Tuesday, May 25
shouldn't this be over?
Spring should be over by now. So why, tell me, did I wake up Monday morning having to scrape snow off the truck with a racketball racket (the one thing I could find) only to drive to work in a full-on blizzard? I've asked you nicely already. Now PLEASE go away.
some earlier spring shots...
Sunday, May 23
bouncy balls
I recently found these pictures from a while back. I shot them with my Canon point and shoot. I love that I can freeze time and then go back and remember special days. This was from one of the first sunny days this spring.
Elijah was just learning to walk and hadn't ever really spent a lot of time outside. He was soooo happy.
Marley had dirt up her nose and her hair wasn't brushed. I love how she looks in these.
Sitani wanted me to kick the bouncy balls in the air. He would just run and try to catch them.
We started a memory jar. I will have to print off one of these to put in it. Let the summer memories begin!!!
Sitani was telling Marley that she needed to put her head on his shoulder.
I've heard that dirt is good for the immune system. :)
Wednesday, May 19
warm light
Lately, I've been trying to study different types of light. I read that there is more warm light in the evenings and more cool light in the mornings.
The flower is a fake pen that Marley was carrying in her purse. She has all kinds of fun things in her purse. (like a REAL woman)
XOXO
but...my philosophy is...that with this lil monkey smile, any light will do for me.
Sunday, May 16
Tuesday, May 11
a new addition
Remember this cute family? Well, they have just added a new addition to their house. He is ADORABLE. I was officially addicted when I got the chance to hold him...he was just so so tiny and so so snuggly. He made my little Elijah just suddenly grow up. I can't believe that I forget how small they come. I love this family. Now they have two cute little boys. We are so excited for them. Congratulations you guys.
i heart my mom
So I know that mother's day has come and gone but I have no idea where the time went. I am constantly in a whirlwind of my "to do" checklist. Needless to say, I have failed this mother's day. Not that she hasn't been on my mind. I love you mom!
Here are some random thoughts I have had about my mom lately.-my dad once bought a blue dress with big blue earrings to match. (I seriously thought they were blue diamonds). I remember being only 8 years old and she would go out on dates or to firesides with my dad and before she got ready she would ask us what we thought she would wear. I always told her to wear that blue dress with her blue diamond earrings. I loved that my dad bought it for her. (he has always been a sweetheart). I always thought she looked gorgeous in it.
-once my mom picked up my little/big brother Daniel and body-slammed him while playing around with him. We were shocked at how strong she was for being only five feet.
-my mom wants to be taller after the resurrection so she can reach my 6, 4' dad. I think Heavenly Father will still keep her short because she is just so cute that way.
-my mom would make us weed our grandma's huge garden every Saturday for the whole summer. I always thought it was cool that she would be right out there with us, though.
-my mom knows how to can anything and she once made 89 loaves of bread in one day.
-my mom makes the best rolls and apple pie. I don't like anything about Thanksgiving except for that.
-my mom makes at least 10 plates of goodies every Christmas and we would have to carol and deliver them on Christmas Eve. It was important for us to do that before any presents came.
-my mom never grounded us. She just gave the speech about losing trust and learning to make better choices. We wanted her to trust us.
-my mom never gave us jobs. She just said that when she asked, we should be expected to obey.
-my mom always had us dressed and to church on time on the second row. Today this AMAZES me. (I still can't get that one together yet) :) Including a roast in the oven and dinner ready when we got home.
-my mom drove us 45 minutes one way every Sunday morning to church alone (while my dad was already there in meetings). I remember sliding on black ice. She got out of the suburban in her high heels to check if we hit anything and then she got back inside and continued to church.
-my mom developed her talents and learned to make beautiful wedding cakes and she can sew anything.
-my mom always pays her tithing even when she has no money to provide her kids.
-my mom has bore her testimony to me over a million times. I know what a testimony is because of her.
-my mom taught me how to make my bed like the nurses make the beds in the hospitals.
-once my mom let me pick out my own material and she then stayed up all night making it into shorts. Laura had to wear them too. (sorry Laura about those asian lady shorts)
-once my mom made us swimsuits made from not swimsuit material. I hope she never tries that again. haha
-my mom always looked beautiful when she was pregnant and she was always pregnant.
-my mom drove my sister 3 hours one way every week just to get her the help she needed to grow up healthy. Now she will graduate from High School this year.
-my mom had 10 kids and a number of miscarriages.
-my mom will have a ton of grandkids to spoil and keep her busy.
I love my mom. I love my dad. I love that my mom loves my dad. I love that my mom still likes to spend time with my dad. That makes me feel like the luckiest girl alive.
