Three years went by and were still in love....

Happy three year anniversary to us! I have to say I LOVE my husband with all my heart. He is such an amazing man. He works unbelievably hard for us so that we can enjoy the life we have while still being able to spend time with us and our families and is able to help friends and family whenever they need it. He is such a great father, better than I ever thought (It's not that I thought you were gonna be a bad dad your just even better than I imagined). He makes it possible for me to stay home with our son and that in itself is such a blessing in my life that I will never forget. Gil I love you honey and can't wait to spend the rest of our lives together and see what amazing things happen for us in the future!

For our anniversary I planned a picnic. Gil drove us to Waimea Bay and we sat on the sand had a dinner that I made and enjoyed some of the sunset.

This is part of Gil's present. I made a card about our family thanks to a friend of mine (thanks Cami). I think he liked it. He just smiled after and said thank you I love it. Maybe he was trying to hold back his tears? His other gift was a G-shock white watch for work or what ever he wants to wear it for.

And this is a beautiful shot of the "right before the sunset," sunset. It couldn't have been nicer weather.

love ya much! -Gil

Wise Women...Helpful hints and tips....

Okay here are some more tips that I have recieved from our wonderful sister in the ward. She helps us out, figure out how to declutter or better organize our lives that seem to sometimes consume us.


-Use little bins or “Lazy Susans” in your refrigerator to help keep things organized and easy to get to, like yogurt cups, etc.

-Put your child’s artwork, flash cards, map of the world, etc. under a clear plastic tablecloth on your dining table. Makes a great conversation and learning experience while eating.

-To keep up with all the kids’ (and the grown-ups) church and school papers, events and notices, permission slips, tickets, etc.; divide up a big cork board, the side of the refrigerator, front of kitchen cabinets, or have a corkboard for everyone in the family lined up on the wall somewhere, and you’ll be able to keep up with special papers for each person at a glance.

-Use a plastic bin like a busboy to remove dishes all at once from the table after meals.

-Have a fun, colorful spray bottle of water to wash the table clean after meals. The kids will have fun doing this chore.

-Using an ordinary 3-ring binder, lined paper, and pocket dividers; create a section for everyone in the family and you’ll have a place for everyone’s own phone messages, and any messages that need to get to each other. Everyone checks their section daily and makes a check mark on the message to show that they’ve responded to it. This binder becomes a super message center by the phone.

-You can freeze all kinds of foods and use them when you need them such as hot dogs, Twinkies and other snack cakes, milk, etc. Freeze leftover chili, etc. when you have too much or when you know you don’t want to eat leftovers right away. For single or smaller households, you might like to package two pieces of sandwich bread in a plastic baggie, freeze, and use at your convenience. The whole loaf of bread won’t be lying around getting stale. Just be sure to take items out in enough time to defrost.

-Buy a brand new, clean, colorful feather duster for each child when they get the chicken pox. When they feel itchy, they use their feather duster to “scratch” themselves.

Such a bully....

Okay so here the boys are playing at my sister's house. Normally they're not like this (especially Dezi. ) I think he was just getting back at his cousin for all those times he bullied Dezi around. He's been crawling longer so he would take things away from Dezi then crawl away. But that's what babies do. They laugh, they cry, they play and sometimes......................they get even!

Happy Birthday August Babies......

Since there are too many people in my family born in August, we all thought lets just have one big party to celebrate every one's birthday and it was A LOT cheaper than taking 6 people out to dinner on each individual birthday. So we had a pot luck at the beach and I think everything went very well.

Okay so the August birthday's are:

Me, Gil (blue shirt & hat), mom (short lady in white hat), Cody (wrapped in white towel), Hailey (standing next to the cake squinting), Keoni (behind Hailey), and little baby Kai (still inside mommy's belly) who was born on 8-8-08!

We played games like this one where you had to catch a little rubber ball in a skinny net thingy.

We rented a shave ice machine and got to do it ourselves. The kids had more fun doing it so they made every one's shave ice toward the end. Even if you didn't want one, you got one anyway. We only had two flavors. Strawberry and vanilla, but we bought Li hing mui powder and condensed milk to top it off! Yuuuummmy!

We also rented a bouncer which the kids of course had a blast jumping in and even the adults enjoyed it as well. My dad very much enjoyed exercising in it and bouncing with the kids. Oh, Gil is behind the camera and I went jumping earlier. It was pretty much our family and a few friends. So it was okay for the adults to have their fun!

After all the activities and swimming at the beach everyone sang happy birthday!

And the kids got to open their presents!

Keoni

Hailey

Cody

At the end of the day everyone enjoyed themselves. The kids got good presents, our stomachs were stuffed to the rim, with plenty of leftovers for the next day, and we were tired out from the beach. But best of all............we saved money! Yay!

Happy Birthday Mom...

Happy birthday mom! Today is my mom's birthday and so I thought I would honor her on my blog. First of all she is the best mother.......EVER!!! She calls me everyday, well almost, just to see how my day went, what I did, what I'm doing that night. She is so thoughtful and tries to get the best gift(s) for your birthday, Christmas, etc. She is an AMAZING cook! Cooks every Sunday for our big family of what.....16 or so people. But she likes it. It gets our family together once a week and we all enjoy it. She is a great grandmother. If we ask, she watches the kids. Feeds them, bathes them, plays with them, and she has 14 of em'. Can you do that? Anyway I just want to say.....Mom thanks for being there for me and always helping me, giving me advice, letting me rant and rave and cry on your shoulder. So many times you could have said, "I don't want to hear it." But you didn't. You just sat and listened. Thanks for helping me with Dezi. Such knowledge you have...Hehe! I love those talks we have where we just laugh and literally talk about anything. You are such a strong woman. You have survived many obstacles and I'm impressed by your optimism and perseverance! I LOVE you very much and wish you a happy birthday!

Happy birthday tutu! Love~ Dezi

Dezi crawling.....

Okay this is Dezi when he really first started to crawl. notice that he crawls on his hands and shins. Hhhhmmmm? Guess what ever it takes to get from a to b.

Dezi's firsts.....He CRAWLS...!!!

This is at U'i's house. The boys were playing and just hanging out crawling everywhere. Dezi's been crawling for a little while now....maybe a week, but in this video he's a lot better and more confident!