". 

Then he had to show off his guns so he didn't
feel like a total fatty. 

P.S. I like him just the way he is. 

Yeah.. I love Chris. Anyway.. we have had a blast out here so far BUT I can't wait to go home!! I miss my family. That's all.. but I will keep blogging so stay tuned!! :)