Halloweenie is right around the corner....

Hello there My Love ;) I hope all is well on your end :) Above is a picture you can enjoy with My Honey & his 3 boys + our nephew (his sister's son) Jeremiah. As you can see this is an older picture back in 2008. Isaiah was a Fury Red Power Ranger, (for like the 10th time!) My Micah was a warm bat, My Jonah was the classic Superman & Jeremiah was I believe a green weeper.. ( I think that's what they're called!) I Love to look at old pictures! It shows how much they have grown & also to be very greatful for how long I have had them for :)

Today we FINALLY got our kids (well 2/3rds beacause Jonah was sleeping so we gotta take him tomorrow!) their costumes for Halloween!!!! I always say to myself every yr to save my costumes because than either I can recycle & use them for my younger 2 or I can also give it away as well!!! Because in my opinion, I really think costumes are OVER RATED & should be alot cheaper since they're literally gonna wear it for a couple of hours!!! But then again that's just me :) Nehow, so Isaiah is a black ninja from the movie GI Joe. My Micah was soooo funny when we went looking! This is his actual 1st yr he actually "gets" what Halloween is! So we check out Target first... & it was just a bunch of random ones that really didn't catch his eye... then he notices the scary set up & whines to go check it out! I'm already knowing he's scared but he STILL INSISTS on going.... so I push the cart & park it right in front of the demos that they have ready to see & he's just totally amazed & gazes upon the witch that has yet done her "scare or tactic!" As soon as she starts to say something he bolts out " Shut the hell up you Ugly & you get outta my House Poopoo Head!!!" OMG!!!! He was hilarious!!!! And he was totally not afraid! Well... not the 1st time atleast ;) Then my Isaiah is totally walking in the opposite direction stuck to my side so he doesn't see the Halloween display! He's a funny guy! So we totally didn't find anything there & we were off to the next store! The Spirit Store! Once again my Micah was the daring one! He was sooo curious & off he was pressing every button that read "Try Me" & he was jumping for joy with excitement screaming " Mommy look at the Halloween Monster!!! He sooo scary!!!" And so he was having a great & funn time looking @ all the Halloween decorations displa! He could care less about the costumes! So I would suggest things from Toy Story to Spiderman to a fire fighter or just ANYTHING!!! Then finally searching the whole Kingdom Come, Alas we come to a small wall with 2 different Michael Jackson costumes!!! He seen the microphone it had came with & it was OVER!!!! He could NOT let that thing go!!! He was sooo adorable when I put the military jacket shirt thingy on! He didn't need the wig for the curls cuz he already has a bush :) Then Isaiah was really easy. He walked in & went straight to kid's section & he was in Heaven ;0)
I can't believe how FAAAST this year flew by! Literally 2010 has flown by before my eyes! I can recall things here & there but it's just unbelievable how time flies!!! I am just so blessed that I am able to savor each moment I can with my kids & Loved ones ;)
I can't wait to start my new Blog Entry! It's gonna be completely different & more so with the books that I'm reading! I can't wait!!!
Well, I hope that you enjoyed this blog & I will write really soooooon! Trust Me! Love to Love Ya my Sweets xoxo

Wonderful Saturday :) Kalo's Baptism & my BFF's Babyshower :)

Hello There my Lover Girrrrrl :)

Today was an eventful yet fulfilling day! My Beautiful Niece Kalo Faleofa turned 8 on the 27th of Sept. & today we celebrated both her 8th Bday + her Baptism!!!HEr theme was Selena Gomez from the Disney Channel. Her invites were super cute yet age appropriate for her!

Last night my sisters were burning the cds for Kalo's favors for the goody bags & I myself was trying to finish my gift I was making for Sandra! I was soooo proud of myself! I was totally gonna give up bc I kept always needing something or the timing I was trying to work on the board was off & so forth! However I was super glad I FINALLY COMPLETED IT! I sooooo wished I had taken a picture of it! I mean it wasn't anything major, however for myself being the non-crafty experience for my backround, I had actually completed it!

So we didn't get home til almost 12 am. My Honey was on a Conference Call & so my Nonah had fallen asleep! So when we got home, he was coughing up the ying yang!!!! I mean it sounded like he was trying to cough out his stomach or something!!! I felt sooo BAD & I kept jumping up whenever I heard him cough (which was every 20 sec) & finally I couldn't sleep! And this was @ 2am by now.... then I remembered when my kids were younger I remember elevating their heads to make them breathe better....so I rolled one his fleece blankets & I put it under his pillow so that he was elevated... & SURELY enough it worked!!!! Not another cough! Then my Micah was coughing! It was like a domino effect! SO I was up til like 6am going back & forth to my younger 2 :) So nehow... back to my story!

