I'm a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll world!!

Are you Jealous??

2010-12-21T08:24:00.003-07:00

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!!

Just for me!

2010-09-09T13:04:00.005-06:00

Just a couple of things I needed to jot down!

The other day:

Me: Matai, were you naughty at school today?

Matai: Yes

Me: Did you cry?

Matai: Yes

Me : Why?

Matai: Because I miss you.

After football practice:

'Aisea: I didn't do good today.

Me: Sure you did!

'Aisea: No I didn't!! I think I'm going to cry!

Matai: Oh...It okay, Sea! We love you!

Reading a school book with Sea about trees.

Sea reads: Trees can be big. Trees can be small. (picture of a really small tree)

'Aisea: Mom, In English, we call that a bush!!

Went and helped out in Sea's classroom today. He keeps his hand raised all the time!!

Me: Sea, why do you always keep your hand raised?

'Aisea: Because God made me a "askalotofquestionsboy". Yeah, he made me a question boy!!

At church:

'Aisea: What do you want to be when you grow up?

Emily(She's at least 40): Well.....what do you want to be when you grow up?

'Aisea: A Doctor, or a scanner (check out at walmart), or a walmarter. (Thinks for a minute) Do you have to get a shot to be a Dad?

Emily: NO

'Aisea: Then I want to be a dad!!!

Warms my heart!!!!! I love my kids!

He makes me giggle!

2010-03-08T18:48:00.002-07:00

My mom speaking to me: "There was an earthquake in Turkey!!"

'Aisea: "What?!! There was an earthquake in a turkey???"

He makes me giggle!!!

The Tongan Way

2010-01-11T17:47:00.009-07:00

I found this on my ( I guess she would be my cousin - in -law??? LOL) Tala's blog. I laughed till I cried. It will probably only be funny to those who know Tongans. Hope you enjoy this as much as I did. Thanks Tala for sharing it!!!

P.S. What made this make me laugh until I almost peed in my pants was that my husband didn't find it funny and didn't see what was so wrong with it! LOLOLOLOLOLOL

I haven't forgotten!

2010-01-03T15:37:00.002-07:00

I haven't forgotten about my blog, I'm just in Oklahoma visiting my brother and sister-in-law and their family! I will have lots to update about, I just didn't anyone to think I was slacking AGAIN!! LOL Hope everyone had a great Christmas and is having a fabulous New Year!

Io's Work Christmas Party

2009-12-17T19:16:00.002-07:00

I know I have gotten really bad about updating my blog. I am making a new year's resolution (early) to be better at it. Thanks Kaitlin and McKenna, and Tifani S. (a little while ago) for the nudge!! :) I have lots to catch up on and I think that it became overwhelming to have to catch it up. So I will catch up when I can and post new things too!

Me and Io went to his Christmas work party last week. It was nice to have a night out with just the two of us. That hasn't happened in a really, really, really long time. It is nice to have my mom here to help us out when we need someone to watch the kids. THANKS MOM!!

The morning started out with me seeing (on T.V.) that the promo team from PCC was in town and performing at South Town Mall that evening. I called Io and, of course, he wanted to go!! :) It was good to see old friends there and watch some of the new night show. It looks like an amazing show!! We also got to see Jen, Addy, and Brynn there too! An extra bonus!!!

We left there and went to Io's work party at his school.They had a yummy dinner at the school and then at the end, they gave all of the employees a ham and $50.00. It was really nice. We know, without a doubt, that he is working where he is supposed to be working. We have been shown this time and time again. They really care and appreciate the job that their employees do.

FOR JOURNALING PURPOSES ONLY: The "big" boss at the school literally tracked me down (I mean he went to our table and asked Io where I was and he told him that I was over talking to Josephine and he came over there) to tell me what a good job Io does. He said that Io is an amazing teacher and that they love having him there and that he really makes and impact in the lives of the kids. I thought that was really nice of him to let ME know that, but I already knew everything he told me! :)

Matai turns 2!!!!

2009-08-04T09:25:00.008-06:00

Matai's birthday was on July 30th. My baby turned two! Times flies, doesn't it? We weren't going to do anything because he didn't know the difference and funds were low. But then I just kept imagining him at the age of 10 wondering why 'Aisea had a second birthday party and he didn't get one. So I decided to do a very small one. In fact, we did it when Cody and Tanner were here, just so there could be other kids in the pictures! LOL We just got cake and ice cream and I think Cody and Tanner were glad we didn't do it before they got here. :)

P.S. Dad was helping me to get Matai to smile! LOL

We went to get the cake. I showed Matai several different ones, but when I showed him this one, he started pointing and jabbering in a really high pitch. So I assumed he wanted this one. I thought he did a really good job of picking it out!

Tanner and his soon to be brother.....aka.....Cori's tummy. LOL

'Aisea and Cody enjoying their cake and ice cream.

All and all, I think it is safe to say that he enjoyed the party, Even if he didn't realize it was all for him!!!!

Cousins come to visit!!

2009-08-04T09:07:00.010-06:00

Cori and the kids came to Utah for a visit! My boys are so excited that they are here. They just love to play with Cody and Tanner!

Matai

'Aisea and Cody

And folks, it has begun........the fake smile! How long will it last until I get his pretty smile back????

No fake smiles for Cody~!

These two love to play together.

Look at little Dennis, I mean......Tanner! LOL He is so cute and he does look a lot like Dennis did as a baby! We are having fun having them here to play with!

The T.V.

2009-08-04T08:55:00.002-06:00

Watching T.V. is one of Matai's favorite things to do. We have to make sure there are plenty of educational video's to watch for this reason. We have one leap frog video that he loves. From that, if you show him a letter, he can tell you the sound it makes!

The computer!~

2009-08-04T08:44:00.003-06:00

'Aisea loves to play on the computer. More than likely you find me, Ioane and him fighting over who gets to use it! LOL Time for another computer in the house, don't ya think???

He loves to play on PBS Kids, the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse website, Nick kids, watch video's of rockets and volcanos on youtube and (his very favorite) play farm town with Mimi and Poppy! LOL

That is what he is doing in this picture. I think it is funny how he is only four and can balance the phone on his shoulder so that he can have his two hands free to play! That's my boy!

For: Tifani Sant

2009-07-15T18:25:00.004-06:00

Enjoy!!!

ANOTHER Giveaway!

2009-07-08T11:26:00.001-06:00

If you know how to use twitter......my friend Devri just started a website that has backgrounds for it!!! And she is having a giveaway to get things started. Hurry over HERE, you only have until friday to win this WII or a personalized background for twitter. Good luck Devri!

Giveaway

2009-06-24T22:59:00.005-06:00

If you know how to use twitter......my friend Devri just started a website that has backgrounds for it??!!! And she is having a giveaway to get things started. Hurry over HERE, you only have until friday to win this IPOD touch! Good luck Devri!

Alphabet Soup Embroidery

2009-04-21T08:10:00.008-06:00

My best friend Wendi is also having a give away this month at her website, Alphabet Soup Embroidery! It is a way cute, personalized, embroidered bag. Once again, I hesitate to tell you about it because I want it all for myself, but go check it out. You'll want to register for this one too! WAY CUTE!

Oh and don't forget to mention my name, so that I can get more entries!!! :)

Crap I've made!

2009-04-20T15:40:00.002-06:00

Hey all! My friend Char is having a fabulous give away on her blog all because her youngest (way cute) son turns one tomorrow!!!! I'm not going to tell you what it is (because I want it all for myslef),so you will just have to go check it out for yourself over at Crap I've made!

You want to go now just because of her blog title huh??? LOL

Thanks Tori!

2009-04-15T10:39:00.003-06:00

Saw this on my friend Tori's blog. I loved it and thought I would share with you! Thanks Tori!

Is there some sort of club I don't know about?????

2009-04-12T22:50:00.002-06:00

Tinney/Tongi Family Christmas

2009-04-12T22:16:00.009-06:00

As I mentioned before, we all got to meet up in Oklahoma (at Dale and Amy's) for Christmas. It was crazy, fun!

Santa actually knew we were there and left presents for 'Aisea and Matai. Of course, he got Sea some rockets.

And he got Matai a shopping cart. He is going through a "I love to push things" stage.

Poppy brought everyone a model rocket, so we launched them while we were there. Unfortunately, me and mom weren't there because we had to take Matai to the doctors office. he had an ear infection. Both him and Tanner got them over the holiday.

Mimi was nice enough to make sugar cookies with the grandkids (that were old enough). They enjoyed making them and we all enjoyed eating them!

I love this picture of Mimi and Poppy with all of the grandkids. Mom and Dad had the sweatshirts made. They said Tinney Family Christmas 2008 on them. Cute! I wear mine all the time!

It was a fun Christmas. Our family is growing by leaps and bounds. Before you know it, we won't be able to all fit into one house. What will we do then?

Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Site

2009-04-04T21:23:00.006-06:00

We went to Dale and Amy's house for Christmas this year. They have a new, beautiful home and we all wanted to see it, so we spent the holidays there. Every time we go to Oklahoma to see them, I want to go to Oklahoma City and see the bombing site, but we never made the time. This time, we were meeting our good friends, the Hunts, there and what better to do with them than this? We couldn't have picked a windier, colder day, but it was definitely worth the visit!

A little about the memorial.........It sits between two walls. The first one says 9:01. This is the time it all began.

Here is all the family listening to the guide tell the story.

Each chair represents someone who died. The small chairs represent the children that died in the daycare center that was located inside the building.

