Catch Up

Well, we've kind of slacked on picture taking lately, BUT we finally bought a super nice Canon camera this weekend, so hopefully you'll be seeing a lot more pics soon!

Tim's first day of work started today. It's still hard to believe we've been here almost a month and Tim is just now starting! For the past month we've been "house hunting" or at least that's what our permissive TDY says =). We actually found a house, or more like they offered us a house, the first week here. It's on base in the new housing area they just built two years ago. It's two story, three bedrooms, and tons of storage space, and will hold all of our stuff, which is pretty amazing!

We did look at a few houses/condos off base, but they are extremely small, very run down, and the only perk would be if we could find a place right on the beach. Unfortunately, only a few people luck out with finding those places, and normally they pay a lot more than our BAH would offer. So living on base just seemed like the smartest move.

And besides, we had a semi-sign, as I like to call it. Tim's Clinic Chief, who has been here in Hawaii for like 6 years now, is living in the house right now (they are moving to OK in June). His family lived off base the first four years and moved on base two years ago when they built these new homes. He says it's the absolute best place to live, Tim can walk to work, AND there is a Starbucks on his way into work! How perfect is that =)! We'll be in walking distance to the PX and Commissary, and did I mention Starbucks!! And we are only 15 mins away from the beach (our favorite one!). And of course since the island is pretty small we can pretty much get anywhere we want in one hour top.

So for the past month we've been living at the Inn on Schofield Barracks. It's a decent hotel, nothing fancy for sure, but very roomy. Unfortunately, our 30 day stay is up, so we are being kicked out at the end of this week. So we'll be moving to the Hale Kola, which is located ON the beach in Waikiki, the most famous beach here! I can't wait!! I'm going to lay out on the beach and by the pool and on their little roof top layout place every single day. The international market is only steps away from where we are staying, which offers free Hula Lessons, yoga classes, and lots of shopping every day. And I'll be able to wake-up each morning and go for a nice long run on the beach! So, I think i'm set. Hopefully I'll get a little more surfing practice in while Tim's at work, and maybe a little snorkeling.

Ok, basically this is our catch-up blog, hopefully we've caught y'all up on our lives here in paradise! Tim's birthday is this weekend, we're going to go all out and stay at the most expensive hotel in Waikiki (only because the military will be paying for it...not sure if i'm suppose to say that =), and then we'll be going skydiving on Saturday! Yes, you heard me right, skydiving! SO lots of prayers for me on Saturday. Hopefully, we'll be able to take pictures... we'll see.

We can't wait for you to come visit us, we'll be in our new house by June 15th, so come anytime after that!