Matai's first hair cut

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!

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Fat Girl Update Week 2

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!

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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!!!

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!!!

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

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

Leelou Launch Party

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 !!!!!!!

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!!

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

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

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

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!

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!