Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Check these boys out!

These are my nephews (left to right) Joseph, Joshua & Jason.
Off to their first day school at their new private school!
I love those cardigan's...
Joseph and Jason are twins, they are in eigth grade and they are playing football this year for the Jr. Trojans GO TROJANS!
Football is the perfect sport for these giants!
Joshua is a year younger and he is currently winning his second fight with cancer, he is a brilliant eighth grader and says when he grows up he will become a lawyer, a perfect job for this boy, he loves to argue!

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Happy Birthday Sione & Liliana!

Nofo firing up the grill!

The first to arrive were Wes & Kristin, so we let the kids open their gifts since they weren't going to be there the whole afternoon.
John's (sione) toy was awesome, the kids played with it all afternoon!
Look at all that excitement! I'm pretty sure she's thinking "Holy cow, HANNAH MONTANA"
Red light, Green light!

Musical Mats!

left to right: Landon, Gabe & Luisa

Wes was all tired out from playing with the kids.

The Cakes & Presents!
The bbq had a rough start but turned out fantastic
We got to the park around ten in the morning, only to find that there were no tables left! I could've reserved an area but wasn't sure how big it should be, plus I really thought that there would be plenty of tables floating around the park, big mistake :)

We had to send my father in-law to get tables and it took a little while. When our tables got there, we all got to eat and the food was really good, thanks to that good looking chef :)

Close to the end of the party we did the Pinata! Boy oh boy that thing was sturdy. All the kids got their chance at it, most Pinata's bust open after a few kids hit it, not this one, each kid got to take two turns! That was a finely crafted Mexican Pinata that only cost me $18 and we sure got our money's worth just ask all the kids! They all loved it! Little Ashten (Aimee's son) was a little nervous the first time around, I think he was probably wondering why we would give him a stick and tell him to beat something til it burst' open! I tell ya what though, that boy needs to play baseball, he's got a swing on 'em like nobody knows :)

All in all the day was great! The kids got to swim, play and see some friends, I was a little stressed out in the morning but by the end of the day, knowing how happy my kids were made it all worth it! And all though I said I would never do it again, I think I would!
Thank You Everyone!

THE PINATA

SIONE

LILIANANOFO JR (BOOGEY)MARISELA (TADA)

THANKS FOR THE PICTURES

KRISTIN & AIME

Friday, August 15, 2008

The Birthday Jitters

Tomorrow is the big day!
What day is that you ask? Well it's Sione and Liliana's first birthday party. Don't get confused they aren't babies! They are turning six and seven.
But for the last six years we have always had birthdays at church or just family dinner.
Ya see my husband is Tongan, and his church is: "Siasi O' Tonga Tau'a'taina" (which translates to "The Free Church Of Tonga") when you have a birthday at his church(for our family anyway) it's basically just a big feast. We have to prepare all the food and serve it up, a hymn is sung, then a special prayer is said for the birthday child and everyone eats and goes on like it's a normal day.
So that has been our big celebration.
We have had small "parties" where our kids got to have a nice bbq on the actual day of their birthday or special dinner made and presents were given at that time (from immediate family members i.e.:mom, dad, grandpa, grandma, bro.& sis.).

So with all that said I am totally pumped and freaked out all at the same time about tomorrow. I feel like it's the first day of school, I don't know if I should be scared or excited. What if the other kids don't like me kinda feeling! (I know it's wierd right?)
It's almost as if I am questioning myself as a mother, not that party planner has to go on my "mother resume" as I like to call it, I have all the other mother qualifications like: I got them into the world, I hug em, I kiss em, I clothe & feed them, get them to school, change diapers tell them I love em... etc.
But i'm wondering how do I measure up in this world of party planning and such. Like, if I don't get it right this time does that mean we won't do it again? Are my children doomed for life to never have another birthday party... okay okay okay time to slow down! Deep breath. Oh how my mind wanders. See I told you pumped and freaked out!
I guess we will have to see how it goes tomorrow!
Don't worry I'll be back around Monday to either option 1:gush of the fun and games or option 2:cry my eyes out about how terribly it went...
let's hope for sanity's sake that it's the first option!

Thursday, August 14, 2008

First Blogging Experience

Well here it is my first blog, let me just tell you up front I am an inexperienced blogger and have no idea what I am doing, with all that said THIS SHOULD BE FUN!!!
I have heard of blogging but have never been sure of what it is, I'm still not sure! I think it's like an online diary or maybe a way of letting people know how truly crazy you and your life are, so I'm think I'm gonna love it!
It's gonna take a while for me to get pics up, I am too lazy, that's right I said it, oh yeah and my camera is broken sorta, well maybe it's me I'm not really sure.
I hope you'll come back soon, when I actually have something cool to blog about :)
All in all I think i'm liking this blogging thing a lot!