BOY OH BOY, I definitely need an update post here! 

UPDATE: So....we are currently living back in Orem, Utah now! (Where it all started, lol) We moved from Orem to Independence, MO back in March 2008; then we moved back from Independence, MO to Orem in March 2014. No more moving after this! Now with that being said, I'm gonna try and do a quick review post of some of the important events from the past years that I've missed with my blogging. Such a slacker! 

May 2009: Had our 1st son, Ma'atoe Aveau Moe! He is now 11 years old, preparing to enter in to the Young Men's program in our church. I am so excited for him to continue to grow spiritually, and especially to participate in administering the sacrament. 

August 9, 2010(8/09/10): Miscarried what would have been our 4th child. This was a pretty difficult time in my life, as well as for my marriage, but we will save that for another post! 

May 2011: We had our second son, who I named after his father, Tautala! He is such a sweet, loving, kind, & caring boy! From a recent post, during my pregnancy with this one, my first ultrasound lady told me that it was A GIRL! From that moment, I was hesitant because I had the strongest feeling that she was wrong. Sure enough, right before I gave birth, had an appointment for another ultrasound to check the measurements of baby; I asked if they could just double check the gender, and this lady told me "You're having A BOY!" ALWAYS TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS MOTHERS, lol. 

October 2011: We had been married for almost 7 years in November this year. This was the year that our marriage was tested & had hit our first REALLY BAD, 'ROUGH PATCH'! I'll admit, I am not the greatest or the most perfect wife, but ARE THERE ANY? If you find her, please let me know so I can get some tips and insight on how she does it! Anyhow, there were some emotional connections being made where they should not have been during this time. Because of that, me and my kids left Missouri for a couple of months, took a time-out from my marriage thinking it would help us. Being away for that short time made me realize that the only way to REALLY save your marriage IF that is what you want, is to be there in person, and face the problem together. It actually made us stronger, and we were able to work through it all. I will also say that it also gave us our last baby for our family. 

November 2012: After going back to Missouri in January 2012, I got pregnant shortly after. In November, I gave birth to our last baby girl, Sasagi, in Independence. She is such a blessing to our family. We decided after having her, that we were done having babies, so I went and got the Essure procedure done to prevent any future pregnancies. 

2014: Moved back to Utah in March. Shortly after moving back, Mama passed in Missouri! I loved that woman as if she was my own mama. She loved my kids so much...all she ever wanted to do when she was alive, was see and spend time with her great-grandchildren. I had the opportunity to grow closer to mama by administering her medication for her Diabetes with my sister-in-law Loa. I loved the time I got to spend with mama. 

2015-2019: Just living life, working, raising our children, and fulfilling our callings in the church! Our oldest daughter, Kacey, graduated from highschool in May 2018 from Mountain View Highschool in Orem. She is currently just working, and living out in Florida with her boyfriend temporarily. Her plan is to someday move back to Missouri to be closer to her Moe & Iloilo family out there. 

2020: This year has definitely been one for the books. The year started out just fine, but in March, the Coronavirus hit & became a worldwide pandemic. The virus has claimed the lives of MANY, MANY people, some of whom are near and dear to my heart. I also experienced my very first earthquake on Wednesday, March 18, 2020! It was a 5.7 Magnitude quake that woke me from my sleep at 7:09am! I was knocked out and all I felt was my bed shaking & I jumped out of bed so fast and was trying to figure out what was going on. I opened my room door to check on my kids, who were all just watching Disney channel in the living room, or still asleep. My next instinct was to jump on Social Media because I'm sure someone felt it too...sure enough, it was an earthquake. I was scared, I am not going to lie! But I will do a 2020 post next to shed more detailed light on the events that took place & are still taking place to this day. 

Well, THAT was my brief highlight of the past 11 years! Hope you enjoy...I will (again), try and make sure to stay more current with my posts. Until next time! ALOOOOOOOOOOHA! 

the MOE FAMILY updates!

WARNING: OLD POST from 2011!!! Haven't been on my blog for YEARS now, and trying to get caught up on LIFE! lol...but had to post so I could remember these things, because you know, with "old age", you tend to start forgetting things. 


