Savani finishes kindergarten!!!

Well my little girl is growing up. She finished kindergarten and is moving on to first grade and she is so excited! She loves school and did so well in school. She is reading really well. Her teacher sent home weekly reports of her progress in school and only one time did she write a negative comment that said she was a bit noisy this week. That was so funny to us because she is always noisy at home, so I was so happy to hear that she behaved in school and loved it. They did a cute little program for the parents where they sang songs that they learned through out the year.


Grandpa was able to come to her program with us. With him being retired it has been great to have him be able to attend things with us.

With her teacher Mrs. Best. She was such a great teacher. We loved her and will miss her next year not being Savani's teacher.

Her and her friend Ashton.

Her two best friends Sarah and Kaelia.

Bring on first grade! She is ready!!

Youth Luau

Last week we had a luau as our youth combined activity. We hired Lloyd's cousin to put on the luau for us. This is Kalau and his wife Uinse and their family. They are awesome, the neatest family ever. The food was unbelievable. We had sweet and sour meatballs and kalua pork with spring salad which had grapes and berries mixed in it and then of course rice and rolls. It was so yummy. Then they did a little show for us. They have amazing voices as well and they sang and we danced. They also taught the girls some hula moves and the boys the haka. They are such an amazingly talented family. It was such a great night.

Since it was Lloyd's family putting on the luau for us, we decided to bring our kids to the activity and they were so excited to be a part of it.

We had a great turn out and everyone loved the food. yummy!




My beautiful Lolohea who cannot wait to be a part of the youth program.


Lloyd showing off his moves.

Milika was the life of the party. She didn't care who was performing she got right up front in front of them singing and danced and shook her little bum. She was so adorable!

Lloyd with one of his Young Men.

Savani enjoying herself.

We got everyone out and dancing on the last song that they sang for us. This is my Dad who is our bishop and my Mom is the one with her back to us. Everyone had so much fun.

Girls weekend

A couple of weekends ago I went with my Mom and sister Cindy to St George for a girls weekend and a celebration for my Mom's birthday. My sister Tara that lives in Vegas was able to drive down and meet us and then my brother Kelly and his wife Cherish were with us for the weekend. My sister in law Cherish, her father has a gorgeous 2nd home in St George and they graciously let us stay there for the weekend. We had so much fun. We shopped and ate out and shopped some more and stayed up very late every night talking and laughing. I felt bad being gone again from my family since I was just gone 2 weeks ago for Womens conference. But everyone at home survived me being gone and I treasure these times that I have with my Mom and sisters.


The kids had a lot of fun while I was gone. They roasted marshmallows and had hot dogs roasted at the fire pit. Lloyd also let them sleep outside for the night. He said he did bring Milika in and made her sleep in her bed which she was not happy about, but I was very happy and relieved he didn't let her sleep out there. I'm glad my kids had a good time, while I had another little getaway.



Also our soccer season just came to an end. All 3 of the older kids played and really did great. Joshua is an awesome player and seems to scores goals every game. Siera loves it too, she did so well this year too. She scored her first goal and really was agressive and Savani had a blast. She figured it out a little more this season. She scored a couple of times too. The season went by so fast and there were a couple of games I missed and by the time I knew it they had had their last game. I was too late to get any pics. We will do soccer again next fall. We are now gearing up for football season to start in August.

Womens Conference

The end of April I went with some friends to Womens Conference at BYU. It was a great experience. We went to classes for 2 days that were very inspirational and spiritual. We all walked away feeling better about ourselves and empowered. We also had a great time going shopping and staying up late till 3am talking and laughing and eating out. We stayed 2 nights in a hotel instead of driving back and forth from Salt Lake to Provo. It was a great time and I hope to attend next year.
All of us ladies at the mall getting ready to shop our hearts out.

Me and my very good friend Heather Flater that I adore!

Heather, me and Kristi.

Tif and Kristi

Our junk food, we tried to put some healthy options in there too.

Kristi and Tif being silly and having fun shopping.


I love these guys and it was so great to take time for ourselves and enjoy some much needed time away from our jobs, busy schedules and kids.

The Biggest Loser

I am so proud of my husband. He won his works Biggest Loser competition. They started the competition in February and went to the end of April. He had to do weekly weigh ins and it was based on percentage of weight lost. He was in the lead every week except for two times. Since he started losing weight over a year ago he has lost a total of 107 lbs. I am so proud of him. He looks fabulous and he is so much more healthy now which makes me happy. We have completely changed our eating habits and we work out every day. It's been fun. He won a trip for us to The Homestead in Heber for two nights and also some cash for us to spend and go shopping. I can't wait to go.

Siera's voice performance recital

A few weeks ago Siera had her first real voice recital. She has been working with a new voice teacher that we love. Her name is Kathy and she used to sing with the Tabernacle choir and she is incredible! She has taught Siera so much, she focuses a lot on breathing and teaching her how to hold the notes and Siera has improved a great deal with her. She sang "On My Own" from Les Miserables which is one of my favorite songs. She did fantastic. She didn't look nervous and she sang on pitch the whole song. She brought me to tears. I was so proud of her. She really enjoys singing and we are excited for her next recital. This is her friend Klynn who also takes voice lessons from Kathy. She did a great job singing at the recital too. Siera has also had 2 dance competitions that her group has competed in. The first one they took 2nd place and the 2nd competition they took first place. Their dance is awesome and they did so well. I knew after they performed they would take first place. We have loved dance this year and look forward to the dance recital in a few weeks.

Happy Easter

I really enjoyed Easter this year, except for the crappy weather we had and the fact that my parents were out of town, but other than that we had a great day. It was so nice to let the kids wake up and find their baskets and for us to have a nice breakfast together and that no one had to rush off to meetings or rush to get ready for church we could just really enjoy the day together. It was great to just relax and watch Conference.




So I'm kind of a horrible Mom, but this is the first year that I have let my kids color easter eggs. I hate messes and so I always talk them out of wanting to do it. But this year I put Siera in charge and she and Savani had a blast and the eggs turned out really cute. I think it will be a tradition from now on.


My parents were in Hawaii this year for Easter and so we were on our own for dinner and such. My sister Cindy came over and we had a nice night. We made dinner together and it actually turned out pretty good. I made a ham for the first time and we had yummy funeral potatoes with jello and corn and rolls and then Cindy made an awesome better then S** cake. We did an Easter Egg hunt which is a tradition that we always do at my Mom's with all the grandkids. It was smaller with just our family and Noah, but the kids still had fun and I'm glad we did it.






Because Easter fell on Conference weekend this year, I still opted to buy my kids Easter clothes and they wore them the week after. They always need some good church clothes and Easter gives me an excuse to buy them.


Lloyd's Mom Sina was able to come visit us the week after Easter and it was so great having her here. The kids loved her hanging out with them. She watched them play Wii and spent every minute with them and they had a blast with her! We love her so much, she lives in California and is busy with her job and her other children and so it's hard for her to get away and I feel so thankful that she took the week off to spend with us. She is an amazing person. We stayed up the last night she was here, me, Lolohea and her and she told us so many great stories of growing up in Tonga and about her parents and about Lloyd. It was a blast and we can't wait for her next visit!