9:03 is the time it all stopped. It still amazes me what wicked people live in this world. And this was small compared to 9-11. Still makes me sad and sick to my stomach to think about it. If you are ever in Oklahoma City, it is definitely worth the trip to see this. They have a museum that is awesome right next to the memorial too. So glad that we finally took the time to go.

Here is a picture of the Hunt family. We love you guys!

The Ward Christmas Party

2009-04-04T21:12:00.007-06:00

At the ward Christmas party, the primary kids put on the Christmas story. It was cute and 'Aisea got to be one of the angles.

There were many angles, each one special! :)

After dinner, Santa came to visit the kids. Matai was NOT digging Santa!!

He'd better learn real fast to be nice the big guy........he's the one with all the loot!!!

Road to Skinny Week #10 and #11

2009-04-01T10:17:00.002-06:00

So two weeks ago I gained 2.2 lbs. (It was THAT time) Not that I am making excuses for myself!! This past saturday I had lost 3 lbs. Total to date.....I've lost 23.6 lbs! I have lots more to go, but I really, really think I can do it! I wish it would stop snowing so that I could get the stroller and boys out and start going for walks/runs with them. (we'll work up to the run!)

Someone had a birthday...Shout Hooray!!

2009-03-30T18:43:00.000-06:00

Ok.......so his birthday was way back in December, but better late than never, right?

This was the day before I had my little 10 lb 12 oz baby boy! I had a rough pregnancy and then an even rougher delivery, so I thought for sure he was going to be the best baby ever. I mean, I had paid my dues, right? WRONG!!

There is story to this picture. I'll have to tell it in another post.

He was a horrible baby!! Vouch for me Kaitlyn!!! Was he not crying ever minute of every day for like two months?? When I say cry, I mean, scream like he was in pain. When he was three weeks old we were in the hospital for a week to try and find out what was wrong with him. All they came up with was acid reflux. He continued to scream for the next two months even with his medication! It was fun good times!!

He did finally become a happy baby. Here are a few pictures of him as he grew!

After we left Hawaii in 2005, we went back and stayed the summer with Kim. 'Aisea loves to swim and I worked that summer at the pool, so we got free swimming lessons. Jack Johnson and his son just happen to be in our class! We love him!

Working in the yard with Mimi, Mom and Dad!

Easter 2007

First day of pre-school 2008

I love this picture of him because it just sums my little boy right up. He LOVES rockets and space. It is what you will find him playing 90% of the time and when he's not playing rockets, he's usually talking about them.

I can't believe how fast he has grown up! Where does the time go?

Road to skinny Week #9

2009-03-15T16:58:00.002-06:00

So I wasn't able to stay for the meeting yesterday, but I did go weigh in and am VERY happy to report that I lost 3.6 lbs last week! YAY!!! I hit 20 lbs and slid on by! I'm at 22.8 right now!!! I am for sure going to exercise everyday this week and keep those pounds coming off!!!

Road to Skinny Week #8

2009-03-13T10:05:00.006-06:00

Well I guess I should update today since I weigh in tomorrow again!!! Last week was a little discouraging. I followed the plan like I normally do and only lost .2 lbs. Now that is NOT 2 lbs, it is POINT 2 lbs! (ONE TENTH OF A FREAKING POUND)!

Oh well.......we'll see how tomorrows weigh in goes. I'm still POINT 8 lbs away from hitting my 20 lb mark!

Hopefully that will happen tomorrow!!! We'll see! I have encountered some problems this week. The whole root canal thing just threw me off this week! (Not huge problems, but some small ones)!

I have not given up! I WILL NOT give up!

Road to Skinny Week #7

2009-03-02T14:30:00.001-07:00

So I got a little too ahead of myself last week. I had three pounds to lose to get to 20 lbs. Didn't make three pounds but did lose 2 lbs this week. I'm still happy! My goal was a bit unrealistic, I guess! So now only one pound to go until I reach 20 and I can certainly do that this week!

The Meanest Mom

2009-03-01T23:49:00.003-07:00

The meanest mom is having a contest, so get your butts on over to her blog and sign up!!!!! She has some real cool stuff she is giving away!

Road to Skinny Week 6

2009-02-22T21:14:00.002-07:00

I lost 1.2 lbs this week. Lets try for two more this week. I'm so close to 20 I can taste it!

Lost.....

2009-02-18T21:08:00.008-07:00

Those of you that know me well, know that Lost is my very favorite show. When I lived in Hawaii, I was out driving the North Shore with my friends (Kim, Melanie and Kaytee) when we came across a crashed plane on the beach. We waited and waited to see what it was going to be in and then we finally saw previews for Lost. I've been a devoted fan ever since!
I have so many questions about tonight's episode and I'm putting them out there for all those who watch.
1. Why did Kate change her mind?
2. Where the crap is Aaron?
3. How did Hurley get out of jail?
4. Is Sun just leaving her baby behind?
5. Why do they keep including the guy who looks kind of like Syid (however you spell his name) only with short hair, in the plot? Is he special? Did I miss something?
6. Who beat up Ben and why is nobody questioning it? Was it Desmond because Ben was trying to kill Penny?
7. Why don't Walt have to go back?
8. Did anybody else think the letter from John was going to say not to go back to the island?
Okay......that is all I have for now. I would love to hear you views! I know the questions will be answered in time, but sometimes I wonder if i miss things that other catch. So.....HELP!!!!!

Oh I thought of two more............

1. Is Kate going to run back to Sawyer and was she telling Jack on the plane that "they were NOT together"?

2. Did seeing Waimea Falls make YOU want to return to the island??? LOL

Layouts

2009-02-18T17:14:00.003-07:00

I had to change my background (even though I like the last one better). I just couldn't stand all the little clovers over all of the words. It made it too hard to read. So I chose this one.

I do have one complaint though!!! I have tried many of the cutest blog on the block's 3 column layouts and they never post with three columns! Anybody know why? Am I doing something wrong? Is it because I have a mac? I mean, seriously, if they are going to post that they have 3 column layouts then shouldn't they have some 3 column layouts????

Makes me a bit irritated!! LOL But not for long! And I do still love them and their layouts!

Road to skinny Week 5

2009-02-16T16:57:00.002-07:00

Okay....so I don't want my "Road to Skinny" Updates to be the only thing I'm blogging about these days.........so I will post this and then I promise, within the next couple days, I will update about something else!
So this past week I lost 1.8 lbs. That gives me a total of 15.8 lbs so far!!! Getting closer to 20 lbs!!! I will keep on chuggin' along! Once again.....thanks to all of you for your support and praise! It REALLY makes me feel good and keeps me going! (Not that I'm asking you to praise me! Only if you want to!) LOL

Road to skinny Week 4

2009-02-08T14:07:00.002-07:00

Ok....so you're right! Fat girl update is kind of negative so I'm changing the name of my weight loss posts to "Road to skinny". I couldn't do skinny girl updates because that would be a lie, so I compromised.
Anyhoo.......this week was a hard one for me. I got to feelin' down for a few days and all I wanted to do was eat, eat, and eat some more. Food comforts me, what can I say? I did eat a lot, but I also chose foods that were okay to stuff my face with (like popcorn). I didn't go over my points, although I did use a few more flex points than the weeks before. But that is all okay! I ended up losing 2.2 lbs this week for a grand total of 14 lbs! I am still struggling with my exercise goal, but hopefully with Shannon's help, I'll do it this week. So once again, my goal is to exercise Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Gosh this is the same goal I've had for three weeks now. I'd better get on the ball! Thanks, Shannon for offering to exercise with me and letting us use your house! It will be a big help! OH!!!! I also want to lose another 2 lbs! Those are my goals!

P.S. I wish I had the money to go eat at Sweet Tomatoes EVERY SINGLE DAY! :)

Fat Girl Update Week 3

2009-02-01T21:47:00.003-07:00

I lost 3.8 lbs this week! YAY!!!! I'm really happy about that! I'm really proud of myself. I've lost 11.8 lbs total so far and plan to keep on going!! A big thanks to all that are cheering me on. It really does help! My goal for this week is, once again, to begin exercising (because it didn't happen last week) and to lose 2 lbs. We'll see how that goes. I know I CAN do it.

P.S. Went to a super bowl party at Char's house and didn't go over my points for the day. I still felt that I ate quite a bit and even got a few treats. Instead of eating 10 cookies, I just ate two. :) Yay me!!!! Thanks Char. We had a blast!

Matai's first hair cut

2009-01-27T17:53:00.003-07:00

Ummmmm.......can we just ignore the big fat double chin in these pictures???!!! THANKS!!!

I went to see Jami to get Matai's first haircut. It was kind of sad, but desperately needed. He once had the cutest curls on his head and they had finally gone straight. I thought that cutting it would, maybe, bring them back. It didn't :(

He was really good while she cut his hair and especially good since I had just woken him up from the start of his nap. I was proud of him.

He looks like such a big boy now! I miss my baby! :(

P.S. A big thanks to Marcy Cullen for taking the pictures!

Contest!

2009-01-27T09:50:00.001-07:00

Want to win the cutest door hanger ever? Go here and sign up!

Fat Girl Update Week 2

2009-01-24T22:54:00.002-07:00

So I followed the plan perfect this week and only lost 1.6 lbs. I'm not really complaining, at least it was a loss and not a gain, but I thought I would have lost more. It could be because I got my.......well, you know.....for the month (too much info, i know!) So I'm looking for next week to be a big week. We'll see what happens. My goal for this week is to exercise on, at least, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Wish me luck.........I'm sure gonna need it!

SMOG!

