New Adventures

For those who do not know, 

my husband and I have been accepted to BYU-Hawaii for the upcoming Winter 2013 semester. 

Which means that I will spend my days here:

and then here:

The decision to pick up and move to Hawaii was made easily. (And carefully, so callmmm dowwnn). 

I mean, it is most definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity that we refuse to let pass by.

The next four and a half months will FLY by and we already have so many exciting plans to fill them! 

• Amanda moves to Salt Lake City, UT at the end of this month!
• My parents will be driving her here which means we will be spending a much needed four-five days with them! As well as Bruce and Sherri (and hopefully Sophie-dog)! Honestly, going almost eight months without seeing my family is taking a huge toll on me. Being an adult is hard.
• Halloween is coming up; which is fantastic news all in itself. 
• Decorations, old man trick or treating, haunted houses. 
• Then Thanksgiving (actually, we have no plans for that. Sad.)
• And finally, Christmas.
• Reasons I am BEYOND excited for Christmas this year:
• Amanda, Daniel, and I will be driving to Georgia for Christmas! Yes, driving. We plan on leaving as soon as school is out. 
• Luckily, I get to see my mom, dad, and Amanda soon. So seeing Kendall and Mckay, and getting to spend Christmas with them and the rest of my family, is beyond exciting. I miss them all so much.
• Daniel and I will be celebrating our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. A year already? It has flown by but I am so grateful for all we have learned and the many, many years we have ahead of us. 
• After our one year anniversary, we will be flying to Hawaii to begin our new, and grandest, adventure to date.

Needless to say, I think the next few months will pass by with ease. Soon I will be sipping lemonade on the beach and attending school in paradise. Even better than that, I get to do all of this with the love of my life. I am an extremely lucky girl. I really could not ask for more. 

Over the next few months I have a huge goal to blog more and take pictures as often as I can. I hate looking back and realizing I haven't captured as many moments as I'd like. 

"Come what may, and love it."