Play Date

We are slowly but surely starting to love Washington. We have met some great friends who share the same interests as us and also have kids who are the same age as Dreysen and Zeland. Thats a plus!
Some of us girls from the ward got together last Thursday and met at the Odssey so the kids could play. Some of the other kids couldn't make it because they were sick but there is always next time. Anyway, they had so much fun. Afterwards we took them to Mc Donalds...they all sat on their own little table while us mom's were just chatting away. Can't wait for our next play date.

Left: Egesi, Drey & Zee

Right: Max, Leila & Tarina 

So much for resolutions...

For the past 3 years since I've had Dreysen, Losing weight was always #1 on new years resolutions and the past 3 years, I've failed to even TRY to attempt to lose what I used to call my "baby fat" has now turned into just fat, cellulite, saggy etc; haha ok, not so much of the saggy part haha but you get the point. It's kind of depressing that I let my weight climb so high. I've tried dieting such as the lemon diet that Beyonce did...I lasted about 6 days of no eating, just drinking the lemon mix and I failed when Lance wanted to go to chili's and I was so tempted to eat a chocolate molten. I tried hydroxycut and I got really sick from it...it's hard. I tend to blame things on the way I grew up, we never ate healthy and just always making excuses for everything. When I was younger my weight was never a problem since I was always active playing sports but now I blame myself. I can't find the courage or will power to do anything.
I was thinking about doing the HCG diet since I've heard a lot of good results that come out of it but eating 500 calories a day for 26 days...I don't think I'll be able to survive that. Plus I don't really want to spend money on something that will just go to waste. I love food so I've come up with a plan.

I'm starting off slow!

Cutting down carbs
No soda (I've been doing good with that)
no drive thru's to mcdonalds
cut down my portions
drink a lot of water
and work out as much as I can. Even if it's twice a week or even once. It's a start!

Wish me Luck!

Trip to the ER

Trips to the ER are no fun! Zeland hardly ever gets sick so it was unusual that it was his turn this time rather than his older brother. This morning he was perfectly fine. We woke up, they ate pancakes for breakfast then they watched a little bit of t.v. and Zee was as normal as he is on any other day. 

Today was actually different since I finally decided to stop being lazy and do something fun and crafty with the boys. lol We cut and drew different kinds of shapes and I let them color it afterwards. Drey was already familiar with some of the shapes so it was fun seeing him teach his little brother how to say "circle" or "square." We did other stuff like color and trace their hands but they got pretty bored with that and started playing with their toys. 

It was around 8 pm when Zee started vomiting everything he ate and within 3 hours, He threw up at least 5 times. Checked his temperature and that was at 96. I waited for at least another hour because I would hate to go to the ER and all the doctor says is to give them plenty of fluids, which I could of done at home instead of waste my gas and $50 copay! lol But we took him in. He threw up 3 more times just in the waiting area and another in the room they put us in. I hated seeing him like this. He was snuggled in my arms the whole time then I get a call from Dreysen who was at home. He called to say that he missed me and he wanted Zee and I to come home. I was in my "proud mommy" moment thinking to myself how blessed I am to have to precious boys who depend on me to love & take care of them. I started laughing after Drey says, "I'm sick too! I go doctor" all because Zee was sick he wanted to be sick too! lol

Anyway, long story short, They needed to get blood work and they poked him on both forearms and couldn't get blood until the 4th try. I was already irritated with the doctor because my poor son his crying his eye's out while they poke him for nothing! I know it's to be expected that drawing blood isn't always going to be successful on your 1st try, but come on...4 times! 

He is doing a lot better. He threw up again when we got home but he should be fine once we get his prescription tomorrow morning.

It's getting late, Lance just got home from work so I'm hittin' the sheets! Night:)

It's a family thang!

T A F I L I

I love my Tafili side! For as long as I can remember, we have all been so close! One thing that I love about my family is how much talent each individual has. Whenever there was a wedding, funeral, party, or any other type of event...we would always get together, some would sing, the others would dance...but that was when we were a lot younger. Those were the best memories.

Can I just brag for a little bit and say that I have an ULTIMATE, amazing...wonderful family?!? haha
I wanted to share a couple video's of some amazing talents in our family...these are all my First cousins on my mom's side so I hope you all enjoy:)

Dont forget to pause the music player on your right--->


JB Ah-fua
Simply Amazing! I could listen to B sing everyday and not get sick of it. My favorite is when he sings church music. It is so calming and always uplifting! Love you B! Dont forget to check out his group 2/27 on facebook!

