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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Plowing with Dad

The kids love to go out and plow with Daddy when it snows. After they clear the driveway (and a lot of neighbor's driveways) Rod will hook up the sled and take them up and down the street. They love it!

Friday, December 18, 2009

Sweet 16

Can you believe it has been 16 years already? I can't. I am thankful every day that Rod chose me. He is an incredibly loving, generous, kind, hard-working man. He is also an amazing father. I don't know anyone better. I think most importantly, he is still my best friend! I sure love him! (besides...he is pretty sexy too)

(banner by Anna and her two friends Kaylee and Kelsie Mena)

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Poor Rod!

I love watching Rod play softball. That is...until something like this happens:

Rod turned his ankle on second base. It was a terrible sprain that has taken A LONG time to heal. Poor guy.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Memorial Day '09

What a fun day! I love my country and I love my family! We started the day with a ward breakfast and parade. First they had a flag raising ceremony. Then the kids had fun decorating their bikes. However, right before the parade Owen went missing. He had come home and locked himself in the house. I guess all the people and activity became a bit overwhelming for him. Luckily the breakfast was right across the street from our house. With a bit of reassurance he came out and rode in the trailer Rod was pulling and joined the parade.

Owen and Tani wore capes. Tani looked pretty cool riding his bike with the cape flowing behind. William was so cute. Could I just freeze him in his little Superman cape?

We spent the afternoon eating fried chicken and hiking in the canyon with our good friends and neighbors, the Pearts. What a blast! Tracy and Sean are hilarious and their kids are a lot of fun. I love holidays and spending time with people I care about.

Monday, May 19, 2008

Summer Haircuts

Rod decided to give the boys buzz cuts over the weekend. Personally, I prefer little boys with hair. However, Rod really wanted to buzz their hair and it will be nice and cool for the summer. Especially for Tani. He is always a sweaty mess with his dark black hair. Somewhere there is a picture just like these with Rod and his Dad. I wish I had a digital copy to post here.

What do you think of my little punks?

Just like their Daddy.

Hey! What about me?

Silly Kid Stuff

January 2009 Anna stands up and starts dancing by our table in the restaurant. I tell her it isn't the place for dancing and she replies: "Mom, its always the place for dancing!"
November 2008 I instruct Tanielu to use his silverwear and not his hands while eating dinner and he casually replies: "Mom, I'm Samoan."
August 2008 Anna tells me she thinks it would be fun to have Hannah Montana as her older sister because then she would have really cool hand me downs.
Sunday July 6, 2008 Anna's teacher gave a lesson on the 10 lepers and taught the children about how only one came back to thank the Savior after they were healed. After class her teacher told me that Anna was the only one who thanked him for teaching class that day. What a special little girl!
Wednesday July 2, 2008 Owen and I had a date night together because Anna and Tani were at the cousins for a sleepover and Rod was working late. I asked him what he would like to do and he chose to get donuts and eat them in Mom's bed while we watched "go diego go go". Later we were talking and I told him how I couldn't wait to see what he would grow up to be because he is such a neat boy. He told me he would like to grow up to be a Dad. Then he said "but I might grow up then get little again because I ate so much junk!"
May 2008 Anna and Rod were having a long talk. Rod told Anna that picking me to be his wife was the most important and best decision he had ever made. Anna replied: "That's why I love you so much Dad!"
Owen age 3 (May 2008) I look outside in time to see Owen's bare buns and a golden fountain as he pees off our second story deck.
Tanielu age 4 (May 2008) while listening to the radio: "This is girl music Dad. It's not rock and roll!"
May 2008 I send Owen and Tanielu outside to play after telling them to stay out of the mud. I look out a little later and see them both playing with the hose in an enormous mud puddle. They were completely covered head to toe in mud. Their smiles were priceless! I wish I had taken a picture but I was too frustrated at the disobedience to stop and enjoy the moment. Live and learn.

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