We're BACK!

Well, it's been a good half a year since I really posted anything interesting, boring, dramatic, chaotic, negative, positive and all the ups and downs of life. Well, life has been really good. We've been in our new place and we are loving it. It is still not quite in order but it is now our new HOME. We finally had our yard sale at the Keni's yard on the 13th of this month. We did good for just posting the night before that we were having a yard sale. I got rid of all my stampin' UP stuff. All 3 years worth of collecting and making making things.

Anyway, this move has been a blessing because it has helped clear some (a lot) of clutter. I don't know how many truck loads of stuff we took to the dump that we were just hanging on to. We've donated a lot of things to CP and Salvation army but we are not done yet. We still have a lot of junk.

I don't have a garden yet. I hope all my plants in the container survives. They've been neglected. Oh, the Goobabes now have to weekly clean the yard. Rake the leaves of the ULU tree and mow the lawn. I prefer weed eating. (I know what your thinking. No, not me eating the weeds.) It's so much easier I think.

Since the move, the Goobabes have learned to be more mindful about using electricity, water and being more frugal.

Warrior 1: To save on electricity, he thought that he wasn't supposed to use hot water to take a shower. I found this out when I was talking to the Warriors one afternoon, a month after we moved ! Oh, hello! Warrior 1 had been taking cold shower for a whole month.

Warrior 2: He is the electricity police. He reminds everyone to turn things off when not in use. He unplugs chargers that are not charging any device. He tried saving his bus passes by taking the early or late bus since they just let them go without checking for the passes. That didn't last long because they weren't guaranteed a spot on the bus.

One day after school he came to me and said that he wanted to serve lunch everyday...so he wouldn't have to pay for lunch. I said okay and asked him if he didn't mind doing that everyday. He responded and said ..."wow, what is so hard about taking a plate and handing it to the next person?" So, a couple of days later he brings home the permission slip that I had to sign so he can start right away.

Princess, busy with cheer leading, fundraisers, practices and games. School work, seminary and piano. She was hardly home.

Speaking of Warrior 4, who is now a year and a half old. He is starting to mimic things we say. He was pretty good at saying Dada and MahMah! Then he started combining different words he knew. Like mahmahda. dadamahmah. dadamamawuhwuh. HI! beebee. dadamamawuhwuhneirees. He learned to say Warrior 1's name 1st. "WuhWuh". It was always, WuhWuh this and WuhWuh that. Then he learned how to say Warrior 2's name: Ree and now he says, Rees. He calls Warrior 3: Neigh. Warrior 4 is still learning Princess' name.

Warrior 3 is still into legos. He is in the 3rd grade. Mr. G said that he is one great scientist in his class. He has good days and bad days.

A lot has happened and my head is just loaded with random things that are flashing from the past 6 months.

JUNE: summer came and went.. PAP SMEAR. bleh! Weighed myself after a year of Warrior 4's birth... I still weigh the same after all this time. I need to lose all this extra baggage! I'm going to lose 20 lbs!!! I WILL! I WILL! I need to learn zumba routines and teach RELIEF SOCIETY sisters in July once a week. I need to! This will be one of my projects for PERSONAL PROGRESS.

JULY: ZUMBA TONING AND AQUA ZUMBA TRAINING, shared routines. practice a couple of routines at BYU. I choked but what the heck. I need to start somewhere. Mistakes and all. I'm hanging! I'm out of breath! that's not good.

School is going to start again. I don't even have school supplies. Lucky thing I just have one in elementary. I just gathered whatever we had at home. Recycled old and not very used composition books and glue and blah blah blah. Good to go. The older 3 just needed filler paper, writing tools, back packs and that's basically it. I'm so not prepared for school to begin.

AUGUST: packing and moving. I have little K and Warrior 4 playing in the boxes as I pack.

Blessings! Single adults from Bishop A. Christy's ward help paint. Friends help move junk out of garage. (that's a lot of JUNK!) Uprooted the garden. missing my lilikoi and papaya trees. I have to start a garden over.

SEPTEMBER: unpacking, decluttering, and (re)organizing. Babysitting resumes. Blessings! I get a raise! Thank YOu K family. Another blessing...I get to watch another baby. BAby Tyde. Baby Tyde cries for his mum...Warrior 4 also cries and throws a fit. It is all good.

Goobabes busy with Cultural presentation for the temple re dedication in November. The King is there with his sound system.

Service project at Sunset. The King is in charge of making breakfast, at least the meat section. Someone else made eggs and rice.

We still have a lot of clutter.

The KING's birthday is this month. Didn't do anything special. Sorry King.

The King planned our PEC social. Ballroom dancing taught by the OLEOLE'S at the Kahuku Chapel's cultural hall. The King made dinner, decorated and set up using whatever we had at home. It turned out beautifully. Simple and sweet.

Cheerfest was that same night. After Warrior 1 and 2 finished with the setup at the cultural hall, they walked over to the high school to watch the cheerfest where Princess was a part of. They got soaked that evening. It poured and the cheerfest still went on! At the football field. Die hards.

OCTOBER: Ward Camp. Princess had another birthday. We didn't really camp. We just set up the tent and spent a couple of nights there. Relieved that we didn't have to bring all the camping gears and the whole kitchen or should I say...the whole house. Camping is a lot of work but it's all worth it seeing kids enjoy themselves.

General Conference. Yummy feast at the FKTV home.

Still a lot of clutter. Trying to organize stuff for yard sale. I just want it all gone!

I can sense stress building around me. Feeling SNAPPY, crHAPPY, MOODY, BUSY. Some one's stress bubble is going to explode!

Warrior 3 at the shopping center selling POPCORN to help support the scouting program.

The day before my birthday... full of drama. Miscommunication. UGLY. Scary experience. The bubble EXPLODED! I hope it will never happen again.

I had a birthday. I got a lei. Quiet day. A lot of FACEBOOK friends and family greeted me. YW sang to me during opening exercises and got dark chocolate covered MACADAMIA. yum! After church was silent and gloomy. I got sugar cookies from MELISSA WILSON later that evening.

4th Wednesday of the month is Pack meeting! No new awards. I haven't worked with Warrior 3 since our move. =( I need to get back on the ball.

Pack meeting over....on to the parking lot for our Ward's trunk or treat! While the King and the two older Warriors help the King set up his sound system at Malaekahana. "Meet and greet your candidate." Some dude name _________Martin. Gosh, the King is just all over the place. SERVING! Yes, I can't complain because I know service brings blessings. We have been recipients of many blessings. So, we must serve others. I must not grumble.

NOVEMBER: PRENATAL YOGA TRAINING, more cultural celebration practice. Temple open house. yard sale. got to see Uncle Lehi and Aunty Jenn. Gramma here for the temple rededication. Beautiful ceremony. Watched 1st and 2nd session. Thanksgiving@the NAUMU'S with Gramma and Grampa Goo.

PRESENT: Well, i've babble on. You probably want to see pictures of what the GooBabes look after all these months. I will do that later. i must go to bed now. Or perhaps learn another routine for Zumba class tomorrow. GUESS WHAT! I'll do that another day.