I woke up too late to attend Kalo's actual baptism @ the chapel :( I am sooooooo DISSAPOINTED!!!!! However I'm glad that I got to attend her Bday @ Joinville later with my kids & Honey!!!

We got up & we all got ready for the day! My sisters & I ran to the mall to get Sandra's gift from Tash & something to wear for the day! After the mall I dropped them off & headed home to pick up my family so we can go!

We arrived to Kalo's Bday @ Joinville & of course my Honey swears he owns the place! LOL So we park right in the front in the red zone! LOL then my kids are outta control! They leave me thankfully :) Then my Micah & I decide to decorate our Goody Bags! There was a crafts table that had everything from paints, sponge paint, foam stickers & shapes, glue glitter, stickers for all kinds of cartoons & such! So my kiddies had a blast painting & being messy! My poor Micah had just painted one side yellow & his bag fell on the ground & the sand stuck to the paint! It was actually kinda cool cuz it was still considered art ya know? LOL Her Bday setup was cute! She had a tatoo table, table for nails that my sisters were in charge of, she had a combo jumper, the food was yummy! She has a tostada stand! so you stand in line & you pick from either carne asada, bbq pork or a mix of both w veggies on a warm small tortilla! I could eat that all day! especially drizzled w lime! Oh yeah baby! I think I had about 5 or 6??? it was yummers!!!

Loo was in charge of games that the other kids were playing! It was fun!

Then not even 2 hours later Sia comes back from the Shower & says that's they're opening gifts now! And I was like oh shoot! So we rushed over there so we can atleast drop off our gifts!!! So Tash, Ane & I sped to Sandra's house so we can see the Star of the Show! So we catch Joyce outside & she walks us to the back patio where the SHower is being held! Of course being late, the way we walked in was the front way! Yikes! and she was still opening gifts! So Joyce walks us in & we quicky find the nearest 3 seats available that was next to our Lovely couisns the Kofutua Sisters! We quickly adjusted & was waiting patiently for her to open our gifts which was very soon after we got seated! While we were sittin, we couldn't get over how huge their backyard was! It has been yrs since I have been back there! So we were just in awe!!! She had a TON AND MORE TON of stuff & she totally desereves every single item! The crowd was very much older, however which is smart bc they sure did hook her up! It was ahort & sweet when we got there!
However I woulda LOVED just to talk to her for a while longer... but she was busy & the older womean were coming to say Congrats to her! I just told her lets hook up nxy wk since my older 2 r outta school for 3 wks & she's now on maternity leave for the nxt 3 months!!!! So there's literally NO EXCUSE now to hook up! Hopefully we can make it soon before she goes into labor!

Then afterwards we came back to Kalo's Party & it was just wrapping up as well. We got to see many of our beloved cousin that we don't rarely get to see! So that's always a nice treat to see them! Afterwards we just came home & ate some of the food from Sandra's since it was Poly food & I knew I was bound to get full from it :) So I got my grub on & then off to my never ending duties as a Mother I went from cleaning everything & anything to folding a hamper full of clean clothes I set aside for too long!

I am truly blessed to witness today & I am forever greatful for that I have in my life!!!!
I will talk to you sooon my Love! Toodles xoxo

Catch Up Time!!!!

My Audrey Love & I

2 Hott Mommas & Mani Boo

My Better Half & I

~Love my UNGA Gals ~

Audrey & Liza Boo w my 2 sisters Dorothy

& Tash

Playing pin the Toy Story characters

He was LOVIN this Bday card that made

monkey noises! He did NOT wanna put the

card down!!! He prob understood what they

saying :)

I absolutely ADORE Micah's expression here!

Slip 'n Slide time!!!! :)

The Wondrful Kaho Girls that we Adore!!!

Well Hello there my Love :)

I guess you can say this will be a caught up Entry :) I will discuss Isaiah's Bday back in June (yes 4 months ago!) Then Jonah's bday was July & my Micah's bday was in August :) Whew! That was alot!

So Isaiah's 6th bday we just had a small intimate bday here @ my Dad's house over on Washington St. Where he once called home. He grew up in this house to him, Washington or "Bobo's House" is what is he calls it will ALWAYS be home to him! So we both share that same bond ;) We had a jumper thanks to my wonderful Blondie Aunty Lani that runs a jumper business. My Honey is in love with this Chicken from Al Pollo something. And the nearest one was in the East Bay. So My Honey drives all the way to East Bay so we can have yummy food :) He's the BEST! Somestimes I feel I don't deserve him!!!

