The Faulks

WAAAAY TOO LONG since my last post

2009-07-22T23:39:00.000-07:00

Aloha everyone!!
As most of you know, Willie and I have moved to Oahu...the place I have dreamed of moving to my whole life. We've lived here for a couple of months now, but we just got internet, so I will be uploading some pictures soon. We've been super busy. Willie's a full time student at BYU-H and works at the Polynesian Cultural Center part time. I'm working full time on the other side of the island managing the Shiseido counter at Macy's (I was lucky enough to transfer with the same job and benefits.) We feel sooo blessed, and thank the Lord everyday for allowing us to fulfiill our dreams. Mahalo for all of your love and support!

Bowling Night

2007-04-13T10:26:00.000-07:00

Last night Willie and I went on a double date Bowling with our friends Melissa and Brooks. We had so much fun. We didn't leave until almost 9:00 which for us (being responsible married people now) is realllly late to be leaving our house. Our usual bedtime is 10:00, so we decided to be adventurous last night and stay out late. ;) I sure am glad that we did!

I am a total dork, and I look fat in these pants since they are too big now.

Poor Willie fell while he was trying to bowl like a pro. It was hard not to laugh since I knew that it was probably a little embarrasing for him....but I couldnt help it. And I was even lucky enough to catch it on camera!

Bowling shoes are sexy!!

So...here are the final scores. I did sooooo well. A whopping 54! Now, that takes talent! I think that I am still having a hard time trying to figure out the correct footing. Jesse & Devon tried teaching me out in Idaho, but I still look like an idiot. I almost fell a few times. Willie didnt do too bad either. We probably wont go for a while because it hut his back pretty bad. Overall, even as bad as we all played....We all had a blast!

The Many Hairstyles of Billie

2007-04-11T10:43:00.000-07:00

I am sure that you all know that my husband is a HUGE ham! BUt I just had to take pictures of one of his daily routines. Every morning, Willie wakes up and gets in the shower....and I start getting ready after I have taken my shower. And EVERY morning, when he washes his hair, he decides to do this. He loves playing with his hair and making new hairstyles. Sometimes I swear that I am married to a little 4 year old. I dont mind though, he is just too darn cute!

This is probably my favorite! Not!!

White devil! White Devil! (aka Jim Carey in Ace Ventura)

Sexy Man!!

EASTER!

2007-04-11T10:28:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful Easter weekend. On saturday, we had a fun filled day with my parents at their house. We had the Christensen side over for a lunch Bar-B-Q on Mom and Dad's newly completed Bar-B-Q. The burgers were delicious! We then had an Easter egg hunt with all of the little kiddos. We found out that there were money filled eggs, andso Willie and I were "pushed" into the egg hunt. I was lucky enough to find the $10 egg! As a newlywed, you can buy a lot of groceries with that money. ;)
My dad then heated up the pool to a VERY comfortable 85 degrees. We all jumped in and had a BLAST! We listened to Jack Johnson (Grandma Christensen's new favorite singer) on the outside speakers while we swam. I felt like I was on a great vacation in a tropical place. It was so much fun to spend time with the fam. Later on that night, the Crosby side came over to swim too! My dad lit the tiki torches, and we had the spa going nice and warm. It was so much fun! We probably had a total of 25 people in the pool and spa. It's always crazy when the family is over, but that is what makes it so much fun!

On Easter Sunday, Willie and I went to church and had a blast with our little nursery kids. We LOVE being in nursery! We then went to his parents house for dinner, where Sutton (Willie's mom) made a scrumptulescent dinner...as always. Unfortunately, we couldnt find the camera that day, so we dont have any pictures. It was so nice to be with them on Easter.

Over all, we had an amazing Easter weekend. It was full of fun, friends and love. That is what this holiday is really about. Christ's love for us. Which is why he made the ultimate sacrifice.

Aloha Polynesia!

2007-04-04T09:10:00.000-07:00

I am sooo proud of myself. I have finally done something that I have been wanting to do for the Longest time now. Yep...you guessed it. I have started taking up Polynesian Dancing again! I found a halau in Sacramento called Aloha Polynesia that I have just fallen in love with. They are verrrrry good, and very authentic. I have danced for many years, but did not know a lot of the language and culture. That will not be the case with this halau. They teach the dances of all of the polynesian islands, the language, the culture, and how to actually make the costumes (leis, skirts, and everything!) I know that I am probably rambling on, but this is something that I have always been very passionate about.( Just take a look at my house, and you will get a sense of it) I love the aloha (spirit) of Hawaii. And since I cant move there yet, this will help to feel that aloha.

Gyros Eating Contest

2007-03-25T11:24:00.000-07:00

Two weeks ago, Willie entered a Gyros eating contest at one of our favorite places to eat, Pita Pita. Here are the contestants...we were pretty scared. ;) (the big guy in the gray told us that he gets kicked out of all you can eat places all of the time)

And here they are during the contest. They had to see who could eat the most Gyros in 15 minutes. And in case you have never had a gyros...they are lamb meat with garlic yogurt, tomatoe, and onion wrapped up in a pita. And I swear that they are almost a pound of meat each! They were all given 5 gyros (by the way...I am a BIG eater, and I have a hard time finishing just one to myself.) No one was able to finsh alll five, but one came close. Guess who it was?...

Willie! He won first place...even against all of those big guys!He won a free iPod nano. Here is the owner, andone of Willie's clients, Joe. He is such a nice guy. Now, this is why we love Pita Pita.

