I have been forced into updating...but I'm happy to, of course!

DEAR MAMA CLOUSE:
Today is your birthday.  Wow you're old.  You have a student in college, and two in high school and then, you have a little elementary schooler to boot!  But he isn't so little anymore is he?  Anyway!  Mom, I just wanted to wish you a very very happy birthday today because you have been an important aspect of my life!  You were privileged to raise this little gem right here, me!  But in all seriousness, I hope you're having an awesome birthday and that you picked out a good restaurant and that you got all the presents you wanted and that the kids are treating you like a queen and that you were given breakfast in bed on a silver platter gilded with gold and other things that are pretty and expensive.  Because you deserve that much because you have been a wonderful mother and wife for quite a long time!  I love you mama!

That's you right on the left with clothing that has your favorite pattern: STRIPES!

You know, I really hope you got a shirt or something that has stripes, that would make you happy, right?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN!  LOVE YOUR OLDEST DAUGHTER WHO IS THREE THOUSAND MILES AWAY ON A BEAUTIFUL TROPICAL ISLAND THAT HAS BEEN STRANGELY CHILLY AS OF LATE..or maybe it's because I have a cold...

Anyways, well, I have been a very neglectful blogger, I'm afraid.  I've ignored this thing and I've sort of just let it hide away in a corner like some deprived and starved child while I've gone on living the college life with all the kool skool kids. 

I would personally like to extend my utmost apologies to Caden Lee Alexander because I haven't been updating my life frequently enough.  In an effort to amend my terrible doing, or I suppose, not doing, I beg for your forgiveness and hope that this post will suffice. And also, I'm excited to skype you and Zachary this week.  Oh so very excited.  Very, very veryyyy excited.  For real though! It' s going to be a major catch up time!

As some of you have seen on my facebook page, Hawaii has been slightly chilly as of late.  The weekend probably topped at about a whopping 72 degrees!  Please don't kill me, it was extremely windy and also, I have a cold so everything is about twenty degrees lower to my body!  But other than that, Hawaii has been as tropical and sunny as ever!  I actually love it here, but I definitely have major issues with the pricing of food.  Oh yes, it's true when they say a gallon of milk costs nine dollars.  Feeling a bit better about the cold, mainlanders?  Would you rather be in the snow and pay for food products at a regular price or would you rather be on an island where everything is imported and about ten times as expensive?  Your choice.  Personally, I would pick the main land because I love Fall and Winter clothing and I can't really wear scarves and sweaters and boots and jackets here.  That upsets me.  A lot.  You reading this Erin Timothy??  I am jealous of the fact that you are decked out in cute winter stuff and I'm limited to T-shirts and jeans! 

Well shall we get on to an update of my life?  There is just so much that I couldn't possibly jam it in, but here goes my attempt!  I don't even really know how far back to go..

Okay so about a month ago, I started going to watch the BYUH soccer games for a certain reason and some of those games were absolutely insane!  One game was played during and after a huge rainstorm and man was that field a mess.   There were hidden swamps and mud patches everywhere and our boys, who were wearing white at the beginning of the game were a lovely clay brown at the end.  It was also insanely windy too which made the game even more difficult if imaginable.  And then there was the final game of the season, which wasn't rainy, but oh my was it cold and windy!  I went with my special lovely friend Bailey Alex Staib and her friend, but I can't really remember his name.. Anyways, the game was fuh-reezing and guess what, we won it!  Them boys did a good job out there!

We wanted to document our excitement regardless of the state of the weather and our hair.  We are troopers here.

Here is Brayden!  Basically the reason why I left the warmth and comfort of my dorm room.  He should know how lucky he is that I sacrificed my body heat for him.  But it was worth it because he played the majority of the game.  You got off easy this time, bud!

So I made this friend, mentioned in the picture above this one.  Her name is Alex.  And together, we create utter and complete madness.  Seriously, we've been dubbed Merry (Me) and Pippin (Her).  Why are we those to fabulous characters from the beset books ever?  Well we behave in such a way so much so that we have been given the right to be referred to as Merry and Pippin.  We've also been named TweedleDee and TweedleDum by the person who perhaps appreciates us the most, Eric Harline!  Eric, you know you love us when we are separated and when we are united.  It's time to move on from denial, my friend.  Yes you are in denial.  Back on topic though!  Alex and I, well we plan on becoming roommates next semester.  It is gonna be one carazy party all semester long!  We aren't even living in the same room yet and we're already causing ruckus in good ol' 216A! 

And then next year, we want to move off campus and into The.Same.House.  Look out Laie, there is a possibility the town might not survive us...

Guys, can I just say, Pinterest makes me extremely agitated?  I mean, I log on and I see this amazing food and then the urge hits, I'm just dying to make it and I get really pumped up and happy and then I realize that I have no kitchen.  No supplies and means to make it even though the Hale has a grimy kitchen downstairs.  It breaks my heart every time.  So when I get home in December, I'm going on a cooking/baking overload.  Who wants to sample?  I'll have a sign up sheet! Just kidding.  In all seriousness though, I really am craving good, homemade food. 

And then there are all the clothes and outfits on Pinterest.  Kill  me, the mall is about an hour away and I'm a poor college student.  But my birthday is on Monday and Black Friday is right before.  Can someone say best time to have a birthday ever?!  Ala Moana Mall, you're about to get ransacked by Haleigh Clouse.  You have been forewarned. 

Have I rambled enough? No?  I'll go a little longer then!

Soo I got to skype two very important people a few weeks back.  ERIN TIMOTHY AND NATALIE FIELDING!!!!  My two favorite people!  Talking to them just made me remember all the fun times we had senior year and it makes me so excited to see them again this Christmas!  They are my precious darling friends and we will play and take pictures and make videos and all this other stuff in December.  Look out Mesa, we will be reunited soon.  You have also been forewarned. 

I miss Erin.  I miss her a lot.  Hawaii would just be a million times better if she was here with me on the beach.  We would make new friends every day here because everyone we meet wouldn't be able to handle us combined.  We just make a huge toxic vat of sass and attitude.  True story. 

So here is the question Erin:  Are you gonna be here in Laie next year causing even more ruckus with me?  That answer better be yes or else I will be unbelievably upset at you! 

Also, just in general, I am so ecstatic to see all you Mesa People again!  Even though we lost some to the Mission field, like dear Blake and Matthew, We will still be bomb diggity, alright?  I really miss Matt Pace and Blake Savage though.  Those boys will forever be my heroes.  I am so proud of them for being worthy to serve the Lord and I know that they will serve Him with all their hearts, minds and strength.  Same goes for all you boys who have their calls or will soon be getting them.  You boys are such great role models to me and to everyone else!  Go get 'em tiger!

I can't move.  Thought I'd put that out there... I started the insanity program yesterday and today was killer.  My calves have not been this sore since that one day during pole vault club when our coaches decided it would be fun to do plyometrics.  Oh the burn, it is increasing minute by minute...

Thanksgiving, huh?  Weird that I won't be home eating turkey with my family.  I hope I get turkey... I really hope I'm not served more rice and terriyaki chicken. I am soo sick of rice and chicken.  Blehhh. 

Well, I'll be home late late late on Monday the 19th of December, mark your calenders all, that is less than a month away!  Which also means that it is time to get ready for finals! Yay...

Okay, I think that covers it?  Are you happy Caden? Haha love you prom date!!

Adios!