It's a Holiday!

Well, it's a holiday!  What are we going to do?  The Goo Babes are still asleep. The King have gone to work.  Can you believe it?  The King got his lunch and breakfast ready early this morning.  Early like 1 or 2 am.  He just had to warm up his breakfast in the microwave prior to leaving.  He stayed up again.  This time he was cleaning, organizing, decluttering part of the living room.  Too good ah!  

 Oh, and the Princess is up!  Practice the piano I hope she'll go.  Let me go and check....oh, and practicing she is!  May the force be with her fingers!  

A load of laundry is going.  I'll be back.

I'm back.  First load is hung.  Another load is washing.  The Warriors are awake but still curled up in their blankets.  

Hoping to have a great day today. =)

I have to go do my visiting teaching in an hour.  Need to go pickup a book from the library.  Turn in my hours for BYU-H.    Reply to people who  emailed me last month.   Sorry it's taking such a long time for me to respond.

Relaxing Day

What a day!  We made it to church on time today at 8 am. (Our 2nd time to be on time) For us that was an accomplishment since we love to sleep in.  Not to mention going to bed at 4 am.  That was pretty good!  The King went to bed later but he was the one who managed to get everyone up.  He had to leave early because he was playing the organ today.  Warrior 3 and I were the last ones to leave the house.  Uh huh..like 4 minutes before ate.   I meant to say 8 o'clock.

I must be hungry now.  I wasn't in the mood of eating anything heavy for dinner so I just ate cereal and milk.  I know...Warrior 3 was like "That's not dinner!"  Sorry,  but that's all I wanted to eat.  Now, I want something real.  I want some grilled steak, baked potatoes loaded with sour cream, green onions, shredded cheese and real bacon bits.  In my dreams yeah.  Not to mention...crab legs.  Now I'm getting really hungry.  

Well, Warrior 4 is squirming a lot at this moment.  That is a good thing.  I go in for my 6th month check up in two weeks.  I wonder how much we've grown.  We were at the store last night shopping for food and we passed by the baby section.  I had forgotten how much diapers and formulas cost.  Hellurh!  Super takai deshoo?!  Sobrang mahal! Totally EEXPEENSEEB!  Not to mention that we have to start from scratch because we got rid of all our baby stuff ages ago.  We just need a stroller and  a car seat since Plain Jane gave us their baby's crib.    What else do we need?  Diapers, diaper bag, wipes, burpee rags, bottles, receiving blankets, onesies, jammies and little medyas (socks)!  What else?  Oh! Things for giving  baby a bath.  A little tub, wash cloths, baby wash, butt paste, polvo (powder) and little nail clippers!  Don't forget the swing!  That was a life saver because I was also looking after a friend's baby who was 2 months old when I had Warrior 3.  Yup!  While nursing Warrior 3 and the other BEBE would cry I used to rock that BEBE while he sat in his carrier with my foot.  Sometimes both my hands would be full feeding them at the same time!  Hellurh!    I know it felt like I had twins at home.  

Anyway..I was just thinking.  These were  my thoughts...I had a nice and relaxing day today.  The King let me nap without anyone disturbing my slumber.  Thanks HoneyBuns!  You're the best! 

Warrior 3 Loves Legos

Warrior 3 loves his legos!  He is very creative and often shows me his unique M.O.C.  What is M.O.C?  "My Own Creation!"  Duh!   Well, I was looking for certain buttons to put on my blog and I came across  this site where they use legos  to tell certain stories in the Book of Mormon. Fun!  Warrior 3 is at school right now and can't wait to show him.  I know it's been out for a while now because the King have used some of them in his power point lessons for Gospel Doctrine class.  Now,  I know where he got them from.  =)

Family Goals 2009

For our goals this year, we took the LDS  Mutual Theme for 2009.   "Be Thou an Example of the Believers".  We had a youth fireside on Sunday and this theme was introduced.  I thought that we could all do the challenge as a family...not just for Warrior 1 and Princess.  We could all try to be better examples.  Anyway, the theme was taken from this scripture found in 1 Timothy 4:12.   "Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." 

The following are the 3 things that we will strive to work on this year as well.

1.  Personal prayer morning and night. 
2.  Read the scriptures  5  minutes everyday.

3.  SMILE.  Be happy.  Live the standards.

UNCLE MEL'S LAYOVER

Hi Uncle Mel!

Warrior 2 looking a little chunky, Warrior 3 toothless, Yoga Mama 5 months preggo, Princess becoming a lady, Warrior 1 almost as tall as Uncle Mel. Uncle Mel ready for training.

It's been two years since we saw Uncle Mel. He is on his way to "training" and had a couple of hours layover. We were happy to see him even if it was just a few moments. We took pictures and hugged. Until we meet again. Have a safe trip and training.

Happy Birthday Sis!