Fun at the Beach

2007-03-25T11:06:00.000-07:00

A couple of weekends ago, Wille, me, my friend Mellisa, and her daughter, Hailey. We had so much fun going to the beach. It has been WAY too long since we have gone. We played in Golden Gate park, ate Burgers at a Thai restaurant (funny huh?...we couldnt find any restaurants close by and we were really hungry.)

The weather was absolutely BEAUTIFUL and we got there just before sunset. I could not have asked for a more beautiful day at the beach.

Isnt she the cutest little girl??

Congratulations Willie!

2007-03-25T11:05:00.000-07:00

Willie recently passed his Real Estate Exam! We were so excited since he has been studying for so long to pass it. He is currently working for a commercial real estate brokerage, so this will allow him to collect more commission and make his boss very happy. Yay for us! Anyways, we had a surprize party for him at his favorite restaurant, Sol Azteca, in Folsom. We had a bunch of our friends there, and the restaurant allowed us to put up a banner and balloons. The most amazing thing of all is that Willie was actually surprized! I have tried surprizing Willie for 5 years now, and have never succeeded...until that night.

Here is the whole bunch. It was so great to have all of Willie's friends there. We even got a picture with the owner in it. He is the older man next to me. It was so nice of them to let us kind of take over the restaurant.

Here is Willie's cake. I was totally bummed. You could barely read it...but it sure was good.

We made Willie wear this sombrero. I think that he really like it ;)

Update: What We've Been Up To

2007-03-25T10:10:00.000-07:00

Ok...It a has been a reallllly long time since I have posted, and A LOT has happened since we got married and went on our honeymoon. Unfortunately, we did not take pictures of Christmas. I know...we are terrible. ;) The first thing that we took pictures of was my trip to Idaho. I went up to Idaho for My niece Aida's 1st Birthday. Here are some pictures of that trip.

I had never seen ANYTHING like this before. It was a completely frozen waterfall near the shashone falls in Twin falls. Neat huh?

This Aida shaking her bootie. I wish that I knew how to upload video's onto here. I have a video of this and it is soooo cute. Whenever Devon puts on this particular song...Aida starts dancing and shaking her bootie like a black girl! It is the funniest thing. I was almost crying I was laughing so hard. I saw on Summers blog that Brooklyn does the same thing. (It must be in their genes) I cannot wait for them to both be out here for Ambers wedding. I am totally going to havge a dance party for the two of them!

Here is the gift that my parentals got Aida. She was a little scared at first, but then LOVED it. It was the funniest little elephant.

Isnt this the funniest face? Aida is always making silly faces. Its hard to get her to smile for the camera. Any time she sees the camera out, she gets really shy. I just thought that this one was funny. If you want to see more pictures....Check out Devon's page, she has TONS of cute pictures of our trip. We had a BLAST while we are there. I was completely surprised. There is just so much to do out there (outdoorsie stuff) I think that Willie and I are going up there this summer to see what it is like in case we decide to move up there.

2007-02-27T16:36:00.000-08:00

Here are a some pictures from our honeymoon. I know that I am wayyyy behind on puting these up, but I know that you would still like to see them. Anyways...this one is of us on the cruise ship before Dinner. The food was AMAZING (which is why I have been gaining weight ever since...I totally stretched out my stomach with all that good food.)

This was taken in Grand Turk, Bahamas. The water was the clearest that I have ever seen, even more so than Hawaii. Right before we took this picture we saw a small shark swimming around. We even got video of it!

This is on the island that Carnival Cruise line owns. It was a smaller island with a really long beach. There wasnt much to do on that island exept for drinking and eating, so we walked to the tip of the island and snorkled the whole day. Since it was a private island people started taking there tops off since they were so drunk. I'm glad that we weren't around them for very long.

Here I am walking to our secret snorkeling spot. It was a long walk, so I needed to be prepared. The snorkeling was AMAZING. Since there arent any waves, the water is super clear and there are tons of reefs everwhere. We decided to go to the tip of the island where no one else was and snorkle. We saw tons of fish of all diferent colors, and picked up some really cool sea shells.

Willie is a master snorkler now. He was diving into all of these caves and digging up the sand to collect all different kinds of shells. Isnt he soooo cute?

More Wedding pictures

2007-02-12T15:56:00.000-08:00

Well, I just got our wedding pictures back, and I thought that I would post some of them for you to share. There were close to 400 or so, so it will be hard to choose which ones we will print out to frame in our home. It is so great to look back on these pictures and remember what is truly the happiest day of my life. Marriage has definitely not been the easiest thing, but I can honestly say that every day is the happiest day of my life. Our love for each other is stronger than ever, and the bond that we have is unbreakable. I feel so lucky to have such an amazing husband that cares for me as much as he does, and works so hard for us.
This is my favorite picture out of all of them! It looks so romantic :) I know, I know, I'm super cheezy.
Is he handsome or what??
That temple is so beautiful. I feel so lucky that we were able to get married inside it, and that we are so blessed to be so close to it and go there whenever we please. Its like remembering our marriage day everytime we pass it.

Beautiful flowers :)

Wedding Pics

2007-01-30T10:16:00.000-08:00

Here are a few of our wedding pictures. We expect to be getting the rest of them any day now. We cant wait!! We also have a bunch of pictures from our honeymoon that I realllly need to post. I am just having a somewhat difficult time trying to figure this whole blogging thing out. :)