quick lil update

Hello, friends!

Wow, I have so much to write its kindof overwhelming. I guess all I can do is give you some highlights.

We have almost made it all the way around the south island. Right now we are in Dunedin. Its a cute city that "they" say that it is comparable to endinburgh in scotland. To me it kinda looks like san fran. Which is neat.

Since the last post we have done quite a bit. We left graymouth and headed south on the west coast. We got picked up by a magical man named oli. He is from the north island. He used to be a forest ranger and now is just bummin around, living out of his van. His van is sweet. He has got stones and feathers and artifacts from all of his adventures for decorations. He carries a martin travel guitar and we had some good times with that. We traveled with him for two days. We hiked around some glaciers and chris and him went skinnydipping in the most beautiful lake i have ever been to.
oh and in graymouth we explored a cave. we got wetsuits and all that and jumped down waterfalls inside the cave, and tubed down a river while looking up and seeing glow worms. So cool.

He dropped us off in a little ski town called Wanaka and then we were off again. We met a swiss guy and traveled with him to queenstown.
In queenstown we bungy jumped off of the very first offical bungy jumping site. It was unreal. We got to jump together. Which was awesome. One of the coolest kisses i have ever had. And its in a gorge over a river so you get dipped in the water. Seriously, unreal.

We went to the Milford Sound. Wow. So beautiful. And dolphins swam next to our boat. Again, unreal.
Then we traveled down to invercargill then to the catlin forest and went to the beaches and waterfalls there. We chilled with some sea lions which were so cute.

They we made our way up to dunedin. Tonight there is a winter festival with lights and bands and all sorts of cool things. So that should be fun. Tomorrow we head back up to christchurch and chill there for a bit and then tour the upper half of the south island.

So yea. We are having the time of our lives. and ive never felt this way before. yeah i swear, its the truth, and i owe it all to you................(there is my shout out to footloose)
peace.

A storm is a-brewin

So we made it! I am in love with this place. I dont know if I am coming back.

We had an early flight from Utah to LA. 6am.... but it was alright. I don't even remember it now that i think about it. Our dear friend, Michael, picked us up from the LA airport and showed us around town. We went to the chinese theatre and I got my pick with Gene Kelly's hand print, drove around downtown, went to the beach, and all that good stuff. And then at 9pm we were off to NZ!

We got into Aukland at about 6am. We were so tired and disoriented we didnt really know what to do. We wandered around town until we found a hostel and it was too early to check in so we just crashed on the couch in the lobby. The front desk lady was so sweet that she put a blanket on us when we were sleeping.

We were in Aukland for about 2 days. We walked around town, went to the top of the highest tower in the southern hemisphere and hiked a volcano. Not too bad for our first days in town.

Turns out it is cheaper to fly to the south island than take abus or train, so we flew to christchurch and were greeted by the lovely Andrew Winchester. He is a friend of my old roommate and dear friend, Kristin. His family was so sweet and took us in for a few days while we mainly slept and overcame our jet lag.

After a few days there we were getting antsy to see the sights, so we got dropped off on a street corner and hitched hiked into the souther alps of the south island. Known to some lord of the ring fans as the misty mountains. The landscape is amazing. we stayed a night in the mountains at athurs pass, hiked up to a water fall and were off.

we hitched to a town on the west coast called greymouth and here i sit. there is a huge rainstorm going on so its kind of a bummer. but what can ya do? we will be here for a few days to go to church and explore a wee bit and then who knows where else.

so that is the latest update. chris and i are loving it so far, even though we haven't done too much. its enough just to sit here and say "what the crap? i am in new zealand!!!"

love you all!
until next time!

and as they say in new zealand,
Bye! haha....get it.... cause they speak the same language as us.....

New Zealand, here we come!

Alright, Kids.

The journey begins. Well, almost. In the morning, Chris and I are off to LA and then from LA to Aukland, NZ! Our flight leaves at 6am. Ouch. But its all good. We will spend the day in LA kickin it with some friends and then we leave for NZ at 9pm.

Although I am not looking forward to the 12 hour flight, I am looking forward to traveling through time. I will magically skip a day. I will go from the 31st of may to the 2nd of June. Where does that day go? Perhaps to another dimension. Not outer space, but the space between spaces..... (thank you Indiana Jones)

So, stay tuned for our adventures and wiley Schinnannigans.

Much love.

The adventures of Timmy.

