Recap

Hello to the five people that read my blog. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to write something. This is my MEGA post to catch you up on the last 5-6 months... So here goes.

My sister Kelly was married on August 11th to Robert Kandle. It was a small destination wedding on Catalina Island. Kelly was a stunningly beautiful bride. And they both looked so amazing and happy together. As the maid of honor I was running around like a crazy person making sure everything was perfect for my sister.





My Mom made the most amazing and classy candy table. It was picture perfect.


After the wedding Michael and I drove up to San Francisco for a little vacation. We did everything. We visited Berkeley, went to Fisherman's Wharf, ate sourdough bread, went shopping, ate delicious pizza, walked across the golden gate bridge, got breakfast at Dottie's, and ate the best ice cream I've ever had. We pretty much ate our way through the city.





We stayed with our friends from Tonga, Mike and Missy. We had a blast hanging out with them!



In October our good friends Jason and Emily Gruber flew out to visit us in Hawaii. They stayed with us for 2 weeks! We had so much fun. The boys surfed like crazy. Me and Emily soaked up a lot of sun. Emily and I had some crazy rides on my paddle board trying to film the boys surfing. We had a campout on the beach with a bonfire and smores. Emily scored us free tickets to the PCC. We walked around Aulani the Disney hotel and shopped at the Swap Meet. Hiked to a waterfall jumped off rocks. We ate at all the old favorites: Hukilau cafe, The Seasider, Haleiwa Thai, Shrimp truck, Matsumoto's shave ice, and the malasada truck.





On October 17th my nephew Duke Kai Spencer was born!



In November Mom flew out for a little Hawaii vacation. We did a ton of fun stuff. Hiked Diamond Head, paddle boarded, ate at all the best places. Mom fell in love with paddle boarding. After Hawaii Mom and I both flew back to California to meet little Duke.




On November 6th I found out that I was ACCEPTED into a Dietetic Internship at the Hurley Medical Center in Flint, MI. More to come on that.

On November 18th my friend Danielle was married in St. George, Utah. She was beautiful and looked so happy. Annalise and I were bridesmaids and had so much fun at the reception and open house.



On December 13th my friend Alyssa Coles was married. She looked beautiful on her big day. The reception was at the Winter Park Farmer's market. We had a great time eating 4Rivers and dancing the night away.



Mom and I teamed up to make Alyssa'a dessert table complete with french macaroons, cupcakes, and lots of yummy sweets!



Next post will be on Christmas in Florida.

Dietetics Reunion- Hawaii

Annalise and Danielle flew out to visit me in late June. After graduating from the BYU Dietetics program we ALL deserved a sunny break in Hawaii. We spent most of our time at the beach, soaking up some sun and paddle boarding. We hiked a waterfall and did some swap meet shopping. We also ate at all the best places. Matsumoto's shave ice, Ted's bakery, Shrimp truck, Malasadas, Haleiwa Eats. We had a blast, and decided it was the start of a new tradition for us.

I Heart Hawaii

So here's what's going on with us. After we unofficially graduated (meaning we only walked and won't receive our actual diplomas until August 25), we decided we deserved a little break! So why not move back to where it all started. Hawaii.

Michael and I met at BYU Hawaii January 2008 and we haven't been back since our whirl wind romance began. Since I am applying for a Dietetics Internship that would start in January and Michael is applying for Law school to start Fall 2012, we thought this would be the best time to come back to Hawaii.

We've been living here almost 3 months and are loving it! We can't remember why we ever left...

One of the first things on our To-Do list upon arriving was buying car. We got a great deal on a classic. We bought a 1981 (yes the car was built before I was born) Nissan Datsun. It only has 66,000 miles on it! It even has automatic locks and an automatic sun roof. We LOVE it!

Michael has found the best gig possible for our time here. He's selling security systems for a local company, but gets to sell whenever he wants to. He leaves for work around 2:00pm and comes home when he gets a sale. His schedule is great since he can surf before he goes to work or surf all day if the waves are amazing. In the Fall Michael will be taking the LSAT and interning for a local law firm.

I am volunteering at the local WIC clinic, getting some more dietetics hours to pad my resume. I will also start volunteering at a couple local hospitals in a couple weeks.



More posts coming soon! Lots to catch up on.

Graduation!

So Michael and I graduated from Brigham Young University last week. It feels like it took forever to get to this point, but it was so much fun getting here. Graduation was mostly really boring besides Elder Scotts talk and walking to get our diplomas.



I graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Dietetics. Michael graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Political Science. Michael also graduted with University Honors. (But he still has to finish his Honors thesis defense in a couple weeks)



It's hard to believe my Dietetics program is over. During my 4 semesters in the program I completed 70 projects and assignments. That averages out to 1.25 assignments or projects a week. But there wasn't usually much due the first few weeks of the semesters so I often had 2 or 3 things due in a week. I couldn't have made it through the program without Annalise (pictured above) and Dani (unfortunately not pictured because she was LATE to meet up before graduation).



We ran into Amy and snagged a quick picture.



Our wonderful families brought tons of leis for us to wear. We had easter egg leis, gum leis, money leis, candy bar leis, and even a fruit and vegetable lei for me.







We were so fortunate to have so much of our family with us to celebrate. Chris and Jackie even came out in the middle of their finals week.



After graduation we all headed to Grandma Blair's house for a party.



Mom went above and beyond decorating the whole place for us.



We played croquet in the front yard. I won the first game and came in last the second.






We had my favorite, Cafe Rio, for dinner. We made coconut and nutella homemade ice cream and had a great time together. WOOHOO!!! We're done!!

Festival of Colors

Last Saturday Annalise and I drove to the Lotus Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork for the annual Holi Festival. Its a festival to celebrate the coming of Spring, the triumph of good over bad, and love. There is music, chanting and dancing. Everyone buys little bags of colored powder to throw in the air (or mostly on each other) to welcome the new season.

Thanks to GPS errors, we were lost for an hour with Annalise singing Justin Bieber the whole time... (I don't think I will ever be able to listen to JB again) There were thousands of people there, young and old alike. It was crazy.


Annalise and I before the madness


After




Scary

Parkcity

Last weekend we had our annual family ski trip. It was a blast! All original Spencer kids were there. We stayed right near Main Street so we could walk right to the down town lift, and head out on the slopes. We ate at Cafe Rio and saw Rango one night (great movie). It was so fun all being together. Michael was there too, but didn't make it into any of the pictures.



Kelly and I rented skis one day! We both hadn't skied for 10 or so years. We had so much fun! Dad is a great teacher and he loved showing us the ropes.



The girls! We slept in while the boys headed out early and had fun taking a few runs and getting cocoa at the lodge.



One night I made sushi for EVERYONE. I made about twenty rolls... it was a lot of work, but delicious. Dad was my right hand man in charge of the tempura. He did great! The tempura rolls were the hit of the night.





It was a great vacation and didn't last long enough. Now we are counting down to graduation.

Strawberry Florida

Thursday I got to fly home to take a tour of the VA Hospital in Bay Pines Florida. My number one internship site. The interview went well and it was great seeing the facility.

On the way back Mom and I stopped in Plant City, FL. We visited the famous Parkesdale Farm Market to get some of their World Famous Strawberry Shortcake. It was delicious!


I wish I had some more right now!



Caught Mom mid blink


They even have a strawberry throne. I couldn't resist


Fortunately my body waited until the day after my interview to get the flu. So I spent the next two days being fed soup on the couch from my wonderful Mom.

Now I'm back at Provo still sick and trying to get better.