Kayleen Leung-Wo
Ugh! Isn't she just drop dead gorgeous! Kay has grown up into a beautiful young woman with an amazing voice! I remember when she was younger....Singing and eating Saimini was all she did! lol

EJ Mulitalo
Now EJ just surprises me with how good he is! I had no idea that he could sing until...I think 2 years ago! Him and his other 2 siblings always came around when they were younger until their parents split up. (Their dad is my mom's younger brother, Ely) After that we never really saw them that much so I was pretty much amazed when I started seeing his videos on youtube! He is truly an inspiration!

Celestine Ah-Fua
Another surprise! Hello Lacey! I didn't know you could sing too?? lol Everyone is growing up so fast!

(Click on link to go to video)

Tilly & JB singing at Carla's Quince

(This was when I was prego with Zeland. We sang "This I promise you" in spanish. haha We tried our best and I think singing that song wasn't the best Idea since the majority of the people there were Mexican! lol They were probably thinking..."wth are we sayin?" haha we tried our best.

Hopefully our next get together, I can get more recordings of everyone else. 

vent session lol

I love my calling in the Young Women...as if I haven't mentioned that already. lol I love that I get to plan out activities for the girls and be able to get to know them better! We had mutual today and we decided to catch up on their personal progress. The theme for the night was IHOP "important hour of progress." while working on their personal progress, they had pancakes and OJ, just like being at ihop. Most of them didn't bring their books so we decided to let the girls make their own pancakes and serve it to each other so they can pass off on one of their projects. The leaders this year are awesome! We've come up with some great ideas for the next 3 months and I'm sure the girls will love them.

ok...venting time! lol It's kind of hard to write about something that you hope won't hurt someone's feelings or offend anyone. I just hate being misunderstood period! I've been told that I'm TOO nice, that I can never say no to anyone. Makes it look like its bad or something. but thats just me. I think I get if from my Dad because he is the same way. I know when to say "no" to someone lol I dont think it's just being misunderstood, there's a lot more too it. For example...Volleyball. I play because I enjoy it...because it's my time away for myself to have fun rather than being at home with the kids. I love being with my boys without a doubt, but we all need some ME time to ourselves and I like to play sports. But I get mistaken for being a bad mother for leaving my kids....I would understand if I played 4x a week, but at the most its 2. Am I wrong for thinking this way? 

There's so much more that I don't want to put on here but I'm starting to regret moving here to Washington. Ok, I know it's out of anger that I just said that but I miss my family! I miss my friends and most importantly I miss my parents. I miss their guidance & advice that they gave Lance and I, the way they would always bring our family together and we would just laugh and enjoy each other's company. I miss get-to-together's with my extended family and my nieces and nephews:(

I hope I didn't confuse any of you with my little vent session. lol I didn't go into too much detail with that haha

But good news is...my parents come back from Samoa the end of this month and are planning to drive up here to pick the kids up for 2 weeks. They want to spend as much time with them before they move to Samoa. I really hope they don't though (that calls for another blog post lol). but anyway, 2 weeks is a bit too long, so maybe I'll take a little vaca with them! haha we'll see! 

Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood:)

Today was great! I thought I would hate getting up early since church starts at 9 am now, but it wasn't that bad after all. Even though we woke up a little late, we still managed to get to church on time. My boys seemed to be more calm. When church used to be at 1, that was always around Zelands nap time so he would be fussy the whole day...Drey on the other hand, never takes naps. He is my little energizer bunny! Hyper 24-7! lol

 I need to be a bit more organized. My goal for every Saturday is to pick out our church clothes for the next day, pack the kids bags, make sure they have their church shoes & pack snacks and juice for Drey & Zee. I'll do it once in a while and it makes my Sundays so much easier, but other days when I don't, I'm not happy. lol I yell at Lance for not helping me, I get frustrated and sometimes, I'll not even want to go to church because I'm so burnt out from trying to get everything together. Today, everything went well, till we got to the chapel and I realized I left the kids bag at home. Good thing there were extra diapers in the car so I called Lance to stop by the store and get some bananas and juice for the boys. Zee wasn't too happy in sacrament. He kept looking in my bag since he knows thats where the food is so I took him out and we went into one of the rooms and played on the piano till daddy came. 

The spirit was so strong today in our YW class. I enjoyed listening to the testimonies that were given, especially from some of the inactive girls and loved the lesson that was taught on the true meaning of the YW theme by Sister Leavai. I am forever grateful to have this calling in the young women. I remember when I first got called to be the Secretary and how excited I was and happy that I had the "easy" job but I guess I spoke to soon...couple weeks later I got called to be the Beehive Advisor. Oh how I felt so overwhelmed and inadequate when I received it. Being the Advisor meant that I would teach every Sunday except for when they combine. I haven't taught a lesson to a class EVER and next week will be my first. I know I'm going to be nervous but the Lord knows my weaknesses and I know they will turn into my Strengths:) The Young Women program has been such a wonderful influence in my life and I am definitely a better woman for having this calling.