Once upon a time, there was a kite named, Timmy. Timmy was given to Princess Randi by Prince Chris to celebrate her 22nd year of reignment on this earth. Timmy brought joy and merriment to all who flew him. Chris and Randi would travel with Timmy over hill and dale, just to watch him dance in the wind.


Sir Devin, a mere jester of the Kingdom, would often accompany them on these fair outings.


Timmy brought joy but also a challange to all who flew him. He definately brought out the best and worst of a man. This kept everything in its balance.





On the hillside of Logan Palace one day, there were many members of the Royal Family enjoying quality time together. While the wind was blowing in its perfect hour, someone unexpected came to upset this ebb and flow of Timmy's purpose.

An evil Palace guard came storming onto the hill using all sorts of loudness and corruptness.
"This is a Palace, not a park!!!" he screamed over and over in the most unessesary of tones. "You must all leave at once!"

So, even though they were all members of the Royal Family, participating in beautiful Royal Family activities, the merriment was destroyed.

What will happen to the Kingdom now that Timmy is not there to serve and direct? Will Timmy ever fly again? Who was this evil Palace guard and why did he have the power over the Royal Family?

Stay tuned to find out what happens next on The Adventures of Timmy!!!!

Over the Ice and through the Ocean

That is right, kids. A lot has happend since I last posted..... a few of my wildest dreams have come true.
Number one: I finally got my zamboni ride. How many of you, everytime you went to a hockey game or went ice skating dreamed of riding on the Zamboni. Well, Chris suprised me with a Zamboni ride before one of our curling games. And yes, it was magical, exciting, and everything one could imagine it to be. I feel complete.

Number two: If you have not heard yet.... Chris and I are moving to New Zealand for the summer months. Anyone who knows me well, knows that I have been obsessed with New Zealand since I was about 17 years old. I have attempted to go a few times but it never worked out. Well, now my friends, my dream is coming true! I own a plane ticket to New Zealand with my name on it!! No more lonely nights searching for plane tickets to New Zealand, finding a good one, taking out my credit card, switching off looking at the screen and looking at my card contemplating the pro's and con's, having the con's win and sadly placing the card back in my wallet. I am going, baby! We don't really have a plan once we get there. All we know is that we got holiday working visas and adventurous souls. What else do you need? So off we go June 2nd!!!

Number 3: Come saturday the 29th I will be a Healing Mountain Massage School graduate, on my way to becoming nationally certified! Aw yea....

So I have not yet figured out how to get my personal pics up yet, so you will have to wait on seeing hot pics of me and chris. But they are a-comin!

peace for now

Happy anniversary to me!!

Well kids, its offical.... I have been married for one month today!! hazzah!!!
Here are things I have learned in the first month:
*Being married is SO much better than being engaged
*Cooking = good times.... who knew?
*health insurance is a B.
*adjusting to living with a boy was insanely easy
*Being indepenently dependent is a good way to be.
*I have a hot bod.
*If I feel like having a midnight waffle/Harry Potter party, I can, and no one is going to stop me!
*I am so paranoid about getting pregnant that I was craving pickles one night so I took a pregancy test....
*taking pregnancy tests are kind fun....you never know what you are going to get!
AND
*my husband is da bomb dot com. I heart him.

Thats is for now. I will be posting some hot pics in the near future.
peace in the middle east

So here I am....

I figured I would jump on the band wagon of the bloggin world. You know that I used to blog quite frequently back in the day. Anyone remember xanga.com? I thought my bloggin days were through, but I like to think of this as an upgrade from xanga...or something.

Let me update you on my life right now, for those that might be out of the Randi loop. I just got married. I live in Logan, UT working at home for backcountry.com. I am a live chatter. So, if you are on the site and it asks you if you want to talk to a "gear expert" that is me. Aw yea.....
I am just finishing up school at Healing mountain massage school and will take my test to get nationally certified with in a month!
My husband and a few friends of ours, Devin and Jer, currently joined the Logan curling club and are now known as Team Nuckett. Put the four of us in another situation and we transform into the band Little Wooden Boy. We are trying to think of more things we could be called when the four of us are together. I will let you know how that goes....

And thats about it for now. If you want to see some wedding footage and a halarious interveiw of how my husband, Chris Martin, and I met and that whole story. It really is worth watching.

http://davidperryfilms.squarespace.com/blog/

Scroll down until you see Chris and Randi.

ok. Thats all for now. Until next time!!