I'd be Hawaiian

Oh my goodness we went to Hawaii. It was so wonderful. We want to go back! I just want to go back and live for a couple of years. I think it would be so fun! It would definitely be an experience to remember. 

But it was so great when we were there. I hated coming back to reality. We went snorkeling and got some really great pictures with our new go pro! There are some sweet pictures of the turtles we saw in the ocean. I love the go pro and the sweet stick that Daryl made out of the ski pole. It made it a lot easier to hold in the water. We also went surfing and it was so packed! Then when we were there a big swell came in and huge waves were coming down. It was kinda scary! I tried boogie boarding in it and it was rough. I got dominated by the wave. I let Daryl do the rest of the boogie boarding for the trip. He rode some pretty great ones! 

We got a lot tanner then we were and ate a lot of shaved ice. I hope we can go back sometime soon! I really enjoyed it a lot. It was the best trip we have taken thus far in our lives! Daryl is very adventurous and he is always ready to do something and have fun. It makes my life a lot more exciting! He is the best at getting me up and having fun!

Here are some pictures from our trip!

Hawaii Perfection

We saw one of these babies every day while we were there

He is so happy. We were so burned this last day!

Beach sunset

Road to Hana

I am so proud of this picture. It is too perfect! 

(I can't believe I took it)

This cool rock we found

This waved ALMOST killed me (really though)

Bamboo for dayzzz

TURTLE! GoPro picture

I know I have been way bad at writing. My life has kind of settled down. I got a job FINALLY. I will say I love the environment where I work. But the work isn't the best thing ever. Not that any of my jobs have been super exciting but I will say this one tips the books for the most boring. I am trying to have a better attitude about it. It has made it a little bit more bearable. I should tell you though; I work at a counseling center down in Provo but I do the collections with the accounts. I basically call people for hours on ends trying to collect money that they have yet to pay. Not my dream job. I wish I was doing more office stuff. But I am sticking with it until I can find something I really feel like will benefit me or until I can't handle it anymore!

Daryl has just started a new job. And I start school pretty soon. I can't believe it's almost June already! Time is really is flying when I stop and think about it. I can't wait to finish my bachelor's! I am ready to start my master's so I can start doing my job that I actually want to do. Enough of these college jobs! I am ready for real life!

Well. I am sure I have a lot more to write but I can't think of much. That is what is going on in our lives. I will try to be better about writing. But that's hard when you just work and go to school. I feel like I never have anything real exciting to say!

But Hawaii is the DREAM STATE in AMERICA! I miss and love it too much!

I want the sun to stay for awhile

Daryl and I went to St. George this past weekend. It was REALLY great. We got some sun and got a nice little break before the stress of finals and papers started.

I am currently writing a terrible paper right now. I am struggling to concentrate and even get the minimum requirement done. It is going to be a rough paper. I just hope it turns out alright. I am doing very well in the class though. So hopefully it won't bring my grade down if I don't do well.

But going to St. George was super GREAT! We tried to find these falls that didn't exist. So basically we walked around in the desert for hours wearing flip flops. It was a nice little hike though. I got these intense blisters from my flip flop which kind of made walking miserable after that. But they are almost healed now! Thank goodness.

We also went down to Zion's canyon. We road horses there and it was just a lot of fun. I am kind of obsessed with southern Utah and the red rocks and stuff. I think I kind of love the desert weather. I think that it just because I grew up most of my life in green states. That I kind of like the color change. But those rocks are so amazing. They just spring up and are breath taking to look at. We got to ride horses up in Zion. It was so wonderful. Daryl rode a horse named Fancy And mine was sweet. It was speckled like a cow but it was brown instead of black and it had blue eyes. Mine's name was Charlie. We enjoyed the ride but my butt hurt like crazy when we got done. I wouldn't have been a good cow girl.

Then we went out to eat and laid by the pool and listened to conference. It was wonderful. I enjoyed getting some sun and hanging out with a sweet weekend with Daryl. He is my favorite person to vacation with :)

I wish we could have stayed longer. I have just been busy with tests, quizzes, papers and what not. I am going to be finished with a lot this week. So finals week will be a breeze for me. I am excited for that.

