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Shiri Stevens
BYUH #1586
55-220 Kulanui St
Laie, HI. 96762

Just in case you are wondering what my dorm room looks like, here it is!! the one on the right is looking in from the hall and the one above is looking from the wall by the window. It is so small!! there's like 1 1/2 feet between our beds and not really any room for anything else besides our closet and desks. (It's easy to keep clean though, there's no room to make a mess haha)...however I still like my big room at home :-)

Here is one of our team photos. The wind was blowing hard that day, we're lucky we got a photo where our hair wasn't going crazy, haha :-) Look at the link on my last post to see more (if they are on there yet, it may take a few more days).

On Friday night (01-23-09) I went to a dance for the Tongan club that i'm in. I went with Jansen, Sharisse, and some other friends. It was so much fun! We met some new people and danced for hours. We were all dead tired by the time we got back to our dorms :-) This weekend has been pretty good.

Saturday I went to the baptism of one of my coaches' son. It was so cool. They baptized him in the ocean, it was so special watching them walk out into the water. The whole program was really cool, except for when the softball team sang (again!) just kidding it went really well. The rest of the day I just did homework and got stuff done. That night I went to a birthday party off-campus with some friends. It was fun to meet new people. After the party I went with Lauren (a girl on my softball team) to hangout with some of her friends. It was fun but we were both so tired, when we got back we didn't even make it half-way through 'Robin Hood: Men In Tights'.

My Sunday has been good so far. I really like my ward and the bishop...he tells me he has a calling in mind for me, I still have to meet with him sometime this week so we'll see... Sundays are the worst homesick days though. I miss everone a ton, Sunday's were always family days. I love you all.

Hey everyone, I just wanted to give a quick update on how i'm doing. School is good, i'm enjoying my classes (even when my teachers are confusing and don't know what they are saying). Softball is going really well. I went and saw a doctor about my shoulder on Tuesday. He said I still needed to get stronger before I could start pitching and sprinting, but i'm aloud to start running (jogging) and I can start hitting!!! yeah i'm so excited!! My workouts are going really good, I love the team they are so much fun to practice with. All the girls are really nice and have been really welcoming. Our first game is on February 2, I can't wait! We took team pictures on Wednesday, one of the team photos is already up on the website but the individual should be up by next week hopefully.
Tonight i'm going to a performance called Tapshoes and Buckets. I think they are some kind of performing group that useing different things, like brooms and trashcans, to make music; I don't know but it should be cool. Afterwards my friends and I are going to the Tongan Club Dance (yes i'm in the Tongan, Hawaiian, and Surfers clubs)!! I'm way excited, it's going to be so much fun!
It's been cold here the past few days (well cold for Hawaii, nothing compared to Utah I know, but still) it's been really windy and raining off and on :-( I wish the sun would shine so that I could go to the beach.
I love and miss everyone!

So my friend Jansen took me to this place called Angel's Ice Cream and we got this thing called the Halo. it has a scoop of ice cream in the bottom then icey stuff on top. you get to pick 3 flavors to put on top, then they put sweetened condensed milk and whip cream on top. It was SO good!! It is by far my new favorite place. So much fun!

This is my friend Jansen Tesoro. We were both bored so we decided to take pictures. She is one of the funniest girls.

and the next picture is my roommate Sharisse Barber. She is so much fun, we get along great! I love them both to death!

Oh my goodness they are both getting so big! my sisters are the cutest, I love them to death! They are both so precious

Sharisse Barber, Jansen Tesoro, Shiri Stevens (Me)

So last Friday Ashli and Ariel took me to this resturant called Breakers. They have the best hamburgers!! It was so yummy:-)

The beach pictures are from Saturday (1/17) we went to Bikini Beach. I swear i have really bad luck when it comes to tanning. My right side is darker than my left and my back is tanner than the front! lol it drives me nuts! hopefully eventually i'll just be tan haha.

If you look at the clouds in the pictures that I just posted, they look really close. Well they are! I swear the clouds here are closer than anywhere else and you can literally see them moving (they move pretty fast). The clouds are really pretty here, they're always really white and puffy. the only bad thing about them is when they block the sun. Anyway just thought I'd point it out.

Ok, so this is the beach that is right by the school, Temple Beach. It takes about 10 minutes to walk there. It's really pretty and actually kinda cool, cause it right where two different currents cross so you have wave coming in towards eachother. It's not a very flat beach and the sand area is pretty small compared to other beaches. I haven't been to any other beaches on Oahu yet but i plan to go to some soon!

Hey everyone, I just wanted to share this picture with you. This is one of the sunsets I saw while i was in Maui. It is by far the prettiest one I have seen yet! Sunrise and Sunset pics are my favorite. I hope you enjoy this picture as much as I do!

Hey everyone! just to let you know i survived my first week of school!!! i miss everyone a ton. Mom made me change my playlist because everytime she heard my old one (the one that had kenny chesney's song) made her cry everytime she heard it. I want to know your blog address if you have one so i can keep in contact with you. Hawaii is great! The weather is sunny for the most part and classes aren't to bad. I've only been to the beach once since I got to campus (sad I know!), it's called Temple Beach. i'll post a few pictures of it. I'm working on getting more pictures for everyone to see. I love and miss you all. write to me so that I can keep in touch with you.

Hey everyone, i'm in Hawaii!!! I can't believe i'm finally here. This past week has been so much fun. I didn't have internet all week so i couldn't update my blog. I took tons of pictures but i'm only going to put up my favs. The weather is perfect! it is between 70-80 all the time. It rains occasionally but its still warm. Sorry for all of you back home who have to deal with the snow and cold. I start school on Wednesday, wish me luck! Love you all.