Our new addition!

Buttercup is the newest addition to the Brewer family.

We decided since we were making our new life in Texas it would be fun to start it with a puppy.
It may not have been the best timing, but we're sure happy to have her!


Buttercup and Grandpaw Weaz
Buttercup and Uncle Bud

They sure had fun together! Next time you see her, she'll be BIG!!

Amigas!

We're still here in Mexico! We're having a lot of fun. I got to see one of my friends from San Diego-- Gris Ponce. We had lunch together and talked all day!

We're teaching a class on Tuesday nights of English and then another of business (in Spanish). We had about 40 people last Tuesday May 27th, and people are loving it!!

We haven't had internet for about 3 weeks so we're sorry about the lack of communication! Please look for more updates! We're going to a new school next week to teach young adults English and business..and we're looking forward to it.

Until next time! :)

Mexcio!!

Mexico is a beautiful place. We are doing an internship with the two ladies in front - Sarita and Adela. This is a catholic church in the center plaza of Mexico City. We went at night and it was so beautiful!!

We also went to a fiesta for Mother's Day and the kids that we're teaching English to at the elementary school danced folk dances from Mexico. It was so fun to watch. They are so cute!!

Happy Easter

Almost eight years and still in love...

Shopping!!

Friday was definitely a good Friday... I went shopping with some girlfriends at Pearlridge (I had never been there before) and it was so fun! We shopped 'til we dropped (literally)! We had so much fun and there were so many sales! Nordstrom's just opened a new store in town, but that was just the beginning! We found some great deals and really felt good about our accomplishments.

Go Aggies!!

From Seasider to Aggie... College Station, here we come!!

We have been accepted to Texas A&M University for the Hispanic Linguistics PhD program. We will begin the last week of August 2008. So, eventually, we'll be known as Dr. & Dr. Brewer...guess we'll have to decide on whose name will be first... or not!

In case you're not sure where College Station, Texas is...

Business Plan Competiton

Aloha! We haven't been posting for a while because we've been extremely busy with grad school applications and writing a business plan. Jeremi and I have had the dream of opening a school in Mexico that would really benefit the Mexican people. As English is becoming more and more the international language, this is one way we feel would help them gain a jump start on their lives and pull themselves out of poverty. So, we entered a business plan competition here at school but with very high hopes of gaining knowledge and little hopes of winning. We had so many mentors who not only believed in our plan, but believed in us. Then we found Leslie Thompson from Lima, Peru, who not only thought our idea was awesome, but really wants to help us in the future. She is another student here at BYUH and is studying International Business & Math. She's really smart and helped out a ton with all the financial stuff. As I said, we had met with a lot of people who've helped us since October '07 and finally, it was time to turn in the plan. It turned out to be about 40 pages (complete with an appendix) thanks to Jeremi and his amazing writing skills. We made it into the semi-finals (out of about 40 plans entered) on Monday (Mar 3) and straight into the finals (only five other teams made it to the finals). We presented our plan on Friday (Mar 7) and the winner was....

Us! Our team won the grand prize which we invested with our other money that we've saved for this goal of ours. It really is our dream to fulfill and with continued work, help, and planning, I know we can achieve it!

A news article link: http://newsroom.byuh.edu/?q=node/1597

Mele Kalikimaka!

It's the thing to say when celebrating Christmas in Hawaii!!

We enjoyed a beautiful sunny day followed by a wonderfully delicious dinner with Darci & Louie!

We ate at the Top of Waikiki, which is a restaurant that rotates in downtown Waikiki.

We even had chocolate fondue dessert! It was a fun Christmas to remember!

Missing Seattle

Living in Hawaii is really a blessing. It is so much fun to have sun year round. However, there are many things that we miss: Our families, the Weaz, and.....that's about it!

Well we did our best to see everyone, but time didn't allow for much. We're sorry if we missed you. There's always next time...and Hawaii is just a flight away... :)

What did you do for Black Friday?

