Maui

Our 2nd to the last day here... more to come! We are at Black rock here where we went snorkeling and could here the whales!

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Mike is working tonight, gets off 3.5 hours before we leave. I ran after work (Week 6 day 2 of the C25k!!), went to Youth Group where we played indoor soccer, and the ran to pick up some last minute snacks at the store.

I "think" we are all packed. We have all our clothes, bathroom stuff, and extra shoes in one ONE BAG!! (However the bag is very full, but we got it all in so we do not have to use all our vacation money on luggage fee's which are ridiculous! OK stepping off my soap box) Then Mike has a backpack and the laptop bag to carry-on, and I have my purse and a carry-on bag. The carry-on's are pretty empty other than book, our swimsuits and a extra pair of clothes, so we will have room to bring a few things home.

Friday the forecast is a high of 80, low of 69, with a 0% chance on rain!!! We are going to go to Pearl Harbor, The Missouri Battleship and explore the Island of Oahu. We may go to the Dole Pineapple Plantation if we have time. Saturday we plan on hanging at Waikiki before jumping on a hopper plane to Maui, where we will be picked up by my Mom and Dad! From there we have no plans. My parents are bringing their snorkel gear and extra equipment for us too. Oh and Mike HAS to watch the vikings play on Sunday!

A day in the Life w/ Mike working nights

My Monday
5:30 AM Alarm goes off
5:45 Out of bed and Shower
6:15 Leave the house
6:30 Start work
12-12:30 Lunch
12:30 Start work again
5:00 PM eat a grapefruit for some sugar
5:30 lego robotics (tonight is the last night!!)
7:30 head to gym
9:00 change laundry, have a bowl of soup for dinner, and type up a blog post
9:30 shower
10:00 work on packing a little
10:30-11 read and go to bed

Mikes Monday
5:30 AM get off work and go to gym
7:30 breakfast, shower, and go to bed
4:00 get up, pack some, have a bowl of soup for dinner, and put a load of laundry in
5:20 PM go to work

As you can see on the weeks Mike works nights we do not really see each other, unless I get off work at 4 and go home for dinner or he skips the gym in the morning. I did get to see him for a while yesterday, since he got up in the middle of his "night" to watch the Vikings kick Cowboy's Butts. We are cheering them on to go to the Super Bowl!!

I am so so ready for vacation... now to find time to pack :)

FLL

Well yesterday was our Competition for the First Lego League Team that I coach through the Girl Scouts. We did not win... but we did get a trophy. It was for Team Spirit!! The girls had a great time. Here is a cheer that they came up with in the morning and continued to run through my head as I went to bed last night

Here are a few pictures of the day:

All the Girl Scouts

The Girls: Emily, Juliean, Aaquilla, Erin, Tory, Dana and Makayla

Our last round

Tory in her Bus Costume

Our entire team 7 Girls & 4 Coaches

Happy Birthday Grandpa

Today is Grandpa's Birthday... We share a kinda of connection as I was born on his 1/2 birthday... I am a dork, I know. I forgot to send him a card... so here it is

Weekend Plans

We have lots planned this weekend! Last night we decided to play hooky and not go to the gym so we are meeting there when I get off work today. Then We are going to the Aces game with Samantha, Hans, and Jacob. I hope they plan good tonight.

Tomorrow I am getting together with Samantha to Scrapbook, I am so behind on our scrapbook. ***reminder to self, print pictures*** Then I Lego Robotics, only 1 week until out competition! I think they girls will do very well on their presentation on Transportation, do OK on their team work activity and not do so well in the actual robotics competition. Our Robot we have lovingly nicknamed spaz. It kinda does what every it want to, you can push go 3 times and it will do 3 different things.
After Robotics Mike and I have a Dinner for Dinner meeting for church and then a house party for a coworker.

Then Sunday I have bible Study and we have church, that is all! Maybe we will go snow shoeing, depending on the weather.

2 weeks

I have 2 weeks of work left until we leave for our Vacation! I am so excited. We have nothing really planned when we are in Hawaii. We have our lodging booked, our flights, and a car on Honolulu but that is it! We have a list of things we would like to do but there is no pressure to run from place to place.

In Honolulu we want to go to Pearl Harbor for sure and maybe the Dole Pineapple Plantation but then just hanging out on the beach. I cannot wait to have my feet in the sand with the sun shining and yummy fresh tropical fruit :)

In Maui, with my parents, we plan on Snorkeling at different beach's. We want to take a whale watching trip maybe with a snorkeling trip to Molokini. With my dad there to lead, I am sure we will have a few long hikes too.

Mike and I have been hitting the gym to get in shape to leave. The gym has been packed this week with "resolutioners." I hope it dies down by the time we get back. I hate there being no treadmills open and the gym being about 800 degrees. I am on week 5 of the Couch to 5K. Yesterday I ran 3, 5 minute stretches without stopping. Tomorrow I up that to two 8 minute runs... we shall see how that goes, this is the farthest I have gotten on the program before but this time I am determined to keep up with it. Today is Mikes last day of work for the week so he will be working out more this coming week. He can run a lot longer, faster, and further than I can but oh well.

Kodiak

I have gotten an opportunity at work to travel to Kodiak, Alaska. I will be inspecting a new housing development that is under construction for about 6 weeks. I will be out there from Mid-June to the end of July. Mike is excited to come out for a week and do some Salmon fishing. Since he has every other week off he will come out at least once, maybe twice. He could either fly out there or take a ferry from Homer. This is an amazing opportunity both personally and career wise. Getting out of the office, learning some testing for soils, and exploring the Island of Kodiak. So if you are planning a trip to visit us you will have to come to if you come between June and July.

Happy New Years

Happy New Years! Hope everyone is staying warm, as I know it is cold in both MN and Alaska. Not to much is new up here. Mike is working days this week so I have had the house to myself for the 3 day weekend. Yesterday I un-Chistmased the house. I had already undecorated the tree and Mike helped take it outside, the water was really starting to smell! I also organized the closet in our bedroom yesterday. It is very deep, see picture (Java Likes to hide up in there).



It is kinda hard to organize because it is so big and we have so much crap... But it is nice to have a place to store everything like our luggage, our Christmas, Fall and Easter decorations, our summer close, and other stuff! When Mike got home we went and ran. Then for dinner I made Spaghetti Squash, which I had never made before. It was so so yummy I highly recommend trying it. I know i will again, even Mike liked it and took the leftover for lunch today. I also made Chicken and we had bread from Great Harvest.

Today I plan on organizing and cleaning our guestroom/the craft room/the green room/more crap room! Then I have FLL, our competition in on January 16th! I hope the girls are ready... Then I will go work out and dinner (not sure what yet).

Here is a Picture from the 29th of our Pink Sunrise!