2009-01-23T09:27:00.005-07:00

I found this picture on someone blog. Isn't that the most disgusting thing you have ever seen? Welcome to Salt Lake City, my friends. I can look out my window and not even see the mountains across the valley. I have to leave before I die!! Seriously! YUCK!!!!! I'm ready for a stinkin' snow storm to come and get rid of that. And all of you know that if I'M asking for snow, it must be bad!

Playing Catch Up............The Hunts

2009-01-20T12:08:00.004-07:00

So for the next few days I will be playing a bit of catch up. First, right after Thanksgiving we had the pleasure of spending some time (not enough time) with our good friends Joe and Stephanie Hunt. They were only here for and evening, spent the night and had to leave the next morning, but we loved having them here!

We endured the cold weather and went to Temple Square to see the lights. We didn't stay too long because the kids didn't love it like we thought they would. All poor little Macayla wanted to do was see the statue of Christ and we didn't get to because it was so crowded. Sad! They did take her back before they left town the next morning!

Then they took all of us to dinner for Ioane's birthday (which was on Thanksgiving day). They took us to to Io's favorite restaurant, Chili's. Thanks y'all! It was a very nice visit and we were sad to see them head on out, back to Texas! We did know that we would get to see them again at Christmas time!

Fat Girl Update Week 1

2009-01-18T20:48:00.002-07:00

You know what? This week wasn't so terrible. I made it through and I even think I can keep going. I weighed in yesterday and lost 6.4 lbs. Pretty good, but I do hope I can lose at least 4 this week. I know it will slow down, but hopefully not this week! Wish me luck as I keep on keepin'!

P.S. You don't have to read the fat girl updates if you don't want to, but I am going to keep track on here for myself.

Will I ever be able to fly again?

2009-01-15T17:37:00.009-07:00

I don't enjoy flying. I do it because I have to, but I don't like it. Now let me back up a bit and tell you about our flight to Oklahoma for Christmas. We left Salt Lake City at around 4:45 pm headed to Denver. Everything was fine until in one instant it felt like we dropped out of the sky and the turbulence that followed for about the next 15 minutes is the worst I have EVER experienced!! (And I've done quite a bit of flying. I lived in Hawaii and have been to Tonga.) It was so bad the the female flight attendant yelled to the male flight attendant "GET DOWN" and they both hit the ground. They had been in the process of serving the drinks. The drinks on the cart spilled on the people sitting next to the cart and I seriously thought that there was something wrong with the plane. The flight attendants proceeded to stay on the floor for about 15 minutes and when things started looking a bit better the female got up to push the cart to the back of the plane when the male attendant crawled back and kept telling the female to get back down! In the end they finally made the landing instructions (you know, put your seat up, stow your tray, etc.....) then she said, if in the case we need to make an emergency landing, please leave all your belongings on the plane!!!! WHAT THE?????
So anyway, we landed just fine and everything was okay, but I still called my mom and told her I wasn't sure I could get on the next flight!!! It was good that our flight was delayed by an hour when we landed and then another hour while we were there at the airport. It gave me time to collect myself. I did end up getting on the next flight and was excited to see that we had the very same flight attendants from our last flight. I mean....if they can get on another flight then I guess i can too!
So we board the flight and it take a long time to do so. Then they finally close the doors (so no one can run off the plane, I'm sure) and the captain makes this anouncement............"We are sorry things are taking so long, but I'm afraid it is going to be a big longer. We are number 40 in line for take off. We are only able to use one runway because there has been a plane crash on the other one!" AGAIN.........WHAT THE??????
So I'm sure you saw this on the news...........but our flight landed at 6:15 pm and flight 1404 was taking off at 6:18 pm. No wonder we were so delayed inside the airport! I do have to say, I never heard anything about it while inside. Good thing b/c I wouldn't have gotten on the plane for sure!
The rest of our trip was great, thank goodness.
Okay.....now addressing the plane wreck yesterday in New York. I guess I never thought about birds hitting the engines (GROSS). If I would have thought about it, I would have assumed that they had created something so that it didn't affect the plane at all (whether it be one bird or a whole flock). This new knowledge of birds being able to bring down a whole plane really makes me never want to fly again!!!
P.S. I know the chances of a plane going down are low.....but I bet that is what the people on the New York and Denver flights were telling themselves too!! :)

Weight Watchers

2009-01-15T17:25:00.003-07:00

I know, I know, it's been forever since I posted. I honestly don't know what's wrong with me, I just haven't had a desire to do it. At first it was because I didn't have anything to blog about (my life is pretty boring), but now I have stuff to blog about and still just don't feel like it. So.........I decided to do this post and see if it helps to kick my butt back into gear!!?? We'll see what happens.

I started Weight Watchers last friday. So far, so good. I've done really well so far this week. I weigh in on saturday morning and I still have 19 flex points left. That's pretty good I think. I'm going to try not to use anymore. Only one more day.......I can do it right? Right!!

I do just have to say, however. I HATE watching what I eat!! I LOVE, LOVE , LOVE, LOVE, LOVE (get the idea?) food! So wish me luck! Maybe one day I'll let you know what my starting weight is (like when I reach my goal weight). LOL

P.S. I'll post soon about Christmas.......when you see the pictures, you'll understand why I joined weight watchers!

Story Time Felts

2008-11-09T11:48:00.004-07:00

Hello everyone. So this may be lame, but I'm going to give it a shot. I am having a party for Story Time Felts this Wed night at 7pm (the 12th). I didn't realize that our ward enrichment was going to be on the same night and now my party is going to be a flop. For those of you that are in my ward. I didn't send out invitations because of this reason. So if you are close and want to come feel free and if you see something you like through the link to their website, email me if you would like to order it and I'll add it to my party.
This is really cool stuff for kids, great for keeping them quiet during sacrament meetings and they even have LDS stuff!!! Check it out at www.storytimefelts.com .
Thanks.......if you do decide to order then just email me at entongi@gmail.com.

P.S. Shipping is $6.00 up to $60.00 spent. Anything beyond that is 10% of what you spend.

Trunk or Treat and Halloween

2008-11-05T09:44:00.008-07:00

We went to our ward's Trunk or Treat a week before Halloween. I was just going to have 'Aisea be a chicken again for Halloween because it still fit him and we really didn't have the extra money for a new costume! I think it will forever be one of my favorite costumes.. I love it! At Trunk or Treat a friend said she had a cow costume that would fit Sea, so we borrowed that for Halloween night. Thanks Mikki!

The pumpkin came from Kim. If you look back at last years pictures, you will see that this is the costume that Viliami wore last year. Thanks Kim!

Matai is eating in this picture. That is why he looks so funny!

Viliami the monkey!!!

'Aisea the cow! We had a fun time, even though it rained on us all night long. We trick or treated in Saratoga Springs and it rained all night long, then we came back to West Jordan and it didn't look wet at all! It didn't bother the kids though. They loved running from one house to the next getting all kinds of yummy candies!!! They were very cute! The older they get, they more fun the holidays get!

Our first field trip!!!

2008-10-29T16:53:00.001-06:00

We had our first field trip with Sea's preschool a couple weeks ago. Never mind the dates on the pictures, I need to change it on my camera!

So is this gazebo scary to you?? Not to me either!!

But it was to 'Aisea! He was the only kid who would not go sit inside the gazebo. The entire rest of his class went in with no problems! So here they all sit listening to the pirate tell fun halloween stories...........

and here is where 'Aisea sat! He would not get any closer than this! :)

He did, however, love the little pirate ship........

and the little hay maze......

and the cool model train set up they had!!

Before we left, he got to pick his very own pumpkin to bring home.

And take this picture as a ghost! It was a very fun day for me and him.

I guess this is what Matai thought of it all! LOL Maybe because he didn't to leave his stroller the whole time we were there!

I totally won something!!!

2008-10-28T21:20:00.000-06:00

So I told you all to go and sign up at Leelou blogs!! I signed up and won a prize for Kiddie Kandids!!!! Time to get the kids pictures made!!! How exciting, huh?

Another give away

2008-10-28T08:17:00.001-06:00

The Naulu Tribe is giving away a cute, cute, Christmas Tutu! Check out their blog here!

Leelou Launch Party

2008-10-27T09:10:00.004-06:00

Don't forget to go check out Leelou's Blog. Even though I don't have one of her layouts right now, I have had several in the past and will definitely use her layouts in the future!! She is having her launch party right now. Go try to win!!!

Marie-Therese Gown GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

2008-10-22T22:12:00.000-06:00

Check this amazing dress out. I want it for my future daughter and if I never have a girl then, Kynlee, it's all you girl!!!!

Marie-Therese Gown GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

What a Fun Night!!

2008-09-22T10:50:00.011-06:00

Kelly, Rabici, and "Kelly's Dad" got to stop over for two nights while coming home from Massachusetts. Rabici's brother was blessing their new baby on Sunday and they needed to be there for that. Thank goodness that new baby was born because that meant that we got to spend an evening with some of our favorite people from BYU-H!! What a fun night it was!!! I laughed so hard all night long!!! Then to top off the night, "Kelly's Dad" paid for the entire dinner. He asked that we just leave a tip. Of course, I never have cash on me and was planning on paying with my debit card, so Chris and Kaytee paid our part of the tip. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all three of you!!!!

P.S. I love Kaytee's Marilyn Monroe Pose!!

