Practicing

So Brandon and I have been lucky enough to be able to babysit for a couple in our ward every Thursday for a couple of hours.

At first she didn't like Brandon at all and would scream and cry whenever he came near her.
This is how he got her to be quite...

Recently she has started blowing kisses to me... so cute!

Just for Fun

So one of our really good friends loves photography and got a hold of an underwater camera and asked us if she could take pictures of us. Unfortunately the water was too murky for any of the underwater pictures, but here are some of the one's she took above water that did turn out. We took these at the sandbars near Kaneohe, Hi.

Laie to Waimea and Back

Well I ran in the Second Annual Laie Marathon and beat my time last year by 13 mins!! I even ran it all by myself!! it took me 3 hours and 24 mins. I'm sad that I won't be in Laie next December to run it for a third time :( I wonder where I'll run my next marathon. Any Ideas??

Here is a picture of me and my friend Katie finishing last year's marathon.

Oh by the way- the saturday after thanksgiving I ran a 5k race at Gunstock Ranch and came in first for the girls and the prize was a free night a Turtle Bay!!! That is by far the best part about loosing my amateur status---collecting prize money!

Graduated...practically

Well. I am done with school!! WOOHOO!! I gave my last presentation today and it feels so good to be done!!

Last week I had my Graduation Banquet and it was awesome. Turns out I'm really smart or something and I got a bunch of awards!!

I got:

A Business Management Graduation Certificate and a cool kokui nut lei.

A certificate for graduating Summa Cum Laude

The Dean's Award of Excellence in General Business Knowledge for getting the highest score in my graduating Business Management class on a standardized national general business knowledge test.

And a plaque for being the Outstanding Graduate in Business Management Marketing Track.

But that's it...

Thanksgiving

This was the best part of Thanksgiving. Homemade (Lacey made) Key Lim Pie. Brandon's all time fav.

Thanksgiving Day was actually a pretty packed day!!

I got up early and went for a long run while Brandon played in a turkey bowl.

After that we went to our ward Thanksgiving at TVA at noon. that was a ton of fun, but they didn't have any potatoes! they did have TONS and TONS of rice though. can't tell white people are the minority, can you? haha.

 After that we had our own Krout family Thanksgiving around 3pm, which was amazing. We got a turkey and put it in an emu(cooked underground with hot rocks) the night before and it came out so moist.

After that we played some basketball at the church with a couple of our friends.

After that we went to our friends birthday party/Thanksgiving Dinner at 6pm, and completed the day with three entire Thanksgiving meals.

it. was. awesome.

BYUHXC2011

Hey!! Here is a quick overview of this past season...

Kualoa Ranch. September 3. 18:40. 5k. 4th place. Results

UH BigWave. September 10. 18:57. 5k. 5th Place. Results

BYUH Invitational. September 24. 5k. 18:45. 1st Place. Results

UH-Hilo. October 8. 5k. 18:21. 1st place. Results

Chaminade Invitational. October 22. 3 mile. 17:40. 1st place. Results
PacWest Conference Championships. October 29. 5k. 18:18. 2nd place. Results
West Regional Championships. November 5. 6k. 22:46. Results

For some reason I can't find any pictures for these last races, but when I do I'll be sure to post them.

I had a blast this season and I am so sad that it is over!