Happy Halloween!

This is our Halloween. We went to the church for "trunk or treat". It was a lot of fun. Of course Ariana was happy to see Jessa, who was exited to wear makeup with her Ariel bride costume, and they went around together a lot. Ariana was so exited to get her hair colored. She kept saying "Wow, I never had pink and purple hair before!" Gerry kept telling her how pretty she looked. And he was very happy with his super man costume and the simple mask face paint. The kids both have a lot of friends at church, there are so many little kids! Anela didn't really care about what was going on. With her laid back personality she was OK with people carrying her all around, or just hanging out with me by the car. Afa and Fa'atonu and a couple of our close friends took turns taking her around to see everyone. She hasn't been feeling well so she wasn't her smilly self, but she didn't fuss at all. She didn't keep her face paint on very well because she kept putting her fist in her mouth so the makeup came off on her sleeve!

Ariana and Gerry both took a few turns handing out candy when they needed a break from walking around. I think they had more fun passing out candy than they did going around to get it! After about an hour in the parking lot we went into the church and they had pizza for the kids. Then we left and stopped at Kirah's house on the way home. While we were there some trick or treaters came and the kids passed out her candy too! When we got home it was about 8:00pm, so the kids had to clean up and get ready for bed right away. Of course they didn't really want to calm down. But they at least got cleaned up and got in bed, even if they didn't actually sleep for a while! Now I have to go through all the candy and divide it all up, so they wont have it all for breakfast tomorrow! :)

socks

Every holliday my mom sends socks to the kids. That's her grandma thing, socks. So anyway, we got the Halloween socks today. Anela got one Halloween, and one mini mouse pair. Ariana and Gerry each got two pair of Halloween socks. So here are both of Anela's, and one pair each of Ari and Gerry.

More Anela

What can I say? She's just so cute, I can't stop taking pictures!! And I always have to get a picture of Daddy sleeping with the baby. I have tonz with the other two.

Anela

Lately Anela has started reaching out and grabbing things, like the toys on her walker. This morning I sat her up and put her boppy around her so she wouldn't tip over, and she kept reaching out trying to grab the dots! I just thought that it was cute so I decided to take pictures and post it. Of course I couldn't get a good one of her grabbing dots, but you get the picture.

White Sunday

In Samoa they have a thing called "White Sunday". It is a Sunday in October where all the children wear white and do a church program. Since we go to a Samoan ward, we have our version of white sunday every year. The primary kids memorize a line or phrase (depending on age) and they do their progam during sacrament meeting. This is all done in Samoan. I'm very proud of my kids for memorizing their lines in Samoan! These are the kids right after church in their new white clothes.

Cutie water babies

Just some more pictures of the kids. The water slide is at mom's house. We went down for a visit about a month ago, we all had so much fun! Ariana said that we have to move to Washington so we don't have to "drive a long day" to see grandma! Anela didn't get in the water of course, so I just added this picture of her cus she's so cute!

Playing House

Anela is Ariana's favorite "doll"!!

Ok everyone, here is the family! This is us a few minutes ago, just after church. Afa's sister Fa'atonu has moved in with us, and is a big help with the kids while I work. She has been going to church with us and seeing the missionaries a couple of times a week, and has decided to be babtized. She is going to contunue learning about the church and finish the Book of Mormon first, and be babtized in January.

For those of you living far away, today was our first snow of the season! We woke up with a couple of inches covering our yard and car! I would have taken a picture, but didn't think of it before church, and now most of it is gone. This was the first time Fa'atonu has ever seen snow!

oops!

This should have been on Anela's post, not that picture of Ariana!

Anela

Aulelei Anela was born on May 15 2008. She came three weeks before her due date which is not considered pre mature, or even pre term. Still she came in at only 3lbs 15oz and 18 inches! Since she was carried to term she was healthy besides having no fat, which made it hard to keep her temp up for a couple of weeks. Just like her brother and sister, she has made up for a low birth weight, and continues to grow like a weed. She is such a good baby, always happy. She always has a smile for her family who she loves.

Gerry

Gerry Upolu was born only 14 months after Ariana, on November 12 2004. He was my biggest baby at a whopping 6lbs 1oz and 19 inches! Of course he is a very big boy now, sometimes I forget that he is only 3 years old. Like most little boys, he has a ton of energy and loves sports. He wants to play any sport that involves balls. He is a sweet boy and really loves his sisters!

Ariana

Our oldest is Ariana Jade., she was born September 4th 2003. She was only 4lbs 12oz and 18 1/2 inches long! You would never know it now by looking at her. She loves to read, draw and dance. She just started a weekly ballet, jazz and tap class. She loves being a big sister and is very good at it. She is always looking out for her little brother and sister.

Our new blog!

Hello to all you friends and family out there. I thought that it would be a good idea to start a blog since I am so bad at keeping in touch. Of course it doesn't help that people keep moving away! So now you will be able to see my beautiful children as they grow like weeds. A lot of you have never seen our newest addition Aulelei Anela (means "Beautiful Angel" we just call her Anela), and you will be very surprised at how big Ariana and Gerry are getting. Some of you have never seen them either. That is the reason for this blog. Sorry in advance that this is so long in the making. I am still learning to use this wierd thing called a computer and internet! I will try to get some pictures on here very soon, but I'm trying to figure out how to get them on without saving them to my already too slow computer. Keep a lookout for updates as I learn more in this high tech world!

Welcome

We finally made a blog!!!!