For those of you who don't know, me and Kelly met working at the BYU-H Bookstore. We immediately realized that we would be friends!!! We got in trouble a lot when we were together. Mostly because we were being too loud or goofing off! She was my maid of honor when I got married and that was when she realized that she must forever be with Rabici!!! The rest is history!! LOL

This (below) is Nia. She is Kelly's best friend, so it was inevitable that we would also become good friends! She worked at the Seasider right beside the bookstore, so we got to see her a lot! Later, when I no longer worked at the bookstore, she actually got a job there! Too bad she couldn't have worked there when all of the old gang worked there, but I have no doubts that she had fun with the new gang!

This is Chris and Kaytee. They actually crashed my wedding reception, which is not uncommon when you marry a poly! Who would have know that day that we would become such good friends??! Kaytee got a job at the bookstore as the accountant??? Anyways, she worked in the back. I remember at first she was so quiet that we all thought that she thought she was better then us and a bit of a "Molly Momon". It didn't take us too long to learn that we were WAY off base on that one!! LOL Chris started dancing with Io at PCC and we were in the same ward as they were......so we became good friends fast!

I'm not sure how this friendship started. I think Jaici became friends with Kelly and somewhere down the road they became room mates and so I guess I became friends with Jaici through Kelly.?. Kelly and Jaici are the two who ended up marrying Fijians. Also, Jaici is the cleanest, most organized person you will ever meet in your life. I remember going to Kelly and Jaici's dorm room and Jaici would be cleaning and organizing for fun????!!!!!! Whatever floats your boat!! LOL Love ya Jaici! And you can come clean/organize my home anytime you want to have a little fun!!! LOL

P.S. When I made you stay to take this picture, I had forgotten that you had already taken pictures with Kelly and Rabici. I thought you were trying to sneak off without getting your picture taken! LOL They when I got home and looked at my pictures, I saw that you were first to go! Anyways......my first picture of you guys was blurry, so I'm glad I forced you to take a second picture!!

I love this picture because Rabici looks as excited to have Sea on his shoulders as Sea looks to be up there!

Thank goodness everyone was willing to help with the kids because I think we had had enough of them by the end of dinner. Thank to all of you!

Sea's Second Week of Pre-school

2008-09-22T09:49:00.007-06:00

I am going to have to keep track of all the fun activities that Sea does at pre-school on here because I don't have enough room on my refrigerator!!! Hope you don't get tired of it! :)

Yes, Sea has his shirt on inside out. He has been this way every single day that I have picked him up from school. See, Sea thinks that when he goes poo he needs to be naked, so I guess pre-school is just right in the middle of his poo schedule! I'm just glad that he doesn't ball all of his clothes up in his hands and just run out of the bathroom naked. That's what he does at home! Oh, and one time at Seagull books!!! What fun it is to be a mom!!!!

I also do realize that I've been posting about Sea a lot and that poor Matai needs some posting time! Don't worry, I promise I will get to it soon!!

More on Sea

2008-09-22T09:38:00.004-06:00

So I forgot to tell you that on the first day of school I had forgotten Sea's backpack!!! I didn't think it was a big deal until he told me...."Mom! Where's my backpack?" He had seen all the other kids with theirs on. So we had to take pictures again on the second day of school....With the backpack. And this time he was first in line to go in and way excited to go!!! :)

Sea's First Day of School

2008-09-18T15:59:00.008-06:00

Sea's first day of pre-school was a week ago, Tuesday. I can't believe that my little man is old enough to go to school now. Where does the time go? He goes to school on Tuesday's and Thursdays from 9-11. While the weather is nice, I walk him to school and he was so excited to start.

Io had obviously JUST woken up.

Have I mentioned that during the week I don't wear make-up or fix my hair? I just don't see the point when I have no where really to go and when I do......my van has no air conditioning so my hair just blows wild anyways.

This is where Sea goes to pre-school. She just has the school in her basement. It is way cute!

This is the ugly picture of me walking home. Sea went right in to school pretty much with no problems and he was fine. He was a little hesitant at first and then I just said, "They're leaving you and they are going to play with the toys downstairs!" So he walked off, head hanging low, but I knew he was going to love it. But still this was me walking back home. I know......give me a break right? I couldn't help it....I was sending my baby off by himself. For those that know me well know that the only people that Sea has ever stayed with have been my mom and dad and once with Leah and once with Stephanie. I think that is it. So it was hard for me. I'm a baby!!

He was so funny running out. He had had such a good time there. And the candy didn't hurt either! LOL

This is Mrs. Amber, his teacher!

Matai Can Sleep Anywhere!

2008-09-18T15:55:00.003-06:00

We've been talking so much about Sea, I fell like. So here are more of the funny ways that Matai can fall asleep. Enjoy!

Sea's Date with Mommy and Leah

2008-09-18T15:45:00.005-06:00

This was two weeks ago. Me and Leah took Sea to see Kung Fu Panda at the Dollar Theater because he was starting school the next week, I felt he needed just some "Sea" time. He was excited all day long to go and then was quite a little stinker while we were there. Oh well! LOL I tried!

Thanksgiving Point

2008-09-18T14:03:00.011-06:00

I know I've posted before about Thanksgiving Point before, but this was the first time that Matai was an active participant. I met my friends Kim and Melanie there and 'Aisea and Matai met their friends 'Ami and James there. Here is Matai on the horse. I think I'm more excited for him than he is (and he was having a blast)!

'Ami on the horse. He looks thrilled! LOL

Viliami and his mommy, Kim.

Jamsey and his mommy, Melanie.

James wasn't sure about that big ol' horse.

Sea feeding the goats corn.

Matai was very interested in these goats.

Wheeler Farm and a Walk to the Park

2008-09-18T12:56:00.005-06:00

Me and my friend Jen both got exercise strollers and have been taking the kids on some fun walks. We try to do walks that will get us some exercise and be fun for the kids at the same time. We went to Wheeler Farm a couple of weeks ago. Sea and Addy got to feed the ducks and visit the "petting" zoo. We didn't actually get to pet any of the animals. LOL There were a ton of ducks and geese to feed though and they would come so close to you. The kids weren't scared at all, but me and Jen were a little apprehensive of the birds.

I don't have any pictures from this, but yesterday me and Jen walked to the park by my house. It's a nice little walk, but when we were almost there we noticed some construction workers pounding on the top of a car and telling the driver "open your eyes and don't go to sleep". I ran across the street and told them that I was certified for the professional rescuer and did they need any help? The guy was awake, but unresponsive and his legs were shaking. We think he was on drugs and either having some reaction to it or something. He would look at you with glossed over eyes and wouldn't answer any questions or talk at all. It was weird, but it really got my adrinaline going!! The kids got to see fire trucks and police cars!

Long Time No See - Friends from BYUH

2008-09-18T12:31:00.010-06:00

A little while back I got a call from my friend Kalli and she asked if Ioane would be available to dance at their wards Youth Conference. Io said he could do it and was even more excited when he found out that Chris Lutu would be the one in charge and that he would be able to dance with him. It was a fun time. We got to see Chris and Kaytee and Kalli and we got to meet JR, Kai and Sia. Kalli, JR, and Kai

Chris, Kaytee, Sia and Sea.

Kaytee and Sia.

Sea loves Chris. Io danced at another Luau this summer after this one and Chris made Sea a practice fire knife. He LOVES it. He plays with it all the time (sometimes he tries to kill Matai with it, but plays with it all the time none the less).

We Heart the Children's Museum

2008-09-11T18:08:00.008-06:00

We've only been to the Children's Museum twice this summer because we've been so busy doing outside things. One time we got to go with Rachael, Gracie and Leah and the other we went with Jill, Livi, Ella and Leah. Here a just a few pictures of our fun times. I didn't have any pictures of Jill and her babies, but you can see some here.

When Blogging Friends Colide

2008-09-11T17:31:00.004-06:00

Last month me and Kim were able to meet Tifani Sant. Here is our story. One night Kim was at my house and looking through my list of blogging friends. She was checking out my friend Wendi's blog (Wendi's blog is private too) when she saw that Wendi had a Tifani Sant on her friends list. Kim says, "that is funny, I grew up across the street from some Sants. Wouldn't that be funny if it was the same family?" So we called Wendi and asked and guess what? It was the same family!! Small world! So anyhoo, Tifani's blog was set to private, but I started seeing all kinds of comments on Kim and Wendi's blogs from her. She seemed so funny and I wanted to be in her world, so I emailed her and told her that since she was friends with two of my best friends that through proxy that made us friends and I should have access to her blog! Luckily she let me in!!! :) We've been blogging friends ever since........so it was really fun to go meet her! We went to Cracker Barrel where we had the cutest little waiter. However, I think he thought we would never leave. We just talked and laughed and talked and laughed. It was so much fun! We then went to Dairy Queen and got ice cream. I only wanted a small cone and that was what Kim got me and for the record, I didn't eat all it!!!
Like I said before. We just had all kinds of fun and laughed so much. It was a wonderful night. It was so wonderful in fact that I forgot to give Tifani her gift card for See's Chocolates!! DUH!!! I'm so retarded!! She won the chocolates a long long time ago on my blog and I have yet to give it to her, but rest assured that I have not forgotten! I also have not forgotten the I owe certain people CD's too. One day you will just be surprised!! :)
Thanks girls for a fun time and thanks Kim for helping me out that night!

Fun Times Swimming

2008-09-10T13:58:00.009-06:00

Sorry that I am posting about things so long ago, but I need them on my blog! I'm getting to the recent stuff, I promise! All of the kids LOVE to swim so we spent some fun time at the hotel pool! These are just some fun pictures from that.

Matai just chillin'.

