Aloha

Well this past week Todd and I have been in the lovely island of Oahu. We have some wonderful friends that have a time share there, and this year they invited us to come along. It was a ton of fun and we are soo glad we had the chance to go again. Our last visit there was short lived, but still eventful (we got engaged), so this time we wanted to see the sites and relax.

We had fun at the Pearl Harbor memorial, taking an island drive (all the way around stopping for everything fun, thanks Dan), going to the Polynesian center and temple, visiting every beach possible, going whale watching and snorkeling, relaxing a bit, and seeing Waikiki again. It was a ton of fun!!

Here are some pics of the adventure...
Todd getting ready to snorkel with the sea turtles, trumpet fish, and spinner dolphins!! He doesn't look happy but he was, he just hates pictures.
This is the very sober memorial of the USS Arizona, the atmosphere there is very intense. The men and women that risk everything for our country are very inspiring. I feel very lucky to have had the chance to see this tomb. The USS Arizona is right underneath this memorial and there is still oil leaking from the ship after so many years.
Todd and I waiting for the shuttle so we could go out for a nice dinner.
Getting ready to enjoy a Hawaiian luau at the Polynesian center.
And a nice walk on the beach

Thanks Dan and Gail for a wonderful trip!!!!!

Family Fun...

I would copy and paste these pics, but I am not sure if I am allowed too. So follow this link and you will be able to see Todd's dad's entire family. (Its the blog entitled, A Sneak Peak For Michelle) Todd with all of his little brothers and sisters (there are 7 kids total). We recently went to St George for family photo's and I think they turned out beautiful.

Thanks Michelle for coordinating it all!! We love you guys tons.

Back in the Saddle again...

As of January 21st I am officially a working women again. I finally quit my complaining and got a job. I feel so blessed and so thankful that 1- I was able to find a job in this economy, and 2-that I found a job I love doing. I will be back in the mortgage business as a processor. I will be working at only the best credit union in the world, America First!!

I am a little nervous, but I loved processing before so hopefully I will love it again. I am going to miss sleeping in and having a clean house all the time, but I sure am going to love having some extra cash!

I think Im going crazy!!

I was showering and looked up, and I saw this...
I swear people are coming to me in the form of shapes all over the house. Here I see a man praying, whats the deal? Maybe someone is trying to tell me something.
I will keep you all posted of all future images...

Tottle and his guitar..

Well Todd has finally done it. After 3 years of talk, he went ahead and signed up for some guitar lessons. We have an awesome family in our ward (that we love love love love love) that are the most musically gifted people we have ever met. They are the Streulings (related to the Lameroux's in TN, talent must run in the family!!), and their son Kipp is giving Todd lessons once a week. Today was Todd's very first lesson and I have to say I was impressed. Todd will have this down in No time!!

Mmm Mmm Good...

Todd and I mastered the chicken, so naturally it was time to move on. We ordered an 1/8th of a cow from a friend, and started bottling. We are starting with hamburger meat, and have a ton of steak and roasts to try out next. In the meantime please enjoy these yummy looking bottles of hamburger meat. As gross as they look, it is actually the best hamburger I have ever had. We opened one to try, and boy oh boy was it Mmm Mmm Good!!

Merry Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas from the Cottle's, we hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!! We had a fun trip down to St George, and were lucky enough to spend time with Todd's Dad and his sweet family!! It was fun watching the kids open their presents. These kids are super sweet and the most grateful kids I have ever met. They thanked their parents all day for their presents!! We had such a great time with them!!! We miss you munchkins already!!
Hope you all had a glorious day!!