HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Have a Safe and Fun Halloween Day!!

Trunk Or Treat!!!

Tonight we went to Wayne's parents ward for trunk or treat since our ward didn't have one. The kids were soo excited to go trunk or treating with their cousins. Papa'u trunk was decorated and up we went to the trunk or treat. It's always fun to go to Wayne's home ward for activities. The members there are so caring and loving. Plus Wayne and I lived there for 3 years and have worked closely with many of them in the ward. So it's always a pleasure to go back there and see how's everybody's doing. I can't believe how many of the kids that I used to teach in primary are now all grown up attending YW and YM, it makes me feel old!!!:) They had hot dogs, chili's, beignet, hot chocolate, YUM!
The kids had a blast doing trunk or treating. Hinarei pretty much went around 10 times with her cousin Heiana. They were both dressed as princesses, sooo cute. They even gave out some toothbrushes and toothpaste he must be a dentist. Wayne said growing up they had a dentist in the ward and is glad that once again another dentist is in his home ward!! After eating a lot of candies Hinarei brushed her teeth with the one she got from Trunk or Treating. Raimana went through all the trunks once and started eating his candies then spit them out!! Little stinker!!
We sure had a fun Trunk or Treat with family.

My little pirate and little princess

Ahoi!! My cute little pirate. That hat did not stay on his head for long.

Check out his sword

And off he goes asking for candies

He sure had a lot of fun

Searching for more candies

The princesses

The Little princess started to be cold

Trunk or Treat. All the grandkids by Papa'u trunk with Tati Leoni.
Hinarei, Michael, Teave, Heiana, Tamatea, Raimana, and Teiki. They sure had a BLAST!!

School Halloween Party!!

Hinarei went to school this morning dressed like a princess. I love her dress if only I could find one my size with the same price I would wear it. I got it last year after Halloween for a great price. Today was Hinarei preschool Halloween Party. Her dear friend Madelyn was soooo beautiful in her Mermaid outfit sooo adorable. They were both very happy to be dressed in their Halloween costumes. When Hinarei got home she was sooo excited to show me what she did and what she got. She put together some Halloween treats for her classmates a yoyo and chocolate. I forgot to take a picture of it. Thank you Madelyn for the chocolate love the wrapper Lynette you always come up with the cutest thing. Looks like it's going to be a fun Halloween week.

My little Princess

Princess Ruby and Ariel the mermaid princess aren't they beautiful!!

Pumpkin Patch!!

It's this time of the year again where we take our family to the Pumpkin Patch in search for the perfect pumpkin. Since I've already bought some pumpkins at a great price we just want to get one more to add to our collection. So the kids had fun searching for the perfect one. But guess what? We didn't find one because the kids were tired looking for one and wanted to go play in the maze instead. So good thing I bought some earlier in the month. We let the kids go wild in the maze and they sure had tons of fun. I love this time of the year!!

Searching for the perfect pumpkin

Is this the winner?? Nope!!

They rather be there instead

Hinarei and Raimana played hide and seek the whole time they were in the maze. It was so cute to watch them play together and get lost in the maze. Good thing you can help them from the top especially Raimana who got confused few times.

Raimana First Hair Cut!!

Raimana had his first hair cut a couple of weeks ago and did great. Thanks Dad for being his private barber!! I forgot to take a before picture but I was able to find a recent one. Thanks Audrey for reminding me.

He did not move at all!!

Not so happy!!

Still not moving!!

A before picture (he was at his doctor visit)

After picture. His new hair cut, all happy!!:)

Class of 2009

I love Hinarei's class pictures. They turned out beautiful. I'm sure it's not hard to find her on the front row on the left. Hinarei looooooves going to preschool and is always excited to show us what she learned or made in school.

Hinarei Class Pictures. Her teacher is Miss Michelle.

Cute Smile!

Pumpkin Monsters

It's this time of the year when Hinarei asks to make a pumpkin monster. I got those pumpkins for such a GREAT deal. So today we made our pumpkins look like MONSTERS!! But they don't look that scarry to me!!:) The kids really had a fun time working on their own pumpkin and ended up doing Maman and Papa's pumpkins as well. Then Hinarei said "we need to put them outside" so we did. Hinarei is going to be a princess and Raimana is going to be a Pirate. It's going to be a fun Halloween!!

Scary Monsters in the house

So cute

My handsome boy

Proud of their masterpieces. The one on the bottom is Hinarei's pumpkin she made at preschool.