OMG....it has seriously been too long since i've posted!! I can't believe how "BUSY" and LAZY i have gotten lately! There are some things that have changed since then....like the fact that I am now a mother of 4 children. I gave birth to our fourth (and hopefully our LAST) child, on May 11, 2011...a baby BOY, and "I" named him Tautala(after his daddy) Kosena(after my paternal grandfather) Afaese(after my mom's brother Saumaneafaese) Moe!! He is such a great blessing to our family!! We are so happy and grateful to have him in our lives(details to come later!). As for our other children, our oldest, Kacey, is now 11yrs old, going on 21, and is now in the 6th grade at Fire Prairie Middle School!! Liliani will be turning 5 this November 11, and already got an "A"ttitude(with that CAPITAL "A"!!).  Ma'atoe is 2yrs old now, and is such an active(ULAVALE) little boy :) But he is the JOY of our family!! He is always making us laugh, and making us mad all at the SAME TIME! lol...and then there's the LOVE OF "MY" LIFE, who will actually be finished with his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration in December 2011, and graduating in May 2012!! I am sooooooooooooo proud of him and his hardwork in school...it has definitely benefited us and our family!! He went to school full-time, worked full-time, and came home to be a HUSBAND and A FULL-TIME DADDY, all at the SAME time!! I am so grateful for him and all he does for me & our kids.
Another thing my 4 kids and I had a chance to do this summer, was go and pay a visit to our baby that I miscarried in UTAH last year, 8.9.10!! I buried "it" in my mom's backyard right on the side of her deck, and while we was gone, my mom made a little memorial for it and now we TRY & make it an annual thing for us to go back every year on August 9 to pay a visit to our ANGEL BABY :) It's funny though because our trip consisted of ALOT of traveling, and for a baby who, at the time, was only 2 months old, he can now say that he had been to 6 states in less than 3 weeks, at such a young age!! LOL. We flew to Denver, Colorado...and on our drive to UTAH, we went through the state of Wyoming, so that makes 3 states already! Then, from UTAH, we drove down to Las Vegas, Nevada for my mom's family reunion, then back to UTAH...and then we drove down to Lake Powell, which is in Arizona, and then on our flight back to MISSOURI, we had a layover in MINNESOTA!! :) GOOD JOB SON, 7 states down, 43 to go ;) hehehe...

IT'S A.......?????

Sooooo, wanna hear a funny story???? Well, it has been a VERY LONG TIME, but on my last post, i had stated that I was about to find out the gender of our baby soon. Well, I went in for my ultrasound as normal, and when it was time for them to tell me the "sex" of my baby, the umbilical cord was RIGHT BETWEEN the baby's legs(JUST GREAT!) But, the ultrasound tech was so sure she could still figure it out by getting AROUND the umbilical cord....so i was like, "OK!" :) So she kept pushing on my stomach, trying to get AROUND the cord between the baby's legs, and she tells me, her EXACT WORDS, "It looks like your having a girl!" And to be honest, with my first two girls, i got REALLY SICK with them, and at the beginning of THIS pregnancy, it started out really bad for me!! I was throwing up EVERYTHING....so the doctor gave me some nausea medicine that WORKED LIKE A CHARM :) i was HAPPY & EATING AGAIN in NO TIME!! hahahaha...anyways, because of my history with morning sickness, i just assumed it was ANOTHER BABY GIRL!! But for some odd reason, when the ultrasound tech told me it was a girl, i had the strangest feeling that it was NOT a girl!! SERIOUSLY!!! When we were at home later that same night, my husband told me that I could now go shopping for clothes now that we know its a girl...but i told him, "I have the strangest feeling that its a BOY!"...and he just kinda laughed it off!! So we went along for the next 20 weeks thinking we was having a girl right? I bought some cute little "girl" outfits and everything....anyways, come my 37th week of pregnancy, I had another scheduled ultrasound to see how big baby was because boy was i packing on the pounds!! LOL...so they figured that baby was, at the time, measuring about 8lbs, almost 9...and i was only 37 weeks, still had 3 more to go!! But when I saw my OB, he told me, "Oh, sometimes the ultrasound isn't very accurate on baby's size, so baby is probably only about 7lbs or so!" OKAY!!! hahahahahahahahahahaha....anyhow, back to the ultrasound....when she got all her measurements and whatever else SHE needed, i asked her, "Could you PLEASE just check ONE LAST TIME to make sure that IT is still a GIRL??? Just to make sure??" And she said OFCOURSE!! So she started scanning, looking, scoping it out...and then she goes, "I have a surprise for you!!" I just shook my head and said OH PLEASE DON'T SAY THAT NOW!!! She says, "You are actually having A BOY!! Unless your daughter has a BIG MASS between her legs, THAT is A BOY!!" ROTFLMBO!!!! i didn't know what to think!! i wasn't MAD, i was just thinking WHAT THE HECK just happened?? lol...now mind you, the night before my last ultrasound, I took it upon myself, to wash the BRAND NEW BABY "GIRL" clothes i had bought for the baby that i was told, was going to be a girl!! Anyways, right after my appointment, i was going to call my husband and tell him the "news"...but since he worked right there by my doctor's office, i decided it would be better if i went there to tell him face-to-face. So i went in, walked straight to his office, and sat down....he was smiling and asking, "how did it go??" lol...i looked at him and said, I HAVE A SURPRISE!! and he was like, "WHAT??" all i had to say was, "You remember how I told you I didn't want to buy ALOT of babygirl stuff because I had a strange feeling it was a BOY??" His eyes got big, and his jaw dropped, and he was like NO WAY??? I said YUP, ITS A BOY!!! I couldn't really tell if he was HAPPY or SAD, but i know that he was definitely SHOCKED!! hahahaha...we were planning on a girl, and was very excited about it too! But when I had my baby boy,(delivery story to come LATER!!) I IMMEDIATELY FELL HEAD OVER HEELS "IN LOVE" all over again!!! He has a DISTINCTIVE BEAUTY MARK on his left eye lid that makes him PERFECT for ME!! I love this little boy so much, and wouldn't trade him for the world!! He weighed 10lbs 6oz, and was 21 1/2" long!! I now have my 2 girls, and 2 boys, and am the happiest mommy in the world :) I LOVE MY BABIES!!!

