christmas lights

Didn't have to wk so Keai and I took Veni and our girls to temple square. We've taken them every yr for some reason, this one was the best. Watching Zerin get so excited over how the orange lights lit up the sidewalk. she stooped down to touch the cement to see if it felt any different than normal. Kale would run from this tree to another. Veni ran around with his little blue winter hat that he will not let us adjust, so it's backward half the time. Keai would carry him on his shoulders like he did to our girls when they were this age.

We then went to our car and Kale says it'd be a good idea to go to chuck a rama.....keai just laughed and asked where she got that idea. she says "on my own". they're too spoiled. then we're driving down state st. and the trees on the sides are lit a dark dark blue. "how scarey" i say. Kale waits a second and then says "I am imagining they are zombies". Keai tells her she should write a book and make us lots of money. :) Keai holds my hand as he is driving. This as many yrs as its been never gets old.

After eating we return home and veni is still awake to our amazement. He runs in pointing and jumping up and down about our lit up christmas tree. So freakin cute how he gets excited like he'd never seen it before.

What a great night.

So impressed....

I have what seems to be like a million homework assignments and test to prepare for this week and of course instead I am sitting here on my blog. Anyhow one of my assignments is to do a presentation with powerpoint. Now, it's been out for years and yet I have never had to use it. My assignment is due Tuesday and it's now Sunday and I am playing around with powerpoint to see all that it can do. Thank goodness for youtube and all the people who have uploaded videos to make it easier on me. BTW I have used youtube for everything, from how to get rid of bees and a bee hive to how to clear out a clogged sink. Needless to say I have figured out how to use powerpoint...yay! and I have written in this journal of mine at least 4 times this week. another hooray for me!

Keai and the kids put up the Christmas tree today. I wanted to help but seeing how excited the kids were to do, I just did my cooking and then got ready to go to work. Veni was the funniest running to everyone saying Christmas and then running back to the tree and holding ornaments for keai and the girls to put up. I wish I could've found my video camera.

i went to wk and now back. Keai is reading his new found love "say you're one of them" that I checked out, but haven't got a chance to read since he found it. This is the 1st book I have seen him read on over 9 years of marriage so if I ever find the author of it, I will give him a big hug! Veni was sitting at Keai's feet when Veni let out a sneeze. Then he says "kuse me". wow! He has never put 2 words together til now. He learns a lot from his sisters .....good and bad. he runs about sometimes singing "beat it" by michael jackson and stopping his feet. He will not let anyone else sing it. He will hit you and say "no" if you try to. He also likes to ask others if they farted if he hears any thing that resembles that kind of noise. good times! I better get off of this for now...going to conquer my studying....only 2 1/2 more weeks of school!

my honey REALLY likes football

Well my die hard BYU fan husband has taken our kids to watch the big game against the U of U at his uncle and aunt's house and he has taken all the kidlets so I can study. In salt and pepa's words...what a man, what a man, what a man, what a mighty good man.

I am so glad I am over the stage where I am upset when my husband watches hours of football. Well I should say I can handle a couple of hours of his football and then I either go to sleep, study, or go out shopping. My physiology teacher explained how a man's brain isn't capable of paying attn to more than one thing like us girls can. We can be ironing, watching t.v., and telling a kid in another room to stop jumping on their bed. But, don't tell a guy your dreams and hopes when football is on. You'll just end up throwing the iron at them if you don't understand how they are built. I wish one of my high school teachers would've taught me that before I got married. It would've saved me tons of arguments.

All I can say is I love my man.....and our aunt for letting them all come over and be loud her house. :)

Summer of '08 Zerin and Kale are outside with Hakeai working and playing in the front yard. My husband stops Zerin and says "You're job is to pick up the trash." She starts crying and says "I'm just a kid. I don't have a job." Hakeai comes in and tells me and we both start laughing. That's why them teachers at their school say "you're in charge." :)