I went to a job interview this week and Heritage. Just waiting to hear back from them. Hope I got the job. That would be sweet! But not getting my hopes up just yet. It is kind of my last chance to get a job in my field for some experience so finger crossed!

Daryl's sister came down early for the weekend to hangout with us. It was a lot of fun. I got to hang out with her a lot. We got to talk and what not before she headed back to Indiana for a couple weeks. I am excited for her to move down to provo this summer! It will be nice to have family down here!

We also bought a Gopro camera! I am way excited to try it out in Hawaii and what not. It will be a lot of fun! We just picked it up this morning. Adventures to come with that sweet thing!

Well that is about all that has happened this week!

You're how old? And been married for how long? Do you know anything...

"Nope. But I am learning."


I read an article the other day about this girl talking about how she and her husband got married young. It really was pretty cool to read. But it got me thinking about myself and why I got married young.

I think getting married young isn't a bad thing. I am still getting my degree and it has taught me to grow up a little bit. I still might be immature, young, and not know a lot about life. But I have a learned a lot. Random things too. I knew things but I keep thinking do you really know things until you experience them? Not really. Experience is the best thing you can have. I can't go over all the things I have learned they'd be boring to you all and you'd be like what is the point.

My husband, Daryl. He is the man. He is way more mature than me. In many ways. I still do weird things that I would have done when I was 6 years old. Hey! Daryl. Look at this! His response...Ok. You are so weird. Yeah. Sometimes I just wish he'd be weird with me! But I am training him up! He is getting better but for real. He is legit!

I grew up getting things I thought I deserved. A car when I was 16, Not having a job (because of sports) which I could have gotten one-wished I would have too, a cell phone. Now that I look back on my life. I had it real good. I was a dumb teenager and thought it's what I deserved. I was a good kid and what not but those things were a REAL privilege. I wish I could go back and tell myself to stop being a brat and realize I had it way good.

Oh so I had to mow the lawn and do chores. I complained about all of those things. I really never did anything per say "hard". My dad taught me hard work. Even though he never forced me to do anything super difficult. I learned how to work in the yard. I learned how to mow, how to pull weeds, put out mulch, dig up sprinklers, put in drains, grow a garden, ect. And I learned from my mom how to keep a house presentable. I learned how to dust, how to clean a bathroom, ect. You guys know housework I won't go into it. I learned valuable lessons from my parents. I am grateful for all they taught me and did for me. They did way too much. And I am grateful for their kindness.

Well so I met my husband and learned all about him. Every time he told me a story my mouth would drop open in disbelief. He had a job ever since he was 16, he came out and supported himself all on his own when he moved out to Utah, he built a like house basically in his life. I don't know if that's what got to me or what. But that boy learned hard work at an early age. I know that his mom taught him the value of hard work as well. I hadn't even experienced life close to the way he had. I admired him from the start. Every time I talked to him I never wanted it to stop. I saw so many great qualities in him that I wanted my future spouse to have. I wanted to pass out traits to my kids that he had. He was perfect.

So we got married. It was fast. I met him about a year ago. He was one of my best friend's friend. She liked him so why couldn't he be a good friend of mine? We hit it off instantly. Things moved way faster than I could have even handled. I wanted to slow it down. I had big plans in my future and the closer I got to him the more I saw those flying away from me. I was loving every minute of it though. Next thing I knew a few weeks had flown by we had talked about everything. Even marriage. My mind was blown. I wanted go on a mission for my church, I wanted to graduate college, I wanted to have a stable career going before I met someone. I was going to be AT LEAST 25. And we were going to date a year then get married. After we had really known each other and I could really tell it was right.

Well that didn't happen. I got married 6 months later. But if anything I knew everything was right when I met him. Everything just kind of fell into place. I always wanted God to give me a straight out answer telling me someone was right for me. I was even scared to pray about it. I knew it was right but it was so soon. I prayed and Bam! The feeling overcame me. I couldn't deny it. If you know something is right? Why wait? If your staring into something and know without a doubt it's right. Who wouldn't do it? Marriage is scary. I get that. But I'd take scary and right over wrong and relaxing.