..ready to share..

This post is more of a GET IT OFF MY CHEST/READY TO SHARE post!! Sooooooo, i'm not trying to sound selffish or anything, because I know there are people out there that are NOT ABLE to experience the whole "pregnancy" thing, and enjoy the "JOYS" of giving birth to your own child, and bringing that little spirit into this CRAZY WORLD...trust me, if I could, I would be a surrogate for some of you, but with how sick I get, I just can't!! :(

Moving on, as of right now, I have 3 children....2 girls, & my lil' man! In late July, I missed my period, and took a HPT which turned out to be positive! I wasn't sure, so i did like 4 more tests, and they all turned out positive!! And no, I didn't spend all my money on those pricey tests, I just went to the DOLLAR TREE here, and they sell pregnancy tests for only $1....and when you go to THE WOMEN'S CLINIC here, they use the EXACT same test too! The nurse there told me that if I get a positive on one of them cheapy tests, it's most likely to be right....so I took her up on it! So it was confirmed that I was pregnant, and was due to give birth in March 2011. I was excited!!! I LOVE BABIES, always have, since I was a little girl. Anyways, it was August, I hadn't been to a doctor yet because I was waiting for my medicaid card to come in the mail, and me & my 3 kids were getting ready to fly to UTAH for my cousin's wedding. As soon as AUGUST came, I noticed that I had started spotting a little....then spotting ALOT....then FULL ON bleeding. So on Sunday, August 8, 2010, my husband took me in to the emergency room just to check if everything was ok. I already thought I lost the baby, but when they did an ultrasound(which I couldn't even watch) they told me that everything was ok, baby was fine, and had a heartbeat! WHEW, i was somewhat relieved, but was still very ADAMANT about taking my trip to UTAH to be with MY FAMILY!

Ofcourse, before we left the hospital, my husband had me ask the doctor if it was still ok for ME to fly in my condition....mind you, MY HUSBAND WAS TOTALLY AGAINST ME EVEN GOING, which is very understandable! Anyways, the nurse told me that it should be just fine, as long as I stay hydrated during the flight, because with the cabin pressure of the plane, I can get really dehydrated, and that is not a good thing! So, the next morning, we were scheduled to depart KANSAS CITY, and before my husband left for work, he begged me not to go one last time, but I SAID "NO"...and it's probably something that I'll never forgive myself for EVER!!!!!!!! So we left MISSOURI, heading for UTAH...and i followed the nurse's advice about staying hydrated during the flight. As soon as we landed in UTAH, i just had a bad feeling that something was going to go very wrong!! We met my mom by the baggage claim, and started on our way to their home in OREM, which is, depending on traffic, about a 45min drive from the airport. So, as we were driving, I started having light contractions...and I thought, OH NO, please don't do this!!!!! The bumpy roads weren't helping it AT ALL either, so you can only imagine how i felt. As soon as we pulled into my parents driveway, I opened my door, stood up to get out of the car...but as soon as I stood up, blood just came gushing out all over my legs....(sorry, TMI, i know!!!) All I said to my mom was, "MOM, YOU NEED TO TAKE ME TO THE ER, NOW!!!" But ofcourse I wasn't gonna go with all that blood all over me, so I went inside to wash off and change my clothes. To make a long story short, we spent the whole evening in the ER, mostly just waiting for doctors to show up, but when they did a vaginal ultrasound, they found NO HEARTBEAT anymore :( At the time, the only thing I could think of was, OH NO, MY HUSBAND IS GOING TO BE SO UPSET WITH ME!!!! WHAT HAVE I DONE??!!??!! I couldn't even work up the courage to call him and tell him what happened...i had to text my sis-in-law and have her tell him for me!!! He did not want to talk to me, in fact, didn't want me to COME BACK!!! But in the early morning hours the next day, he called me and we cried together on the phone...he was very hurt, and I don't blame him for being upset with me!!! He was able to forgive me, and we talked things over....we now plan to TRY and make a trip out to UTAH every year to visit the resting spot of our ANGEL BABY, which BTW, is at my parents home!! (The doctor said that I PASSED everything in the ER, but the next day, I passed something that WAS NOT A BLOOD CLOT....so I got a little trinket box and buried it in parent's backyard!!!)

