All Smiles

Today I am getting ready for my Penner's visit. She will be our first visitor and I am so ready to show her how fantastic Hawaii is. 

I cannot wait to do these things with her

speak funny german again.

laugh a lot for no reason.

bake some christmas cookies. 

go to the beach. 

see new sights (been waiting to take someone).

drive/walk around and see the beautiful mountains.

meet interesting people like we always do for some reason.

make memories & feel the positive vibes.

Also, here is a video from this weekend's Triple Crown World Cup surfing competition produced by my hubby. It was my first time watching the pro's dominate those big waves. There should be plenty more days like these to come and I cannot wait to soak it all up. I also got to meet the legend Sunny Garcia. Can't ask of a better day.

Warm & Fuzzy

Sunday was the first advent! Christmas has now officially started its countdown. Yay!
They had a beautiful youth choir service at church that night. Such a great way to kick off the season. It also made me think of our baby girl standing up there with her friends in a couple of years. It makes everything so much more meaningful now... 

The weather has also started to cool down a little bit and I hear the rainy season is headed our way. I'm excited about this tho. It will help with the Christmas mood throughout the month. 

I also have been craving some HOT CHOCOLATE. Who would have guessed that I would want hot coco in Hawaii?!! Strange I know... 

Well yesterday we were driving all around trying to find me some and it was seriously impossible to find any. Well, when we finally tried the McDonald's today they were out of milk. With a heavy heart I asked Mr. Santa Clause to please grant me one wish early and help us find some hot coco. (By the way isn't he adorable?)

Luckily, we found some tonight at the 7 Eleven. It was the best cup of hot coco I could ever imagine. Made me again realize how special this time of year is. There are things that you just can't eliminate with the holidays... Like a cup of hot coco to make you all warm and fuzzy inside.

Time to bust out the Christmas Music! Jack Johnson's new song "In the Morning" is amazing. Perfect for  editing pictures from this weekend.

We are doing a video and taking christmas pictures for my friend Beth Anne. They moved out to hawaii, since Geoff is in the Air Force, a couple of months before we moved out here. I am so happy they are here. Beth Anne and I met in college and I love her little family! It's a treat getting to hang out with her now since we both have babies. I would have never imagined us being here only a few years later. 

See a 'sneak peak' from their photo shoot.

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Most favorite time of the year...

I have heard nightmares about black friday since I moved to the United States, and have always been curious to go myself. I figured this would be a great year to go look and see what I can find, since we moved here less than 2 months ago. Clark accompanied me and we had a blast! We didn't even have to wake up at the crack of dawn. I guess it was meant to be. All I really wanted was a small christmas tree, and I found some cute baby clothes. 

This baby better hurry up because I can't wait to put her in that swimsuit and play with her in the water. 

Later that night, after watching a movie, we decided to write down our christmas wish list (with some sparkling grape juice), and have the other person read them. This was so much fun. Wished we did this last year already. Would have made shopping a lot easier...

The best part of today was stargazing with my love. This was so special, since we only have a couple of months together before our little family of 2 becomes 3. We are for sure going to be doing this more often...

enjoy the video... 

Traditions & Thanks

I finally had the opportunity to make a traditional South African (family) recipe this weekend. 

Melktert. First time making it, and it turned out to be a success. YAY!!

Speaking of traditions, the Hawaiians are experts in that department. We were invited by my new friend Hoku (picture below) to celebrate Thanksgiving with her family. It was quite a feast, and we felt like part of the family. Imu- Hawaiian underground oven was used to cook and flavor the delicious turkey below. This was a good preview of what to expect at a Hawaiian lu'au. I can't wait to go to one, especially now!

There is so much I am thankful for... 

...getting to spend so much time with my hubby before the little Miss arrives...

...our baby girl...

...our home and this opportunity to live in Hawaii...

...not having morning sickness everyday...

...the people in my life...

...good food...

...missionaries...

...christmas and the birth of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior!

Fishing Santa Wreath

Advent wreath:

Advent, Advent ...ein Lichtlein brennt

erst eins, dann zwei, dann drei, dann vier
dann steht das Christkind vor der Tür.

I know it's a little early for the christmas decoration to come out, but since I'm going to be making most of our decoration this year I figured I should get ahead start. Plus, I'm already in the holiday mood.

My mom used to alway have a beautiful wreath on our door for the christmas season. I remember it always looked so inviting and  home-y. This wreath was a kit so I didn't have to do to much. The leaves are spray painted gold. Just arrange the object to the desired spot and add a fun ornament. This little fishing Santa Clause came from a garage sale. (I picked it out for the Mr. since he is all about some spear fishing...) 

