OCTOBER

October Album
(Videos & Pics)


Leila's Choir Concert

Leila is taking 7th/8th Mixed Choir at school. They had their first concert and it was so cute lol. We had to get her black closed toe shoes and how bout this girl is a size 11?? hahaha. Okaaaa...but she's getting so old. The thought that Aljay and I have such little time with her and all our kids makes us want to spend as much time as possible with them. Once Leila graduates from high school, everyone else will follow suite and it'll all go by so quickly. Excuse me while I go cry for a minute. LOL 





Escape Room 

Aunty Brittany took the three oldest to do an escape room. They picked the least scary room where they had to save Tinkerbell lol. They failed the mission but at least they had fun!



Fall Break | Oct 13th - Oct 14th 

I scheduled time off from work so I could be off at the same time as the kids! We originally were planning to go to Vegas, but decided we'd reschedule Vegas for December. So glad we did. The weather was beautiful and still warmish. 

Thursday - Jaker's Pumpkin Patch




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Friday - Kekepua'a Fundraiser

No time for pictures. Your girl was busy lol. 

Saturday 

We took the kids to Scheels to see if the boys could get sized for football gear (helmet & pads). Scheels is an everything sport and outdoors related store. The kids enjoyed the ferris wheel and animal exhibit. 




We stopped at the buffet on our way home (good 'ol Chuk A Rama). The kids then prepped their things and got ready for a sleepover at Aunty Penny's House!!! The rest of us (Aljay, Me, Britt, baby Lani) all enjoyed a very peaceful night at home hahaha

Sunday 





Monday

We slept in. Cleaned a few things. 

Primary Program | Oct 23rd

The girls got new dresses. The boys got new church clothes. And I got zero pictures to show for it lol. I had to steal the photo of Sefa. Can't believe he's going to be in Young Mens next year. 
 It was a beautiful program nonetheless. Primary programs are always the best!






ALL THE HALLOWEEN THINGS

Vineyard Boo-a-Palooza


Ward Halloween Party
And yes, the zebra onesie lives on LOL 





Oct 29 - Haunted Forest
Our scary movie loving group, Aunty Penny/Aunty Brittany/Leila/ Sefa, went to Haunted forest with Uncle Lahvjal 



Oct 31st - Halloween 
We started the day attending Trailside Elementary's Halloween Costume Parade. Sefa was Kakashi from Naruto, Leila was a Tellytubby with her friends, Viiga was a zebra (yes the recycled for years costume hahahah), Saleima was a lion, Metuli was a butterfly, and Salani was a....who knows....no idea what her costume even is LOL 






Aljay decorated our garage with cobwebs and spiders. It looked really cool. We had the barrel fire going and music, as always. The older three kids ended up trick-or-treating with their friends while I took the younger three out. Saleima did an extra round of trick-or-treating with her Dad since she had allll the energy. 


End of Fall Season Sports

Saleima's team didn't have a tournament, but they were #1 in their age group and still got medals. They had an undefeated season. 

The boys won their semi-final and have their gold-bracket championship in Nov. This was the first time the schedules have allowed me to be at their game! It was freezing but so great to watch! I was so impressed with our boys!!! It's incredible to see their progression and training being applied on the field. 


Leila's team also won their gold-bracket semi-final. Her serves were mainly on point! They play in the gold-bracket championship next week as well!



Despite the cold long mornings, our cheerleaders have been awesome as well!



Metuli did ask if she can play soccer again next year lol. I'm happy that she is interested again. 

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