Anyhow, I NEVER, EVER, EVER thought it would ever happen to me!!! But it did....and some days, I regret taking that trip!! My mom later told me that I could have called the airline and had my ticket changed with NO FEES charged if I had notice from my doctor, WHICH I WISH I HAD KNOWN SOONER, but what can we do??!!? I will always remember my lil' ANGEL baby!!! And now, I am 17 weeks pregnant again, this time, everything is going well!! I find out what I'm having on the 30th of this month, due to give birth in MAY 2011...so we're excited!!!

~THE LATEST~

There are a few things that have happened in the last month or so that I haven't BLOGGED!!!

1. Our middle child, LILIANI, turned 4 yrs old on Veteran's Day, November 11.
2. We had a GREAT THANKSGIVING meal with my husband's family here in MISSOURI!! (but I miss having my mom's cooking, lol)
3. We figured we'd go check out Walmart at midnite on BLACK FRIDAY, and let's just say, NEVER AGAIN, LOL!!
4. On THANKSGIVING DAY, it was also our 5-year anniversary of marriage...
5. We, along with our kids, spent a day/night at a hotel for our anniversary! The kids had so much in the pool, haha!

Yeah, it's been a pretty busy month, KINDA, haha! Anyways, that's the happs FOR NOW....till next time!!

..failure..

LOL, what a complete FAILURE!!! I couldn't even finish my 30-day challenge...my computer time was more-so used for other sites, such as: #1-FACEBOOK, #2-FACEBOOK, & #3-FACEBOOK!!! how terrible is that?? it's actually pretty embarrassing if you ask ME....my time could be well spent doing other PRODUCTIVE things, like helping my 4yr old learn her numbers, ABC's, write her name, and stuff like that....or, spend time with my son teaching him the same things, or at least getting a HEADSTART on it anyway! i can't blame the pregnancy, because all I would have to do is sit in front of a computer & BLOG...haha! anyways, LIFE GOES ON right?? ;)

DAY #8 (short term goals for this month & why)

hmmmmmmmmm, that would probably have to be FINISHING THIS BLOG CHALLENGE that i've started, LOL!! that is one of them...another would be to be a BETTER, LOVING MOTHER to my kids!!

didn't think it would be so difficult, LMBO!!

OH-EM-GEE...the last time i posted was almost a week ago, and that was DAY #7 of my blog challenge I've been trying to do, haha. I've got 6 days that I need to catch up on...Before I even started that challenge, and the reason WHY i even started it, is because I told myself, "Self, you are no longer going to be a slacker ANYMORE!! We are going to start this blog challenge, finishing it in exactly 30 days." Well, not that I CAN'T still finish it in 30 days, its just the fact that I also told myself that i would get on and post a blog once-a-day!! So here are my EXCUSES.....

1. I'M PREGNANT.....nuff sed!! haha
2. I have 2 kids under the age of 5 that belong to me, PLUS, another 2 more under the age of 3, that DO NOT belong to me that I have to watch during the day, so that makes 4 kids all under the age of 5, you figure it out....yup, THIS reason alone should explain my SLACKING huh?? lol
3. It's not like I don't get on the computer....it's just that I spend more time on FB!! (something that needs to become a part of my "new years resolution!! haha)
4. I get real LAZY....you should see my room!! I, along with my kids, took a trip to UTAH back in AUGUST!! Yeah, our room is still a HUGE MESS from then...and mind you, I'm a person that ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, CANNOT STAND messy rooms, houses, cars, or anything like that!!!!
5. And last, but not least, when I was just READING the blog challenge, I thought to myself, ahhhhhhhhh, this will be a BREEZE!!! psssshhhhh, yah right!! i hate posting pics of myself, and all that stuff....but I HAVE TO FINISH IT, I'M NOT GONNA QUIT!!! Sooooo, now that I've given my excuses, I will catch up with my blog, and hope you enjoy!!! ;)

DAY #7: (pic of something/someone that has a big impact on you)

These 4 people down below are the people that make a BIG IMPACT on me because I don't know where exactly I would be if I didn't have them in MY LIFE!! They are the reason I wake up every morning (even though some mornings it's a little earlier than I'd like), but hey, I wouldn't change that for anything. I guess we're doing a pretty good job if Heavenly Father is trusting us with another one of His choice SPIRITS in the next 6 months :)

Ma'atoe (18months)

Kacey (10yrs)

Liliani (4yrs)

the LOVE OF MY LIFE!!

