Look what I can do!!!

The last month or so Josiah has been learning how to take steps when you hold his hands , but would never walk with his push toy. Then all of a sudden yesterday he finally learned how to walk with his push toy ... the first time he did it was really funny because he didn't realize how fast it would go and he practically ran to keep up with it... then he got the hang of it... here are some videos of him in action... LOL

Josiah is always up to no good....

So Josiah like most babies is always getting into something he is not supposed to .... here are a few pics of him in action



I was trying to empty the dishwasher, and I turned around for one minute to put away a dish and this is what i found... little monkey no wonder I can't get anything done...LOL
Then this morning he was being really quiet in the living room, I thought he was playing nicely with his toys.. come to find out he got a hold of a sharpee and decided to take the lid off and color himself..... Thank goodness it come right off with baby oil...... he is always making us laugh... =)

First day of school went well....

On Monday was the kids first day of school, and I had been ready for this day since the middle of summer...LOL... My lil tradition is that I take the kids every year on their first day of school. I walk them to their classroom so they know where it is and then walk them to the playground, watch them line up, and then walk to their classrooms. I can't believe how big they are getting. This year I didn't even get to drop Ty off, He didn't want me to... :( so he is officially grown up.. So after they went to class, it was time for me to go... I couldn't help but get a little teary eyed, just thinking about their day... learning new things, meeting new friends, and getting used to a new teacher... And I couldn't wait to hear about it all when they get home.... of course we have to take turns... but they normally try to speak all at once..... all in all it was a successful day....and they are enjoying school





Tyler on his way out the door.. headed to his sophomore year.
Kala is in the 4th grade and Jayden is in the 3rd grade... like Kala's new haircut?
Sorry Josiah ...no school for you yet!!

Ending the summer with a blow out!!

Well this past weekend we decided to load the kids up(minus Ty, he's still in Utah) and head up north to Kam's family for one last getaway before school starts. We got there about 9pm Friday night and had a movie night, then on Saturday morning we got up about 4am to do a session at the Oakland temple with kam's mom and sister it was a truly wonderful experience. Then we all got ready to go to Stinson Beach I had never been there before and was just expecting this average everyday beach. WOW was I wrong.... after we drive for about a half and hour we get on this curvy road that curve's up the mountain and then back down the view was phenomenal and the kids were screaming the whole time.. they were a little scared..... so we finally get down the mountain to this absolutely beautiful beach that is breath taking.... we had such a good time with the family. Josiah and I played in the sand, while kam,the kids and his sisters swam in the ocean, at one point we were shocked because Josiah was crawling normally in the sand.. he normally does the army crawl.. then after a long day on the sand we had a bbq it was such a fun time... On Sunday we went to Kam's moms ward, its a Tongan ward and is always a bit challenging for me ..lol, but it was nice... then we got ready to leave about 7ish and not even an hour on the road we hit something in the road and got a BLOW-OUT.... so were sitting on the side of the road waiting for our tire to get fixed with car full of kids.... we made it home around 1am....... just another day in the life of the Manu family..... here are some pics of our weekend

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Girls just want to have fun!!!!

our kids are always up to something.. last night the girls where playing dress up and wanted to put on a little show for us....

sleep..sleep..sleep...

Well As I mentioned before Josiah can fall asleep any where ... he must get that from his daddy, yesterday Jayden walks in the living room with Josiah, and this is what we saw...LOL

Last week was quite the busy week.... here are some pics of our funfilled week...no time to post a long blog... as I usually do.... so anyways hope you have a good week, hopefully I will write more later.... :0)