Feeling the love..

I love to see the teachings of the gospel of Jesus Christ bless and change the lives of people.  For years my sis and BIL haven’t always been the best at living the gospel.  We all prayed and hoped that when they were good and ready, they will embrace it and love it.  Although they had their struggles they always made sure that their kids were attending church and tried their best to help them make the right choices.  Their oldest son Myles has been the biggest supporter of his parents and probably prayed and hoped the hardest for his parents.  Along with my parents.  Myles always shared his feelings of his love of the savior and the teachings of the gospel.  Always shared his desire to be a Forever Family.  W/in the last year his dad has been influenced by family and friends to change his life.  And with that choice, you see my sis also changing and helping her family.  It really is a joy to see.  But even more joyful to see Myles and his siblings with the look of excitement for their parents.  He could not stop saying how the last few months have made him sooo happy and proud and excited for his family.  This Sunday we were able to hear their family share songs and testimonies and talks in sacrament meeting.  The topic of their message was Emulating our Heavenly Parentage.  I was overwhelmed with the spirit as I listen to each of them share their feelings and experiences on how they have struggled but felt the love and blessing as they strived to do live the examples of the savior.  It truly is a blessing and time of celebration for my whole extended family.  They have been such great examples and in that short time have influenced us all to try harder to be obedient and to live the word of God.  Thank you Tapusoa family for your great examples!!!  We are soo happy for the blessings to come and are sooo proud of you all!!

BOW hairdo

My kids are always on YouTube every chance they are allowed to be online. Today DaisyGirl found a clip on how to do a bow in your hair. Here it is .... LOL. And she did it all by herself ;)

I am such a clutz

Twice today I misplaced my iPad.
I take it to read my book while I walk the treadmill. My sis went with me today so we got to chatting and then 20 minutes in i remember my iPad. Panic . My brain back tracking my every move. Told Hubs that he had it last..lol. He goes to the car and looked and looked. Then I remembered i had it at the front desk. Sure enuf it's right there with the guy. Wooh..what a relief.
We went grocery shopping after the rec. I had my shopping list in it so I took it in with me. Yadayada. Put shopping in the car. Got home, started dinner. Cleaned a lil bit. A hour later I wanted to play online. Oh snap..no iPad. I didnt remember grabbing it from the cart. Asked the kids if they grabbed it. Nope. Got in my car and rushed to the store. Checked the carts where we parked..nada. Went inside and they didn't have it.. Right im really panicked.. Babygirl runs in yelling 'I found it'. What a relief. It was there in the cart. She saw something black from a distance in the cart on the other side and ran over to check it out.
I won't say all that was going on in my mind. It's mean and I shouldn't be judgmental. Haha. Nbfr. I'm just glad I found itand didn't have to tell a lil white lie to my hubs who worked hard so I could have this lil materialistic thang that I love .. Ha!!!

Responsibility

This was shared by my trainer in my Time Mgmt class at work today..

There was an importang job to be done and EVERYBODY was asked to do it.  EVERYBODY was sure that SOMEBODY would do it.

ANYBODY could have done it, but NOBODY did it.  SOMEBODY got mad about it because it was EVERYBODY'S job.

EVERYONE thought that ANYBODY could do it, and NOBODY realized that EVERYBODY wouldn't do it.

It ended up that EVERBODY blamed SOMEBODY when actually NOBODY blamed ANYBODY.

My family does this all the time.  :( Definitely need to be better at getting it done.

Either do it yourself or delegate and follow up.

Photo: Dinner

Pulled out the juicer and had a veggie juice for dinner. #febphotoaday

Photo: 10:00am

Doing the least most fav chore of all at 10am ... Laundry. #febphotoaday

VDay

No biggie for us. But we will usually splurge on this day for dinner. This year it was dinner at Rodizio Grill and dessert at Maggie Moo's. That's it..

But what made it extra special was my daisygirl. She just loves holidays. Wether big or small. And this VDay was no different. She smiled from ear to ear. Gave me a lil present and then gave her daddy a lil love note. Tear tear. She is so very thoughtful and sweet. That was the best part of the day. It truly is special to feel that much LOVE from my babygirl. Really an amazing feeling.

Photo: A Stranger

PhotoADay: Stranger

Oh how creepy it is to have your picture taken unaware..LOL

Forgive me stranger..but I'm trying to keep with the #febPhotoADay challenge..haha

Don't mind my hubby's big arm to the right, this was our lunch date for Vday...how sooo not romantic Ha!