--playing CATCH-UP--

DAY #5: (a picture of somewhere i've been too)

ok, soooooooooo here's the thing though....i've been here MANY times, being that I was born & raised in the next town over!! buuuuuuuuuut, I haven't had the chance to go in and actually do a "session", which is what I really would {LOVE} to do someday! However, I am a very proud member of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, and wouldn't have it any other way!!! <3




DAY #6: (fav. superhero & why?)

hmmmmmmmmm, that would have to be THE GREAT MAN "UPSTAIRS"!!! Without him, there would be NO US!!

..what would YOU do??..

ok...just so we're totally CLEAR on this post, it has absolutely NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING, to do with ME!! haha, just had to get that straight! however, it is a true story of a close friend of mine(who, I'm sure they would rather remain ANONYMOUS), and it makes me angry, so I had to do a VENT post...oh come on now, we all have days when we just want to vent, and can't really vent directly TO SOMEONE, so we turn to our blog ;)

anyways, so i have this friend...we'll call her Annie! Annie has been married to her husband, Andy, for almost 5 years now! They have a child that is 4yrs old together...everything seemed all fine & dandy, they seemed REALLY happy, like a family should be. Up until recently that is...see, Andy had to move out-of-state due to "business" reasons! Annie was fine with their child, taking care of the two them, and making sure that Andy was ok too. Andy, was supposedly taking care of his "business" out where he was at...but now that they were hundreds of miles apart, they had ALOT MORE fights than usual, and it just made things that much HARDER! So one of those fights that they had, was a really bad one....so bad, that Andy just stopped calling Annie altogether for almost 2 whole weeks. Annie decided that it would be best for her to drive out there and just SHOW UP, and surprise him and see what was going on, and also to make sure that he was doing the things he needed to be doing. She had everything planned and ready to go...literally, she booked a car, a hotel, and planned out their whole time together. But something came up, and sadly, she had to cancel her "surprise" trip to see her hubby. So since Andy never called her at all, she decided she would be the BIGGER person, and just give him a call, and tell him about what she WAS going to do...he was sad, because he really wanted to see Annie & their child. So they solved whatever problems they had, and everything was BACK TO NORMAL..................................or so Annie thought!

Annie & Andy, once again, got into a HUGE FIGHT this time...and he told her that he was sick & tired of her always paying the bills for her parents and what not...LAME EXCUSE! He then TEXTED her(the MANLY thing to do), and told her "I HAVE FALLEN OUT OF LOVE WITH YOU!" So, now my question is........................what would YOU do if your ETERNAL COMPANION, the person you thought you would spend the REST OF YOUR LIFE & more with, tells you something like that??????? I wanna know!!!

...DAY #4...

there are probably MORE than just ONE habit I wish I didn't have, hehe! but first things first...like most, or maybe just SOME of us, I kinda wish I didn't have the "just because we have money, i'll go & spend it now" habit!! lol...that is my #1 WORST habit of all time...ask my husband! I will find any reason to spend what little money we may have left, whether it be for myself, or for my kids, or just for fun...I {heart} $$$$$$!!!! haha

(that is a pic of MY SON on that $1,000 bill, haha)

~DAY #3~

hmmmmm....a picture of me & my friends? the only picture(s) i have of me & any of my friends, is from before I had my first child...lol...so that will have to do!!

(this picture is from 1999--Kahiki, Me, Foga, Sun, & G)

(1999--chillin' at 7's after a BYU-H dance)

(2001 at my daughter's 1st bday party--Marvel, Me w/Kacey, & Mary)

So those are a few pictures that I was able to salvage from what I do have left! The "new" friends that I've made since then, I haven't really had the chance, nor the time, to pose for a picture with them!! But if/when I do, i'll put them up!

Day #2

the meaning behind my BLOG NAME is pretty self explanatory! the name of my blog is THE MOE AIGA, which means, THE MOE FAMILY! Our little family consists of the patriarch of our home, which would be my husband, Tala Moe. Then there is myself, THE BOSS!! hehe And then ofcourse, our children: Kacey, who is 10yrs old now...Liliani, who is almost 4yrs old...Ma'atoe, who is 18months...Baby Moe(miscarriage)...and we are now expecting baby #5 in May 2011, woo hoo!! ;) Other than that, WE ARE A PRETTY HAPPY FAMILY!!!