Anyways I got married at 20. Big freakin deal. I am sure most would say I was too young. I had my whole life ahead of me. Why would I run off and get married. Well I will tell you. I don't know when I will be the most mature. I don't know when my brain will fully develop. Esp because they keep changing the age it was like 21 now its like 30. Jk. But for real. I don't know any of that. I do know the older I get the more I will be set in my ways. Why not start that off with the person I love? I don't care what anyone says. I know what love is. I will stay together with my husband forever. I know marriage is hard but I will never let other things get in the way of something that is the most important to me.

You know I could have gone on a mission. Got married later on. I am sure life would have worked out just fine. But I don't think I would have grown up as much as I have now. I don't think I would learn the things I am learning until 10 years later. I think things would have been harder. I really do. Marriage has taught me a lot. I have learned to cling to my husband not my parents. (although I still call my mom a lot ;) I have learned about taxes, loans, grants, terrible dinners, good dinners, bills..ect. One of the most important things I have learned is how to be more selfless. Now I am not perfect. Mom's with children give a lot more and even other wives do. But I have learned to stop thinking about myself so much. When you are single you think about yourself. You only worry about yourself. So you please yourself. Marriage is different. You want to make the other person happy. You have to compromise. You have to argue to fix things. People think arguing is such a bad thing and leads to divorce.  That is not true! Every one argues and they argue different. Every one handles things differently than ourselves. I've learned how to argue with someone I spend long hours with. I have learned how to apologize (was terrible at this). My marriage is more important than any fight. In the end I know no matter what it is about we will figure it out. We will compromise. This is the greatest lesson I have learned. Although the bills and budgeting have been great lessons.

Daryl is someone I have gone through a lot with. We will keep going through things together. I am glad at such a young age. I have someone to turn to. A life long partner. The hardest working guy I know. I know he will always come through for our family. I am grateful for a young marriage and everything it has taught me.

A little sarcasm never hurt anyone

Things that are stupid:

Paying more money to get a certification in your field.-Why can't they include this in the college tuition!
Your phone having low battery.
People not emailing and calling you back when you really want them too.
Your life at a stand still.
Pinterest sending you emails that someone has repinned  one of your pins. (Who cares!) ( I know that what I pinned is awesome and people wanna pin it too, you don't need to inform me of this)
Wondering what you are supposed to do in this point in your life.
(Which that last one is weird because when I was in high school if you would have told me that I wouldn't have my life figured out when I am a junior in college. I would have stared at you like you are crazy!)

I hate college though. Like honestly a bachelor's degree gets you no where now days. Maybe it is just my major and I am bitter but honestly. I am trying to figure out what I can do when I graduate and it is little to nothing.

Then I called and found out that in order to get this certificate thing that would actually get me a job with a bachelor's you have to pay a whooping 150 bucks for it and then have like 3200 hours doing stuff. And you can't even work on those hours while doing your bachelor's. My university is trying to convince I almost have the license when really I have only taking classes. That's it. I still have to pay more money and do more work. So moral of the story college is pointless. Just kidding.

So I am encouraged and I do want to get my master's in school of counseling. That adds on another 3 years of school. So that sounds terrible and horribly expensive. My brain is telling me that I am done with school after next year and my heart is telling me that I should keep going. It would be fun! So this is the pits.

I should figure it out soon though because next fall I need to be applying to places if I am going to keep going. Part of me says that I should do it right away because if I don't I will put it off so long I don't wanna or end up doing it.

So I have had more interviews than you can count on your hands. As you can see that is going well for me. I love rejection. I need to get some experience though I guess. The only way to get that is apparently volunteering because no one will give you a job for the experience.

Well this post was a little sarcastic and what not.

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Honeycomb your hair because we are going out!

Well, it has been a little while. Things are going pretty well. I will list some stuff I have been doing.

1. 14 days of Valentine's day. I put some candy and cute notes every morning for Daryl up until V-day.

2. We went on a sweet Valentine's date.

3. My parents came to town.

4. I hung out with them a lot!

5. We went snowboarding up in O-town!

6. It was my birthday!

7. This girl is finally 21. 

8. I still have yet to find a job.

9. We have so much candy in our house we are going to die!

10. I did well on some tests this week.

11. We have officially been married for 6 months!

12. It is almost March, MARCH MADNESS! :)

13. I made some dinners this week.

14. I just deleted the next few things I had written somehow? :(

15. I love Daryl.

Somethings I have realized recently:

Just because it is your birthday does not mean you are a princess.