Photo: Hands

It would not be an understatement to call this a HANDFUL. The hands are my kids and a few nieces and nephews. They argued over who's hand would be on top and that started the hand slapping and shoving and pushing. Ol' do I love these hands...sometimes ;)

Jr Jazz



Josie, Naia, Bubbles, Aaliyah, Lome, Leti and DaisyGirl

Another year of Jr Jazz done with.    Another year of fun times.   Another year of new friends and players.  Another year of learning and bettering the skill of bball.  Another year of growth.





DaisyGirl

Thank you for to daddy dearest for making time to coach our team.                        

Aaliyah on the Free Throw

                                                                  

   Thank you to the parents who brought their daughters out to practice and games.

Thank you for another great seaon.











And undefeated too.. WTG!!!







The whole team above

Lil Aaliyah, Bubbles, Josie, Dana, Aaliyah F, Naia, Leti, Lome and DaisyGirl







Proud happy moment..

All the $$$ forked out, the many practices, travel expenses, hiper lil girls all pays off when you have something like this.  I am one proud softball mama.  The girls have come along way this past year.  From losing almost every game to winning championships.  Coaches really worked them hard and expected alot from them.  But yet they never complained and had fun every moment.  My babygirl has made some good friends that she can't live w/out all from playing the sport of softball.  I'm sooo happy for her and her teammates.

The Hot Shotz-Estrada 10U team is ranked in the USSSA Top 10 per Youth1 Sports.  It is a great honor and I can't be more proud of each of them.  The coaches and player all worked and played hard and it shows in this honorable mention. 

Check it out: (for full report go to http://www.youth1.com/softball-new-site-content/usssa-10ua-top-ranked-teams.html )

Utah Hot Shotz Estrada (UT)

Playing out of South Jordan, UT are the Utah Hot Shotz Estrada, who have a current power rating of 992, and a combined total of 1000 USSSA points. The team currently has an overall USSSA record of 7-3, and is 2-3 vs. 12UB teams, 2-0 vs. 10UA teams, and 3-0 vs. 10UB teams. In their last two tournaments, the team finished 7^th at Predator Throw Down 5GG by going 2-3, and 1^st at The Last Stand, by going 5-0. Last season, and classified as a 10UAll-Star team, the girls of Utah Hot Shotz Estrada achieved an overall USSSA record of 2-6, and obtained 230 USSSA points, while going 1-0 vs. 12UB teams, 0-3 vs. 10UA teams, and 1-3 vs. 10UB teams. Last season highlights included, a 7^th place finish back in June at the Spring Championships, where the team went 2-2-1. Moving up from All-Star classification to 10UA, the girls of Utah Hot Shotz Estrada will be looking to improve in the rankings, as well as their overall USSSA record.

Managed by Kevin Jackson, the current 2012 roster for Utah Hot Shotz Estrada includes, Huntyr Ava, Alyxx Estrada, Brooklyn Franco, Kamora Masina, Libby Parkinson, Katelyn Ralston, Cheyenne Suesue, Daisy Taloa, and Harlie Valdez.

*They missed one of our players - Keisha White*

Photo: Words

Words:  Taken of my pen/pencil holder on my desk.

Its says "Because that's the way we've always done it.."

Has to do with changes going on at work.  Doing away with the old and bringing in the new. 

Photo: My View

 1 - My (oh so not cool) View:

How boring huh?!!!


To my right our A/P big boss lady's office.  and To my left is my cubey wall.  and To my front is my my work area. 

Yep...totally boring. 

So maybe this is a photo challenge and I shouldn't add my words to it..LOL

What a weekend...

I am sooo grateful for my family and their examples.  I am truly blessed.  It has been a good weekend!

Thank you Bronsyn for allowing us to be a part of your baptism.  The spirit was felt and we are all so proud of you.  Thank you for letting me be a part of your program and having Uncle Foi stand in the circle as you were confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

My big lil bro T and my sis Rach’s husband HT both received their priesthood too.  What a miracle..haha!!  What a blessing for them.  It was truly an emotional joyful time for our family.  To witness the changes they’ve made to better their lives and to bless their families.   And now be able to administer to the family and those in need. 

The last of my sisters is officially engaged..  Official in the sense that her fiance came this weekend and asked my parents for her hand in marriage.  yeah, they did it out of order but its ok.  We like him enuf that we'll let it slide..Ha!!  So wedding bells will be ringing soon for our family... Now to just marry off my bro's..haha :)

I love weekends like this... I am so happy!!!

Feb-Photo-A-Day

I saw this on a friend's blog..  Thank Halli!!  And surprisingly I am gonna take the challenge.  ;)  I need something to keep me blogging even if its just pictures.  And I'll apologize now for the crappy pics b/c they'll be off my BB phone or iPad.  No fancy canon / nikon camera quality pictures b/c I still don't own one of those fancy smancy cameras that I wish I did have...Ha!!  So here I goooooo....