As all of you know, I was a lifeguard and taught swimming lessons for years and I start my children going under water at four months old (only because they are so big, if they weren't I would wait till they were six months old). My only rules are that my kids never be afraid of the water and learn how to swim well........and join swim team and go on to be Olympian.........LOL just kidding!! Sort of! LOL Anyways, I just have to say how proud I was of 'Aisea (who is three). He learned to swim all by himself this summer. From one end of the pool to the other with no help!!

Dale and Ashlee

Dennis throwing Cody.

Kim and Viliami

Matai Turns One

2008-09-09T17:18:00.022-06:00

Matai had his first birthday party a couple weeks early because my family was in town. We are missing a lot of pictures of people. Amy has some AWESOME pictures that she sent to me on Kodak Easy Share, but I can not figure out how to download them to my comptuer from there. You'll have to settle for what I have and sorry if you got left out. A huge thank you to all who came and for the presents you brought!!

Yes my teeth are green and that was only from licking one finger! Ugggg.....who chose green frosting? Oh yeah........it was me! Oooooops! :) Everyone's kids were pooping green the next day!

Above is little Miss Kynlee and below are Nicole, Amy and Dennis.

Cori, Dennis, Jeff and Christina Clark. Also, one of their little boys is there but i'm not sure if it's Ben or Rocco.

Chad Hoyt and his girls. I won't even try to type the name b/c I will butcher them. Well, okay, I'll try, but don't get mad, Nicole, when they are spelled wrong. I'll say sorry in advance. We have Taylin, McKinzley, Oaklee and Brexlyn.

Tanner

Cody

Leka 'Aho

Rachael, Ryan, Leah, Dale, Kim, and Kim's relative? Sorry I forgot her name.

Poppy's flight came in in the middle of Matai's birthday party. Mom, Dale, Cody and 'Aisea went to get him while the rest of us stayed for the party and waited for their return!

These two will grow up to be the best of friends!

Excited to see Poppy!

Poppy, Cody, Dale and 'Aisea

'Aisea was Uncle Dale's bud!

For Time and ALL Eternity!

2008-09-09T14:58:00.004-06:00

The reason all of my family came to Utah this past July was because my older brother, Dale, and his family got sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. It was a beautiful day, but that's not to say that Satan didn't try really, really hard to ruin it for people. These are the things that happened that day.

1. The night before the sealing Dennis and Tanner both got 'throw-up' sick. Poor Dennis had to miss everything!

2. Both Dennis and Leah's cars got broken into. Whoever did it, bless his hateful little heart, broke out both of their passenger side windows.

3. Me, Ioane and Leah were running late to the temple and then I took a wrong turn. Then when we finally got to the parking garage, there we NO parking places. After we finally found one, we had to run from the parking garage to the temple. Um....have you seen me and Leah? Running is not an easy task and we were both in church shoes. Not flat ones either! So anyways........on with the story. We made it to the front desk with like 5 minutes to spare. I was almost hyperventalating because I couldn't breath from running and I was crying, thinking I was going to miss their session. We went in and, of course, had to rent clothing....UGGGG!!! We got to the dressing room with like two minutes to spare and just barely made the session with me still bawling!! I think every thing after that for that day was pretty smooth sailing.

We did have many family members get sick this trip. Thank goodness, somehow, my family avoided it!

The 4th of July!

2008-09-09T12:33:00.006-06:00

On the fourth of July we spent our time with Kim and her family. We had a ton of fun. We had good food, good friends, good times!!

Sea loved getting rides on the four wheeler! And this was Io passed out on the grass after a long day of volleyball.

'Aisea "loves" his little brother so much. Can't you tell? LOL

The kids anxiously awaiting the fireworks to begin. This wasn't all the kids, just the ones surrounding my kids. LOL

What's my problem?

2008-08-14T09:14:00.004-06:00

I don't know what is wrong with me, but I have a ton of stuff to blog about and I can't seem to get my butt in gear. Every time I sit down to blog, I just get overwhelmed and then I don't blog anything. So I am going to start with a tag that I received from Kaytee and we'll see how it goes from there!

YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car): Zach Grand Caravan

YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fav hobby/craft, fav weather element + “Tour”): The Reading Rain Tour

YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, favorite cookie): Chocolate Almond No Bake

YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name): E-Ton

YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal): Red Polar Bear

YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born): Nikole Hagerstown

YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first): Tonel

SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink): The Orange Raspberry Ice

STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy): Sweet Pea Mars Bar

WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names): Sue Paige (yes my father and brothers middle names are Paige and my grandfathers name is Ruby.........You got some sort of problem with that???) :)

WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Parker Port Angeles

SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower): Christmas Plumaria

CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”): Cherry Pantsie

I tag everyone who read this post! Even those that stalk my blog and never leave comments!

A Year Ago Today

2008-07-30T12:13:00.000-06:00

A year ago I was miserable and pregnant with my 12 pound baby! I was HUGE!!!

This was the day before I went to the hospital to have my fun c-section! As you can see in my face.........I hate being pregnant!!

This was right when they pulled him out. What a big boy! 12 stinkin' pounds, and that was a week early!

He was a beautiful newborn (even if Leah doesn't think so)! The nurses all loved him. My nurse would take him at night for me and she said that they would hold him all night long and had nicknamed him "Bubba" because he was so big. I thought that was appropriate since I was from the south.

They didn't have any tops or diapers to fit him, so my nurse went and bought him a onesie at'Walmart. She was really nice!

Here are a few pictures of him from this first year. He is so beautiful and we have enjoyed him so much. For the most part, he was a really good baby. We love him so much and can't even imagine our little family without him!

Happy Birthday Matai!

Breaking Dawn

2008-07-28T17:30:00.000-06:00

Okay.....I'm so excited that I could pee in my pants! This friday night at midnight, you can grab your copy. I am headed over to the bookstore tonight to reserve my copy (hopefully I still can). But I do have to say that I am a little worried. Stephenie gave a spoiler for the book this morning on EW.com (thanks Cori for letting me know this) and the very last sentence says that "Everybody wins, even team Jacob." What does that mean? I hope it means that Jacob finds his person to imprint with and not that Edward is going to die and Bella ends up with Jacob! That would be very disappointing, in my opinion! If you have read these books.....what do you think will happen with Bella and Edward?

You've Been Punked!

2008-07-28T15:28:00.000-06:00

So hello everyone let me start by saying that this is in fact not Elizabeth but her Arch Nemesis Leah. She thought it would be funny to change my background to this hideous thing. I am not even sure what it is. I felt that she deserved a little pay back. I am sure that she will think twice before ahe comes after me again. Wa ha ha ha ha!

Two more loves!

2008-07-22T20:31:00.001-06:00

I just have to take a few minutes to give a shout out to:

1. The Ped-Egg!!!!

It is stinkin' awesome!!!!!! You would never have believed the shape my feet were in. In Leah's words......."You have the worst feet I have EVER seen!" She was the one who actually shaved my feet for me.....Thank you Leah!!! I really can't believe how good this thing works. If you have been considering it and not gotten it..........GO BUY IT TODAY!!!!

2. I went last night with Leah, Kim and Rachael to see Mamma Mia.

I'm not a huge Abba fan and I had no idea what the movie was about.......I was just happy to have a girls night out! But I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed it!!!! I will be buying this movie when it comes out. I just loved it!!!!

P.S. I am in love with Colin Firth!!

My very first husband tag

2008-07-22T09:12:00.000-06:00

My friend Stephanie Hunt tagged me with me first ever husband tag!

1. What is his name?
Ioane but everyone calls him Io!!

2. Who eats more?
Sad, but I don't know. It depends on the day???

3. Who said I love you first?
I honestly can't remember, but it was probably me!

4. Who is taller?
Io is, I'm only 5' 3", so he didn't have to be really tall to be taller than me!

5. Who is smarter?
Depends on the subject! But neither one of us is smarter than a fifth grader!

6. Who is more sensitive?
Me. Hands down!

7. Who does the laundry?
I do all of the laundry, but I am really picky about the laundry and wouldn't let him do it anyway! LOL

8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed?
We tend to switch it up.

9. Who pays the bills?
Me, but he makes all the money!

10. Who cooks more?
I do all of the cooking! I always worry that if I die my children will starve to death!

11. Who is more stubborn?
Me

12. Who is the first to admit that they are wrong?
He is....gosh this tag is making me sound not so good!!!

13. Who has more siblings?
He does. He has one brother and 5 sisters and one "Tongan style" adopted sister!

14. Who wears the pants in the family?
Um.......we both wear pants!!! LOL
But I tend to make the calls! I'm a bit of a control freak! Have I mentioned that I hate this tag?

15. What do you like to do together?
Eat! Hello.....just look at me!

16. Who eats more sweets?
Me......I thought this was a husband tag!

17. Guilty pleasures?
I don't know if he has any guilty pleasures, but he loves basketball, rugby and Cultural dancing.

18. How did you meet?
We met at BYU-H. His cousin, Ana, served a mission with my brother and I had met her while she was on her mission. She found me when I first got to BYU-H and she became my only friend for a little bit. She would invite me to go to the Tongan club activities with her and that was where I saw Io. I wasn't real attracted to him at first because he looked mean! But then one time we went to a pool party where we were playing basketball in the water and I had gotten a cramp in my leg and gotten out and was sitting on the side of the pool. The basketball then rolled out onto the deck and he went running after it. He then fell flat on his back and just laid there laughing he head off. From that time on I knew he must be mine!!!!