You also don't look any older when it's your birthday. I will forever look 15 :(

Just because you have nice things doesn't mean your rich.

Just because your nice that won't end up getting you a job.

Snowboarding hurts the body more than running on a treadmill. 

I call my mom way more than I probably should.

My brother is more sentimental than I am.

And lastly, I care more about fashion then I ever had.

I want to expand a little bit on the last one. Currently, It is blowing my mind for many reasons.

-I am already married.

-Why did I start noticing things now

-Why do I start buying things now

I feel like my life should be going downhill now that I am all settled down. Well as settled down as you can get without kids, a home, a real job. So maybe not settled down since I only have a husband. Whatever, anyway the point being that I hate this is happening to me. I spent the first 2 years of college going to class wearing sweats and no make up. In the winter I think I wore my big puff boots every day. I never noticed anyone else's clothes nor did I care.

But for some reason now I do. I got into pinning cute clothes that I longed for on pinterest but never bought. Now I am obsessed with little boutique shops and want to buy everything in them. And have bought a lot. I notice girls wearing cute things and wonder if I could pull it off. I feel like I am going through a major crisis here. I feel like when you get married you should really do the reverse of all this. You should resort more to the messy lazy things of life. My theory is that it will come with kids? So I will just check that off the list for the future and stop worrying about this weirdness now.

I have talked to a lot of people from back home lately. I txted a girl for awhile and then I skyped one of my best friends from back home for awhile. So that is always fun to catch up. I love hearing from old friends and the things going on in their lives.

My parents came to town which I mentioned before and it was a lot of fun! I love when my parents come to visit. They are such cuties! They make me very happy and I am glad I have such wonderful role models. My mom is pretty hip as well as my dad still. My mom always has on a spicy new outfit that is screaming what a hottie! And my dad loves skiing more than life itself  He is like a little 16 year old ready to hit the slopes! They are so amazing! They have taught me so many important lessons in my life. My mom is by far one of my best friends. We can talk about everything. We have a lot of fun together. She always is making me laugh  as well as teaching me very valuable information. I honestly like that I don't have any real sisters. I don't think that my relationship would be as strong as it is if I had another little girl running around. She is a wonderful woman who has been through things that I couldn't even imagine. She has a strong head on her shoulders. My dad is one of my best friends too. I could talk to him for hours. I learn something new about him every time we hang out. He is one of the sweetest guys in the world. He is such a joy to be around. He is such a hardworking man as well. I was glad he could take a break from the stressful things in life and come hang out with me. My dad has been through a whole lot. Yet I have never heard him complain. In fact, I find myself trying to get him to talk to me and complain. He is soo positive. Anyway, I loooove both of them! They are a lot of fun and I am lucky to have them so close to me in my life. I  look forward to spending time with them again sometime soon.

Well we are having a grill-out this weekend so we shall see how that ends up. Hope everyone had a wonderful week! I say that like people actually read this stuff. Ha! 

We Gunna Party

It's February! I love February. The month is just so beautiful and it makes me happy. I think it's the best month out there.

Oh, did I mention it's my birthday month? and Valentine's Day! Party all month long. It's a shame it is such a short month though.

So I woke up on February 1st and to my surprise there was little chocolate running from the door towards the table. Then laying on the table was a box a chocolates and a bear and jazz tickets! We would be going to the game that Friday! Jazz vs. Blazers! I was so excited! They were the best seats ever too! I had soo much fun. One of the best dates ever. In fact, I think all my favorite dates have been with Daryl. That's such a good thing too! He has just got a knack for that kind of thing!

So I over think things way too much. I worry about cheesy things and what not. And I stuck with a cheesy idea and am doing 14 days of Valentine's Day for Daryl. So every morning he wakes up I have a snack and a note that says something cheesy. hahaha. I love it!

I have an interview tomorrow at Wasatch Mental Health. I won't go into too much details about it. I am kinda confused myself. But I will say that I am excited to find out. The only crappy part is that I have to dress up all day at school for it. LAME!

