Summer Time!!!!

Summer is here!!!

So here is the updates for this crazy Ohana!!!

Angie is now full time at Koko Head Dental....training in the front office as well as assisting in the back when needed. I won't be returning to Salt Lake as PPT.....tears.....but I do plan to volunteer when ever possible.

Serene and Smylyn are looking forward to going on to 1st and 3rd grade next year. Serene was awarded Dolphin of the Semester and Smylyn was awarded Dolphin of the 4th Qrt. We are so proud of both of them.

Bruce finished his 3rd year at Aiea High School and still working on his teacher certification and Master's Course classes. He recently came back from Kuwait with Vaihi in Da Sand Jam Tour and all the pics are posted on Facebook...Yes, He has a facebook.....LOL

The girls are enrolled in Summer Fun program in Hawaii Kai, mommy is busting her butt at work and daddy is being Mr. Mom. Go Daddy Go!!!!

Easter Fun

Easter Treats for Smylyn and Serene's classmates. These cupcakes were a big hit not too mention very yummy.

Easter Bunny Picture
Smylyn and Serene love seeing the Easter Bunny at Pearlridge and mommy and daddy especially love this years pic with the Easter Bunny.



Easter Fun at the Naluai Hale
As always we had our egg hunt and dyed eggs. The girls had loads of fun with all their cousins. They scored on lots of candies, pretty eggs and this year, Serene found the silver egg and scored 10 dollars.

Spring Break

Spring Break was from Mar. 21st to April 5th and we were certainly busy.

Babysitting the Asifoa Cousins.
So we aka I missed my cute nieces and Smylyn and Serene wanted to sleepover in Laie. We stayed three days in Laie watching and playing with Terina and Tati. Now the girls are asking for a brother....LOL....I told them not anytime soon.

Kanoho's Vocal Recital.
While staying in Laie...my bff Noho had her vocal recital. I did her hair and make-up and helped serve the ono grinds that followed. So proud of her. She was awesome.

Hanging out with friends.
While staying in Laie....which was only three days I got to squeeze in some time with good friends at tva. Esther and Siope are doing good and their daughter sure keeps them busy. Too cute!!!! The girls loved Esther and Siope's baby and again asked for a brother....so persistant.

Movie Review: "Monster vs. Aliens".
Loved the movie...the girls give this flick two thumbs up!!! Even bruce and I loved it. Definately planning to buy this on dvd.

Mom reading Twilight series and the dvd released.
Ok....so my mom needed something to do doing the spring break and I handed her twilight....she was hesitant at first...cause she hadn't read a book for fun in years. But since she loved the movie she decided to read it and three days later she finished all four....LOL....she's hooked. We bought the dvd and compared the movie to the book....New Moon movie can't come any sooner.

St. Patrick's Treat!!!

Made St. Patty's rainbow cupcakes for three classes, Smylyn, Serene and Mom. Bruce helped, cuz he took my airhead candies and I thought I was going mentally insane.

Dolphin of the Semester

Serene has worked really hard in school and because she's produced quality work and worked well with her peers she was awarded Dolphin of the semester. Ola and I were so proud of her.

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Honolulu Zoo field trip

Just another Salt Lake Elementary Kindergarten Adventure!!! The kids loved the zoo and they got to see all the animals including the apes, which were one of their favorites. The weather was perfect *thank goodness* and Mrs. Higa and I couldn't of asked for a better behaved class. The highlights of the field trip had to be our picnic lunch and visiting and petting the goats. I took lots of photos and video clips as usual.

More February updates

"We got spirit!"
On Feb. 23rd - 27th Salt Lake Elementary had "Spirit Week". During this week students and staff participate in relays and dress up to show school spirit. There was Career Day, where you dress up portraying a certain job/career. Smylyn dressed as a ballet teacher and Serene was a music teacher. I wore my work scrubs. On Hat Day we wore various types of hats. The girls and I especially loved Freaky Hair Day. My kindergartner's were very creative with their Career Day costumes. Two of them were dressed as President Obama and a Plastic Surgen.

"Welcoming a new member"
On Saturday Feb. 21 2009 Kau'i Naluai was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints. Daddy Alika, Mommy Paoa , younger sibs, family and friends were all in attendance. A big early dinner followed and we are all happy for her and her family.


"Thank you mommy I had lots of fun"
On Saturday Feb. 28 2009 Serene held her 6th birthday party in Laie at grandma and papa's house. We had messy food games and the kids tore up the pinata. When all friends and family left Serene found me washing pots in the kitchen. She gave me a big hug and said "Thank you mommy I had lots of fun". I was so touched by her words I knew that it didn't matter how stressed I was putting her party together. My baby was happy.

My Valentines Gift

For Valentines this year Keola and I had to go the cheap route. With Serene's party coming up I wanted to save our money. So we decided (by "we" I mean "me") that we would just make each other something. I put together a slide show with all our pictures and got a musical card (ok, so I cheated) and Ola asked me what he could do for me. I told him that I really wanted him to sing to me. He gave me a shocked look and never asked me anything else. But by midnight, before we went to bed he grabbed his ukulele and sung me this song. It was the best gift he has ever given me.

February

Since Valentines fell on a Saturday I made and past out treats to both Serene and Smylyns class. I made pink rice krispie heart lollipops. Unfortunately, I can't take credit for the idea of these treats, just the labor. I get all my ideas from this awesome website /www.familyfun.com/


Serene's Birthday was Friday Feb. 13th and she had chosen cloth drawstring bags, sewn by her grandma Naluai to be filled up and passed to her class as goodie bags. Funny thing was, she was so particular. She told her grandma while she was looking at different yards of fabric that the girls and boys in her class MUST be different and separate from each other. So she picked out a girly fabric for the girls and a boyish fabric for the boys. The bags were bright, cute and Serene was very pleased with her choice.


For Serene's birthday Keola and I decided to take the girls to Tiki's for dinner and to watch Vaihi perform. Serene is her daddy's number one fan. So after school the girls went home to shower and change into their party dresses. They both danced and laughed the night away. The birthday girl was totally partyed out by 11:30 pm so were her parents.

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

January

Smylyn's friend and Kindergarten classmate, Naveah turned eight in the month of January and we had the opportunity to attend her baptism. It was held at Temple beach in Laie followed by a "Poly Style" breakfast. Later on, after her baptism we found out that it was decided by the church leaders that baptisms at the beach were no longer allowed and that all baptisms would only take place at the church baptismal font. As a thank you, I put together a short montage of that day and sent a copy to Naveah's family.

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

The Updates!!

Yes....I know I haven't blogged in a while, a month and a half, and I've been trying to keep from falling a part. Life has been busy and I have soooo much to update since my last post. What's important is that all is well and we started the New Year with lots of family time and outings. I'm planning to post them soon, I promise.