The Golden Grahams

I literally just finished my last research paper (total 4 this semester). I feel so much better than I did last week! This morning was tough because I found out I got an F on a TAKE-HOME test for Health class! How much more horrible can that get? Halfway through the semester, Josh and I started to struggle more and more with waking up early and leaving the house on time for my 7:30 am class (we live one hour away). So I started being late, then I would get there halfway through class, then I would miss class entirely. Needless to say, that was probably the reason why I did so bad on that test. But THEN during History class today, my teacher came up to me and said some things along these lines: Arianna, your essay was amazing!! It was so well-written and insightful. I really enjoyed reading it! I want you to major in History now!! I then proceeded to feel better. And then I proceeded to take out my laptop and check the grade she gave me online. 95% baby!!!! I am sooo happy beca...

Yes I know this is the second blog post in one night. But I have been failing at blogging so here's a quick photo update, in no particular order. :) Dec. 7th (Pearl Harbor Day) was my last day working for the USS Missouri as a Tour Guide. My supervisors got me a beautiful lei and a cake for me and Christy! (She quit because she's leaving for her mission at the end of this month). We visited one of Josh's best friends, Raymond, who bought an Army truck that was used to transport soldiers and he gave us a ride in it! It felt like we were gonna crush everyone else on the road! Our first Christmas tree :) Josh and our friend Kai on Black Friday. It's impossible to get them to act serious and help me shop! I have more fun laughing at them anyway. More Black Friday (That's our "new" car behind me!) Right before our annual Turkey Bowl (football game) on Thanksgiving Day...notice this is Josh's signature pose...-_- Sunset on the beach after a surf session ...

Today Josh and I hit our six-month mark of being married. I told Josh this morning that at first it felt like time was going by slowly, but then as soon as school started it all of a sudden turbo-boosted us to six months. That's half a year. And Josh has been home from his mission for over a year now. Sometimes when I think about time too much it gets overwhelming, which then makes me really grateful that in the eternities there will be no concept of "time." I don't think I could ever adequately put into words how grateful I am for my husband. He puts up with so much from me. And I'm not just saying that either. I frequently get overwhelmed or stressed about school or work, along with various other responsibilities that I'll have emotional breakdowns. He's always there to wipe my tears away and help me get myself up again. What's ironic is that I am truthfully the happiest I've ever been, but sometimes even the littlest things will make me...

My dad has been in the Hawaii Air National Guard for many years now and serves as a chaplain . Part of his duties includes getting a butt load of General Conference tickets every October, and he can choose to use them if he wants, it's not required. The church sponsors a special conference for LDS Chaplains in Salt Lake City during the same weekend of General Conference for our church. We all thought we wouldn't be able to attend conference anymore last year when my dad announced his intentions to retire, but ended up staying in for one more year. Lucky for us, my mom (who is constantly checking airfares when she feels that urge to travel) found really cheap roundtrip tickets to SLC for only $400 a person! Josh and I thought it would be an opportunity of a lifetime so we bought a pair of tickets for ourselves to have a fun little trip with my family (Mom, Dad, Colby, Alyssa, Nainoa, Alena Cutie Cutes) and to visit my old room mates from Liberty Square, attend Josh's mi...

So I really wasn't expecting this to happen so fast, but Josh and I just bought a second car! We bought my parents 2006 Scion tC. We got an amazing deal on it and we feel like it was a great investment. We mainly bought it because our first car, a classic 97 Buick LeSabre (aka The Grampa Car) just hit 100,000 miles, and it's a freakin gas guzzler. Definitely not a good commuting car. Seeing that we'll be living in Mililani and be commuting to Laie for school, and town for Josh's work, we obviously needed to downsize. The Scion has a manual transmission and it's smaller with only about 45,000 miles on it. We hope it'll last us at least all the way through Josh's schooling. It was so exciting when we got approved by the Credit Union for our first loan. Although it'll be kind of a burden to be adding another monthly payment to our already tight budget, I know we'll get by and it'll be good to start building some credit. :)

We are Arianna and Josh Graham. If you are reading this, you probably already know us in one way or another, so I don't need to give a very detailed introduction of us but it'd be convenient to give at least a brief one. Arianna Nawaiaulianahenahe (McMillan) Graham Born March 13 in Honolulu, HI Hawaiian, Chinese, Caucasian College student (BYU & BYU-H) Wife of Josh Surfer Joshua Kamalama Graham Born November 16 in Hawaii Japanese, Chinese, Caucasian, Hispanic (yeah right, he wishes!) College freshman (haha) ... (BYU-H) Served in the Florida Tampa mission, spanish speaking (Nov. 2008 - Nov. 2010) Husband of Ari Surfer We met in May of 2008, but didn't start dating until September (yes, I was already up at college at BYU-Provo and he was home in Hawaii). If you want a very detailed story, click here . The password is arijosh. Josh returned home in November of 2010. We got engaged at the end of January 2011. Married and sealed for time and all eternity on Friday, June 1...