Presley made the NICE list

Santa confirmed Presley made the nice list. She will be getting presents after all. See link below for video. Enjoy:) (click link and wait for video to pop up)

http://family.go.com/santas-list/video/23903-benjcloud/

Funny video of P-lady

Thanksgiving morning Ben gave her the phone to play with while I was brushing her hair. She acted like she was really talking to someone. The funniest part is when she turns to walk away like she can't hear what is being said to her. Enjoy:)

Thanksgiving in Hawaii

This year seemed really funny to me. Its just not the same being in Hawaii over a major holiday (when you normally have your family to share it with). But this year a few of the pharmacy married students got together and split the Thanksgiving menu up. I actually made the turkey and gravy. I have NEVER cooked a turkey before but it turned out sooo good - I was really glad. (I forgot to get a photo of it:( ..) SAD.. But we had a good time and all of the food turned out really good.





I also made my first pumpkin roll and it turned out sooo yummy. Ben and I have been eating it everyday and loving it:)

Confessions of a 14 month old

(Just had to show how cute she is getting, plus I LOVE being able to do new things with her hair--ps.. I cut her bangs too. )
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Today was a holiday day, so Ben had to stay home and study (the library was closed). So Presley and I tried to stay out of the house as much as we could. I think she got tired of me dragging her to different beach parks and taking long scenic drives, that by the time we got home she talked to dad (in her own language) for nearly an hour. Or maybe she was so excited about our outing that she was trying to tell dad all about it. I was trying to watch the Biggest Loser and I could hear her just jabbering away so I quickly grabbed the camera and filmed it. She was really serious and trying so hard to describe her story in detail to dad. Enjoy:)

The first time I went in the room

The second time I went in- (about 20 min later-she was still talking away)

Bens weekend study break:)

Ben finally had a weekend off from studying (that means he could start studying on Monday and have enough time-- yea!!!) I haven't spent a Saturday with Ben in nearly 6 weeks. Because it has been a really rough semester for him, plus I have been so sick that we decided we needed a little fun in our lives. So we drove to the other side of the island and spent 2 days and 1 night at the Waikaloa Hilton (because we are now local we get Kamaaina rate (sp?)--for locals, it was nearly 75$ off!!!) We had a great time, got to relax, get away from rainy Hilo, spend some time in a normal air conditioned room and eat really good food. P-lady had a blast, she got to swim and build sand castles. It ended too soon. I will just have to savor the memories for a LONG time:)

Presley's First Halloween as (Annie)

Because Presley is soooo in LOVE with the movie "Annie" I decided to make her an Annie dress for Halloween. We had so much fun putting curlers and orange spray in her hair. P-lady however didn't like the curlers and screamed when I painted freckles on her. But once she was dressed up she was toooooo CUTE!

Getting Ready:

Trick-or- Treating with dad:

Stealing a glow stick at someones house (she liked this better then the candy:)



P-lady and Mom at Pizza Hut afterwards with friends:

Scariest thing I have EVER seen- "Happy Halloween to me!!"

This morning I went out to put a load of clothes in the washer and was greeted by a LARGE chunk of dead grass, (however we don't have grass, only pavement). So I took a closer look and realized it was a HUGE tan spider! The biggest spider I have EVER seen in my life. I am by no means exaggerating when I say it was as big as my entire hand!!!! I immediately killed it with the first thing I could find, then found Ben to get rid of it. He tried to tell me it was a "banana spider" but I thought he made that up because we still had tons of bananas in our garage. Well, it turns out he was right, they call them "Cane-banana spiders"! (Too bad I didn't get a real photo of this scary thing, but I am extremely glad I killed it, and will never again climb around in banana trees for bananas EVER again!)


(this looks exactly like the one I found, only you can't really comprehend the size of this thing until you see them in person!)


Apparently they are very dangerous (if I have the right name), this is what it said about them on line... " A bite from the banana spider is painful and neurotoxic. The victim of a bite will experience sweating and an irregular heartbeat. The bite from a banana spider can result in death and antivenin does exist, so seeking treatment as soon as possible is imperative. "

My Great Husband- on my birthday

Ok, I'm usually not the sappy, mooshy type, but I had to post how great my husband is. As most of you know he is bogged down with studying everyday. (This semester in particular is supposed to be the hardest of all the 4 years) -so he has literally studied at the library from opening to closing, then for a few hours more when he gets home EVERY DAY. However, yesterday was my birthday and he still managed to make me feel special. I picked him up after a super long test and he took me to dinner and got me cake and watched an old horror movie with me. He has another test in a few days but despite how stressed he may have been and needed to study he still took the night off to be with me. I on the other hand probably wasn't the most fun to be around. I got completely sick feeling (thanks to this pregnancy) and threw up most of the night. But Ben still stuck with me. I LOVE YOU Ben, thanks so much for all of the hard work you put forth for our family!

ps.. The brown sweatshirt he is wearing in that photo is what we have named "his study shirt" I bought it for him on one of our first Christmas together over 6 years ago and I truly loath this shirt (I have tried to secretly throw it away at times). He wears it everyday because the library is cold. So this is the only thing I have seen him in for weeks and I am beginning to think I wont see him in anything else until Christmas break!!! hahaha:)

Presley's first pony tail!

I have been dieing to put a pony tail in P-lady's hair. It has gotten sooo long, it was just a matter of keeping her still. I had to bribe her with the hairspray bottle to keep her from screaming. She seems so grown up to me.

Ben finally jumped the fence

Ben finally jumped the fence this weekend and cut down bananas. It was way harder then it looked. These trees are so big and the banana bundles are really heavy. I actually had to climb the fence and get on his shoulders to get them down!!! So much for being sneaky, I'm sure the whole neighborhood saw us:) But I am really excited to make banana bread -- yummy.