Scarecrow Festival

Today we went to the Scarecrow Festival at Thanksgiving Point. Hinarei had her dance performance there so it was a perfect day to go there so we thought. Wayne couldn't come because of work but his mom came and so Hinarei's cousin Tekehu who just had a baby sister last week. Raimana stayed with Papa'u and had a great time with his grandpa. Thanks Dad! At the festival there were tons of activities for the kids to play with. Hinarei and Tekehu really had a great time together. They just played, played and more played!! They really loved the inflated slides. Before Hinarei show starts we got some happy meal for dinner. Around 4:00PM it started to rain and it was very windy. At first it was bearable but when it got closer to Hinarei's performance the wind really started to pick up it seemed like a big storm was coming. Hinarei was very cold, tired, and sleepy. She kept complaining about it. Plus the dance company before us performed forever on the stage. Anyways! During her performance Hinarei did great she really had a great time but towards the end she started to cry because she couldn't find her star on the stage, poor thing! She was very upset about that!! It's okay Babe you are my star!! I Love You!! But besides that she had a fun day with her cousin Tekehu and she did great during her performance.

Tekehu, Mama'u and Hinarei

Love Candies!

She's loving it

More slide

Good Hit

Small Train Ride

Eating Chicken Nuggets from McDonald her favorite!

Love that pose

She did not want to look at me

Madelyn and Hinarei B.F.F Aren't they adorable!!

Getting set up on the stage

You did great baby I Love You!

New Addition to the Family

I introduce you our newest niece Vaiana Caridad her proud parents are April and Dean. She was born a month early she weight 6lbs01oz, and 19 inch long. She is so beautiful. She is doing very well for a premature baby. We weren't able to go see her at the hospital due to the H1N1 flu restrictions. So we were finally able to go see her today at her house. She is only 4 days old and loves to sleep. Congratulations again to Dean and April, she is a beauty.Dean and April already have 2 boys so a girl will definitely bring more JOY.

Family Temple Day

Yesterday we had our Family Temple Day with Wayne's family. His parents and brother and sisters with their spouses. We try to do a quaterly family temple day with Wayne's family and so far we were able to do it. I love this tradition it just keeps us all even closer. Elder Bennett and Sister Bennett from Tahiti came along waiting to go to Madagascar. We went to the newest temple Oquirrh Mountain Temple. We had to call in advance to make a reservation and bring our own temple clothing. It is such a beautiful temple. The celestial room was beautiful and I love the huge chandelier as you walk up to the chapel. So beautiful. After the temple session we had lunch at Olive Garden. We really had a great time. I can't wait for our next Family Temple Day. Thank you Stephanie for watching my kids. You ROCK! Hinarei is still talking about how fun she had making cup cakes with you. You are AWESOME!

Me and Wayne after the session

Family Picture with Elder and Sister Bennett

Love the View of the valley

Having Lunch at Olive Garden

Friends and Family in Town!!

My brother and his family are in town

My brother family surprised me for a quick visit over General Conference Weekend. It was so nice to see family from Tahiti. The kids had grown so much.

My brother Hiro and his family with his Mission President.
Almost 17 years since he last served his mission.
Hiro was very happy to see his Mission President.

Hiro with Rahiti his youngest son who is 2 1/2 years old, potty trained and he goes to school all day in Tahiti. I know crazy!!

Hiro, Noelani his wife and Heilani his oldest daughter who is only 14 years old and is 6 feet tall. I know crazy!!

Tahitian Mission Reunion. Noelani's parents are here to go to the MTC they will be serving in Madagascar for 2 years.

After the priesthood session we met up our hubbys at Leatherbys ice cream place on North Temple. It was sooo yummy!! Babe was at the conference center all day doing Marshallese interpretation and so his parents for Tahitian interpretation.

Look how big that ice cream was?YUM!

My friends are in Town

My friends Raureva and Izabelle came also to Utah for General Conference. So imagined I had a full house. It was soo good to see my dear friend Raureva. We had such a great time together. They would spend the whole day shopping and come home dead tired. We had a girls night out and took Izabelle to the JSMB Roof Restaurant to show her the view of the temple. We really had a great night. Before that we went to see the Joseph Smith movie and I literally couldn't stop crying, Joseph was truly prepared himself to be a prophet of God. I know that Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God and that he did see God the father and his son Jesus Christ. This was a wonderful night! Thank Girls!

Joseph Smith the Prophet of the Restoration

This is a film about the life and legacy of Joseph Smith, founding prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is being shown in the Legacy Theater of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.

Raureva, Izabelle, and Myself having dinner at JSMB

What a privilege we had to hear the voice of the servants of God guiding us and strengthening us through words of caring, loving, and humility. I've came out of this spiritual weekend with more strength, hope, courage and willing to do my Heavenly Father's will and to find opportunities to even serve more those who are in need.