being old means hot dates at church dance

It's been a little over a month since our last hot date. So, since our ward was having a dance last night my husband decided for us to go....I am happy at home with a movie but I know how much he likes this kind of stuff so we went. It wasn't bad. The only part I couldn't stand is this marching thing that they do. I remember watching as a younger kid when mom used to drag us to dances. I would think to myself "I am never going to be in that march. It's for old people." So now I have to put away those promises to myself and parade around in the awful march, Then we have a slow dance. I guess that made it worth while, because it's been forever since I have had a slow dance with my husband. I kept hoping we'd go home early. Then my son, who got to come on this date with us starts asking for a drink. So to avoid more dancing I ask my husband to take him to the drinking fountain. I am sitting in the dance for 4 or 5 songs and thinking "something is wrong, he wouldn't take this long." Just then I see Keai and baby walking back in but Keai is holding my son's shirt and Veni is running along side in his jacket. Turns out the water got all over my son and now he is only in his jacket. I am so worried someone will notice that my son's shirt is missing and think what retarded parents brought their son without a shirt. That made the dance only seem longer.
On our way home we stopped to pick up some of our kids favorite to take home ...Mc Donald's. I don't really like fast food but I was hungry. We barely pulled into the parking lot when my 2 yr old says "yay!" from the back of the car. I didn't even know he pays that much attention. It's sad that they know what the golden arches are before they can say our names. My husband orders all 3 of the kids nuggets. when we get home kale is asleep so i leave her food by her and Zerin comes out to the kitchen to eat with us. I wake up in the morning trying to get my feet warmed up because I have awful plantar fasciitis when I hear Zerin asking Kale for one of her nuggets. Kale says "you had some" to which Zerin replies "no, i got a cheeseburger last night". I couldn't believe how fast she made up that story. Was I like that when I was younger? When I yell out "Zerin let kale eat her food," Zerin is suprised and is quiet. When I catch them in a lie I drill into their heads that I know when they are lying in hopes that that will reduce their lying to me when they are older. Probably doesn't work but they'll have nightmares when they do lie that I do know.

the family cycle

Fast forward a few years we have our 1st baby girl, Kale. She had the best curley hair and she was always at auntie Leta's house, where we had a lot of help. All of Leta's kids, grandma, Lita and of course Lita would watch her if I needed to work. Leta fed me and my husband numerous times. Then a year later we have Zerin. We were living with an aunt, Kris and her family, then moved to an aunt Sepa for the next year. When Zerin was crawling we finally got our own apartment. With how our mortgage is now, there are many times I think "oh to have them apt. priced bills again." Zerin really has a different personality. She's more girly and acts as if she's older than all of us. Kale is really laid back and does her own thing. They both makes friends easily. I am glad, because when I was younger that wasn't easy for me.

My husband was working for the apartments for years and then when we bought our 1st home, he started his own business to bring in more income. Like many others nowadays he has had to go back to work for a company so that we can have insurance and a steady income. He is our hero doing something that is other than his dream so that we can have a home and food to eat. What I love best about him is that he makes sure that he spends time with me and the kids. I finally got my boy after both my girls started school.

First day of kindergarten for Kale I was there with a camera and I was encouraging her and telling her I would be back for her soon. So, when it was Zerin's turn I was trying to figure out how to encourage her to go into class without too much resistance. We get out of the car and she runs not looking back. I was the one who had to remind her to give me a hug goodbye. Steven is now with grandma and my mom when I need to work. I have also thought a lot of how I need to do more with my life as I watch my husband work his tail off to provide for us. I decided over a year ago to go back to school and he has supported me all the way. I will have all my prerequisites done in a few weeks and then I can apply for the nursing program. Yay! I really have learned a lot in my science classes as well as made some friends. I cannot believe it has taken me so long to get to this point. Like the say better late than never.

doctors and lawyers

Well my husband from the village of doctors and lawyers aka Vaini and I met back in Jan. 2000. I was out with a bunch of friends from California (Tolu, Chris, Nick) and my girls Sote, Monica, and Sivi. We were 100% attenders of all the young adult functions. Many of being returned missionaries and now looking for that eternal companion we went to a dating fireside that Vainga was speaking at. With all the teu'ing we did back then we got there for the amen of the prayer. But as all young adults know that isn't the end of the meeting. That's when you talk with others in the hallways or gym til they kick us out to the parking lot. But that still isn't the end. We could probably spend another hour in the parking lot talking with other young adults (unless someone volunteers to pay for our Denny's meal). Anyhow, I had seen my future potential companion at a dance earlier that month and mentioned to Line that he was sooo handsome. My husband loves hearing that part of the story. To my suprise she said she knew him. Next thing I know, he is walking over to me after the fireside with Line. Line introduces us and then she disappears. If ever I have been nervous this was one of those times. He said "malo e lelei" and I said "I do!" Yes I am one those that can rewrite conversations because the chemicals going through my brain were blocking my rational thinking. I think he really just stood there being shy til I said "hi" and then I asked where he was from. He then replied "from the village of all the doctors and lawyers". "Oh," I said "then you must be from my village, because they all come from haateiho." "No," he says "Vaini." Ok I have never heard of vaini, but i laugh because he's cute and the chemicals are still messing with my brain. Later I find out Vaini's nickname but i won't mention it on here because i ended up marrying into it and I have no rights to complain after knowing what I am marrying into (per Dr. Laura). He asked for my number and I borrowed a piece of paper from a friend (whom I am eternally grateful for because he had paper and a pen). I then carry my cell phone everywhere with me for 2 days so I have no chance of missing his call. But of course when he calls I act like it's no biggie that he's waited a whole 48 hrs and 18 min to call me. :) I was supposed to go on a double date with Line but things didn't work out so Hakeai and I end up going to a movie on our own (only after he meets dad and pou of course). The next week he meets mom, and grandma and my sisters. We got married that same year.