2 More Weeks.

Two weeks from my wonderful Easter Sunday, I get to go home. 

HOME= T-town+ Family+ Friends+ Wedding Plans+ Beach+ Less Stress.

I can't wait.

The following week consists of: 1 Business Article Paper, 1 MCOM Final Paper, 1 MCOM Final (on Saturday night from 8-10 pm. yes, painful, i know), 1 Taping Lab Written Final, 1 Taping Lab Practical Final, 1 Athletic Training Take-Home Final, 1 D and C Take-Home Final, 1 Stats Final.

I'm probably missing something. I don't know. All I can say is, I'm not looking forward to it.

However, I AM looking forward to Kahili's youngest brother, Wai, coming to visit this weekend. He is the only Soon I haven't met yet. Very Exciting. 

Ok, back to my studies for now.

Engagement Pictures

hey.... our engagement pictures are up..... exciting! haha. anyways, heres the link:

http://photographybymaka.blogspot.com/2009/03/go-cougars.html

The Taualii's and Soon's Meet!

My dad is in Hawaii this week to watch my sister AJ play softball at UH and to visit my uncle and his family. So, after my dad and Kahili's dad went golfing all dad on Monday, he, my sister, my 2 uncles, and my cousins went to Kahili's house for dinner. Both families reported that the dinner went very well and everyone had a good time... looks like were good to go! :)

My Life Be Like....

What has been going on in my life? I havent blogged in a while....

Since the last time I blogged, our lifting time for volleyball has been switched to 7am Mondays and Wednesdays. This is NOT good. I am NOT a morning person. Today is Wednesday which means I had lifting this morning. Katlyn, my roommate, says to me, "Brooke, what time is your lifting again?" I sleepily respond, "7". She then says, "Brooke, its 645." crap. Our lifting coach, Tony, is not very lenient with the whole "being late" thing. (even though he slept through his alarm last week and MISSED lifting) So I rolled out of bed and ran to the fieldhouse... I got in the weight room with 2 minutes to spare. Go me.

I found a wedding dress! Yay for me! It took 1 hour. Faith (my cousin) and I went to Salt Lake, saw it, tried it on, and bought it! I cannot give any details about it because Kahili decided he likes to check up on me every once and awhile and comes on here to read my blog...

We are halfway through the semester. THANK GOODNESS! Classes and work and volleyball and life. Its all killing me. and my body. I cannot wait to have a break. Summer is calling my name...

We play our first Spring matches on Friday. I am very excited for this. We play in the Smith Fieldhouse Friday at 230 against UVU and then 430 against University of Utah. Go Cougars!

Thats all for today I think. I'm tired... as usual.

Thank goodness.

Today was FINALLY a good day. I'm so thankful that I was able to practice well. I don't even know how I did it... I have bronchitis and a sore back. BUT I practiced decently for the 1st time this week. YAY!

Life

Life is so hard sometimes. I dont know why. Sometimes I feel like sitting in my room on my bed for hours thinking about nothing just because I can. But I can't. There's always something.

•  I wish I didn't have work tomorrow
  
• I hope I practice much better than I did today. For MY sake AND MY TEAMMATES sake...
• I wish I didn't have a Stats test to take tomorrow
• I wish I could have more free time
• I wish I weren't stressed every day of my life

Ugh. Ok, enough complaining for today. Casey (teammate) and I just talked on the phone and decided we are going to have a good day tomorrow. And we are gonna have the BEST practice of our lives. And I am going to earn the title of Ali'i (royalty) back from Carl (my coach). the end.

A Modest Proposal

I, Brooke Taualii, am engaged! Yes, I know it's crazy because nobody ever thought I would ever get married (believe me, I don't blame you, I didn't think I ever would either)! Anyways, my teammate (Chelsea "Selly") told me I needed to blog about this... LOL. So, here it goes:

Friday, February 13th

Friday the 13th was the day Kahili and I drove down to Vegas from Provo to meet up with my family. AJ was playing softball there and we had been planning to go since Winter break.

 [About a week before we had talked and decided that Kahili would talk to my parents on Friday night when we got to Vegas]

We arrived Friday night, pretty late, but just in time for AJ's last game! During the game, I can quote the conversation that my mother and Kahili had:

Mom: "So, you gonna go play poker or something at the casino with Kevin tonight?"

Kahili: "Nope, Brooke won't let me."

Mom: "WHAT?!! I don't see a ring on her finger!!! You can do whatever you want!"

Kahili: [looks at me and chuckles]

When the game finished, I announced that Daylene (my little sister) and I wanted to listen to Taylor Swift on the way back to the hotel so Kahili would have to go with my parents because there was no room in our car for him. [Clever huh?! my idea of course :)] So, Kahili nervously went with my parents and Daylene and I had a nice ride back to the hotel. I guess they said yes! haha.

Saturday, February 14, 2009 VALENTINE"S DAY

We woke up on Saturday and decided to go bowling with my 2 sisters and one of my sister's teammates. Too bad the bowling place was packed. Instead, we went to the arcade. After playing for awhile, my mom met up with us and we went shopping. Then, we went to AJ's game where she hit a home run. Halfway through the game, Kahili told me we needed to leave because he had "reservations" at a nice restaurant for Valentine's Day. We went back to the hotel and showered and then left. I DO NOT LIKE SURPRISES! The entire time we were in the car, I was asking where we were going and Kahili LIED... multiple times. I was getting very frustrated and anxious.... WHERE ARE WE GOING?!?! goodness. 

Finally, we pulled up the Venetian Hotel on the strip where I knew my cousin was staying with her boyfriend in a suite because they were going to see The Phantom of the Opera. We went inside and there was a key waiting for us at the front desk. We went up to the suite on the 21st floor and the view was beautiful [Kahili asked me to mention this detail whenever I tell the story]! There was supposed to be dinner waiting there for us but the person who was supposed to order it forgot so we tried to order room service but the line was busy. It's ok, I wasn't hungry anyways. We hung out for a little while checking out the room and watching a little TV. At that point, Kahili told me he had a Valentine's Day gift for me. [He had been carrying his backpack around the entire time.] He went over to his backpack and shuffled around for a bit and brought back an envelope full of pictures. He told me he was going to get a photo album but didn't have time. When I finished looking through the pictures, I looked up and he was getting down on 1 knee. He pulled a box out of his pocket and opened it as he told me he loves me and wants to spend eternity with me. I said yes. :)