weekend full of emotions.....

This past weekend we took a trip down south first on Friday we went down to a funeral for somebody in my husbands family it was so sad to listen to the children speak about there dad and see the slide show of his life. After That we went and crashed at my dad's house and got up the next morning and went out to breakfast.. boy was that fun... going out to eat with Josiah these days is quite a struggle. .but I managed to get out of there with no food on me. It was good to see my dad 2 weeks in a row even if it was a quick visit... So then we got on the road for our next stop... I have been telling the kids for weeks now that we have a surprise for them.. and this was the weekend for the surprise.. the whole drive from orange county to the L.A. area they kept asking where are we going..?? I didn't tell them anything...So we get to the hotel.. and there she was my mom or as the kids call her "mammy" I haven't seen her in over a year... and I was soooo happy to see her and the kids were very excited too... and very surprised. My mom lives in Utah and was down for the weekend for my cousins baby shower... she got us a room at her hotel in Calabasas and we stayed out there for the rest of the weekend... we had a really good time hanging out with mammy, swimming, walking around the town, and seeing lots of family... we even thought we might run into a celebrity since a lot live there.. well kam and the boys saw Morris Chesnut from the Game Plan at subway. my cousin even unexpectedly decided to have here baby the day of her shower.. so we got to go to the hospital to see the baby... all in all we had a great weekend....

a video of the kids walking in the door to find out what there surprise is....

We went out to lunch at sagebrush cantina...Josiah loved when the mariachi sang to us.
They sang funny songs and danced too..it was very entertaining...
My mom, Kala, and My cousin Emily enjoying lunch....
Josiah still enjoying the Mariachi band... I told my husband we can only eat at restaurants with Mariachi now because he was so good and sat in his seat the whole time...LOL
My hubby looking all handsome on a bench in a shopping center...
Kam playing with Josiah and his new book Mammy bought him...
Jayden posing with a frog at the shopping center
Jayden took this pic of Kam and I we decided to walk around the town, I love this town...
Kala and Jayden posing by a statue
this is supposed to be Kala posing by the store DASH which is the store owned by Kim kardashian and her sisters, we thought it was so cool that our hotel was right across the street. but it was so dark you can't see Kala...
o.k. this pic has a funny story behind it, we went to visit my cousin and new baby at the hospital and we parked really far I had Josiah with me and he was a sleep so Kala pushed me and josiah in a wheel chair all the way up to the door but she kept losing control of the wheelchair and we were all laughing so hysterically... and then it was kala's turn on the way back to the car hey Josiah is 32 lbs can you blame us =)
Josiah loved playing the the hotel.. and warmed up to mammy real quick
and this Leland anthony the newest edition to the family....

Nurses maid what????

I'm writing this blog to inform those who don't know and also to share with my friends and family.... So last night started out to be a wonderful evening with a lot going on. Kam took Jayden and Tyler to Tyler's band concert at school which he had a solo by the way...congrats on that!!! and Josiah and I went to do some girl scout stuff for Kala's girl scout troop and then head to church for enrichment night the theme was how to become the 8 cow woman you are from the johnny lingo movie... it was great food, great company and a great program... well Josiah didn't do so well in the nursery so I had him with me... once it was over he was trying to run around everywhere and wanted to touch everything so all of a sudden I'm holding his hand and he pulls away from me to escape out the door and I hear a POP sound .. I thought maybe it was just his wrist adjusting or something... well then he started crying and babying his arm... after talking to a few people I thought it would just be sore and go away... well it didn't he cried off and on through the night... so first thing this morning I take him to the Dr. and with in 1 minute if getting into the room she pops his elbow into place and he is back to normal eating a lollipop with the same arm... as if nothing ever happened... it turns out he got nurses maid elbow and apparently it is very common. Well he is running around being the happy little boy he normally is... he definitely had us scared though....

Total cliffhanger ...grrrrrr.....

O.K. so how many of you watch the Biggest Loser.... well I am a definite faithful fan... and I'm so upset right now because they just ended the show with a huge cliffhanger.. I was already sitting at the edge of my seat awaiting the outcome to see if they lost 77 lbs to keep all safe this week... so it's up to the last person to weigh in .... and apparently I wasn't keeping track of time and thought it was just going to commercial.. and then all of a sudden I see TO BE CONTINUED... I was like what... no way... now I have to wait 1 WHOLE week to see what happens.... my family has been of course going for the 2 Mormon teams on the show and mainly for the Tongan team..GO FILIPE AND SIONE!!! anyways I just had to come on here and vent a little.... whew I feel better now.... =) nite nite...

Kakala's birthday bash.....

SO this past week was Kala's birthday and she insisted that she was the boss for the whole week... In our family we only have big birthday parties for their 1st,5th, and 10th and so on...since there are so many of us that just seems like the logical thing to do.. So this was it the big 10.. so she wanted to live it up to the fullest...LOL.. so finally to end her birthday week with a bang.. we had her a birthday party at rollerama. We all had alot of fun and it was a pretty stress free birthday party... and I didnt even have to clean up... she got to invite some friends and my dad even came up from orange county, it so good to see him and kala thought it was so cool that her grandpa was out there skating like everyone else...Here are some pics of the event... the first 2 pics Josiah got into some hershey kisses while Kala and I were trying to put her goodie bags together.. the looks on his face is so funny when he got caught look on the bottom of the pic..all those wrappers are from him...LOL... ya he wasn't feeling so well that night...LOL

jumping rope for a great cause .....

Yesterday Kala participated in jump rope for heart at her school, this is the first year that she actually got to participate. She came home yesterday so excited because she out jump roped the whole 4th grade class and at the end it came down to her and a 4th grade teacher which to her was a double victory... I love when my kids participate in events like this and that they feel good about it because they are helping a great cause. good Job Kala... you make us proud!!!

HaPpY BiRThDaY KaKaLa!!!!!

Today is our daughter Kakala Alisi's 10th birthday!!! she has been counting down this day for the last 2 months... because she is the princess of the family and knew she would be spoiled rotten...LOL... i put these pics up to show her personality she is such a nurturer to her lil brothers, and also a lil diva... she likes to pose for the camera.. she loves to be in plays and sing.. she has such an outgoing personality... Kala we love you and hope you have a wonderful day...

Kala always loves taking care of her baby brother....
this is Kala hugging Jayden when they were about 3 and 4 yrs old.. even then she was quite the lil nurturer

and finally this pic shows you just how our lil diva loves to pose for the camera and is not shy one bit.....

Happy Anniversary!!!

"An anniversary is a time to celebrate the joys of today, the memories of yesterday, and the hopes of tomorrow."

Today is our Anniversary and I just want to express my love and gratitude for my husband and all that he does for our family...it's been quite an amazing journey and I'm glad that I have had you by my side through it all... Ofa Atu!!


This is a picture of our first dance as a married couple to the song "at last" by etta jones

I wanted to share this picture, my mom sent it to me from Utah, She says it looks like a view from Heaven. I absolutely love this picture..thanks mom