{{my 30-day blog challenge!}}

I found this one off a random blog that I'm following and thought, "Hey, what the heck? Why NOT?"....so here it goes!! lol..


DAY 1- recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
DAY 2- the meaning behind your blog name
DAY 3- a picture of you and your friends
DAY 4- a habit that you wish you didn’t have
DAY 5- a picture of somewhere you've been to
DAY 6- favorite super hero and why
DAY 7- a picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
DAY 8- short term goals for this month and why
DAY 9- something you're proud of in the past few days
DAY 10- songs you listen to when you are happy, sad, bored, hyped, mad
DAY 11- another picture of you and your friends
DAY 12- how you found out about blogger and why you have one
DAY 13- a letter to someone who has hurt you recently
DAY 14- a picture of you and your family
DAY 15- put you ipod on shuffle: first 10 songs that play
DAY 16- another picture of yourself
DAY 17- someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
DAY 18- plans/dreams/goals you have
DAY 19- nicknames you have and why you have them
DAY 20- someone you see yourself marrying or being with in the future
DAY 21- a picture of something that makes you happy
DAY 22- what makes you different from everyone else
DAY 23- something you crave for a lot
DAY 24- a letter to your parents
DAY 25- what I would find in your bag
DAY 26- what do you think about your friends
DAY 27- why are you doing this 30 day challenge
DAY 28- a picture of you from last year and now, how have you changed since then?
DAY 29- in this past month, what have you learned
DAY 30- you favorite song
 
 
 
Day#1:
 

LOL.....DEFINITELY "NOT" A RECENT PICTURE OF ME...but, if I put up a recent one, i'd be scarred FOR LIFE!!! hahahahahaha! Soooooo, instead, I just put up a picture of myself that I WISH I looked like NOW...hahaha!!

1. I love having babies...just DISLIKE the whole morning sickness thing, but WHO DOESN'T??? lol
2. I hate when my kids are sick!
3. I love taking LOOOOOONG HOT showers.
4. I have the BEST HUSBAND EVER!!! hahahahahaha!!
5. Wish we still lived in......UTAH!! ;)
6. I love my new phone
7. I log onto Facebook just to play the games!! (pathetic, I know)
8. CANNOT WAIT to have our own home...hint, hint :)
9. I was born & raised in KAHUKU, HI, and never in my entire life have I ever jumped LAIE POINT!! lol
10. I miss all the GOOD FOOD in HAWAII!
11. Can't believe that it's pretty NORMAL nowdays for teens to have babies :(
12. NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT....BAAAAAAD!!
13. I MISS MY FAMILY!
14. I can cook a mean meal!! haha..
15. I'm having baby #5 in MAY 2011...ahhhhhhhh!!!

Sooooooo, there you have it!! I know it's been a while since I've blogged, but thanks to a dear friend who helped MAKEOVER my page, I will be doing it more often now!! ;) THANK YOU AGAIN!!!! Until tomorrow...TTFN!!

THAT'S IT?? WTH!?!

This week hasn't been a good one for me, as far as working out!! My "trainer" goes to school on Monday & Tuesday nights, so I tend to kinda "slack-off"...shhhhh, don't tell! hahahahahahaha...i mean, I DO work out, but I work out even more when he is home telling me what to do, & how long to do it for...PATHETIC, i know! But this morning, I had to go weigh-in for the week, and BOY DID IT SHOW!! LOL...i only lost .6 lbs, which is pretty much NOTHING to me! So, I was kinda angry & frustrated with myself for being so dang lazy!! What made it worse was the fact that everyone else in the group just walks, and cuts down on what they eat, and here I am, WORKING MY BUTT OFF(sometimes), and when we go to weigh in, they lose more than I did...ahhhhhhhh!!!

This morning, after the weigh-in, I came home and asked my husband, "Why is it that I WORK OUT HARD, and all they do is WALK, but yet they still lose more than I do?? I think I should just GO WALK with them too!!" HA....can you imagine the response?????? LOL....he told me, "So, are you telling me that you wanna just go walking with everyone else?? The one thing they do that helps them lose more than you is they CUT-BACK on their eating..." (and for those of you who REALLY do know me, I AM A JUNK-FOOD "JUNKIE"...like seriously!!) So my husband/eternal companion/BFF/"trainer" told me that I need to, for the next 2 weeks, stop eating the things I LOVE THE MOST......SWEETS!! He says 2 weeks, just so we can see if it will work for me, and if it doesn't, that means that I'm just NOT WORKING OUT HARD ENOUGH!!

