Year in Review

I decided to make another attempt at blogging but was waiting for the right time and big enough event to rant on about. Little did I know everyday is a big enough event and I've just been really busy and sometimes lazy. There is no proper time to start anew like NOW! I should have been recording the many things my kids do that irritate me, comfort me, make me laugh, and show me that they love me and the reasons I love them unconditionally.  But I didn't so here is our year in review. 2011 has been a wild ride and our lives have changed for the better :) It's most definitely a work in progress but I know in the end everything will all be just fine.


January- I turned 27 and decided to stay focused in school.  I'm brilliant by nature yet lazy by choice. Honesty can be mistaken for sarcasm or arrogance at times but it's true! lol


February- Talaesea, our daughter, turned the big ONE. I pierced her ears with her birthstone, the amethyst. She's such a doll and I enjoy her company.


March- Dallas turned 6 and his Grandma, my mum, sent him a box of toys and clothes along with a toy for Jimmy and Talaesea as well so they didn't feel left out. He's my lil Man and he is such a good boy. I can't emphasize that enough. He has such a good heart and is truly his brother's keeper. He, like me, is brilliant! ;)


April- I can't remember what happened this month besides family birthdays which included my mum's :) I also completed the workout Insanity this month. While working out I only gave about 50% but surprisingly lost 20 lbs. After having my daughter I gained a lot of damn weight! Anyway I kept losing even after the workout was completed. I switched birth control pills towards the end of the month which brings us to May...


May- I hated every scent and food in sight! Spring 2011 semester was coming to an end and I went to the doctors after feeling like crap for about two weeks. I knew what was "wrong" with me but wanted to be positive. Fertile ol' me was expecting baby number FOUR!


June- Still feeling like crap, my kids and I all flew to Oregon to meet up with my sister. The boys were going home to Hawai'i for the summer. My sister was visiting her inlaws out there. It was good to see my sister for about 5 minutes and kind of depressing seeing my boys so excited to say bye to me! hahaha My daughter and I barely had a full nights rest before we had to head back to the airport to head back to Utah via Las Vegas. On our layover we stopped in San Francisco and that was my first time in the Bay Area and standing on the Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge is so impressive in person and Alcatraz was amazing to see as well! Filipo's cousin picked us up and played tour guide. Love her! It was a refreshing 24 hour vacay.  A few short weeks later Filipo, Talaesea, and I packed and we left for Hawai'i. We made it in time for Jimmy's 4th birthday. Aside from toys and cake/ice cream all he wanted on his birthday was a lei. He's the crazy, hard head, rough n tough, sweet little boy in our family.


July- We had our Atoa-Tugaga family reunion. It was so good meeting more of my mum's family. There were more birthdays this month including my pop's birthday. During this month I still felt like crap :/ My pregnancies suck! It kills me how horrible my sickness lasts...does not discriminate and goes on around the clock, not just the morning.


August- Filipo had left Hawai'i to go back to work in June or July. He returned to help me bring all the kids back to the desert heat. It's always hard saying bye to my family but even harder seeing my kids cry because they know we're parting from their loved ones in Hawai'i. We had little time to be sad because Dallas was going to start 1st grade at his new school and my Fall 2011 semester was about to start as well. Still feeling like crap! Lost about another 20 lbs at this point but couldn't enjoy it because I was always so sick and trying to take care of the kids. My kids are soldiers though :) They're all such a big help to me despite the younger two always fighting.


September- Still feeling under the weather but calming down a little. By this point in our lives, Filipo and I have been churchin' it a lot more! The Lord truly works in mysterious ways and the blessings are endless.


October- For halloween Dallas was a ninja, Jimmy was Captain America, and Talaesea was a zombie boy and a cheap lady bug all after she was a witch for about half a minute. I didn't dress up with them this year even though I wanted to. Time just flies by when you're busy so with school and these knuckle heads I'm always busy. Sickness has gone down drastically but now the uncomfortable stage has kicked in. Never ending I tell you! On a brighter note, Filipo received the Melchizidek Priesthood :)


November- Started going back to to'ona'i with my Alo family out here in the George. We should always make time for family no matter how busy we all may get in life. It has been so nice and such a blessing having them here and having our children all play together. We even spent Thanksgiving with them and met more Alo's from Hawai'i via Fagasa, A. Samoa.  (woop woop ;) My big braddah Keala flew into Vegas with his daughter and we all went to an aunty's birthday dinner at the M Resort...meanest buffet ever! So good to meet my dad's Samoan side...finally.


December- The last month of the year, yet the most eventful. 12/08/11 we delivered our fourth baby. He was and is such a joy to have. Our family is a little bigger but still not complete. I see a few more babies in the future :) My mum and sister came into town as well on the 15th!!! On Filipo's 28th birthday (December 19th) we got sealed in the Saint George Temple. I'll go more into that in a later blog. Filipo also blessed our youngest two bubbies...was a BEAUTIFUL thing! Then we said goodbye to my mum and Jordyn (another blog for details).


That pretty much sums up our 2011 Year in Review. So much more has happened that I can't think of at the moment. Hawai'i is currently into the new year as of 31 minutes ago. I wish we were home with the family. I'll have to blog more, I need to blog more! Cheers to 2012 and documenting the most random nonsense but memorable events in our lives...Happy New Year!!!