DIY: Old Coffee Table

-First project for our new home was this old coffee table. 

Since I'm preggo my thoughtful hubby helped me revamp this piece of furniture so I don't have to inhale all the paint fumes... and he did a great job! Can you tell how happy I am? 

The room is a beige/ light brown color, so I wanted to brighten it up by adding white furniture. Since these two colors are neutral I can add lots of fun (bright) colors like we did here on the coffee table. Turquoise is definitely a tropical color. 

fyi. When picking out paint colors at the store ask them if they have any leftover paint in the back that you can have. It's so much cheaper and they usually are really happy to get rid of it so they can have more storage space... 

Into The Great Blue

It's been 1&1/2 months since we arrived in Hawaii. A lot has happened and since we made the journey to the middle of the ocean, and we will continue with our obsession to film as much as possible. We miss our family and friends terribly, so thats why we have to keep ourselves really busy all the time. Be sure to check back for more videos coming soon :)

Chemical Reaction...

Let us introduce to you for the first time... Little Miss Hilton.

We are going to have a little baby girl!!! She is adorable and we couldn't be happier to meet her in April...

  

Today was one of the best days in my life!! It's been quite an ordeal trying to schedule an appointment with a doctor since we moved from the mainland to hawaii. Anyways, it was so worth the challenge finding a doctor that could do the ultrasound after we got to meet our baby girl. Her daddy was holding my hard during the experience, and every time she moved around he would squeeze my hand from being so excited. This was so cute! 

She was moving around so much that we couldn't get a good shot of her little face, but she did wave her hands at us. That was my favorite part! I'm sure she's been ready for us to meet her, and I can't wait to wrap her in our arms and tell her how much I love her... Now that Clark and I have had the opportunity to meet our little girl the planning can begin. Hurrah...

LOVINGLY SUSPENSE...

Our baby is 18.5 weeks old. The size of a sweet potato. This really is a sweet moment for us since we should be finding out what little bean will be. I'm starting to feel our baby move around. Probably because little bean is ready for us to call him or her by name...

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It's Hallo-scream!

Just hanging out with my ghoul friends. 

 

Our Halloween plans continued Saturday with a really cute party that Heidi&Dan arranged. She is extremely crafty as you can see in some of the pictures. The popcorn balls were my favorite because I have never seen this done before. After we feasted and indulged on enough candy your body could possibly inhale, baked potatoes and punch we stayed around for a spell or two. 

The game consisted of a giant dry erase board and Pictionary (Halloween style). If you want a game to be competitive make sure you play boys vs. girls. Of course the witches won. Check out the short video I created from the night at the bottom of this post. 

Can't stop falling in love with this brew. 

 

The night of Halloween we received free tickets for the very popular Haunted Lagoon (Polynesian cultural center). Defiantly something to remember! I don't want to give away to much, but the little dark kids jumping out of the water unto the canoe was not expected. Good job making us both jump through the roof. 

The Haunted Hale...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

This is one of my favorite celebrations. Now that we are expecting little bean I'm even more thrilled about this particular holiday. I can't wait to (make costumes) dress up our baby and take them trick or treating!!
Since we just moved to hawaii I didn't get to decorate our new home, but I was excited to get to go to some halloween festivities. The first occasion was held at the BYU hawaii hale (dorms). Dan&Heidi (our cousins) are the hale mom and dad. They get to organize cool parties for the kids living in the hale. This event took place in the girl hale and was decorated with spooky webs, colorful halloween decorations, lots of popcorn hand and candy to enjoy while watching a scary movie.
I miss the fall leaves and it was weird celebrating halloween with palm trees and sunshine. (Christmas is going to be even weirder). Definitely am not complaining. On a side note, I also realized that being pregnant in a tropical paradise is way better than in a cold environment. Yea, me and the cold do not get along.

Footprints in the sand...

“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn

Ke iki beach (means "child's" beach)

Family fun day is usually on Saturdays. We drive up to the BYU-campus to visit our cousin Dan and Heidi. There we meet with friends and head to the north shore for some sweet beach time. This past weekend was no exception. So, far Ke iki's is our favorite beach, due to the breathtaking vista and crystal clear blue water. This is more of a local's beach, so there were only a few people on the beach... just the way we like it :)
Clark found a great spear fishing sight and is excited to go back and round up some dinner.