Last Half of May


May 23-26 (Mon-Ths)- Last Week of School 

 The previous week Sefa's preschool class had a preschool celebration. Aljay went and came back so proud and excited to share with me that Sefa had received the "All Around Guy" award. So cute!

But this last week of school okaaaa. Their schedule was different almost every day so I had to look and double look and triple check this yellow piece of paper every day to make sure we were at all their events.

On one of their days they had a dance festival thing. It's kind of like May Day in Hawaii but not as intense. We got there just as the second grader's were finished. I was so sad cause I really wanted to watch Leila do her dance that she had showed me a million times over lol. We did get to see her accept her award for Geneva Giant of the Year for her class. #proudparentmoment And like any good parent we decided to not mention that we didn't get to see her dance and just celebrate her award. #iknowiknow #badparents

We did make it on time to her graduation! #yay #winning It was only a half hour long #yessss and after the graduation they had one last goodbye with their teachers. We LOVE her teacher Mrs. Wise. She is awesome.

Sefa's preschool teachers- Ms Tammie and Ms Sherrie 
Mrs. Wise



 Our first family photo w/ Saleima

Our happy graduate :)


 Left pic: Leila and our neighborfriend Millie  Right pic: Church friends Brayvian and Ui


 May 28th- Pasifika Festival

We went to the Pasifika festival in Provo and got to eat some good food, reunite with old friends, watch some good entertainment,  and just have fun! Oh my goodness the Mango Otai floats!!!! aagghhh!!! I had two of them!!! Soooo good. I wish I took photos but both of our phones were dead or dying #iknowiknow #wastetime #throwourphonesaway


May 30th- Memorial Day

 So a lady in our ward posted a thing for a free Memorial Day run. I gave no second thought about it and signed Aljay and I up!!! hahahah. There were three options- 1 mile, 5k, or 10k. I signed us up for the 5k!

Why didn't anyone tell us that a 5k was only 3 miles!??! It's that darn 'k'. It makes seem longer than it really is. hahahah good ol metric system!

Anyways....so we get there and first thing Aljay says is "oh we acking" hahahah and that is just what I was thinking cause we were part of the very few brown people out there! When everyone started to line up we spotted a group of women we know from church and decided to squeeze our way (stroller and all) up to the front of the line lol. And yes I was running into peoples feet and getting some dirty looks from the serious runners. There were quite a few serious runners all ready with their bright fitness clothes, headphones on, playlists ready to go, already stretched out.... And then there was us hahahah. But there were people of all fitness levels and ages were there so it was cool.

I had so much fun! And it's even funner with Aljay....even though he was eager beaver and started off running when the race started #fiafitguy nekkminnit calves are stiff and he has to stop on the side to stretch em..hahah. It was so much fun.. We had only one goal - DONT BE LAST. Which we weren't thankkkk goodness!!! There were still plenty people behind us when we finished hahah. We finished under and hour coming in at around 58 mins.

I wanted to film us finishing the race but we jogged the last 100 yrds to the end and yeah....leai make it the camera action cause all our energy and focus was on breathing and getting to the finish line.

After the run we picked up the rest of the kids and Ary (she was babysitting them) and headed straight to Golden Corral buffet. After we stuffed our faces we went home and crashed ugly for a little bit before heading out to Lahvjal and Penny's new place to swim. What a long day it was. Soooooo tired at the end of the day but it was sooo fun.





Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

2025 January

Image
Start the year off with two volleyball tournaments for Leila. The picture below is of her and Isa, the only 14-year-olds on their U16 team.  Fires are destroying parts of California, the Palisade area experiencing the worst of it. Texas and some of the southern states are experiencing some of the worst snow/ice conditions. TikTok is on the verge of being banned, President Trump is continuously passing executive orders that are sending people into panic.  Saleima made a list of the disasters and warned us that Jesus was on His way.  Sefa moved up to the Teachers quorum and was ordained by his Dad, Uncle Dennis, and Uncle Ben. He's growing so quickly and I love seeing his growth. They have a great group of young men. I love that they are old enough to plan activities, including attending the temple to do Baptism.  Sefa's also starting U15 7v7 pylons with coach Matt Manuma. He had made the decision to not be held back for football. It's a common practice here in Utah, a...
Read more

Being Prepared For These Times

Image
Auuuu that title sounds like I'm trying to write a General Conference talk or something hahaha. Probably still on the GC vibe from the beginning of the month lol. Anyways... So this pandemic that's going on, it's been something else! It has put the whole world on lock down. So many lives have been affected. I've written quite a bit in my journal, but I wanted to make sure to write about how the Lord has prepared our family specifically for this time. Looking back just in February and March, we can easily see how the Lord had orchestrated parts of our lives.  In February Aljay secured an art collector who commissioned several art pieces. His deposit was the cushion that brought a sense of financial security when we entered this lock-down life.  Towards the end of February, my bosses had heard about school closures in Seattle and decided that we should have a plan in place for our advisers to work remotely in case the schools had to close. We honestly didn...
Read more

2025 February

Image
Leila - Volleyball and more Volleyball  Leila had two tournaments in February. This club season has challenged her in a good way. She wants to play the outside hitter position but is playing on a 16s team (meaning older girls with more experience) and is sitting in the 3rd spot for out side hitting. To get to the 1 or 2 spot she needs more reps, more practice, and more individual coaching. We're seeing improvements each week, but are planning to set aside money for her to do more 1:1 coaching.  These tournaments are no joke. They are allllll day. 6am - 7pm sometimes. 1-day, 2-day, and sometimes 3-day tourneys. The mental stamina it takes as a parent ahahahahh is a real thing! Trying to say the right things to keep your athlete focused, motivated, and locked in is tough. There are so many things that are over stimulating or compounding: - the non stop sound of whistles and girl's cheering/screaming - the smell of swass in the building that increases as the tournament progresses...
Read more