With all that HONESTY from the LOVE OF MY LIFE, hahahahaha, we decided to go and buy our own scale(the kind that measures your BMI, water weight, & tracks weight history) cause I'm the type that LOVES to see the results RIGHT AWAY...he also got me a heartrate monitor/pedometer, which measures your pulse, the number of steps you take, how far you've ran or walked, and how many calories you burn. I was so excited that as soon as we got home, I opened up the scale and programmed everything, and jumped on it...DID NOT LIKE WHAT I SAW, because it was MORE than what I weighed in at this morning. So I went straight to the basement to start my work-out! I put on my "new" toy, and started running in place...more like SPRINTING to me, hahahaha! I ran for 3 miles, 1 hour & 11 minutes, burned 233 calories, took over 9,000 steps, and heart rate got up to 174...so I was going pretty good! After I was done, I was soaked in my own sweat, probably the hardest I've sweat in a LOOOOOOOOOONG TIME, hahaha. Anyways, I went and took a shower, and right after, jumped back onto the scale again, and to MY SURPRISE....in that short amount of time, I LOST 6lbs & 3 percent of body fat!! I was soooooooooo happy just to see that!! So from now on, because I know IT'S POSSIBLE, and because it really does PAY OFF, I am going to work HARD everytime!!! I PROMISE!! Anyhow, sorry for the long update, but it's almost been a week and thought you all would LOVE AN UPDATE!!! thanks for reading!! till next time.....tata for now!!

sLaCkEr!

I have been such a "SLACKER" lately!! I haven't been keeping up with my blog...i don't even remember the last thing I posted without scrolling down to see it :( But there have definitely been some things that have changed, I know that for sure...haha! Here are the changes:

--I recently joined a small group of SAMOAN people out here in Missouri in a BIGGEST LOSER challenge, so I am no longer doing this on my own!
--I have a new calling in church, in addition to my current calling as the librarian...i am now the Mia Maid advisor in the Young Women's program!! :)

--Last, but not least....probably one of my BIGGEST GOALS this year that I've accomplished, I am finally able to put wear my wedding ring again....whew!

So with all that out, this post is pretty much an "update" post, if you will! In an earlier post, I noted that I was doing "my own" BIGGEST LOSER challenge with my husband, and also stated what the end PRIZE would be. Well, that is actually still on....but I have now joined another BIGGEST LOSER challenge with 8 other SAMOAN people in our local community that are striving to better their lives by exercising, eating healthy, and losing weight. To join, all 9 of us paid $20 to the "pot". Every Saturday morning we weigh in....if you GAIN weight(regardless of how much), you pay $3 to the "pot"....if you LOSE weight, you don't owe anything!! However, if you are at a stand still, where you haven't GAINED or LOSS anything, you pay $2 to the "pot"! This competetion is going on for 3 months, so that "pot" could actually grow, and at the end of the 3 months, whoever has lost the most weight, wins the "pot"! As much as I would LOOOOOOOOOOVE to win the "pot", I will be happy just to lose the weight! But my husband's mentality is....YOU ARE GOING TO WIN, especially since I paid $20 to do this when I could do it for free!! hahahaha...but for me, I guess I like it better when there is competetion!!! So, I'll do my best to keep you all updated with my progress!! Oh yeah, I joined 2 weeks ago, and had my first official weigh-in this past Saturday and lost 3.8lbs, so hopefully the number on the scale keeps going DOWN, and the weight loss number keeps going UP! ;)

**As for my new calling in church, I'm enjoying it so far! I used to be the Valiant 9 teacher in Primary, was released, then called to be the ward librarian!! I LOVE IT...then a few weeks ago the bishop asked to talk to me, so I thought I was getting released....huh, come to find out, I was actually getting ANOTHER CALL!! (i'm not complaining or anything, hahaha) But anyways, it has been fun so far, and I hope it stays that way!! I love my Mia Maids already, and I've only taught them 2 Sundays. :)

***And lastly...........my wedding ring!! When I was pregnant with my daughter in 2006, I did have to remove my wedding ring, but was able to put it back on soon after I gave birth to my daughter. But with my son, I had to take it off when I was about 6 months pregnant because my finger was just TOOOOOO SWOLLEN!! (mind you, this pregnancy is when I got the BIGGEST I've ever been) After I had him, I tried to put my ring back on, but it wouldn't go pass my knuckle. I would keep trying every now & then, but no luck!! Since I've been working out these last 2 months or so, I guess it's starting to pay off, but I am able to wear my wedding ring again, after more than a year...ahhhhhhhh!!! So you can imagine how happy I was when it went on, LOL!!
**Other than all that, everything else has been the same!! In exactly a week from today, on Monday, May 17th, my one & only son will be turning 1...where has the time gone??? On his actualy birthday we are planning to just have a lil' something at home, but we are having a party for him on May 29th, so we've been kinda busy planning it! So, I will do my best to keep up on my posts...if not, you'll see one eventually!! lol...

