HE SAYS

Craig will be teaching Intro to Business Management

part-time

at

Broadview University, formerly Utah Career College!

Call me PROFESSOR....HE SAYS! 
LOL!

PERSONAL CHEF

As most of you know...my sister's ohana is living with us.

Lot's of busy fun!

I have to say....

I'm REALLY enjoying my PERSONAL CHEF!

My BIL loves to cook, so he's always in the kitchen.

Just had my second piece of homemade apple pie!

YUMMY!

SHE CRACKS ME UP

Teia girl cracks me up!

I put zumba on utube so I could get a work out since I missed Saturday's class.

Of course the instructor JAMS and I DON'T

Teia is watching the video and watching me try hard

She looks at me, shakes her head, and tells me, "You're so out of your league."

I responded, "What?" in shock.

Teia says, "I saaid...You're so out of your league."

Holy cow! She cracks me up!

OH YAH!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf0q6qtThF4

IT'S THE SICKEST THING YOU'LL EVER DO!! DANCING... WHILE YOU SMILE & YOUR MUSCLES SMILE EVEN BIGGER!! OH YAH!

LUKE'S BDAY

On their way to SEASON 2010! GO COUGARS!!!

Lionel & Luke's 1st BYU GAME

What a way to end the birthday boy's 9th bday...BYU FOOTBALL GAME!

Birthday boy is knock out!

Luke opening his 1969 Chevy Chevelle

Happy Birthday to you!

Luke wanted stuffed crust pizza from Pizza Hut

JJ LOVE...Jassy & Jordan

Celebrated Luke's Bday at Seven Peaks Water Park

Jayden, Kimani, Oshay, Luke, Darian

Teia & Uriah

MY HEART

"Whatever's written in your heart is all that matters. You'll find a way to say it all someday.....yeah"

CATCHING UP: KATCHAFIRE CONCERT

We had a blast SKANKING ALL NIGHT! We even forgot to pick our kids up from the sitters! How bad are we! THANK YOU MICHELLE for being so willing to have our kids over!

Katchafire

One of the Katchafire band members

I just had to get a picture with him!

LOVE THE HAIR!

Ku, Craig, Damon

It was SO FUN to see some of the gang from work! Abby from Legacy, Cami & Jessica from Area 3, Ku from SE.

My girl Cami!

We had a blast skanking all night! THANK YOU Keola & Aisha, Matt & Cassie!

CATCHING UP: JULY 4th

Miss July 4th 2010

Teia & Kimani decked out for the neighborhood July 4th block party

Craig & the Marriott gang
Craig & I spent July 4th at the Stadium of Fire/Carrie Underwood Concert! It was an amazing date!

Carrie Underwood was AMAZING!!!

You go girl!

WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT

Dear Mom & Aunty Lei:

Who would've thought your grandsons would be attending the same elementary school in Springville, Utah?!!

How cool is that!

I think you're hearts are smiling big.....

SPECIAL WEEKEND

Thursday:

Jassy arrived!! YAY!! The first thing she asked her uncle to eat was TARO PIE from McDonald's. Oh boy....is she gonna have some culture shock.

Friday:

Took Jassy to Merit Academy. She got to meet her counselor, get her class schedule, get her locker, meet some teachers, meet lots of very friendly girls, tour the school, and watch the volleyball team tryouts.

Jasmen is very impressed with how friendly the students are. Before we even got in the school doors people were introducing themselves. She was thrilled at the sight and thought of having her very own locker. (Wow! I've never seen school lockers before.) She really wants to try out for the volleyball team and the girls encouraged her to do so. (Uncle Ron will be proud.)

Took Jassy shopping for her school clothes. She's still getting used to the idea of a school dress code. Business dress. She keeps asking if she can wear her Campbell High shirt to school.

TEIA GOT HER EARS PIERCED. She's SO HAPPY!! She had an audience of shoppers watching the whole process. No tears!! She could wave to them all when it was done.

We got to see lots of special friends at the mall. It was SO NICE to bump into Kainoa & Mosese and the Kelly grandchildren, Shauna & Vao, Jake &Lisa, and Lani Christensen's mom and sister. It was like being home.

Saturday:

Dropped the kids off at the Espinoza's. What would we do without those guys in our lives??

Jassy got to go to a Young Women's Activity.

