What a Fun Weekend

Our fun and busy weekend started on Friday. This was the day Hinarei had her First Piano Recital. She practiced a lot and did so good but when it was time to show her piano skills to her family she did not want to go. Poor thing!! I guess she was so shy and scared of all the people that were there. So after the recital was over and everyone was eating she started playing her melody on the piano. How cute!! Hinarei loves playing the piano and I know next time she will be fine. Thank you Mama'u and Papa'u for coming and Tati Claudine, Tati Emily and Hinarei's cousins. You guys are awesome!
After the recital we went home and had pizza and salad. Of course we had to watch the Jazz Game and what a game that was!! Yea go Jazz!!

Look at that cute smile! Right before the recital.

Group picture

Hinarei with her Piano Teacher. She wanted to give her teacher a bouquet of flower.


Go Jazz!! Yea!! 3-1


Saturday April 24th

I had a very busy day on Saturday. I started off the day going to my friend Kristin's baby shower. She is having a girl and has 2 boys so I couldn't be more happier for her. The food was delicious and it was nice just being there to celebrate Kristin's baby girl arrival in less than 2 weeks now. Then I had to leave early to go to Madison's baptism. I found out that she was getting baptized on Tuesday and had to plan her baptism for Saturday. It was a little work but I was able to find people that she knew to participate in her Baptism. I even called some of her classmates from primary to come and support her and they did.
Let me tell you about this little girl. She is 9 years old and has the biggest heart. I first met her a couple of months ago while visiting less active children from primary. We knocked on her door thinking it was the family we had on the list but to our surprise that family had moved out and the Gibson's family was living there now. We introduced ourselves and tried to find out if they were members or not.
We realized they were less active and had just moved into the neighborhood. We met Madison, her little brother Caleb , Zachary, Amy the Mom and Jeremy the Step Father, a very sweet family. Of course we invited them to come to church on Sunday. Then one Sunday I see Madison at the Church with one of her friends who happen to be a member and both share the same first name. I know how cool is that!! She invited Madison to come to Church and to Activity Day Girls Activity. To make a long story short, Madison on her own asked to receive the missionaries into her home and her parents agreed. She read all the passages in the Book of Mormon that the Elders asked her to read. She says her prayers morning and night and is being a great example to her little brother. Now at her baptism the Spirit was so strong and everyone in attendance could definitely feel it. She is such a special girl with a great love for her Savior Jesus Christ and his teachings. I look forward seeing her coming to church every Sundays in primary and see her beautiful smile that instantly brightens the room. It was a great Baptism.
Then at 1PM we had a Primary Activity and toured the Visitors' Center at Temple Square. We weren't sure how many people would show up but we had a pretty good turn out and really had a great time. The sisters Missionaries gave us the tour and the kids were very quiet and reverent besides my little boy who just wanted to go play. It was fun to be together as a family in a very special place. The tulips were blooming everywhere. I love this time of the year.
After the tour we had treats and off we went to our friend's Emily birthday party at Central City. Her Mom works there so we had the place all to ourselves. We played volley ball, basket ball and ate pizza. The kids got to play outside on this cool playground. So everybody was having a great time.
We went home late and Tati Emily came along. We made some crafts and decided we were hungry at 11:30PM I know very late. So we had grilled chicken and salad!! We stayed up very late and just hang out together. It was a busy but yet an awesome day.

Lynette and Kristin

The table

Madison and her grandpa

Love this time of the year

It was so hard to get a smiley picture of him

Some of the primary children by the Statue of Christ

The sisters Missionaries who took the primary children on a tour of the visitor's center

Sweet!

Coco

Raimana was glued to that little dog. He wanted to pet Coco all the time.

Having Fun at the playground

Cheese!!

Hinarei playing part of her song while everyone was having refreshments.Cute!! Way to go Hinarei we are so proud of you.

My Heavenly Father Loves Me

This is one of my favorite primary songs.

Temple Date, Night Out, and Ice Cream...

Today was such a beautiful and warm day. Totally the opposite of yesterday!! I am so glad Wayne and I were able to squeeze in a Temple Day. My sister was kind enough to watch my kids. She actually took them to Kangaroo Zoo. I know, I have the Best Sister Ever!! The Endowment was beautiful and very inspiring.


After the temple we joined my sister and her hubby to a night out. We went to eat at the Texas Roadhouse the food and the ambiance was awesome!! Thanks sister for inviting us for dinner. Love ya!!


Then later that night we went to eat a Daddy Doug super-sized Banana Split at Leatherby's. The kids loved it!! All I can say it was a lot of ice cream!!!

Photo Shoot!!

I know it took me forever to post these pictures. Back in December a member from our Ward Rob Ingles' Photography took pictures of my two beautiful children. He did an amazing job. You can see the rest of the pictures here . He is very talented. He set up a studio in his basement and I'm telling you it looks so beautiful and professional. It was a very laid back and relaxed photo session. He took some amazing photos and you should definitely look into having him do yours!!
Go check out his portfolio online www.jealouspictures.com. Their family picture was taken by him alone and put together. Isn't that awesome?

