Excuses, Excuses....

Sooooo... you might have noticed that I am really bad at blogging. For that I am truly sorry but...I have a couple of reasons for this that you might or might not agree with....(1) for the most part, I hate blogging. (there I said it) It takes to much time and I am computer challenged. (2) My life these past few months has probably been the most insane it has ever been. . . I got engaged one week after I got home from Hawaii and spent the crazy summer planning a wedding, working, taking a class online and trying to squeeze in a few vacations....Lets just say I haven't had a ton of spare time. (3) There are so many things that I have to do and would rather do right now than blog... like pass the 19 credits of classes I am taking in my insane program or hang out with my beyond cute husband that I can't seem to get enough of.... To fill you in...my life is absolutely great! I have never felt more blessed or happy. I hope life is well for all of those that I miss and love....in the mean time my husband so kindly let me be apart of his blog...you know whats mine is yours...so check it out to stay updated on our fabulous lives....www.skippertje.blogspot.com. Take care!

All my love,
Mrs. Carrie Schippers

Love...True Love...

This quote was on one of the boards in our hale, it is my favorite quote about love. I just wanted to share it with everyone because I love it so much! President and Sister Hinckley are the worlds best couple and two of my heroes. I love them so much!

Foodfest!

Oh there is so much to say about foodfest! This event is a big deal around here. I bet you can't find anything like it anywhere else in the world. Every club on campus (which is at least 35- if not a hundred) makes traditional food from their country and sales it to earn money for the semester. It's like a giant food carnival that no one misses. Keep in mind that there is a club for pretty much every place in the world here and none of the food is "americanized". Most of it is a little sketchy so you have to not think about the sanitation behind the whole process. I don't think you understand how big of an accomplishment this is for me. Three of us all bought food together so we could try a little bit of about fifteen different foods. Somethings I tried were so disgusting they made me gag (seriously), but it was so worth it to get to the foods that were so amazingly delicious. Oh they were so good! I was so sick at the end of the night from the random assortment of foreign foods, but I didn't care because it was so fun and such a cool experience.


Don't ask me what they are doing...Sorry the pictures don't capture the experience very well. It was too crazy to mess with the camera very much. Food is a little distracting for me. ha ha!

Dole Plantation

These are just a few pictures from our adventure to the Dole Plantation. It's a pretty cool place. Honestly we just went for the "dole whips" which is the amazing pineapple ice cream they have there. Oh it is so good! Half the adventure is riding the bus...mostly because it takes half your day to get anywhere with the bus. We waited at the bus stop for so long, but we managed as always to have a good time doing it. Pretty sure everyone on the bus thought we were crazy, but they were happy to have some entertainment.


This bus stop was pretty boring...we practiced for hula class at the other one, which kept us more entertained...and everyone else too, because we are not the best at hula.
You gotta love the shaka!... I am really going to miss it when I go home...it doesn't fit so well in Utah.

Yes, I really do look that ridiculous. We had a lot of fun rocking out on the bus. Don't worry we really didn't sing out loud that much...we are not quite that ridiculous.

Dole Whips are oh so yummy!

Raining Ice Cream

The weather in Hawaii is so exciting...Here is the explanation for my cute face in this picture. ...one beautiful day we decided to walk to Foodland to get some random stuff we needed. It was so sunny and hot on the way there I was starting to sweat. It was so warm Hannah and I decided to get ice cream at the famous Angels Ice Cream for the walk home. The weather was so beautiful and warm....five seconds later it was pouring rain! I was freezing!- hence the face. Good thing the rain only lasted about five minutes, then it was hot again...then it rained again...you get the point. It's a fun memory...good times!

anniversary cake

Just some random picture of some of my crazy friends here. The school had an anniversary celebration and gave all the students cake...It caused I lot of excitement. :) Notice how our world revolves around good food because it is so rare when we eat in a gross cafeteria for almost every single meal. Oh I am so excited to eat my moms amazing cooking I can't even tell you!

Truck Ride

I had to post these pictures because this was such a funny night. We were supposed to go island fishing (net and everything) with Hannah's ward. Long story short the ocean was too rough so it wasn't safe to go. Basically, we just ended up riding in a back of the truck (it's legal here) , singing songs and laughing with a bunch of hilarious Polys who stole my camera and took a million awesome pictures. These photos don't due the experience justice. I love these guys they are so friendly, crazy and so much fun! The world is full of so many exciting people and I feel so blessed to get to know so many of them at this amazing school!