Happy Birthday to you Sis!  Where did Untol Mel take you?   What did you guys do?  Wow!  Mano iti tao-en mon?  Trenta i quatro!  Baket-kan jo!  Hope you had a great birthday!  Remember the drama and the scene you caused...when those "Marianings" butchered our long & lovely hair?  HA! HA!  HA!  Where did it all  go?   Hellurh!

I'll call you tomorrow!  love ya!

The Princess and the Rock.

Kumusta my pamilya?  Check this out!  After all these years...  I finally told the kids what the heck a rock was doing in my shower.  So, I shared my experience with the Goo Babes growing up about using the "lid-lid" (Noun=Bato or rock. River rock.  Verb= to scrub "aglid-lid") I think.  I'm not a linguist.  That the "lid-lid" is what we used to scrub "kab-kab" (dirt, dead cells/skin) off our bodies.  We were always reminded by Inang Baket (my greatgrandma) to scrub our bodies with this river rock each time we took a bath.  I guess because Philippines is so dusty and we got down and dirty.. we HAD to scrub.  It made our skin soft. It prevented our heels from cracking. There was no need to go and pay someone to shave off the soles of your feet when you can save money and do it yourself using the rock everyday. (Although, it's nice to get pampered by someone once in a while.) We searched for them in the river like a treasure.  It was all natural, organically made no synthetic chemicals or materials used to create this rock and it didn't cost us a "CENTIMO".   We didn't need fancy colorful scrubbers which just created lots of bubbles (well, bubbles are fun).  These scrubbers sometimes didn't get rid of dirt embedded into your skin and which you had to replace ever so often. 

 I am now in America but I still like my "lid-lid".  This river rock is from Manaoag River.  Mama Tel found it for me when we were there a year and a half ago.  Hey, it's imported rock! Lifetime guarantee. =)  Garantisado!

Anyway, so Sunday as we were sitting down at Sacrament meeting in church, I noticed something on Princess' lower legs. So, I grabbed her leg to have a closer look and sure enough...it was full of strawberries! Her legs were RAW! "ARAY!!!" (OUCH!) I was mouthing..."what did you do?" She replied and whispered, "I used the rock." Well, Saturday night  she decided to try it out but she scrubbed so hard that it scrapped some of her skin and  also shaved  some hair off her legs. I guess I failed to tell them NOT to scrub too hard. =(  Her legs look a lot better now, though.  Scabby but.....no more painful strawberries.    That is the story of our own Princess and the Rock!  

The End!

*The Princess was asleep when I took the picture of her legs so, I was not able to  capture all her scabs.

Get together at the HO's

We were getting together with some old friends from BYU-H. It was great to see everyone and their children. Boy, how time flies. Babies were no longer babies! There were lots of kids gathered in one place.

DA  Men:  First, there were 9.  (one missing)

Came DA Women:  then there were 18!

One by one came DA Children!  Now, there are almost 50!

***Pictures from  Malie's Album.***

Happy New Year!

This is our  7th  year welcoming the new year in Laie.  We usually go to Mililani and spend time with Aunty Wanda and Uncle Alvin.   But here we are with friends, our extended families!  We ate dinner at 8 after which the POP POPs,  morning glories and the smaller fire crackers were lit around 9 or 9:30...the kids had enough to burn for an hour.

Tita 96762,  Plain Jane and the Police Officer.

Our extended families!

THE FINAL HALF HOUR!

 The kids are anxious to light the bigger fireworks.  Watch out for cars!  OK.  Line 'em up gang!

They are waiting for the "GO!"

While waiting..they take the tape off so the fuse is  ready to light.

Here is Lavalava watching Disney Channel!  She was having her own party inside the house

dancing and singing.

Here is Miss Lavalava.   All the fireworks were too loud for her.  She kept saying "Inside! Inside!"  

Ground sparklers can be just as beautiful as the illegal ones.

No Cars!  Go!  There's the Princess with Hip Chic:  Warrior 2 and J. Fktv:  M. Krazy Keni and Warrior 3  all ready to light their stuff.

J. Fktv:  M. Krazy Keni:  Warrior 2 Gooey Goo

The Kids sure enjoyed lighting these up.

Here is Mr. Tonga (SMS FKTV) and  son Jd Fktv.

Here is Warrior 3, behind are his ground sparklers that he lit.  Warrior 1 is in the background.

Smokey and loud!  Oh, but what a wonderful sight!

Here is another glimpse of those illegal aerials.

Warrior 1 trying to light one of the Crackling Strings or SINTURON NI HUDAS (Belt of Judas)

The King's work ladder was perfect in hanging these belts.

One belt for each child.

Here are the illegal aerials !  They sure were beautiful to watch.

We didn't need to go to town to watch fireworks. They were all around Laie. 

Someone sure spent lots of money burning these babies up.