Love that picture

Hinarei in her dancing outfit from last year

My little boy

My beautiufl kids

Joy School and The Last Song!!

Here is a cute picture of Josh, Raimana and Lance (Lucille is missing) our cute little Joy School. Every Monday Raimana gets so excited to go to joy school and be with his buddies. He has already learned so much. They are such cute kids and I am so glad that 3 of my friends who are very talented are doing it with me. Thanks Kristin for taking the picture and thank you Dani for dropping my boy off my house last Monday. You ladies are awesome!! Thank you for teaching my boy. Emma you are awesome!!

We went to see that movie last night and I thought it was great. If it wasn't for my niece Vaitiare who pretty much begged us to take her watch that movie my sister and I wouldn't have chosen to go see that movie. However it was a good movie and we really enjoyed it!! So thank you Vaitiare for being so persistent!! Tonite was the girls night out because last night the boys went to see the Jazz Game which actually turned out to be a great game. Go Jazz!!

My Sister Family is In Town

Last Thursday my sister's family arrived in Utah for General Conference Weekend and Spring Break. Her kids have 2 weeks Spring Break but good thing they came right on our 1 week Spring Break. Hinarei was counting the days, she was so excited to have her cousin Tehani over and play with her. That is exactly what they did. Hinarei wanted to be in the same car as Tehani and go wherever Tehani would go. They are only 9 months apart and Hinarei thinks she is the coolest of her cousins. So sweet!!! What a fun weekend we had!! My brother's family was supposed to be here as weell but there was a strike in Tahiti so they couldn't board the plane. We were all so disappointed. Oh well good thing there's always a next time.

On Friday afternoon we took the kids to the Movie to watch "How to train your dragon" What an awesome movie. It was my first time watching a movie in 3D and it did not disappoint me. My sister and I were with the little ones and we had a blast. The bigger kids and the hubbys wanted to go see "clash of the Titans" not that great of a movie if you ask me!!:) In the evening we attended the "Tahitian Missionary Reunion". The Stake Center was packed. I think there were at least 300 people if not more. A lot of groups came from Tahiti and it was nice seeing old friends and visit with them. Good thing we had enough food for everyone.:) What a fun evening!!!

That was an awesome Movie!!!

Hinarei first time going to a 3D Movie. She loved it but sometimes she didn't want to wear the glasses. So I guess I will only take her to watch the regular movie and save money. :)

Raimana with Teva they can't wait to go watch that movie.

Tahitian Missionary Reunion. The food was yummy!!

Hinarei enjoying her dinner.


On Saturday morning, we all got up early so we could follow General Conference. The talks were so spiritual and inspiring. It was AWESOME!!! As always Babe goes to General Conference and help with Interpretation. He supervises the Marshallese Group and is loving it. During the AM and PM General Conference we had a little Easter Egg Hunt for the kids in our backyard. They had tons of fun!!! Raimana was sooo into it and got lots of eggs.

That night we had dinner at Terava's house my sister's childhood friend. We had barbecued "heart Cow Beef" and it was yummy!! I know it sounds gross but it is soo good. You should try it!!:) Thanks Terava for inviting us, dinner was great. I want the recipe of your rice salad that was yummy!!

Easter Egg Hunt

Having Fun

Look at all those eggs!!

Picture Time!!

Cow Beef Heart before they barbecue it. We forgot to take pictures when it was done. Sorry!


On EASTER DAY we watched conference and had dinner with Babe's family at the Stake Center. We invited a couple Tahitian Families visiting from Tahiti. The food was delicious and we had a little fireside about Easter. Then we had the kids do Easter Egg Hunt, it was a lot of fun.

The Tahitian Group with the Munanui Family

My beautiful niece Vaitiare


Hinarei dancing on the stage

Raimana got the big Easter Egg basket!!

Raimana with his cousin Teiki. They are only couple of weeks apart. So cute.

Here's a picture of them when they were a couple of months old.
Teiki and Raimana. So cute!!



Yesterday we got pounded with few inches of snow I know I thought it was Spring too but not just yet!! I guess you never know with mother nature, especially in Utah!!! So I decided to take my sister's family sledding on the benches. There was tons of snow and they had a blast. However it was very windy and cold but it didn't stop my nephews and nieces going down the hill and had a blast. Babe joined the fun right after he finished work. Raimana and Hinarei had so much fun going down the hill in the snow.

The kids playing outside with the snow.

Trying to make a snow man.

Sledding at the East Benches!!

Having a great time!!

Hinarei had tons of fun playing in the snow. She actually went down the hill all by herself. She has improved a lot since the beginning of this winter season. We are so proud of her.