Our Eternal Family

On May 23, 2009 my family became complete and was sealed for all time and eternity in the Los Angeles Temple. This was a very special moment for our family... and I am very grateful that this event was able to take place... with out getting into much detail... my family had to go through many challenges to get to this day... and everyday was so worth it to get us to where we wanted to be... The day was absolutely perfect... and My aunt and uncle were kind enough to come out and capture this special moment for us, along with other friends and family who came to support us including my cousin Melissa and her husband Richard who came all the way from Utah.... here are a few pictures....from our day....

M - I - C - K - E- Y M -O - U- S - E

This past weekend we took a family trip down to Disneyland... well the reason we went is because My daughter's girl scout troop planned a trip with their cookie money they earned, and it was also my step-daughter's birthday so we decided to make a special weekend out of it......we got to Anaheim on Friday evening.. we stayed at the Hilton which we got a really good deal on price line... anyways we got up Saturday morning..and we were off to "the happiest place on earth" we started off our day at Club 33 it is this members only dining place that the girl scout leader we some how able to get us in there.. WOW what a beautiful neat place ... Walt Disney had built this place so that he could entertain the important people that came to visit... We had breakfast there..it was a neat experience.... after that we were off to enjoy the park.... we all kinda went our separate ways... except for Kam, Josiah and I we went with our friends the Ramils and there lil ones to ride the kiddie rides.... later we caught up with the rest of our kids and our friends the Tilletts and did some rides with them too.. at first I was worried about going with a lil one... and what a hassle it would be.... but he was sooo good we had no problems.... except with the excessive diaper changing.... from all the junk he was eating... and him not standing still in the lines... but that's expected.... he only got a lil scared on the pirates of the Caribbean and held on to daddy real tight...all in all we had a really good time... and I want to go back soon....here are some pics of our day....
Josiah at the Hotel getting ready to go to Disneyland
inside Clubb 33 the decor was beautiful...
Isabel and Josiah at Club 33
Kala and Izzy right outside Clubb 33
riding the Pirates of the Caribbean, Josiah wasn't sure if he liked it...
he loved the merry go round
we had to pry him off of of the horse...lol
Nap time..with Mickey
all rested and ready for the parade to start
the kids loved the parade....
just had lunch at a mexican place in the park
riding the train in the bug' land at California adventure...
Josiah and Izzy waiting in line for Toy story
Daddy and Izzy
Jayden and Caesar
Izzy, Mikayla, and Marissa's mom
The Ramil's, the Tillitt's and our family all went on the Toy story ride together, it was a lot of fun...
K.C. and Tyler on the Toy story ride
Josiah finally knocked out... with his mickey again and his 1st visit pin... we didn't leave to 1am.... (yawn)
and this is a flower arrangement that my hubby surprised me with at the end of the night... notice the pink on... it is fake and lights up.. the rest are real flowers that he put together....

Look what I can do and say!!

Josiah has been talking a lot lately.. and also learning where his eyes are and stuff here is some videos of what he has been learning.... oh and "Uma" means kiss in Tongan he is bilingual too...LOL... just yesterday he started singing his ABC's and then this morning he told me he went pee pee... he is growing up so quickly.. he is currently a whopping 33 lbs... and wears a 3T... he is officially 18 months old and had his first Sunday in nursery all by himself, he didn't cry once and the teachers said he was so good... YEAH!! he also is no longer on a bottle... it was so easy he just didnt want it any more... and I said " are you a big boy now?" so he walks around saying "big boy" now we will see how well we do with the pacifier?? he is my 2nd baby who love's the pacifier we had to pry it away from Kala at 2 years old and she fought and kicked for the thing... so I will give him till 2 and it's gone... anyways I thought Id give you an update on Josiah... enjoy the videos and a pic of him and his friends =)

What do these 3 friends have in common?? They LOVE!! the Pacifier and I couldn't help but take a picture when they all decided to sit next to each other

Another Manu family,funfilled, spiritual weekend....

This past Friday My family and I were able to finally sit down and watch Kala in "Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" My Dad came up from southern Cal to go with us, and we decided to leave Josiah back with the Tonga's since I knew he wouldn't sit thru the whole thing.... When we first got there we were like in the 10 row and I couldn't see anything I was so disappointed, but then our friends told us there was some seats in the 1st and 2nd row... we were so excited... and it was such an amazing show... and I was such a proud mom to see Kala up there... she looked so beautiful...!! After the show we took my dad to Sonic since he had never been.. where they do the carhop..The next day we got up and went to our friend's daughter Natalie's Baptism she looked so pretty in her white dress and I could tell she was pretty proud, It was so neat to have my Dad there since he is not a member I wanted him to experience my Religion and see what the most important thing in my life is all about... After the Baptism we all headed to the Ramil's for lunch... for some pizza and Hawaiian bbq mac salad...yummy.... after lunch my dad decided to head back home... we were so glad to have him for a visit.. =) later that night we went to dinner with our friends the Smiths whom we are so grateful for taking our son Ty to seminary everyday for the past 2 years...we went to famous Dave's...which was sooo good... after that we decided to head out to relay for life to support my husbands job out there raising money for cancer awareness.. and do a few laps to work off all the food we ate....!!! we had Josiah, Ty, and Jayden in tow.. and talked to the boys about cancer and raising awareness. We decided to stay out there til our daughter was ready to be picked up after her cast party... we didn't get home till almost midnight and by that point I was wiped out.. and kept thinking how am I going to get up in the morning... LOl... but we did and headed to church... where my husband was called to be the secretary of the Elders quarom. I am so proud of him and grateful that he holds the priesthood. Last night he had his 1st little meeting and can tell he is pretty proud to have this calling... congrats Babe!!well that about sums up our weekend.... today I am pretty tired...!! the only thing I didn't do this weekend is take pics.... I didn't have any batteries =( here is one of Kala with her hair flat ironed for one of the performances that someone else took.....