As for Jonah's 4th bday he was lucky to get 2 bdays!!! We spent it on his actual day (Tues) over @ my in-laws house. So that was nice to do. I asked him what kind of cake he wanted me to make & of course it was CHOCOLATE! Hummmm I wonder where he gets it from ;) Then the nxt day we got spend it @ my Dads house with my family & we did cake & pizza a 2nd time around :) He was super excited & to se his face light up 2 days in a row when we sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY was just priceless!!!

Last we planned a Bday for Micah's 3rd Bday over @ my in-laws on Norton St. So his bday week was one of those days during the heat wave!!! So we suggested to do outside in the front yard & we pulled out our 3 lane slip 'n slide for the kiddies! Fit for the summer! Once again the crowd was small & just intimate! We had a Toy Story theme with Toy Story decorations & matching cake ;) The kiddies were served pizza w their choice of chips along w juice. The adults quenched their thisrt with some YUMMY mango otai that my wonderdul sis in law made! She was actually the one that bought the cake, pizza; juice for the kids! So I am forever greatful for her!! She LOVES LOVES Micah & that her is baby!!! So when it comes to him ANYTHING GOES!!! Last yr for his bday she did EVERYTHING for his bday!!! So I always feel bad when she does do it, but I know it's bc of the LOVE she has for him! Not to mention her Hubby is in love with him too! Man that kid got it made!!!!

So now you can enjoy some of the pictures from ALL 3 of the Bdays ;)

I hope you're all having a wonderdul Wednesday as I am!!! Lalalalala Love you & talk you real soon xoxox

OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH!!!

Me, Star & Krsiten

Captain & Co- Captain on the SF Golden Gate

TEAM TATA'HINES! WE DID IT!!!!

WE FINISHED TEAM TATA'HINES!!!!!

HALF WAY THERE 1ST DAY!!! 13 MILES TO GO!

WE WALK TO HONOR OUR DEAR MOTHER!!!!

As you ALL know (or may not) that OCTOBER is BREAST CANCER awareness month!! I hope that you are supporting by either wearing ANY kind of pink or donating a $1 extra @ Safeway!!! a little goes a long way :)

Breast Cancer is near & dear to my heart. I lost my Mother Dearest ATILI FOSEPI VEA-UNGA to this deadly disease. She had caught it my freshmen yr in high school & in 3 short long battled yrs, my Heavenly Father called her. She passed away Thanksgiving Wkend 2003. Losing my Mother is probably one of the WORST HEART ACHING PAIN any man/woman can feel. She was my EVERYTHING... I soooo wish she didn't have to leave me soooo soon ;(

Words just don't do her any justice!!! I would sooo switch places with her in a heartbeat!!!

I totally envy those kids that have a strong bond/relationship with their Grandma, beacause I know if my Mother was here, my kids would be ALL OVER HER!!!! But I know that she's in a better place & no longer needs to suffer here on Earth. I know she's preparing our Eternal Home so when we meet again, it will be ONE HECK OF A REUNION!!!

So I have ALWAYS been interested in walking for a cure but I was ALWAYS delaying it & I was sooo afraid to funraise for the funds! So, last yr around November my sister Star & I registered for the AVON BREAST CANCER WALK!!! I was sooooo EXCITED AND OVERJOYED that we were actually doing it & on top of that I was walking with one of the most energizing & optimistic person I knew!!! SO that was a major plus in my book! After months of planning & NO TRAINING ( I know can u believe we didn't even train for this 40 mile trek thru the city??? Who the heck does that???? We did aprently!!!) we finally formed a team of 6 ladies. Our team was called TEAM TATA'HINES!!!! Juniper Teaupa-Captain Myself-Co Captain Lani (my sis) Kristen, Gianna & Alejandra. Each walker had to come up with $1800 to fundraise. So I was already scared we were NOT gonna meet our goal! So, each walker had a page & we were accepting donations left & right all the way til the even eve! Then we had an idea to do a pre order bake sale that was a HUGE HIT!!! We actually had a company donate majority of the baking ingredients since all the goodies were homemade! YES HOMEMADE!!!! We had a work cut out for us for the 2 days that we devoted our sweat & hardwork for :) But we sure had a blast doing them & I wouldn't have traded it for the world!!!! After the Bake Sale we raised almost $2500!!! And that was AMAZING AND A HUGE RELIEF!!!! We were glad to see our thermometers fill up & reach our fundraising goal amount!