19. Who proposed?
No proposal, just kind of decided together that we were getting married!

20. What is his best features?
His legs and butt. He has huge thighs and a nice little bubble butt. He'll kill me for writing that! LOL

21. What are his greatest qualties?
He is the most honest person I know. He really, truly tries to be honest in everything that he does!

Sweet Moments

2008-07-01T19:14:00.000-06:00

Sea loves to feed his little brother and Matai LOVES to eat! So in that aspect they get along great. Just don't let Matai try to take one of Sea's cars!!!! :)

It's not only adults that open their mouths when feeding babies!

He had some left over on his fingers. Matai didn't seem to mind!

Matai has been taking steps since he was nine months old, but he decided that crawling was easier and faster. He just recently started walking everywhere. It is so cute when they first start walking. They are in their underwear because we just got back from the pool and bathed. Matai loves to eat and is trying to steal the yogurt from Sea also.

Late Post

2008-07-01T19:01:00.001-06:00

So I forgot that I had these pictures. They were taken the Sunday after Viliami's party. A member of the primary presidency brought him to me asleep. He had fallen asleep while sitting in primary. He must have been very beat because Sea never naps!

What We Did For Our Anniversary

2008-07-01T09:22:00.000-06:00

We just love, love, love to go to a little town close to us called Copperton. It is the cutest town ever. All the houses are old and have been remodeled. LOVE IT! In the middle of the town there is a park. It has nice big trees for shade, a pavilion and tables for eating and it is just the funnest park ever! They have one whole restaurant in the town and it just happens to be what ???? Hawaiian food!!!!
So for our anniversary we went and got food at this restaurant and took it too the park to eat and let the kids play. It was nice. Leah joined us. She was coming over to cut 'Aisea's hair and to watch the results show for "So You Think You Can Dance", aka SYTYCD! One of my favorite shows ever, next to Lost!
Here are some pictures from our fun night. I was the one taking the pictures, so I'm not in any of them, but I do have to say..........Look how skinny Leah is getting. Doesn't she just look great!?!?!!!

Ioane left me a comment!!!!

2008-06-27T17:14:00.000-06:00

Okay.....Ioane left me a comment on my post about our anniversary and it was too sweet NOT to post!! (when I make my blog a book, I'll want this to be in there!)

This is Io. I just want to let my wife know that I thank her for all her love and support. I couldn't accomplish my goal in life without her undying love and support. I will always love her. I am glad I'm with her because without her I will be nothing. She's the most wonderful and amazing person that Heavenly Father send to me. She will always be mine.... By the way, she's an amazing woman and a mother... I learned a lot from her. I don't think I can do her job....Thank you honey for always being there for me...Happy Anniversary to us! hahaha

I love you the most,

Your hubby for eternity

See......my husband CAN be romantic sometimes! I love you, hun and thanks for the comment!

Five years ago today........

2008-06-26T11:36:00.000-06:00

.....this is what I was doing with my day. :) Me and Ioane got married in the Laie, Hawaii temple on June 26, 2003. I'm so grateful for this him! He is such a good man. He works hard to provide for his family so that I can stay home with my babies. He plays with his kids and loves being a father. He is a good husband to me (even when I fail to realize it). He puts up with me (and I don't think many people could do that)! Nobody can drive me as crazy or make me as happy as he can. Things are NOT perfect by any means, but I couldn't imagine life without him. I love this husband of mine!

It's funny how time makes you forget. For some reason I thought that we had 10 people on each side of our line, but we only had 7 people on each side. This was our line. It consisted of both friends and family.

This was our MC, Lei. We had to fill out a questioniere before hand and give it to her and we played a game and for every question we could answer right about each other, we got some money!

We had lots of good entertainment! Ioane danced at the Polynesian Cultural Center, so he had lots of friends that were willing to dance at our reception. It was fun. This is a picture of Ioane's sister Milika performing.

They made me do a "Samoan dance" when I had no clue what I was doing. At least I had danced in the Tongan club culture nights and I could have somewhat faked that, but I had NEVER dance a samoan dance before!!! It was the worst part of the whole day.......

.......but I did get money for it, so I guess it was worth it!

Ironic

2008-06-26T10:47:00.000-06:00

Yesterday I was tagged by three different people (Kaytee, Leah and Aramie) and all with the same tag. Ironically, I've only ever been tagged one other time and it was also with the same tag. LOL So I will just put a link to the answers that I gave. If you want to check it out click here.

Stupid Posting!!!!!!

2008-06-25T13:21:00.000-06:00

To those of you who read about Viliami's Birthday Party.........I can't get the stupid words to go where I want them to!!! So it is all jumbled at the bottom of the post. I'm tired of working with it and I'm giving up!!!! Maybe if I can gain some composure, I will try and fix it again later!!!!

Update: I fixed the post. So if you look now all the words are where they are supposed to be! I add a couple of pictures too!

Vil-nami's Birthday Party

2008-06-25T11:10:00.001-06:00

Viliami turned two this past week and Kim and Sione had a big party for him. We all had lots of fun as you will be able to tell from the pictures below! Isn't Viliami a cutie?

This is the view we had from where the party was. It was pretty if you didn't think about why the water was actually green instead of blue! LOL This is Utah Lake!

Then all of the fun began. Kim had bought a big water slide for the kids to play on. Sea played on it for six hours straight!! He LOVE it! He also loved playing with Leka Aho. They just seemed to be the best of friends. I'm glad she was there to intertain him!! Thank Leka!

We just chilled under the pavilion and chatted. The shade kept us nice and cool and it was good to talk and hang out with those that I hadn't in a while! Matai just "hung" out too, but he was also busy trying to get into everything he should be! He is a stinker, that one! But all in all I think he also really enjoyed being outside!

Sea looks like he is crying in this picture, but he wasn't!

There is cute little James Tafea with Katie Aho. Isn't he sooo stinkin' cute??? He is just a big little guy. You should see the thighs on him!!! They are HUGE!

After all the cooking of the meat had ceased, all the boys decided it was time to play a little volleyball! They were very good to work around all the little ones that got in their way! :)

Here are Melanie’s feet and mine. I bought these shoes way back in 2004, when Dennis got married. A pair fro me and a pair for Melanie and I think mom got a pair too! They were only 5 bucks, but have turned out to be the best pair of shoes!!! I thought it was funny that we both wore ours shoes that day!

Sea got a good little "tan” by the end of the day, that really turned out to be a burn. I even applied 50 SPF sunscreen 10 minutes before he got in and then reapplied later that day and he still got burnt!!!

Matai and Ioane had both "had it". They were beat!! I had very tired and grouchy kids by the end of the day. We had another birthday party to go to that night for Iva Hunt, but because the kids were so grouchy and tired and because the air conditioner in our van decided to quit working, we didn't get to go. (Sorry Kaitlyn and Iva.....hope you had a great party and Happy Birthday!!!)

P.S. Ioane does not have a black or swollen eye. He was just making a face for the camera!

Here are the boys at the end of the day, trying to put away the big water slide. I'm not sure who won the battle, the boys or the slide???

Picture day

2008-06-20T09:41:00.001-06:00

A week ago Monday me, Rachael and Leah took the kids to get their pictures made. We used the Target picture place, I think it is the same company that does JC Penny's pictures too. So......on the way over both of the boys fall asleep, of course! LOL Sea was pretty easy for Leah to wake up, but I could tell that Matai was still WAY tired. So we sent Gracie in first and she does a fabulous job.....she is all smiles and does what the people ask her too and her pictures turned out TOO cute! I'm sure Rachael will post them for you to see! Anyways......then it was my boys turn!! Sea with his fake smile and Matai with his crying! But even with that..........I think they turned out fabulous! LOL
Anyways......the lady at target had talked me into getting special package for 80 something dollars (with tax 93 dollars). So thank goodness after we were done, we walked around target for a little while and I started adding up things in my head and realized that if I had just used the coupon I took and bought each sheet for $3.99 that I would have only spent $35.00!!! I took it back and told them about their mistake! So she fixed it and I decided to add the smile station to my order for $4.99. I am here to say that I still have not been emailed the stupid smile station!!!!! I called to complain and they said they will submit it again and that I have to wait for another 5-7 days!!! UGGGG!!! The whole reason for getting the smile station is so that you can view the pictures before you actually get them!!!! Whatever! Anyways..........enjoy the pictures!

2008-06-19T10:03:00.000-06:00

Okay.....we haven't done anything exciting this week at all, but Ioane gets off early today.....so we are going to make the most of it!!! We are going to the park and to see Kung Fu Panda with the kids. Then we are going to run some much needed errands. I'm just glad to be getting out of the house and I just hope and pray our van doesn't break down on us while we are out and about (or anytime soon for that matter)! Please pray with us.......we can use all the help that we can get! LOL

I also have to report that at the beginning of the week I kept thinking....."Gosh, I wish something would happen that I could blog about!" Then it did!!!! Matai was crawling around the house and it got quiet. I asked Sea if he would go look at Matai and then tell me what he was doing. Well Sea came running out saying "OH YUCK, Matai pooped!!!" I do have to say that as of late......his poop has been exceptionally stinky! So I went to get Matai to change this stinky diaper only to find him in MY room with his diaper already off!!!! Then on the floor there were little dots of poop where he had sat, then crawled, then sat, then crawled, then sat........well you get the picture! It was even on the door where he had sat down up against it! Quite gross!