One of our shining stars.....and a little bite!!

This past weekend was quite busy, especially for Kala... On Friday night the Musical that Kala is in had its opening night.... As I was getting her ready, Make up and all I couldn't help but be so proud of her... but also have some major butterflies for her as well... I could tell as the time got nearer that she was getting really nervous.... after months of rehearsal the day had finally came... as I dropped my beautiful talented daughter off... I said to her " hey Kala good luck , I love you .... and please " don;t break a leg." "( if you remember from a earlier post) ..she just laughed and said "Mooom!! LOL... so the night went really well... an the production is a big hit!! although I haven't seen it yet because our tickets are for this Friday night... The next morning we had to get up early and go to the park... Kala's girl scout troop was participating in planting trees at the park and baseball field.... I thought since Earth day was last week..that this would be a good lesson for her... so we headed to the park at 745am with Josiah in tow... we got to the park and it was a big event, we even got to meet the Mayor...!! we got a quick little lesson on how to plant a tree and proceeded to walk 2 miles to the ballpark.... did I say 2 miles... yahh!! that's right....!!lol... so we planted about 4 trees in all... and it was a great experience for my daughter... and I'm glad we went.... after that we had to hurry home with no time to waste for Kala to get ready for the next show time at 2pm... she kept saying mom im tired!! I told her Kala this what stars do... they never have to time to waste...LOL... she got ready and we headed to the church I was helping the kids in play this time... so I went with her... it was so cute to be in a room with 35 kids getting ready for show time.... they were putting makeup, curling hair... and inhaling 20 different snacks that were provided for them ....LOL ..she had 2 shows on Saturday.... 2pm and 7pm.. so it was another long day for the princess.... so about 1/2 way through the day i'm noticing that my ankle is swelling and it getting hard to walk on.... I remembered that I got bit by something the day before... and didn't think it was that bad... well to make a long story short after 2 days in the E.R. 4 injections of meds, 4 prescriptions, lots of pain, an infection that was taking over my body and a baby that missed me terribly I am finally on the road to recovery.. It was a scary experience... that I'm glad is over.....so now I just need to catch up on everything I didn't get to do this weekend.... the hubby and the kids tried there hardest to clean the house for me....I'm so grateful to my husband for keeping the house in order while I was away..even if though his idea of a nutritious lunch was ice cream....LOL...this weekend should be busy again as Kala has 4 more performances to do.... hopefully I will get more pics later!!
Kala with her cousin Ana getting ready for showtime.. don't they look pretty??
Strike a pose Kala....
Ahhhhh!! it's her dressing room... with her own star.... I am so proud of her!!!
digging a hole for a new tree to put in the earth
waiting patiently for the tree to arrive....
the tree is in.. now it's time to put the dirt back in the hole...
Ta Da the finished product
and this Josiah being silly with a mask we got at the park!!!

Josiah meets his namesake

This kinda goes along with my last post but I didn't have this picture on my camera... This is Josiah with his namesake who just returned home from serving the Macon Georgia mission.... Welcome home!!!

A Farewell and A Homecoming......

This past weekend we went to Kam's family Because they had one missionary return from Macon Georgia That is who my son Josiah is named after and his middle name is Macon after his mission....it was so neat for Josiah to meet his name sake... there's also a missionary leaving for the Guatemala mission he enters the MTC tomorrow... so needless to say it was a big event for my husbands family... at one point they had 5 missionaries out at one time... and everyone was home but one who is serving in the D.R....so they decided to have a reunion weekend with lots of activities.. they had a dance on friday nite, games at the park on sat, followed by swimming, then sat nite they had a dance on their tennis court in the backyard... Josiah was dancing all night long and wasn't even shy to get out there and shake it.... he was so funny and definitely the highlight... they split the family in 1/2 and had a dance off... our team won... it was so much fun.... on Sunday we had 2 wards to attend to hear the talks of the missionaries.... then after that they had a big umu (its like a tongan oven underground) they food was really good.... and so was the company.... after a family testimony meeting they had awards to give out.... from the weekend... Josiah of course won for all around best dancer kala one for best mexican dancer and jayden won best cartwheels...Ty wasnt in to doing anything this year... he is getting to old.. =(.... after that we headed home... and didn't get home til midnight... all around it was a good weekend.... and I am so grateful for the examples that our missionaries are setting for my children in hopes they all have the desire to serve the lord one day....


Josiah trying to drive the go-kart
Kakala and Tianasili eating some yummy cake
The winners of the dance off...the prize was one hundred $$$$
my hubby working hard at the UMU
Tyler was bored and decided to put as many as clothes pins as he could on his face.... I don't know about him sometimes....LOL he was almost in tears from the pain... i wonder id there is a Guinness record for this...LOL
Josiah dancing with his cousin Nancytaylor
Josiah with his auntie Isabel and uncle walter
Josiah was dancing and looking around wondering why everyone was chanting his name...LOL
Josiah and Jay with uncle henry when they won there awards... they got candy apples.... mmmmmmm

and then here is a little video of everyone doing the cha-cha