elbow to the face!!

i used to just blog about funny random things that happened to me...i need to get back in the habit...juano and i went to the PCC night show last night and we were just like a normal couple- holding hands and enjoying the entertainment when juano decides to put his arm around me. i guess i was sitting a little too tall at the time and he wound up and clocked me with his elbow right in the face.
good!
i just started laughing but he, feeling idiotic, smacked his fist to his forehead (i love it when he does that- it only happens when he does something stupid....so it happens a lot- tee hee, jokes). he apologized profusely but all i could do was laugh about it...what else can you do?

laugh it up!

it is the international business conference here at BYUH, which is kinda like education week at BYU and mom's gonna be jealous because i just listened to Barbara Barrington Jones talk about laughter. it made me think of all the people in my life that have done me the good service of making me laugh. sarah, thank you for making me giggle when we snuck butter stuff into our bedroom and guiltily ate the revolting stuff (i only ate it with you cuz i wanted you to like me). jordan, thank you for making me laugh when i had water/milk in my mouth causing me to spew it all over my front at the dinner table. marylu, thank you for making me laugh after the seriousness of you chasing sarah around with a knife died down. laura, thank you for making me laugh when you do that tongue clicking thing in the space between your bottom front teeth and lower lip...or do you pull your lower lip over your bottom front teeth and...oh, nevermind! ...annie, thank you for making me laugh everytime i get excited about some crazy idea i have that you take literally and start blowing things out of proportion (remember the phone i wanted that had speakers and the internet and everything else imaginable?). Larry, thank you for making me laugh when you clench your teeth and pull your face in all sorts of hideous shapes, contours, and convulsions. dad, thank you for making me laugh everytime i get on the phone and you say "baby? is that you?"mom, thank you for making me laugh when you get upset and slap me after i beat you at cards.

Happy Birthday to me!!

Surprise!! I feel like such a spoiled girl...
my birthday started saturday and didn't end until monday. i guess that's what you get when your birthday falls on a dreaded monday. it started with a package from mom- she is the greatest!! she sent me my favorite- granola- i need to learn how to make it myself because it is a constant request. i also got cards from jordy and daddy and mommy- thanks guys then, that night the girls (keekee, hayley, kat, and asako) took me out to dinner to haleiwa eats where they serve up the best thai food this side of...
then sunday rolled around and everyone was being so nice to me. i got to talk to the fam via skype and they all met juano! bless his heart- he was so nervous his little hands were sweating and he was hanging on to my elbow for dear life. it was quite the experience. thanks for all the birthday wishes everyone!!
then juano needed a walk so he coaxed me out of the house and we walked toward the temple (the hotspot for sunday strollers). as we were walking we happened upon a blanket with food laid out on it and a balloon. 'what's this?' i asked satirically. everything was covered in tinfoil so i couldn't tell what juano had made for me. i opened it up and you'd never guess but it was a pan of sushi!! and fruit, and apple juice, and chocolate covered mac nuts, and every good thing. he made me sushi and he doesn't even like raw fish or sushi that much. wow- what a guy! look at all that beautiful sushi and juano rolled all of it all by himself (well asako taught him how to do it- but still!). it was an awesome surprise. we had a lovely little picnic near the temple- it was a very memorable birthday.
and it didn't end there...monday-my actual birthday-i got lei'd! asako gave me the most beautiful sweet smelling lei ever. white ginger. it smells like heaven. i wore it all day and just drank it in. then i put it by my bedside and breathed it in all night long the whole week. it was beautiful.
why is everyone so nice to me?

...and he likes to dance.....

we went to the fall ball this past weekend and had a grand old time. yeah, you like the smile on my face- i look like i am about to pop! it was fun to dress up even though i didn't wear the dress that i had initially planned on wearing...juano was too casually dressed for me to wear a prom dress -_-
that's all right i was a lot more comfortable in this little number. it was a good time.

In a word....

An Award!
Here are the rules:
I have to answer the following questions with one word answers and one word only! Then I must pass it on to seven others.
Here are the questions:

1. Where is your cell phone? desk
2. Where is your significant other? library
3. Your hair color? orange
4. Your mother? compassionate
5. Your father? day-dreaming
6. Your favorite thing? pillow
7. Your dream last night? rainbows
8. Your dream/goal? eternity
9. The room you're in? office
10. Your hobby? volleyball
11. Your fear? isolation
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? home
13. Where were you last night? FHE
14. What you're not? humble
15. One of your wish-list items? kitchenaide
16. Where you grew up? roosevelt
17. The last thing you did? assist
18. What are you wearing? jeans
19. Your TV? off
20. Your pet? nonexistant
21. Your computer? viao
22. Your mood? nostalgic
23. Missing someone? kate
24. Your car? bicycle
25. Something you're not wearing? ring
26. Favorite store? honolua
27. Your summer? humid
28. Love someone? heaps
29. Your favorite color? green
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? today

Sarah
Brynn
Shelbot
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Casey
Munkhtur
Shellie

let the fighting begin!

this is a little video of a game Juano and I made up while we were eating pie one night. the rules are Juano gets to stick his arm in my way while we both try to eat the most pie. So every time one of us got some pie on the fork the other would scrap it off before successful entry into the pie hole. As you can see Juano was the victor (he pouts if he doesn't win so I compromise). We ate 3 pieces of pie in this way which means I had one and he had 2. Now you all know why I am so skinny! Ha ha ha!!

what's the point?

well...in hawaii there are a lot....of points. laie point, kaena point, spear-fishing point...pointing tourists...a-point-ments... oh, stop.
this past saturday we made a point to go to kaena point. while we were there we had the oppurtunity to point at this... a monk seal!
brynn and nate- this is what i wanted to show you on that death march through the dark when you were asking, "what's the point?" i am sorry you never got to see it. maybe next june....
dats right...i graduate on JUNE 6TH!! come one come all! you are all invited to it!! just let me know if you are coming.
back to my story...these monk seals are pretty fun to watch especially when they get angry at curious humans. one of the kids in my ward who thought it would be fun to share the cool pool with the more territorial seal, got chased off and snorted at. it scared the snot out of him and he scrambled for higher ground. the sadistic side of me wished the seal would have got him. the activitees committee chairperson side of me was glad we avoided a liability. can you see him sunbathing there on the left? not the kid in the ward! the seal! pretty sweet. juano and i on the left...awe.
juano took a video and got the seal sneezing...i should load that... funny... he jumped when it sneezed and shook the camera. look out!