Then last night I gave Sea a ice cream bar because he had finished his dinner (that doesn't happen very often unless it is chicken nuggets from McDonalds)! When he was finished, I told him to go wash his hands. Three minutes later when he had still not returned from the bathroom, I went to go check on him and he had squeezed the entire contents of the toothpaste tube onto the counter and in the sink. He had it on his hands too, because I had told him to wash his hands and he was using it as soap!!! UGGGGG! :( I do have to say in Sea's defense.........the toothpaste was multi-color and was very pretty all squeezed out! But it is the last time that I hope for something to blog for!!!!!

I didn't remember to take pictures of either event! SO SAD!

Here is a video of Matai laughing at his dad! YES, that's a watermelon on the floor in my living room. It made a good toy for the kids, but tasted like crap. I HATE MUSHY WATERMELON!

Gigi, this one is for you. I finally got Sea on video singing "I need your boobs"! Enjoy! Sorry it's a little dark.

More on 'Aisea!

2008-06-12T09:59:00.000-06:00

This was a conversation I had with 'Aisea this morning. This kid never fails to crack me up!

Matai was trying to get some of 'Aisea's toys.

'Aisea: NO MATAI! DON'T YOU EVER TOUCH THAT!!! (about some toys of his)

Me: 'Aisea!!!

'Aisea: OH! I'm not the mudder?

Me: No, You are NOT the mother!

'Aisea: Oh! Because I'm a boy?

Me: Yes, you are a boy.

'Aisea: Okay....I sorry!

This is 'Aisea reading me and Io a bedtime story!

The many ways Matai can sleep!

2008-06-11T11:02:00.001-06:00

So we have touched a little on how easy it is for Matai to fall asleep anywhere, here. But I have some new pictures to post. 'Aisea never really went to sleep unless he was in a bed or couch or in some ones arms......so it is just funny to me that Matai can fall asleep anytime, anywhere and in any position!

I've been tagged!

2008-06-10T08:41:00.000-06:00

I was tagged first by my sister-in-law, Cori, and then again with the same tag by Stephanie Hunt! Hope you all enjoy!!!

How to play this game. Post these rules on your blog; List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names.

3 Joys -- Obviously, all of my family! The fact that next month all of my family will be sealed together! Beautiful sunny days!

3 fears -- Losing one of my family members, that an earthquake is going to hit SLC while we are living here and then that would take us back to my first fear! That as a mother, I am making horrible mistakes everyday that will impact my kids forever!

3 goals -- To lose weight. To be a more patient person. To get out of debt!

3 current obsessions/ collections -- Of course, The twilight series! I do collect willow tree figurines. I'm obsessed with the T.V. show Lost!

3 random surprising facts about me -- That is hard because I'm pretty much an open book, but I'll try. I want to someday soon own a Toyota Sienna, yes, my dream vehicle! I carried a 10 lb 12 oz baby and a 12 lb .03 oz baby and they were both delivered a week early. (Luckily, I had c-sections!! ) I enjoy cooking, when I don't have to clean up after myself and the kids will stay out of the kitchen while I'm cooking!

I tag Kaytee, Kamaile, Sheila, Amanda F., and Carol!

Fun times with Sea!

2008-06-09T20:27:00.000-06:00

So......I love the song by Chris Brown, With You. We listen to it and I sing it all the time. So the other night we were all sitting in the living room and I hear 'Aisea singing this song. The lyrics are "I need you Boo, I gotta see ya Boo" ONLY me and Io hear Sea singing "I need your boobs, I gotta see your boobs". I don't know if I have laughed so hard in my whole life!!! He is a character!!!!

The rest of Yellowstone

2008-06-09T09:32:00.000-06:00

We were waiting for Old Faithful to erupt and it went from somewhat warm, to cold, to snow, and then back to somewhat warm again!

Matai took right to Mimi!

Two peas in a pod!! I think that Poppy is 'Aisea's favorite person in the whole wide world!!!

The sun was obviously in our faces when we were taking these pictures!

These were taken next to our hotel. The snow was sooooooo high! Sea loved it!

The Grizzly Bears

2008-05-27T14:56:00.000-06:00

Hello........I forgot the pictures of the most exciting grizzly bears!!! DUH!

Wildlife in Yellowstone

2008-05-27T10:57:00.000-06:00

We also got to go to Yellowstone National Park with mom and dad! We had a blast. We all said, "If we get to see a bear then we will be happy and feel very lucky!" Well not only did we get to see one Grizzly Bear, we got to see four of them. One Mama bear with her two cubs right along side the road and one bear in a field just running and playing around! It was awesome. We also got to see Elk, a couple of Coyote's, and some Buffalo that took over the road! We consider ourselves very lucky and hope, next time, to see a Moose!! :)

Hair by Leah

2008-05-26T08:57:00.000-06:00

When Mom and Dad were here, we went to see Leah for some good ol' pampering!!! Mom got her hair cut and a facial and I got a much needed pedicure and a facial! Man it was nice!!!!!! I went back this past saturday and got another facial. That is something I would like to be able to do once a week! Leah is great!!! Here are some fun pictures Mom's being pampered by Leah!

Totally cute hair and isn't my mom beautiful???!!! And look how skinny Leah is getting!!! She looks great!

Here's to you, Gigi!

2008-05-22T07:56:00.000-06:00

I must say that I NEVER win anything!! So I was taken by surprise to hear that I had won the contest on Gigi's blog!!! I was so excited because I know how cute Gigi is with her packages and I knew that I was in for a treat!

Look at how cute this is!! I love it. I can't even bring myself to open it because it is so cute! Good thing they are forever stamps, huh?? LOL

There were also some really cute cards in the package.

I had two more pictures to put on here, but for some reason it isn't letting me put any more than two right now. Hopefully that isn't some new thing they have started!! I will try and post the other two pictures again later.

THANK YOU SO MUCH GIGI!!!!

Pictures.....courtesy of Leah!

I'm Baaaaaaack!

2008-05-21T09:19:00.000-06:00

Ok......so it took me a week and a half, but I'm now done with all three books. Sorry I got a little obsessed with them! I seriously could not put them down though. Today, I will post a bit and then I REALLY need to clean my much neglected house and play with my semi-neglected kids! LOL
So, I just have to say this about the books and then I'm done talking about them. When I first heard that they were about vampires and warewolves, I had no desire to read them, because technically......that's just not my thing. But everyone kept talking about how good they were! Seriously.......I was hearing it from everywhere it seemed like. Almost like the books wanted me to read them and were sending subtle hints! :)
So when my parents came, I thought, I actually have some free time now that I could pick up a book and when I went to look for one at Seagull books and tape.......it was staring at me and it wanted me to buy it. So I did!
So.....the auther graduated from BYU and is LDS so the books are clean! Which is good, but I do have to say, there were times when I was reading that I just thought....."come on and just do it already!" I guess when I read all morals I have go out the window!! LOL
But anyways........I guess what I wanted to say was that if you haven't read them yet and your thinking about it then I would recommend them! I will say, they are not a hard read and are written for youth. That is my favorite kind of book to read.....one where I don't have to think much. So if you are the same........then what are you waiting for???? Go get obsessed today!!!!
P.S. It is a beautiful love story in between all the vampire and warewolf stuff!

Forgive me!!

2008-05-19T14:46:00.000-06:00

I am so sorry that I have been lost to the blogging world as of late, but this is the reason why.

Everyone always talks about how good these book are and I have always wanted to read them, but with kids, never really felt like I had the time. Well while my parents were here, I picked up the first book, Twilight, and read it within a week (it only took me so long because I still had to do things with my parents while they were here!) Since then I have read the second book and I'm half way through with the third one. Sorry that it is consuming my life at this moment, but trust me, if you saw my house you would say..........Please don't even worry about blogging and go clean your house. I promise I will be back soon. I just had to read them before the movie comes out and once I started, I can't stop!!

I have to say though, that it has been forever since I have just sat and read and I realize that I have missed it so much! Thanks you all for you understanding!!! LOL

Dinner with Sue

2008-05-09T08:57:00.000-06:00

I think we were pretty lucky to get to see Sue because, from what I can gather, they stayed pretty busy! This was the night before Sue left. We went to Chili's to eat (because that is where Ioane wanted to go and Sue spoils him by giving him his way :)) but there was an hour wait there. So we went across the road where there was a good ol' IHOP! It was yummy and the beat all, there was a balloon animal maker there!!! Or whatever they are called.

This is totally off the subject, but Sue told me a story at dinner that I don't think Rachael or Leah are going to share and it deserves to be shared. I hope I don't forget any details. I guess Sue went into a local Taco Bell and goes to the front counter. There is only one other man in the restaurant and he already has his food and is sitting down. She goes to the front and orders a cheese quesadilla with no sauce. They worker guy then says to Sue, "You want a cheese quesadilla?" Sue says, "yes". He then says, "You want sauce on that?" Sue says, "no". So after ringing her up, he gets on the loud speaker and announces to the back that he needs a cheese quesadilla with no sauce. He then goes right to the back and makes it himself. When he is done he brings it to the front and Sue is standing right in front of the counter waiting (and remember, there is only one other man in the restaurant who is sitting and eating his food) and he gets on the loud speaker and announces, " Number 271, your order is now ready". Sue picked up the order and left. I thought this story was hilarious and needed to be shared. So there you go!

It was great to see Sue. We love her!

Mom and Dad are coming!

2008-05-06T09:48:00.000-06:00

I'm just finishing up things around the house and then I'm on my way to go get mom and dad! Don't worry, I won't be like Leah and not post the whole time they're here. :) Love you Leah! I am so excited for them to come and see how much the boys have grown! We are going to have one fun week!!!!!!!

