Little Sisters Wedding

Hey friends and family!
I am not sure if you saw this so I thought I would post it on our blog.
This is Charis and Zach wedding video.  I just think its amazing and wish we had a video like this.
Charis and Zach also work full time with Surfing The Nations.

Check it.

ZACH + CHARIS from Luke St. Hilaire on Vimeo.

Little King

Le’i you crack me up.  I think you get more clever everyday.  I am so proud to be your mama. Today we laughed and played in bed for most of the morning.  You kept  asking to play but it sounded like you said pray. So I would start praying for you and you would just start laughing “No, mom I said play”.  Over and over again.  It’s these mornings I love, when its still quite and all you want to do is cuddle.  You are the worlds best cuddle buddy.  I can see you are growing so much every day. Your vocabulary is growing rapidly the last month, sometimes your dad and I just smile at the things you say.


You are such a gem.  We are so blessed and honored to call you our son.  This adventure with you makes it so worth it.  You are going to turn into a little Swedish boy.  I can't wait to have you correct my Swedish!  Oh Jesus help. :)

Stefan on the net.. what what

Sooo... I'm supposed to write a blog. That is what the wife said. It's my first! If you know me i'm not the biggest fan of computers. They actually kind of scare me. Hit the wrong key and everything goes missing or something. But lately I have actually felt something almost like an attraction towards the world that hides behind this small, illuminated screen. I have begun speaking in terms I barely understand facebook, Ipad, WiFi, youtube and so on. I have even found myself checking my email twice in one day!!
It is at times extremely exciting and wonderful but then the fear suddenly grips me. Will I get sucked in?!?! Will I loose control??
The learning of all these wonderful things have up until this point been slow and somewhat controlled(except a couple of almost all night binges) but here in the near future there might be something pretty radical(in my opinion) taking place. It would be a step into the world of cyber. More like a complete leap actually!! Exciting and terrifying all at once.
That is all i can say at this point but do stay tuned to find out about my possible "sell-out"!!!
Who knows, you might have a say in the outcome.......
Stefan

Le'i and Stefan enjoying shaveice

Notes from his wife
Do you think he should get a facebook account?
I am trying to get Stefan to write at least once a week. :)
We are going to try to have two blog posts a week, one from me and one for him.  Lets pray! :)

Because

“A real friend is someone who takes a winter vacation on a sun-drenched beach and does not send a card.”

--Farmer’s Almanac

Not going to lie the hardest thing about leaving Hawaii (besides my family) are the beautiful beaches.  

Having Le'i at the beach is the easiest way to entertain him. We can spend hours! Yes hours. He is part fish.  He loves swimming and playing in the sand.  We cry when we leave.  HAHA to be four again  right! 

The other day when speaking to Le'i about Sweden he said he could not wait to get to Sweden to see the snow. I then informed him that there wouldn't be snow when we arrived.  He looked at me like I was crazy and said I only want to go if there is snow all the time.  I looked and said you will be very happy in the snow, but trust me you will be very happy when you don't have to put on 50 layers of clothes to go play outside.  Le'i still looking totally confused and upset there is no snow year round. 

Oh Swedish winter please be nice to us!

 If you know me I am a warm blooded baby.  This is my biggest fear moving to Sweden.  I have never really been in snow, until Stefan's brother got married last year.  It wasn't even that cold they say. Plus I stayed inside the whole time (to my credit we didn't really have all the proper snow wear).  

I have been one spoiled girl when it comes to weather.  I tell ya!  I have never not had a tan line.  

When we get there I will tell you how I do. I am praying I just fall in love with snowboarding, skiing, or maybe I will just pick up reading by the fire.  :)

We will miss you Hawaii, you will always be home. 

It is to hard to stay of way from this beautiful place. 

Transition

I am not going to lie transition can be so hard at times.   You see the future and you know its going to be amazing and you just want to get to it, the problem is you have all these other obstacles to conquer before you get there.  This move to Sweden is so exciting. I can not wait till we are there.  What I don't feel like doing is looking for apartments (it seems impossible in Gothenburg), getting all the money to move, and packing!  I wish I could just snap my fingers and have all the packing done, all our paper work in order and landing in our new home. That is not the case at all!

Our house in Hawaii looks like a mini tornado ran through it.  We are still waiting on my visa.  We still need to find a place to live. Basically we still have a lot of ducks that need to be put into rows.  Moving is no simple task especially if you are moving overseas.  Even with all this madness happening right now.  I want to enjoy this journey!
I want to be able to see the miracles that are going to happen. I want to be able to see how all this works and works better then I thought it ever could. I want to see how I become a better person. How I handle new things.  I want to see how we as a family can do anything we put our minds to!  I know its not going to be easy (so far nothing has been easy) I know I will be forever greatful for this move.  This transition is going to forever change our family and I can not wait to see how it does. First I have to take all these other steps to prepare us for the things to come.

Enjoying the journey is what you remember, its what makes you stronger, better, and what makes it all exciting.

Are you enjoying your journey or just looking for it to end?

Charlotte Trounce