Craig and I went to the Oqurrih Montain Temple for the first time to witness the AKIONA ohana's sealing. Very special. Extra special, we got to be with family too. Tracy Akiona's

sister is married to Craig's 1st cousin. Josh, DeAnn, and the kids flew in from Hawaii and we got to spend time together in the temple.

Craig and I then zoomed off to the Timpanogos Temple to witness the SETTLE/MCDONALD ohana's sealing. When those four boys came into the sealing room....WOW. The presence of the Holy Spirit was so overwhelming. Craig and I have been teaching the Temple preparation classes to Chad and Cilla, and we'll be forever grateful for our experiences together. They are a very special family, full of LOVE and SERVICE.

Picked up the kids and headed to Chad and Cilla's for a special celebration. The Maori culture is beautiful. Lots of testimony was shared, beautiful songs of New Zealand and Hawai'i sung, tears of joy, lots of special company...family and friends full of love to share, lots of ono food, and most of all a HOME filled with the SPIRIT.

Sunday:

Beautiful Sabbath Day.

We were blessed to hear the testimonies of Chad and Cilla.

Special talks given on Ward Families, Unity, Fellowship, and Love.

Jassy met her new Bishopric and Young Women's friends.

Getting Jassy prepared for her 1st day of school in Utah.

Watching Kimani and Teia love every minute they spend with their cousin. It' so special to see how close they are to their cousin even with the age differences and not growing up together.

PS

HUGE TYPO....

Okay. Along with my blog address I listed our family. I must've had a brain fart along the way.

My Teia girl's name is REALLY...

Kyrsten Teia LEIALOHAMAKAMAE.

Not sure how I managed to combine her name with Kylee's name.....but I did.

MIXED EMOTIONS

My Jassy has to say goodbye to her family, best friends, Campbell High (GO SABERS!), Ewa Beach, the Beach, ONO food, the culture, brown boys, the fresh air, the beautiful land, the aloha spirit, Pearlridge (smile), the list can go on.....

I'm so incredibly thankful that I was born and raised in Hawai'i....

There is no other place like it on earth....

I know how it feels to say goodbye.....

I pray my Jassy will come to know the bright future ahead of her.

For herself, her family, and her future family.

I pray she will be embraced and loved by many here as she was back home.

Jassy, there is NO PLACE like HOME.

However, Heavenly Father has a plan for you and your family. Embrace it and enjoy the ride.

Aunty loves you. You'll always be my baby girl.

Dear Cami:

You're amazing just the way you are

And when you smile the whole world stops ands stares for awhile

Life is what you make it

A DREAM COME TRUE

My one and only sibling...my most beautiful sister & her ohana

*2008 baptized members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

*2009 sealed for time and ALL ETERNITY

*2010 MOVING TO SPRINGVILLE, UTAH to be close to our ohana, raise their family surrounded by people who share their faith, and give their kids a chance for a better education

They'll be living with us until they can get on their feet....we'll be a family of 8!

LOOKING FOR...

Jericho and Jennifer Whiting. Anyone in touch with them? They have some money that is trying to make it's way to them. Anyone from the 169th ward let me know asap!

OUR NEW HALE

WARNING!!!!!!

DO NOT PINCH ME! I DO NOT WANT TO WAKE UP!

no it's not in Hawaii. however, this will definately do for now!

P.S. the house next door is for rent! come be our neighbors! P.S.S. there's two other homes in our neighborhood for SALE! hint!hint!

the park kiddie corner to our front yard

the motor cross track down the road. Kimani is already getting ideas!

RV parking for the RV we will NEVER own

our neighbors backyard

Teia keeps asking to ride the horses. We'll have to make friends with the owners!

the pasture that meets up with our backyard. LOVE the country living! i know our Lindsey ohana (especially papa and tutu Lindsey) would be so happy!

on the way to the 5th bedroom and 3rd bathroom which will be for our guest (sssssssssss)

COME ON OVER!!!!

4th bedroom( upstairs) with a nice surprise the seller's left behind..love the hardwood floors!

upstairs living room

down stairs living room

formal sitting room/den next to entry way

how sweet it is to have a yard like you!

RUN! RUN! RUN!

coolest shed I've ever been in! it has a loft inside! if you think I've done something with the kids...maybe I threw them in the shed! Or could that be Craig's "doghouse?" LOL!

kitchen and dining room (perfect size for me)

the back patio Craig is dying to BBQ his famous chicken under

we are SO a basketball family! thank goodness for this!

the trampoline the sellers left behind