The WALK itself was one of the most REWARDING yet painful experiences that I have ever endured. The first 13 miles were pretty easy for me! I actully got unlucky that week! So the walk was on July 11 & on beacause of July 4th I had caught a weird annoying cough/cold!!! SO my goal that week was TRY TRY TRY to get rid of it! I mean I was downing Robitssun left & right, I was drinking OJ in between... I was eating & sucking on cough drops like candy! NOTHING seemed to work!!! It was sooo annoying & irritating all @ the same time!!! I mean really.... out of ALL 52 weeks of the year, you decide to come to me NOW??? So my cold never left my system ;(

Because of this Walk, I will NEVER forget what kinda pain my Mom went through! I mean, after the first day we completed 26 miles. And I'm talking about hills & bridge & hills miles! No flat ground @ all!!! I mean we're talking San Francisco here!!! That night I was in the most undescribeable pain that I had to bend & squat in order for me to walk! It was CRUCIAL!! I was also in for a treat because my Honey massaged me for a good 3 hours!!! Of course I was passed out & he said I would jump up everytime he massaged a muscle in my leg or thigh was cramping! So I was truly greatful for that!

The 2nd Day was tough for me! I was always behind the rest of the group & I felt like @ times I couldn't breathe!!! I would have a semi-heart attack everytime we turned a corner & we were gonna walk ANOTHER STEEP HILL!!! Yet throughout this walk, this was a total MIND GAME!!! I knew I wasn't physically strong so I had to train my mind as I walking...

"I'm doing this for you MOM" was one of the repeated phrases I would say everytine I felt like giving up! or "This pain is NOTHING compared to what my MOM had to go through for those 3 never nending yrs she had to fight this disease" was also another motivator in my head!!!

As we approached our last hill, there in the distance we saw our HUGE SUPPORTING FAMILY!!! I mean our emotions went from being tired & in pain to I can walk another 26 miles EASY!!! It was by far one of the BEST experiences everrrrr!!!!

I advise to those reading this, if you are well & are able to walk a 40 mile marathon for someone you'd die for, I'd say DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are some pictures from one of the BEST DAYS EVERRRRR IN MY LIFE ;) Enjoy!!

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S OCTOBER ALREADY!!!!

Well Hello there My Friend :)
Long time no see!!! I do apologize for neglecting you the past few months! 3 to be exact!!! YIKES! That'll be a first & last ;) I cannot believe that OCTOBER is officially here!!! My oh my!!! Where does time go? Gosh... just makes you appreciate & savor every second of the day! LITERALLY!!! A lot has hapened since I last wrote in here! I will be sure to do an update entry soon after this one! im looking forward to that :) Gonna post majority pictures so I can do less typing!
Nehow, we didn't do much today! I went with my Dad this morning & we did our usual 11:15am pick us for our sons ( Yes I did say OUR sons! LOL Our sons are in the same pre-k class!) Then we went to McDonalds in Belmont with the playground so the kiddies can wear off that extra extra energy that they NEVER seem to run out of! Or I can speak for my 3 boys atleast! We couldn't go straight to Washington beacause the house is getting repainted!!! I KNOW WHATTA SHOCKER RIGHT??? I couldn't believe it when my Dad told me! I was like 'Yeah Dad, ok... I will believe it when I see it!' and sure enough we swung by & the primer was done already!!! After ALL these years of Grandpa's house being there, it's ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME WHITE WITH LIGHT BLUE TRIMMING!!! It's gonna be unreal when the I see the finished product! I'm actually super stoked to be honest! I'm down for change as long as it's for GOOD :) and in this case it was a make-over that was needed ages ago!!!
Then he dropped me off & I did my usual cleaning in my room & to my surprise my Honey did the majority of the cleaning that I usually do on a daily basis ;) So I was greatful for that! Then I put my one load of whites away & my Micah being my kinda sorta helper/ making a more mess kinda guy ;) Don't you love the way I describe things??? Then we showered & got ready for the day! My son has been hooked on the new & updated version of "JOHNNY LINGO" thanks to my wonderful sisters!!! They have it recorded on their DVR so whenever they are babysitting for me' my Micah will request to watch it! So while I was straightening my hair, he was being occupied watching it on YouTube ;) Man that website comes in handy!!! Later we went to Leka's nephew's football game @ Aragon. It was a night game, so I wanted to go! They beat Cap HS 35 to 0 So that was kinda NOT an exciting game to be at! LOL
Well, Im gettin kinda sleepy & I don't wanna be a sloppy typer/writer ;) I will for sure update you when I get a free chance!!! Have a sweet night & talk to you really soooooon! Toodles xoxo