Anyway, I haven't done a recent update on the kids so here it is:

Zeland- 17 months

-He walks like a pro now!

-Still eats everything! Today I caught him going through the new package of toilet paper we bought and he was eating it. lol The other day, he got into my make up, specifically my eye shadow...and ate that too! haha A little weird, but a cute kinda weird:) lol

-He has an attitude! He'll yell out STOP if he doesn't like what your doing, he'll then...scratch you, maybe throw in a little punch and run a way if he has something that you want. lol

-Loves watching movies:)

-He's awesome with having his NAP time everyday around 1-2pm.

-Picky eater!! He spits everything out just for fun;)

-He likes to pull the switch off of the computer when someone uses it and always turns the tv off when the boys are playing video games...I know it's just to annoy them! lol

-He's my little cuddler:)

-He can now say ALEX, stop, mama, Sasa, chicken lol, and he points to everything he wants

Dreysen-3 yrs

-Starts Head Start this year!!:( I'm so excited for him...I know he'll love it. He's just like his dad...my little social butterfly:) He gets a long with everyone!

-He knows how to identify 4 shapes. Triangle, Square, Circle, Octagon! lol

-He catches onto music so quickly! I swear if he listened to a song twice he'll memorize the whole thing! Current favorite songs:

*Pretty girl rock lol He repeats "my name is kerry, I'm so very..."

*Grenade by Bruno Mars

*Dynamite by ??

*Teach me how to dougie!

- He knows how to navigate the computer! I caught him on youtube one time and I have no clue how he got on there...then, couple minutes later, saw him on the Halo website lol

Next time I'll have to watch him and see what he does because he even knows how to click on Start>accessories>games>Solitare haha

-He is so smart!!



Here's something I don't get...no matter how much BLUE or "boy clothes" my boys have on, they still get mistaken for GIRLS? lol wth! random thought:) 

Happy New Years! 2011

Is it already a new year? 2010 went by so fast. This year was quite different than the past new years eves. Usually we'll go to a ward dance or celebrate it at our home while playing games and enjoying ourselves but this year, our stake reserved the YMCA which is like a rec center, from 8pm-12am. It was packed! We got there and ate hot dogs, chips and cookies, afterwards we headed straight to the courts. Pearl and I played at least 3 games of volleyball, while Marjorie, Ruta & the kids went swimming. We ended up going swimming the last hour before they closed up the pools. It was too much fun and I'm glad the kids enjoyed the swimming pool. Funny thing is...we forgot to bring our towels! haha Luckily the life guards had extras!

Anyway, so it's a new year and time for change:) This year is gonna be GREAT!
New years resolutions:

1. Go to the Temple more:)
2. Lose Weight! (my resolution every year! lol)
3. Finish my externship for my medical assisting.
4. Love more, be a better person, a better wife and mother
5. To always put Heavenly Father first in everything I do!

 My handsome Boys. They're growing up too fast:(

Volleyball!

Slippin lol

Christmas 2010

Christmas was here and over in a blink of an eye. It seems like we prepare weeks and weeks for that one day and it is over so quickly. It definitely is my favorite time of the year. Just to see that big smile on my kids faces when they open their presents is priceless!!

My boys in their PJ's on Christmas Eve.

We watched Christmas movies on Lifetime throughout the week, I ate immense amounts of delicious homemade cooked food and the best chocolate that I've ever had...*Frangos* (I'm sure my job found out that I kept eating all the samples;) lol no wonder they didn't schedule me after Christmas haha) and the best part- I just enjoyed my family and the wonderfulness of being together. It was a bit different for me being a way from my family in Utah for the first time but I'm not complaining. My in-laws are great and I'm grateful for the love that they have for us especially towards my boys.

Thank you Aunty Pearl!

My sister flew down around 5:30 pm on Christmas day!! I'm so happy that she is here with us. It makes me wish that I was back home with my siblings. My boys are already attached to her and we are so happy to have her here with us! I hope everyone had a good Christmas as much as we did:):)

Dreys Spiderman bike. He loved it!

lol Wolverine!

Zee in his outfit that Pearl got him. He loves playing w/the bball.

Thanks Aunty Lani! Drey loves this gift. Mind you that he lost most of the shooting darts. Half of it, Zeland ate the top off  of it! lol

HULK! Drey loves action figures.

Dreys favorite present from aunty Pearl.

Zee's gift from Sarina & Evalon