School is school. I freakin hate my STATS class. I am already starting to get confused and frustrated with it! I can tell it's going to be a long semester. I find out what I got on my test tomorrow. So that should be interesting!

I really find it disturbing the things people say in class. Why do people share the things they do? This girl in class today told us that her dad delivered her when she was born. Why did we ever want to know that? Like really.

My parents are in Hawaii which makes me kind of jealous. But the love of my life and me will be there soon! Can't wait for the end of the semester. It will be a joyous thing!

Randoms: Someone was selling turtles outside of Wal-Mart today.
               I tripped when I was walking down the stairs and a guy asked if I was okay.
               I went and got a Krispy Kreme doughnut last week!
               People really let you down a lot. So create your own happiness and stop depending on others to               make you happy!

I am getting bored fast. Please something amazing come up in my life like a job or something! :)
                 

Pop, Lock, and Drop it

I feel like it's a Friday but it's only Tuesday. The reason being is because all the stressful tests are done. I had 3 tests since last Friday that I had to get done by Wednesday. Good news is they are done and I no longer feel stressed! I don't know how well they all went considering they were the first tests for the semester but we will see soon enough.


Something I have realized is that I will screw up a new recipe a lot before I get it right. I made no-bakes. I mean you don't even have to bake them and I screwed them up. On the bright side though it was the texture not the taste. They still taste as yummy as ever but they are super runny. But practice is key right?

It is snowing here like crazy! It has snowed since I got up this morning at like seven and it is still coming down. Looks like we are in for a lot of snow the next few days. Daryl is just soo excited that he wants to go snowboarding. I have been kinda sick lately. I just have this never ending headache. It seems like I have a lot of sinus pressure going on. I am not sure though. I just would love it to go away. Snowboarding hasn't seemed to fun to me just because I have been feeling so crappy. I am kind of mad at the snow anyways. I washed my car and it was all clean and non salty and now it is back at it from today. I never like to go anywhere when it snows. Sitting at home  on the couch just sounds too good to be true. 

This past weekend was a lot of fun. We didn't do a whole lot but a weekend is just always nice. We got a calling at our church to do scouts. So that should be fun. Didn't see that one coming. That is for sure. We also have to speak in a couple weeks which I am dreading. I hate public speaking. I especially hate it at church because I feel so unknowledgeable on that subject compared to people. But it will be alright. Then it is over right? ;) We played some games with our church leader (the bishop) He is a funny guy. It was a lot of fun. He mentioned that I could go help out at track at the high school where he teaches. So I need to look more into it. Because I would love that! It is super close to our house too! I need to get in touch with the coach or something. We stayed home a snuggled and watched tv and ran a bunch of errands. It was a good weekend!

I just finished making a power point. We have to present for like an hour and 15 minutes in that class. Kind of a long time! At least I have 2 other people in my group. I have worked on that power point for more than 2 hours. Which is still blowing my mind. There is like 20 slides on it though. I am meeting with my counselor tomorrow. So I am excited about that! Hopefully she will give me some good things with my schedule and with my life. I want to talk to her about an internship and my schedule and possibly job opportunities  My name at school isn't changed yet. Which I was kind of hating because I have to write Taryn Willie on every paper instead of Klingaman. But my counselor is way legit. I have talked to her like twice and I really don't wanna get one of those awful counselors that people talk about. So maybe I won't ever change my name? Jk. I wanna graduate Taryn Klingaman. 

Sometimes I wonder why I make it a point to write in here so much because I never have anything cool to say after a couple of days of my last post.

My birthday is creeping up a little too fast. I am almost 21. That is crazy talk! I've almost been married 6 months too on my birthday. I don't know what is better than those 2 things. 

So in class we have been talking about how someone can't make you happy. You determine what makes you happy. I totally agree with that and what not. But I like to say my husband makes me happy. And it would be really weird to say it in that other way. I mean he really does do things that make me happy inside? ha that sounds funky. But I feel like people get in the point of what I am saying. 

Life is great! School is going. The snow is fallin. Car is still working. TNT is still in spanish. I ain't complain!