Job Opportunity

On December 17th of this year I will be joining millions of recent graduates in this country. As I approach the final chapter in my undergraduate education the fear of entering the job market has started burning in my heart. NPR is doing a series that follows recent graduates in their search for jobs during these tough economic times. This series has been going on for over a year now and there are still many who graduated in 2009 that are now competing with the recent grads for jobs.
Listening to this series has given me a pretty negative attitude towards graduating. I actually thought to myself, "maybe I can extend my graduation date to June 2011 so I have more time to find a job."
What makes my job search difficult is the fact that I will only work for 8 months because I start graduate school in September 2011.
The closer I got to graduation the more nervous I started to get. I know people who have been unemployed in California for over 2 years and California was our planned destination following my graduation.

Plans have changed, earlier this month I was offered a job here at BYU-Hawaii designing and teaching online History courses. We are now staying until June 1st and I will continue designing courses from California during the summer until I enter grad school in the fall.
I feel extremely blessed to have a job opportunity during these tough economic times. It looks like our adventures in Hawaii will continue.

My Pregnancy Pictures

I'm 34 weeks prego and have 40 days to go. Many family members and friends have asked to see pictures but since our camera decides when to work and when not to it has been hard to take consistent pictures of my belly. Here are some starting from the first day I found out and up to 33 weeks. ENJOY!!

Graduation and Camping

Just want to catch up on a few things that have happened recently. I graduated from BYU-Hawaii with a Bachelor's in Social Work. I am so HAPPY to be done...well almost, I'm half way through with my internship at the Counseling Center on campus and then I will be COMPLETELY done for good. I always hoped of graduating from a 4 year college, but never actually thought I would. If it weren't for Jason encouraging me and pursuing college himself I doubt I would have finished. I'm glad we decided to come here and go to school. Now we are just waiting for Jason to finish in December.

Camping at Kualoa Ranch

We've been wanting to go camping since we moved to Hawaii and we had the chance to go to Kualoa ranch with some friends. Usually you have to pay to go on tours and hike on the private property, but our friend Amy works at the ranch. Many movies film scenes at this ranch one of them being Jurassic Park. We were lucky enough to get to go. The hike we went on was about 3 hours and it was so beautiful there. Our camera broke so we didn't get very many pictures, but we enjoyed our time. Our tent ended up not being waterproof so we had puddles of water inside that got everything wet and the ground was not too comfy to sleep on (Jason didn't enjoy the sleeping part), but everything else was great. We had a campfire, foil dinners, smores, and fun hanging out with friends.

18 Weeks

I have FINALLY decided to post something and plan on blogging more frequently. Jason has done a good job so far, but he just can't do pregnancy updates for me. I am 18 weeks now and am definitely showing. I have accepted my baby bump and no longer try to suck it in. My pregnancy has been pretty wonderful thus far, no morning sickness or anything. I feel very blessed for that because I am still able to go to school full-time and not miss any classes. Jason is grateful that I haven't had any cravings and made him get up in the middle of the night to go get me something. We are excited for our ultrasound appointment this Thursday and cannot wait to find out if we are having a little girl or boy. We will be happy with either one. I am grateful for Jason and excited to begin our eternal family with our kids!