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY
Tuesday, May 4
soaking it all up
Another month has come and gone and I am once again posting my monthly goal. So, I guess I cheated this month. I honestly never got a family picture. This one will have to do for this month. I kept putting it off until BAM it was already May. That just means I will have to think of something good for this month.
This is almost like a family picture, though. It was a special day. We went up the canyon and spent the whole day together. We rode bikes on the canyon trail, we chased after bugs, and we watch Haini skip rocks on the river. This was the same spot that Haini brought the kids a couple times last year right after Elijah came home from the hospital. He would bring them here to get out and play while I stayed home and adjusted to a new baby. I can hardly believe that my baby is now walking. A year has almost gone by.
I recently read a blog in which the mother was realizing her children were no longer toddlers and were now entering into the "almost-teenager" years. It made me cry as she recalled memories that seemed like yesterday and realized the harsh realities of time and change.
I JUST WANT TO SOAK IT ALL UP.
But deep inside, I know that one day I will be there and I will feel a little sad that my chubby babies and funny talking toddlers are no longer.
STOP.
STAY STILL.
PLEASE.
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO GET IT ALL IN.
I constantly carry this notebook around (partly because I have a crazy obsession with little cute notebooks) and I am constantly stopping and writing down things I notice, hear and see.
This is what I got written down this month.
First of all I am typing this at 4:30 in the morning without my contacts.
I can't sleep.
Mostly because I woke up to feed Elijah, change his diaper and drag Sitani out of bed for an early morning potty break.
Aprils Notes:
*When I hold Elijah in my arms and say "Soft" he will grab my hand and start rubbing it softly on my face and then on his face. He smiles big and thinks it is funny.
*Everytime Sitani walks by my big plant, he has to take a big swipe at it. It is like he a warrior fighting off the evil with his sword. The poor plant is barely surviving.
*Marley has started a new thing of wrinkling her nose and talking squishyish (if that is a word). She likes to say "You're so funny Staw-ny."
*Marley constantly tackles Sitani. Haini mentioned that he is pretty worried about Marley and her rough play. She IS pretty crazy.
*Sitani got his first real skinned knee. Gravel and all. We bandaged it up and I wanted to cry for him. Ouch.
*Marley and I have had a couple of "ritual nights" when Haini is working late and Sitani and Elijah fall asleep. She can't sleep so we make ice-cream cones and cuddle together. It is fun to spend time with her alone. We both konk out before Haini gets home.
*Once this month, Sitani came to me with a little wimper. When I asked him what was wrong he said, "Mommy, Daddy says he won't cuddle with me." I heard Haini giggling in the background. I guess that he was teasing Sitani. My lil 4 year old is still such a cuddler and I LOVE IT!!!
*Sitani came up to me and said that he got bit by a grasshopper. He is hilariously scared of bugs.
*Marley is obsessed with Dora. Seriously, come on!! She calls her "my Dora." I was trying to stay clear of all that but somehow she seemed to slip into our lives. At least we've managed to dodge the Wiggles. Hahaha (sorry to all the Wiggles Fans).
*Both Sitani and Marley like to play "church". They will use the basketball hoop as the podium and the pole is the microphone that they talk into. It is really fun to listen when they think I'm not listening. They try to speak Tongan. I hear the words "mata" and "faka" (which doesn't come out sounding very nice. I don't know what to do to explain it to them.)
*Marley tells me almost everynight when I tuck her into bed, "Mommy, you go to work tomorrow?" "Yes, I have to go to work tomorrow." Then she usually says something like this, "Okay, but I'm gonna meess syou at wurk." That breaks my heart everytime. Someday soon I will get to tell her no more work.
*Haini passed the test to enter into the Police Academy. He also passed a final with a 89%. We' haven't gotten his grades back for the semester yet but he studied so hard this semester.
*Haini has told me that he wants a mountain bike. I told him he should get a cruiser bike and he responded that no, he wants a real mountain bike.
*Sitani has been praying to "save money for a new house". He even points them out to me in the newspapers.
*Marley found a penny while walking in the park. She held on to it all the way home and put it in her piggy bank. I was so proud of her. (Is that considered stealing, though?)
*Sitani participated in his first Primary Fireside. They sang "Scripture Power" and would hold their scriptures up everytime they sang that part. It was awesome!!!
*Marley and I painted a new painting for our home. We made a tree and she added leaves. It was our Earth Day activity since the weather was so bad.
*We spent a lot of nights this month watching Planet Earth together. My kids loved it!!! I loved it!!!
*We have already had 3 barbeques and 1 get together with friends.
Another month down.
We are closer to summer!!!
The spring tree blossoms still amaze me every year.
I can't wait to come alive again.
