Big/Fun changes!!!

A lot has happened since I last posted!!! Both of us got new jobs!!! I am FINALLY working in a radiology department and couldn't be happier! I'm an X-ray Tech Assistant. Basically I transport patients from the ER/patient floor to Radiology and back. It's great, i'm learning a lot. Since all the X-ray Techs know I'm waiting to get in the program a lot of them are showing me things about X-rays and positioning and such! I love it!
Dan also just got a new job that we are really excited about. It's a huge career change, but it's for the better! Starting next Monday he will be working for Wheeler Machinery. His job starting off isn't the most glamorous job, but it opens doors to so many opportunities to move up within the company and get involved in things he is really interested in. He will FINALLY not be working all the way up in Park City so we're both pretty stoked about that. We will also have almost the same schedule which hasn't happened ever. So that's really exciting! Until I possibly ruin it by maybe getting a second job. We'll see.
Anyway, Hayley and Aaron are coming for a visit next week and then one of my best friends Karissa is visiting that weekend! I'm so excited to see them all! I've got a lot to look forward to!
So those are the exciting changes we are experiencing right now. Hopefully the next big one will be a house! :)

HAWAII

Dan and I had a blast in Hawaii!! It was so much fun to be able to spend all that time with Hayley and Aaron. It was also nice being there with "locals" so they knew all the fun and not so touristy things to do!!

The first day we went to the Swap Meet which is this really cool Flea Market at the Stadium. If you ever go to Hawaii I definitely suggest going there. After that we went to Pearl Harbor which is such a cool place. It's so eery being on the USS Arizona memorial knowing what you are standing on top of.

After Pearl Harbor we went to leave to go to the beach and Hayley, the wonderful oh so smart sister of mine, had left the lights on in her car so we came back to a dead battery. That was a fun hour we waited for someone to come jump it!! Anyway, after we were up and running again we went to Waimanalo beach (i think) down by Hayley and Aaron's place. 

Thursday we woke up and decided to spend the day in North Shore. First we made a stop at the Dole Plantation for some delicious Pineapple Ice cream. We stopped at Turtle Beach and there were tons of turtles in the water which was really cool. Then we hung out at Waimea Bay for a few hours lounging. It was also Dan's first time swimming in the Pacific Ocean :) After a few hours at the beach we went to the famous Moztumotos for some shave ice. (it was a fat day haha) then of course we had to stop at a shrimp shack for some fresh shrimp!! On the way back to Kaneohe we stopped at this lookout across from BYU Hawaii that was pretty cool. We then drove back to Hayley and Aaron's house in Kaneohe to pick up Aaron and do the lighthouse hike! It was very pretty. 

Friday morning we woke up and did a hike that over looks the south east side of the island (i think haha) it was so awesome and one of those hikes only the locals know about so we saw only one other person. It was such an awesome view!! Then we went down to the blowhole which was pretty sweet. After that we went to Bellows Beach. My FAVORITE beach while we were there. It is so beautiful!! And not crowded whatsoever. Friday night we went to the Luau at Paradise Cove. It was a lot of fun and the food was pretty good. We played some old hawaiin games and I got to hold a Parrot!! 

Bellows Beach

The amazing view from our hike!

The blowhole

Saturday we woke up and went boating out to the Kaneohe Sand Bar with Hayley and Aaron and some of their friends. That was really cool! We got there before the tide went up so it was sand, and then about 45 min later all the sand was covered under a foot of water or so. The boys went snorkeling while us girls stayed at the boat and chatted. It was a lot of fun. Later that day we drove to Waikiki to spend the night. We had a pretty sweet view from our hotel room! 

the sandbar before the tide came up

the boys headin out to go snorkeling

sandbar as the water is comin up

sister love

view from our hotel room in Waikiki!!

Sunday mostly consisted of walking around Waikiki and all the shops. We also went out on one of the high speed Catamarans which was such a blast! We headed back to Kaneohe and were gonna go back to Bellows beach one more time but it started raining. So we just headed back home and got all packed up and such. Aaron cooked us a really good crab leg dinner and we just relaxed and hung out. We flew out Monday morning and even got breakfast made for us by Aaron at 4am. What a great guy!! I'm so glad Hayley found him!! (not just for the cooking, he is a great guy because of many other reasons too haha)

Anyway, i'm so glad that we were able to have the opportunity to visit Hayley and Aaron in Hawaii. It was so great having that time with Hayley and getting to know Aaron better. If you ever have a chance to go to Hawaii, do it!! It's beautiful!!!

This is my favorite picture of the whole trip and it makes me so happy! I love him so much!!! :)

I suck at the Blog thing!!

Oops!! I know i said i was gonna try and get better at this....but i failed. Anyway, here is a short update! :)

Dan and I haven't been up to too much lately, just working a lot. We went to Moab two weekends in April which was a blast! We have some really good friends that live down there and Moab is just awesome, so it's a good excuse to get down there. The first trip we went wheeling in Chris and Tara's bronco and Tara managed to flop it on it's side. I was in it and it was my first experience of the rig getting tipped over!! I found it very enjoyable haha! And it was so weird how slowly it tipped. But if you think about it you're only driving like 5mph anyway so how would it? There are pics somewhere but I don't have them yet! The second Moab trip was for Car Show weekend. We camped out with some friends from up here in SLC. We took Gracie and were both very nervous about how she would do since it was her first camping trip. She did so AWESOME!! she was such a good pup!! I can't wait to go again!

In March Dan and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary of 'officially' dating! (technically we started dating in january but he didn't ask to me be his girlfriend until march so he counts it by then haha) I can't believe it's been 2 years already, but at the same time i feel like i've been with him forever!! He is so amazing and every day i sit back and wonder how i got so lucky to have him in my life :)

Anyway, not much more to say right now that i can think of. We are heading to Hawaii on tuesday to visit hayley and aaron. i can't wait!! it'll def be a much needed vacation after this week of work. :)

Last full day in cali!

For our last day in Cali we drove up the PCH north. It is so pretty! We only went from Santa Monica up to Santa Barbara because we were staying down in long beach that night and we wanted to head down to Newport coast to explore a bit out there.

The waves were goin crazy and there were a lot of surfers out! It was a lot of driving that day but the scenery was absolutely stunning! There is a Marriott vacation club out on Newport coast and Dan wanted to check it out. Let me say....fancy!! The ppl there must pay fortunes for their timeshares there!

That night we went to a marina somewhere south of Venice beach (I forgot what it was called) and that was really pretty!

Now we are just heading home :( we flew into Vegas and are now driving home hoping that the roads aren't too bad from the storm!

We had a really fun trip and it was so nice to get a weekend away from what we are used to. I'm so glad I finally it to take Dan to California :) thank you so much for the buddy passes krista!!