Lighthouses and friends

My friends Irene, Megan, Ambree, and I decided to go on a hike to a light house out on the South side of the Island. It was a great hike and it was so good to be away from the distractions of life. I enjoyed my talks with my friends. After the hike we went to Kailua to the beach. It was a great day! We got so much sun. :)

After the beach we took a trip to Walmart and Sam's Club. On the way home we found some people selling Krispy Kreme's on the side of the road so we bought a box. Did you know that 12 donuts split between 4 people equal 3 donuts each? I am pretty sure that we ate all of them in about 5 minutes. I am not sure that was the greatest idea, but man did it taste good.

Family, Pedicures, Angry Birds, and Harry Potter

I took a vacation to visit my family in Idaho. It's sad that to go on vacation I go to Idaho and everyone else goes to Hawaii. I started out my time in Idaho by going to our annual Weaver reunion. It was nice to see family I haven't seen in a while and it was great to roast some marshmallows. I have missed camping. I was able to spend lot of time with my family. My niece Kaitlyn is adorable.

My sister came into town for a few days. It was great to be surrounded by all my family. I can't remember the last time I got to hang out with just the girls without any little ones with us. It was great to be together. Thanks to my brother in-law we all went and got pedicures. I don't think I have had such girly toe nails in my entire life, but it was fun.

My brother got us hooked to the game Angry Birds. When ever I am around he either has my itouch or phone playing. He has us playing on our own time too. While shopping I ran across these shirts and we couldn't pass them up.

To finish off my trip we had a picnic in the park. I remember when I was little my brothers would always play Mario Brothers on the old school Nintendo. They would let me play once in a while. This should explain the shirt that my brother, Ben, and I are wearing.

After the park I went to get in line to see Harry Potter with my mom and sister in-law Deanna. My dad came and joined us later. I am an avid fan of Harry Potter. If you ask the people close to me what makes my happy they would probably say Harry Potter, Christmas, Superman, and Family History. I can't tell you how many times I have read the books. I feel like I grew up with the books. I can still remember picking up the first Harry Potter book when I was in sixth grade. It is sad to have the movies come to an end but I am grateful to have been able to go to the last midnight showing. The audience we were with was great. They were having fun and made the atmosphere that much better. They were even acting out parts of the book as they were dressed up as the various characters. And to top things off we got a great rendition of Harry Potter Puppet Pals.

ARFIS?!

I finally know what I suffer from. I emailed my uncle a question that I had about some ancestors that I was trying to find. Included in his return email was a warning about a disease called ARFIS. After reading the definition I have concluded that I suffer from this very disease. I am not sure if it makes me a nerd, weird, or what. The disease is called ARFIS and this is the definition.

ARFIS (är΄ fis), n.

Ancestral Research Focus Impairment Syndrome.

1.     Pathol. an acute, commonly epidemic disease, occurring in several forms, caused by numerous discovered genealogical links and characterized by frequently jumping from branch to branch while researching a family tree.

2.     Alt. Pathol. also known to cause afflicted individuals to lose track of the passage of time due to intense concentration on the investigation of heredity history.

3.     Usage:

§  ARFIS prevented me from identifying all the siblings.

§  I’m sorry dinner’s late, my ARFIS was acting up.

§  I’m so tired today.  I was up late with ARFIS.

§  What fire?

[2010-11]

It gave me a good laugh. I laugh not because of how ridiculous this sounds, but because of how true this fits my life at the moment. I am just glad to know I am not the only one to suffer from this. :)

Orange Juice and Family History

I have two addictions in my life right now. The first is Orange Juice. I love it!!! I might have had two bottles today. There is just something about a nice cold glass of orange juice and the great thing is that it goes with almost any meal.You can have it for breakfast, for lunch, for dinner, and even in between those meals. :)

My second addiction is Family History. I don't know what it is about family history but it has taken over my life. I spent all  night one night this week just looking up names and trying to find connections. It is great to learn where you have come from and to remember those that we truly owe our very existence to. So this summer I will continue to drink my orange juice and do my family history and I WILL love every moment of it. :)