I am so thankful for my family. I am so thankful for my home. I am so thankful for my health. I am so thankful for the gospel.
This is almost like a family picture, though. It was a special day. We went up the canyon and spent the whole day together. We rode bikes on the canyon trail, we chased after bugs, and we watch Haini skip rocks on the river. This was the same spot that Haini brought the kids a couple times last year right after Elijah came home from the hospital. He would bring them here to get out and play while I stayed home and adjusted to a new baby. I can hardly believe that my baby is now walking. A year has almost gone by.
I recently read a blog in which the mother was realizing her children were no longer toddlers and were now entering into the "almost-teenager" years. It made me cry as she recalled memories that seemed like yesterday and realized the harsh realities of time and change.
I JUST WANT TO SOAK IT ALL UP.
But deep inside, I know that one day I will be there and I will feel a little sad that my chubby babies and funny talking toddlers are no longer.
STOP.
STAY STILL.
PLEASE.
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO GET IT ALL IN.
I constantly carry this notebook around (partly because I have a crazy obsession with little cute notebooks) and I am constantly stopping and writing down things I notice, hear and see.
This is what I got written down this month.
First of all I am typing this at 4:30 in the morning without my contacts.
I can't sleep.
Mostly because I woke up to feed Elijah, change his diaper and drag Sitani out of bed for an early morning potty break.
Aprils Notes:
*When I hold Elijah in my arms and say "Soft" he will grab my hand and start rubbing it softly on my face and then on his face. He smiles big and thinks it is funny.
*Everytime Sitani walks by my big plant, he has to take a big swipe at it. It is like he a warrior fighting off the evil with his sword. The poor plant is barely surviving.
*Marley has started a new thing of wrinkling her nose and talking squishyish (if that is a word). She likes to say "You're so funny Staw-ny."
*Marley constantly tackles Sitani. Haini mentioned that he is pretty worried about Marley and her rough play. She IS pretty crazy.
*Sitani got his first real skinned knee. Gravel and all. We bandaged it up and I wanted to cry for him. Ouch.
*Marley and I have had a couple of "ritual nights" when Haini is working late and Sitani and Elijah fall asleep. She can't sleep so we make ice-cream cones and cuddle together. It is fun to spend time with her alone. We both konk out before Haini gets home.
*Once this month, Sitani came to me with a little wimper. When I asked him what was wrong he said, "Mommy, Daddy says he won't cuddle with me." I heard Haini giggling in the background. I guess that he was teasing Sitani. My lil 4 year old is still such a cuddler and I LOVE IT!!!
*Sitani came up to me and said that he got bit by a grasshopper. He is hilariously scared of bugs.
*Marley is obsessed with Dora. Seriously, come on!! She calls her "my Dora." I was trying to stay clear of all that but somehow she seemed to slip into our lives. At least we've managed to dodge the Wiggles. Hahaha (sorry to all the Wiggles Fans).
*Both Sitani and Marley like to play "church". They will use the basketball hoop as the podium and the pole is the microphone that they talk into. It is really fun to listen when they think I'm not listening. They try to speak Tongan. I hear the words "mata" and "faka" (which doesn't come out sounding very nice. I don't know what to do to explain it to them.)
*Marley tells me almost everynight when I tuck her into bed, "Mommy, you go to work tomorrow?" "Yes, I have to go to work tomorrow." Then she usually says something like this, "Okay, but I'm gonna meess syou at wurk." That breaks my heart everytime. Someday soon I will get to tell her no more work.
*Haini passed the test to enter into the Police Academy. He also passed a final with a 89%. We' haven't gotten his grades back for the semester yet but he studied so hard this semester.
*Haini has told me that he wants a mountain bike. I told him he should get a cruiser bike and he responded that no, he wants a real mountain bike.
*Sitani has been praying to "save money for a new house". He even points them out to me in the newspapers.
*Marley found a penny while walking in the park. She held on to it all the way home and put it in her piggy bank. I was so proud of her. (Is that considered stealing, though?)
*Sitani participated in his first Primary Fireside. They sang "Scripture Power" and would hold their scriptures up everytime they sang that part. It was awesome!!!
*Marley and I painted a new painting for our home. We made a tree and she added leaves. It was our Earth Day activity since the weather was so bad.
*We spent a lot of nights this month watching Planet Earth together. My kids loved it!!! I loved it!!!
*We have already had 3 barbeques and 1 get together with friends.
Another month down.
We are closer to summer!!!
The spring tree blossoms still amaze me every year.
I can't wait to come alive again.
I am so thankful for my family. I am so thankful for my home. I am so thankful for my health. I am so thankful for the gospel.
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