WOW, i can't believe I DID IT!!!

I've decided that from now on, i'll do a weekly update instead of a daily one! Anyhow, this morning we got up at 6am to go running at an elementary school nearby. Yesterday we didn't get to workout due to a death in the extended family....and so because of that, my "personal trainer"/husband, told me that I had to run 3 miles today! I was like, WHAAAAAAAAAT?????? Are you kidding me? I "HATE" RUNNING...and you want me to run 3 WHOLE MILES??? The whole morning I was thinking, I am gonna die...I can't do this...I was seriously trying to think up a really good excuse for me to stop at either 1 1/2-2 miles in! And sad to say........I couldn't work up the courage to ask my "trainer" if I could just STOP and finish it later on in the day, cause 1) he woulda said "NO" anyway, & 2) like I said in a previous post, when it's time to work-out, he doesn't "give a rats!!" lol! Sooooooo, you know what I did???



I RAN ALL 3 MILES, without stopping!!! Wait, I did stop to take a tiny sip of water, and was right back at it to finish off the race...haha! But I really did finish those 3 miles without dropping to the ground, or making up some LAME excuse to stop! I mean, I have to admit, my feet were killing me, but that's what happens when I wear shoes that are too narrow for my WIDE feet, LOL. I was so proud of myself for FINISHING IT!! I haven't done that since I was a senior in highschool playing volleyball for my mother, who used to make us run from Malaekahana back to the highschool gym.(but I think that was only like a mile though) In the end, I was able to walk away with my head kinda held high, haha!

remember...

Remember my post back in January about the NO MORE FAST FOOD and what not?? hehehe...yah well, I have come to confess, that I GAVE IN to it already in March!! hahaha...the funny thing is, it was NOT hard to do, nor was it hard to continue, BUUUUUT, when you live in a house of more than 1 family in it, and those other families LOVE to buy fastfood for dinner, than ofcourse it WOULD BE HARD!! If you want to eat dinner, and don't have the money to go and buy something to make for your own lil' family, then you have to just eat what's there, or STARVE!! Sooooooooo, sad to say, that didn't last very long. But we don't eat it as much as we used too, so I guess it did help out.

Also, I don't think I put this in my post about THE BIGGEST LOSER, but I am not doing this ALONE....I am going up against my best friend/husband/eternal companion on our "BIGGEST LOSER" competetion. It's emabarassing for me to tell you all that my husband weighs less than I do, lol!! But, I'm pretty sure that if MEN were the ones having kids, they too would have the same problem...but I know my husband would do something about it alot sooner than I do, haha! I tend to make tons of excuses to NOT work-out...but nowdays, when it's time to work-out, my husband becomes my personal trainer and just doesn't "give a rats" about my pain, and how tired I get...haha!! (which is fine by me) If I really do want this(the weight loss & the family trip) than I WILL DO WHATEVER I HAVE TOO to get it!! Anyways, I just thought I'd come & give a little update on my goals that I've posted from earlier in the year!! Enjoy!!

~DaY 2~

OUCH...ugh...**yawn**!! And that was only from DAY #2...i still got about 4 months left to reach my goal weight, OH BOY! So this morning I worked out at 5am, this time doing some "mountain climbers", some lunges, & the thing I "hate" to do the most..RUNNING, lol. Buuuuuuuut, if it's going to help me get to where I will be happy with myself, then I guess it's ok with me! Anyways, had a good workout this morning, got showered and ready to take the hubby to work and waited for the little girl that I just started watching last week to come over.

The rest of the day turned out to be a pretty good one I'd say...that is until I go to pick up my husband from work, and he tells me, "If I get done with my test early tonite, then we are going to work-out AGAIN"..................Soooooooooo NOT the words I was wanting to hear from him, lol. I worked out already in the morning, why do I have to do it again? Yes, I am only on day 2, but already complaining....STORY OF MY LIFE!! lol...but ANYWAYS, for those of you who DO NOT know my husband, I'd feel sorry for ME TOO, LMBO!!! j/k! He, unlike MYSELF, loves to workout...and when he is working someone else out, he will make you go till you are about ready to fall FLAT ON YOUR FACE. Ok, so maybe I didn't fall on my face, but if he made me punch that punching bag one more time, I woulda made HIM fall on HIS face!! bahahahahahaha...j/k babe!! You know I would NEVER do something like that.

.....all in all, I made it through day #2, and I am in such {{PAIN}} right now! But NO PAIN, NO GAIN right?? GO HARD or GO HOME.....right now, all I feel like doing is just GOING TO BED!! That is my blog for today...more to come possibly tomorrow!! lol...