Update on Matai

2008-05-05T12:46:00.000-06:00

Matai is back to his normal, eating everything off the floor he can find, self. Thank goodness. I knew everything was going to be fine, I just thought it was odd for the Dr to say "he might suspect Leukemia" instead of just........"if he's not better by friday I want you to bring him back in". It was weird for me, but other than that I really do love our pediatrician! So thanks for all of your concern and well wishes. They were greatly appreciated!!!

Will I ever go back to Georgia???

2008-05-03T11:21:00.000-06:00

The day has finally come. My mom and dad put the house up for sale. They don't know where they'll go from here, but they are for sure not staying in Georgia. Mom's job consists of traveling all over the state of Florida, so they have talked about moving more to central Florida so that she doesn't have to travel quite as long to get places. Dad has applied for jobs all over the country and if he gets one then they will move to where ever that may be.

They also didn't feel the need to stay, with all of their children and grandchildren being gone. I have told them that I think Ioane would move back to Georgia once his schooling is done, but they are still going to move!!!

It makes me really sad because I grew up in Georgia and have many friends there and I feel like I may never have the chance to go back. Take a vacation there you say??? The only problem with that is, at this point, when we go on vacation it is always to some place that we can get to see our families. So needless to say, it makes me sad that they are selling and moving on even though I know it's what they need to do!

Matai's Adno Virus

2008-05-01T23:37:00.000-06:00

So I really feel like we have had quite an eventful month. It feels like one thing after another lately!! But anyway, the latest is that Matai has been sick. He didn't sleep well last Friday night and then on Saturday he felt hot. We took his temperature and it was 102.7 degrees. He had had an ear infection for the two weeks prior to that, so I thought the antibiotics just didn't clear it up. So I took him to instacare where I waited for the news that his ear infection had not cleared up. But to my surprise the doctor said that his ears were fine, his throat was fine, his breathing was fine and she didn't know what was wrong with him. She decided to draw his blood and wanted to do a urine test too, but decided later not to put a catheter in just yet. They drew his blood and when she came back she said that his white blood cell count was low. ( I had to think really fast.....which one means it is cancer low white blood cell count or high white blood cell count, then remembered it was a high count....whew) She then explained that a low white blood cell count usually meant a viral infection or a bacterial infection and she thought it was a viral infection. "But the weird thing is," she says, "is that when they ran the specific test to test the white blood cells to see if it a viral infection, that that test came back negative." So she was a bit baffled!

She sends us home, but tells us before we leave that she is concerned about him and that if anything changes with him, to bring him right back in and if it is after they are closed to take him down to primary's hospital. Not comforting things for a mom to hear!

I took him home, with no meds might I add, to just wait it out. So I waited and waited and waited. It didn't seem to get worse, but it wasn't getting better either. On Sunday night he had a temperature again in the 102's so first thing Monday I made an appointment with his pediatrician. He did the whole work up on him and said that Matai's throat was really sore and had "puss pockets" in it, but it wasn't strep. He told me to take him home and give him the ol' motrin/tylenol switch up. But before he left the room he says, "if he still has a temperature on Friday, you need to bring him back in because then we would suspect Leukemia!" Hello.....even though I knew it wasn't Leukemia, I thought you don't tell a mom that!!! But whatever!

So here are some pictures I took of Matai while he was sick. He cried the entire time. He wanted to be held the entire time and he wanted a boob in his mouth the entire time!!! Not entirely a fun time for me! (that is just not how my baby usually is)

I'm posting this video because I had told my mom about his new "sick cry". Here it is. Quite funny if you ask me, and also quite annoying after hearing it for days if I put him down AT ALL!!! He wouldn't even go to his dad. What a little pain in the butt!! LOL

It's not a complaint this time!!

2008-05-01T13:04:00.000-06:00

This was the view from my apartments yesterday. It looks the same out today, May 1st, there is snow. However, this time I am not complaining!!!!!! Can you believe it??? And this is why.....On Monday it was almost 80 degree's outside and as I sat in my hot apartment, it hit me like a rock!!! I think we might be to poor to use our air conditioner this summer!!!!!!!!!!! If that is truly the case, I will be spending every waking hour at the pool!! So today, I am grateful for the cold and in the summer I will be very grateful for the pool!

Interesting things at the zoo!

2008-04-28T22:37:00.001-06:00

I was at the zoo a few weeks ago with my friend Kim, when all of a sudden we saw a lady who must have been trying to fit in with the Peacocks!!!!! My pictures aren't that good because I didn't want to be TOO obvious (although I think her daughter knew what me and Kim were doing). I have two pictures of her and Kim has one posted on her account here. I know I shouldn't make fun of people.....it's not nice! I will say she was a pretty lady, but sometimes I just don't understand the whole "Utah" hair thing. They think it is still the 80's out here. And those of you who have ever lived/visited here know what I'm talking about. I just don't get it, look how high her hair is in the blurry picture!

Sorry the pictures aren't that great, but hopefully you get the idea! The other thing I have to comment on is another day when I was leaving the zoo, I saw this:

The mother and father were both unloading the stroller and an infant while the father had put (I'm guessing at the ages) this two and three year old on the top of their SUV to wait for them. I was scared to death that one of them was going to fall/jump off the top! It's another bad picture, but I had to take it over my shoulder without looking! This mother also had like four nasty huge hickies (sp?) on her neck. If we were in the south, I would have called them a bunch of hicks! Get it.....the hicks with the hickies!!! LOL Gosh I'm funny............Just kidding!!!

Oh I almost forgot! While we were at the zoo the giraffes were getting a little frisky!!!! There were several schools there on field trips! Me and my friend Jen were the "mature grown-ups" standing there laughing our heads off!!! Thank goodness our kids were too young to understand what was going on and too young to ask questions! :)

Matai Has Had TOO Much!

2008-04-26T21:15:00.000-06:00

The other day I took the boys to the zoo and then to Jen's to play at her park. This is what happens when Matai has just had TOO much!

I love it that kids can fall asleep at any time and anywhere! It is the cutest thing to me! Aren't his shirt and shorts so cute. Yep, Wal-Mart special baby! $4.50 for the top and $4.50 for the shorts! Gotta love it!
While at Jen's I had some major chapped lips, so Jen gave me some chap stick to put on. I was waiting for 'Aisea to use the bathroom when I put it on and then while I was helping him wash his hands, I looked into the mirror and this was what I saw.........the whitest lips ever!! And I had caked this stuff on because my lips hurt so bad!! Me and Jen got a good laugh out of it, but she didn't know because she had never used it before.
I didn't take it off because my lips hurt so bad, but I was leaving Jen's to go meet Kim at Costco and go to dinner, so I made a mental note to wipe it off when I got there. Now I pose this question............What good is a mental note when you have NO brain???
So I got to Costco and had to wait a bit for Kim to get there. In the process, I forgot to wipe off my chap stick. When Kim gets to Costco, after being there for a bit, I remembered that I forgot to wipe it off. I ask Kim......"why didn't you tell me that I had white lips?" She says......"I thought you knew about it." LOL Not exactly my style!!

Hair cuttin' Leah

2008-04-25T08:40:00.000-06:00

Leah came over on Sunday and cut 'Aisea's hair and shaped up mine. I needed some style and Tay (the girl who has done my hair ever since Hawaii) is about to have a baby and miserable. Sea is good when he gets his hair cut at a shop, but Sunday he was such a wiggle worm. Partly because he is just the most active kid ever and partly because the hair was making him itch. But Poor Leah had to cut his hair on her knee's! She's a trooper!

I only took a picture of the back because the front still looks the same. I just had her stack the back a little.

List of Excuses!

2008-04-24T11:11:00.000-06:00

I have to apologize for being gone for so long.....I have several excuses, so here they go:

1. It's earth week this week and on the news I saw that they were challenging all families to turn things off and get outside. This means computers, TV's, Video games.....etc. So I thought I'll take that challenge for my kids. Then I realized that in order for them to be outside, I have to be with them which in turn takes me away from everything too!! But we have just been outside or out doing things all week long from the Children's Museum to the Zoo to just going to the park! It's been fun because the weather has been really nice! But today it is raining/snowing (yes I said snowing!!!) so all bets are out the window today! 'Aisea is watching a Thomas the train video and Matai is playing with a petrified piece of pizza right now..........I know ..........I'm a good mom, I am!!

2. I made the silly mistake the other night of showing 'Aisea that you could play "video games" on Disney.com. He has been hooked ever since, so now I have to share the computer!

3. After many weeks of kind of lazily doing school work, Ioane has decided that he needs to get his butt in gear and really start doing his school work hard core........so there is another person I have to share with!! Dangit!!

4. My comptuer's CD/DVD player was broken for the second time and I had to take it to get it fixed, so for a little bit, I didn't even have a computer! But on the plus side, I'm going to make all the CD's for people who wanted one and get them sent off very soon!

So these are all of my excuses!! Hope one works for you and I'll try and be much better about posting!!!!

Update on the contest!!

2008-04-19T21:32:00.000-06:00

Tifani, I am sorry that I haven't mailed your chocolate as of yet. With the car problems and all I have been a bit pre-occupied! Please know that I haven't forgotten about you and they should go in the mail sometime this week!!
For everyone else that wanted a CD.......to top things off the CD/DVD player on my computer is broken, AGAIN!!! So I will get them done, but I will have to take the computer to get it fixed this week sometime. I have Gigi's info and I think I have Aramie's too........anyone else that was in the contest and wants the CD please email me your address to entongi@gmail.com. Thanks for everyone's understanding ( I hope)!!