AUG

 August is always banging! It kicks off with a lot of family birthdays and then jumps into back-to-school mode!

AUG 3 - Aunty Penny's Birthday 

Saleima dressed like her favorite Aunty! It was so cute. We took some cake and surprised her at her front door. The kids also wrote little love notes and plastered those to her front door.
Don't ask why Aljay was shirtless hahah. 

AUG 8 - Aunty Nina's Birthday *We'll celebrate when they come up to Utah

*Update 9/27* So we didn't officially celebrate Nina's birthday since it was around Ben's birthday lol...but She did get to eat twice at Umami's (Japanese BBQ buffet) and we did have a girl's night out watching Woman King lol...so I think that counts. 

AUG 13 - Uncle Vjal's Birthday 


AUG 16 - Aunty Sui's Birthday  *Uncle Chu made sure to spoil her :) 


801 Basketball Mural | Herriman, UT

We finally got to see the murals in person. These murals are huge! The kids had so much fun running around the court. 


Family Time with the Afele side- Uati & Omi, Bubu & Teuila, Aunty Fu'a

We decided to have a family lunch at good ol Chuckaramas. 



Week of AUG 15th - Back to School Week!!

Got some last minute water park action in before school started up again!


Then it was back to school nights at Orem Junior High for Leila and Trailside Elementary for the other three. Pics below L-R; Back to School night at Trailside, First Day of School for everyone, Bottom Photo- Leila's 7th Grade Day, which happens the day before the first day of school. 





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