Happy LATE Birthday

Dad Chase,
Happy late birthday. Sorry I haven't posted this sooner. I have not had a chance to update the blog in a few days, but we just want you to know how much we love you and we hope that your birthday was a blast! We had so much fun planning our (and by planning...I mean...I did not know how to do anything...so I sat back and let the boys take care of that) video chat with you. It was so neat to at least "Kind of" be at your big birthday bash. We heard the party was amazing and that everything went well. We are so glad to hear that. You deserve THE BEST!

Happy Birthday! You are such a good Dad, we are lucky to have you, Papa Chase!! We love you very much. We hope your Birthday was perfect.

Love,
Larissa and Ryan

PS Sorry this post is so late!

Maegan and Chris

This was the best surprise ever. Maegan and Chris were on Oahu for their honeymoon. They got married last week on May 14, 2009. Congratulations again you two by the way! I got a text from Maegan saying she was on the island and that they were headed to the PCC for the day and wondered if they could stop by and say hi. My answer: OF COURSE! I was so excited, I hadn't seen Maegan in over a year and I had not met Chris yet. I was so excited all day that I could hardly stand it. School became way too hard to focus and I was just dying waiting for them to get here. Anyway, I got done with work and they finished at the PCC and then they came over to hang out for a bit. It was super fun. We talked about memories from Volleyball, I wish I had some of THOSE pictures to post, those were some fun days. Maegan and I played volleyball at UVU together and lived in Village on the Parkway together when we were both Wolverines! Good times.
Anyway, Ryan and I were planning the whole 9 yards for the interview with Chris to make sure he is good enough for Maegan...You deserve the best Maegs. When they got here, right away, we found that we didn't need to interview Chris. He met the standards straight away. Way to go Maegs. We are TOOOO happy for you both. We love you.

Steve and Karen

Steve and Karen came to the island again and we got a text from them saying that they wanted to take us to dinner. We had so much fun with them. It was great to see them, they were in town for a wedding of a close friend. We also found out that they are related to a great couple in our ward, Steve and Jenny Kolb. It was so cool to learn that about them, now we feel like we are basically family with the Kolbs.
Steve and Karen took us to a great Italian place in Kaneohe called Zias. It was great food and quite a fun place. It reminded me a little bit of a Hawaiian Olive Garden. Then they treated us to a movie. We took these pictures after we were through with the night. It was so fun to hang out with them. They are awesome. (They even encouraged us to get out more last time they were here...and since then we have gone to the beach at least 100 times more than we did before!)
We tried to set this one up and it accidentally cut Ryan's head off. Oops.

#5 Ted's Bakery

When Karen and Steve McArthur came to visit the island last year, they introduced us to Chocolate Haupia Cream Pies from Ted's Bakery. These pies are divine. They are so delicious. I could seriously eat a whole pie in one sitting. Yikes. They really are that good.
We will miss Ted's Chocolate Haupia Pies and the wonderful Mix Plates we can get here. Yum.

Taylor Lee

This is another post I should have posted a long time ago, but have not gotten to yet. The other night Lacey and I went to Ryan's intramural's game and Brett Lee is one of our great friends out here, he is on Ryan's team. Brett brought cute little Taylor, his adorable daughter, to the game and she got to sit by us during the game. It was a hoot!
She thought of the funniest faces to make for the camera. She made friends with Lacey real quick too. She even told Lacey that she wasn't a very good reader. Hmmm.
She is so funny. We had a great time "watching" Ryan and Brett play basketball that night. Shhh, don't tell them that we may or may not have actually been watching the big game. Good Job boys!

Jessica and Markham

I thought I had posted this and just realized that I did not, but a while ago my friends Jessica Endres and Markham Hyde came to visit Hawaii.

This is Jessica Endres. She and I played volleyball together at Utah Valley University (as it is now called). She was an amazing Middle and I loved playing with her. She has such a fun personality and always something fun up her sleeve! Markham was in Know Greater Heroes with me. He was so awesome to work with and was a stellar example for the kids there. He was a Yell Leader for UVU and did a fabulous job.
Jessica and Markham came to Hawaii for a visit and we were so lucky because they stopped by to see us. We were so happy to see them and catch up. Whenever someone from the Mainland comes to visit us we feel like we are so lucky because we get a little taste of home. It is the best to see old friends and spend time with them while they are here. We love it.

They were troopers and camped for their vacation. They seemed like they totally had a blast though, and it sure was a treat to visit with them! Thanks for stopping by you guys! OH and thanks for the Pie you brought. It was delicious. Ted's is the best huh?

Kathy and David King!

Marianne's parents were on vacation in Hawaii this week, and we were so lucky because we got to see them! They drove "all the way to the North Shore" to hang out with us. We went to Papa Ole's for some great BBQ and we had a great time chatting and catching up. We miss the Kings so much. It was so fun to see them.


This is a picture of us all together just outside our apartment. Thanks Melissa, for taking the picture for us.

AND they both look fabulous! They have been working super hard.

Technology in the Classroom

I am taking a class called Technology in the Classroom and we were assigned to make a video about ourselves for an assignment. I put a lot of work into it, and Ryan helped me so much that I thought it would be fun to post on our blog as well. (I have had to make another blog for my class and upload assignments to it) This class has been very educational and really a lot of fun.

Feliz Cumpleanos!

Mom!!
Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to You. Happy Birthday Dear Mom! Happy Birthday To You!!!

We are so excited that it is your birthday today. We wish we could be there with you to hug you and tell you how much we love you, but we will be there soon enough. We love you so very much. We hope that your birthday is perfect in every way. We miss you like crazy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

YOU ARE THE BEST!

WE LOVE YOU!