Un-Belize-able

We are currently in Belize sitting in an ocean-side cabana trying to catch up on some work.  We have been on the road for about 2 months and it has been unbelievable...full of highs and lows, but mostly highs.  :)  There has been lots of soul-searching and learning about ourselves, individually and as a couple. 

Check out our travel blog to see what we are up to.  It is sadly behind, but we are working hard to get it caught up!

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Aloha, S & E

ps...Are You Happy?

from Datavis

I love this.  I just may have to buy it for myself when I start accumulating stuff again.  If I bought it now it would just sit in my parent's basement with the rest of my life (thanks, Mom!  I will make it up to you some day...!)

Best Day of the Week

Today is Thursday!  Happy Thursday everyone!

Thursday is my absolute favorite day of the week because, to me, Thursdays signify hopeful anticipation, freedom, and a little bit of magical "anything can happen."

By the time Thursday rolls around, I am always quite ready to be released in to the wilds of a weekend, stir-crazy from sitting all week in my tiny box, and dreaming of the ways I am going to use the precious free time allotted to me from 5:00 pm on Friday until 7:00 am on Monday.  Thursday is magical because I still have one more day to plan my weekend...by Friday afternoon it's already too late.   By Friday, the weekend is HERE and the pressure is ON to pack in as much fun, adventure, relaxation, or whatever it is that I am seeking.  

My love for Thursdays started in college because Robinella played at Union Jack's on Thursdays.  And it didn't matter how late I stayed out or how tired I would be in class the next day because it was just one day.  I could suffer through anything for one day.  And after that one day was FREEDOM.  :)

Enjoy your weekends, everyone.

National Park Week! Get thee out there!

The week of April 17-25 is National Park Week; FREE entrance to National Parks!

Wooohooo!

Hmm...there is only 1 National Park on Oahu.  And it's already free.  And I've been there 18 times.

One day I will make it to Yosemite and Death Valley!  One day.

January Recap

So I guess when I said "Big changes are coming", it meant that I was going to then take a 2-month blogging hiatus. Who knew!

Really, I just dislike posting when I don't have any pictures to post.  We do take pictures, but then Ethan hogs the camera for "work" and the pictures get uploaded somewhere to the dark recesses of our back-up drive, never to see the light of day.

Thanks to Mom, Mara, and Dave...here is a quick January re-cap in (stolen) photos!

Cheers from Nana & Papaw from Key Largo, Florida!  

Growing up, we used to go visit them every winter...getting to take a week off of school and coming back with a tan was the best!  I have such awesome memories of times spent at the Key Largo campground with my family!  I'm so glad Mom & Dad got to go down this year.

Ethan and I passed our 3rd & 4th exams!!  

Okay, so this pic is from December...Mara took it when she and Beno stopped over in Hawaii.  They got to witness the dread and then ELATION as we opened our letters.  The huge smiles on our faces say it all.  4 down, 3 to go...

Snow in the desert!

I got sent to Las Vegas in mid-January for a work trip- trade show, and of course we made the most of it.  Our Hawaii friends (who just moved to Cali) Amy and Dave, and Yen (who also just moved to Cali) drove over to meet us for a fun weekend in Vegas!  We drove out to Red Rock Canyon on Saturday to see the sights and SNOW!  I couldn't believe how much snow there was.

More to come...have a great weekend!

Happy Thirty, Ethan!

Happy Birthday to this guy:

Thirrrty never looked so good!

Twenty Ten

Big changes are coming, people!