It is a tradition that Mom, Carrie, and I have had for several years to go Christmas shopping in Seattle. We have also been to Portland, OR, and San Francisco, CA, but Seattle is the hub. We have so much fun and this year Jeremi and Ty came with us! We had so much fun hanging out, spending time together and seeing all the hustle and bustle for Christmastime! I even got to see my lifetime friend, Ann Lefebvre, at the Seattle Art Museum where she works. In Hawaii, it is hard to believe it is December, but in Washington, all we had to do was step off the plane and we were reminded of what it meant to be cold!!

Thanksgiving at the Richardsons'

Mom & Dad's beautiful home

Me, Eric, Mom & Carrie

The whole gang!

The whole family

Carrie & Me

The table

We had a scrumptious dinner with the whole gang! Well, almost everyone was there...Richardsons and Matthews alike! Yes, we're a small bunch, but we had a lot of fun and delicious food. We even had some of Aunt Dana's homemade crackers! Don't forget the homemade pumpkin pie, blackberry pie, and cran-blueberry pie! Yum!!

Poster Presentations

Although it was only at school, one of our assignments was to make a poster and present it to our peers and many of the faculty. It was great experience and our audiences loved us!

Happy 24th!!

It's my birthday! We went to Benihana's restaurant in Honolulu with our friends the Sybrowski's. Joseph's birthday was the 24th of September, so we combined our celebrations and had a delicious Japanese style feast! Plus, a sweet stop at Jack in the Box for an oreo shake dessert!

Yum!

The First Anniversary of many more to come...

What a lovely thing to be able to say we have finally been married for one year! My sweet husband surprised me with a weekend trip to Maui. We had a great time just relaxing and wonderful time together.

We stayed in a beautiful but modest hotel with a nice pool and hot tub (isn't that the best part of a hotel anyway?). We rented a bright green jeep form a local car rental company, went shopping at all the little stores, laid out on the beaches, ate at some good restaurants including Denny's and an awesome pizza place in Lahaina. We also paid a little visit to Hana--the beach with black sand. We took about a three hour drive on the windiest roads we've seen since the roads in Mexico. When we finally reached the famous black shores of Hana, we were so excited that while jumping in the ocean, we lost the key to the jeep. We worked it out with the company to have a tow truck company drive the spare key over to the Hana side. It is that excluded! Anyway, after a little wait and some complimentary homemade banana bread from the local hotel. It really wasn't that bad, although it did cost us a little!

Besides the excitement of the trip, it is an amazing feeling to know that my best friend is with me forever. We have endured so much together, and we know there is so much more to come. There is no one in the world I would rather be with than him. We love to be together every hour of every day. We look forward to all our future plans and how we'll spend the rest of our days together.

Our Friend Bazil

We have the cutest neighbor named Bazil. (Bah zul) He is one year old and has been walking for about five months (yep, he started walking at 6 1/2 mos). He is learning new words every day and he has started to call us Nany nany & Boo boo (Jeremi is Nany Nany because he brought Bazil to see the goat and the goat says nany nany).

Anyway, we love to play with him! Just look at how adorable he is!

He has videos online! This one is in front of our complex.

Bazil's video

China Trip!!

We had the marvelous opportunity to go to China to present the research we have been working on with our professor, Dr. Hansen. We are developing a program to test the English proficiency levels of ESL learners via computer. This would really save schools a lot of time and money, and therefore is in high demand. So, not only did we get a week's trip in Beijing, China paid for, but also an incredible experience.

Please check out our pictures:
China Pictures

Mexico Trip 2007

Check out some of our pictures of Mexico by clicking on this link:
Mexico Pictures




After nine days of travel, we have seen almost all of southern Mexico. It was such a fun trip to be able to see all of Jeremi's friends and places he has been. We can't wait to go back!

TESOL trip to Seattle

Another grey day in Seattle... sorry guys, we don't miss the weather!!!

We ate dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory
with our group on Friday night.

The Space Needle

For our major, we had the opportunity to return to our hometown for a convention. We learned a ton at the convention, but we also got to see our parents. It was a lot of fun to see them; it has been so long since we have seen Rebecca's parents! They have moved and their home is beautiful. We had lots of fun with the Brewers as well, playing games and making movies....NO DEAL!

Thank you for a great time!!

We will miss you, but we hope you will come visit us next! It is just too cold in Washington for us!