HOME sweet HOME!!!

So we've finally returned home after a lovely trip to Utah...and boy it's so nice to be home and sleep in my comfy bed. Our whole trip began with a plane ride from Long Beachl. Jared and I decided not to sleep the prior day because well we're pretty much night owls and go to bed around 1 or 2 and we would have to get up at 4 anyway. We woke the girls up at 4:30 and got to the airport at 5:20AM...thanks to my father-in-law. So we had 3 bags, a double stroller, 3 carry-ons, 1 toddler and a very fussy baby...equals TWO very stressed out parents. Our flight left at 7:00AM and we barely made it on the flight. Luckily for us the hardest part was getting through security. I had to take my shoes off and my jewelry while holding a crying infant...NOT FUN. I'm glad to say that during our 90 minute flight both of our girls slept the ENTIRE time....hallelujah!!!! I was soooo relieved. Jared and I did not want to be the annoying couple with the screaming babies. Anyway our trip was a lot of fun. I finally got to meet my new nephew, Semisi, he is such a cutie pie. He is the best behaved newborn ever. He hardly ever cries. He just whines whenever he's hungry. It was nice to spend some time with him and get to know him. My sister-in-law is doing really well. She had an amazing labor...only TWO hours. Can you believe it??? Can you say JEALOUS....lol. Sometimes life just isn't fair. Well I'm happy that things are going well for her and her little family.
While we were in Utah all of our kids were able to play together. Sela, my oldest daughter is becoming such a good big sister/cousin. She loves to play with Sinalei and Semisi. She stills needs to learn to be a little more gentle, but over all she does really well. One thing that cracked us all up is that she became the "binky thief" she would not let the babies have a binky while she played with them. She would just yank them out. Those poor, poor, babies. Anyway, I'm glad my kids got to meet their little cousin. Sela also got to go to the water park. She had so much fun, but she ended up getting sick and getting everyone else sick as well. Jared, Sinalei and I are barely getting over it.
Now the trip back home is a completely DIFFERENT story. We drove back home and I NEVER EVER want to do that again. I must say it was pretty much HELL. I do not recommend it to anyone. I almost went insane. Jared and his brother were in the front and I was in the back between two car seats...occupied by two sick babies. We ended up stopping at Primvalley and staying the night and then continued on Saturday night. Total driving time 10 hours. It was so nice to get home and just sleep on my bed. My wonderful husband stayed up with Sinalei because she was still pretty sick so I got to sleep for 5 solid hours. The last couple of nights she was waking up every 30 minutes to 1 hour. It was a nightmare! We're both glad that Sela has recovered and Sinalei is sleeping for atleast 3 hours straight. All things said...we're so happy that we got to meet our nephew. He is so precious and we look forward to moving to Utah so we can spend more time together.
On a sad note...my hubby starts school tomorrow. It's been so nice having him home, but on the other hand it's nice to get things moving along so we can accomplish a few more goals. Hopefully this semester will be another outstanding one for Jared. He is doing so well.
That's it for now. Until next time...

Insomnia!!!

Ok I couldn't wait!!! Here is my FIRST attempt to make a quilt. I used fabric squares of random fabrics that I got off of ebay. Thanks Chiemi for teaching me the basics!!!

Blog MADNESS

OK, I haven't had time to really sit down and blog about all the fun things my family and I have been up to. I must warn you that there will be a ton of pictures. Let me start with the most recent event since it is still fresh in my mind.
Tonight I was able to go out with one of my high school buddies, Chiemi. We were very close during High School, but had a falling out during the end of Senior year. There really wasn't a reason for it, our lives just kind of went in separate directions. We recently got together with a bunch of our High School friends and now we all keep in touch...via phone, email, etc. Chiemi and I were able to have a kids free night THANKS to our wonderful husbands. It was so nice to just relax and not worry about one of my kids throwing a tantrum. We started off the night by having dinner at Kaiten, a little sushi joint by my house. It was really nice to just catch up and talk about everything.This is the damage we did...well actually most of it was me...lol. I LOVE sushi. This place is pretty cool. The sushi isn't top notch, but it's affordable. Here we are after dinner. Isn't she just gorgeous. Dustin you are a very lucky guy!After sushi we headed to one of our favorite stores....JOANNS. We were so bummed that we didn't have our 40% coupons, but we still managed to empty our wallets. Chiemi got some awesome fabric and I got some quilting material. I am dead set on learning how to quilt. I might even take a class at Joanns. I had such a great time. Hopefully we'll be able to hang out more often. We missed you Kellie. So now for EVERYTHING else that has been goin on.
Lately I've been spending a lot of time with my family. It's been really great. Especially spending time with my brothers and sisters. Since I got married I really haven't been able to just hang out with them. While Jared was in Utah visiting our new nephew I was able to speend 4 days with my family. We were able to go to the street festival where Sela got her face painted, we went out to lunch almost everyday, we went to the park oh and I saw Mama Mia...which is Sela's new favorite movie. Sela was such a good baby during the movie. I was so worred she would make a lot of noise. It was great to be with my family for that weekend. Here are some pictures of our fun time together.Sela was also to go on her first bike ride. Jared's parents bout her a bike seat. They spoil her so much. Sela misses her grandma Sela. She is currently in Utah helping Lolohea with her new baby boy. We're acutally leaving for Utah this week to go up and visit. I'm sure I will have tons of pictures to blog about.She loves to go on rides. We still need to take her to the beach for a ride. Well that's it for now.

Michael Semisi Veatupu Rogers

Congratulations to my sister-in-law Lolohea on the birth of her beautiful son. We are so happy he is finally here. I cant wait to meet my new nephew.