A bunch of new pictures!

I realized after I did the last post that most of the pictures I put on were still kind of old. The pictures of Anela with frosting on her face and the huge cake were from her birthday on May 15th. And most of the others were from the summer. So here are a bunch of newer pictures for you all. You can see that they are getting so big. You can kind of see Anela's beautiful curls that I love! She is a little hard to get good pictures of though 'cus she just wants to see the pictures when she sees the camera. There is one picture of her sitting in the cupboard, that seems to be her new favorite place in the house, she always goes in there and tries to close the door all the way.

Been a long time!

Sorry it has been so long since I have updated and even longer since I have posted pictures! As you know I don't have the internet at home, and it's been kind of hard to get to the library lately. The last couple of posts have been from my mom's and her computer wont take my picture card. Kirah asked me to come over to her house to watch her adorable baby Kimberly for a little while so I thought that I might as well do a quick blog while I'm here.
Ariana started kindergarten the end of August, and turned 6 in September. She loves school and is doing great. She is learning to read and write very well. She loves to draw, and since she mostly draws huge closets full of different styles of clothes, she has decided that she wants to be a fashion designer when she grows up.
Gerry just turned 5 a few weeks ago. He is his normal hyper self, and hates being stuck at home while Ariana gets to go to school. When she comes home she likes to teach him what they were learning that day, so he will be ready to start school next year. He and Ariana both got glasses last month. To my surprise they have both done very well at taking care of them and keeping them on. I got glasses when I was 5 and I never kept them on!
Anela is 18 1/2 months now and getting so big. She loves to follow her big brother and sister around. She just wants to be one of the big kids. Luckily the other two are very good with her, they don't get annoyed with her following them around. She loves to help me out with the house work, which usually means unloading the dishwasher as I load it, and unfolding the laundry. She also loves to sweep and mop the kitchen floor. Hopefully she will still want to help out when she is old enough to actually help.
For those of you that we don't see often, you may be surprised by the pictures. The kids have done some major growing since the last pictures that were posted!
There are pictures of our kids, and some of them with their cousins who came to Utah over the summer.
Enjoy!

Weekend in St. George

The kids and I are at my mom's house in St. George UT. I came down a few weeks ago with my sister for my mom's birthday. That was the logest I have ever been away from all my kids at once! (we were here 2 days) Anyway, my mom's horse had a baby the day before her birthday, so I wanted to bring the kids back to see her. We were going to come back the very next weekend after I got back, but Afa's aunt was going to be in town for a wedding, so we stayed to visit with her. Then the next week I had picked up shifts over the weekend. So we had to wait a few weeks, and now there are two baby colts! The neigbor's horse also had a baby from my mom's stalion.
It's Monday now, and we've been here since Friday. On Saturday we got to see my aunt and uncle (my mom's brother) who were here to see my cousin who lives in my mom's ward. My sister Genasee and her husband Rich got here Saturday night on their way home from Yuma, AZ, where they were visiting Rich's parents. Saturday was Genasee's birthday, so we made a birthday dinner and cake. Mostly we've just been hanging around at my mom's house. A few times my two brothers who live two blocks away came by.
Genasee and Rich left today, and the kids and I are going to be leaving in a few hours. Afa is very nervous about me driving, but he couldn't come with us because he has to work. He is now working in Jackson Hole WY, so he wont be home all week. Sometimes it's hard when he works out of town, but I'm happy that he's working. It helps a lot that his sister Fa'atonu is living with us, so I don't have to worry about the kids while I work.
I promise that I am going to post some pictures on here soon. I don't have my camera wih me, I just wanted to take advantage of the internet while I'm here.

Why Havn't I Updated This Thing??

Just a quick update to let you all know why I haven't updated in soo long. We got rid of our internet thinking we were going to change service. Well when I called to sign up with the company that I wanted, they said they don't have high speed in our area. My friend has the internet from that company, and she's only a couple miles away from us! Anyway, we decided to wait for a while. So when I have a chance I come to the library and check out everyone elses blogs, but these trips over here are so few and short that I haven't had time to let you know what's going on with us.
I have to go now, but I will try to post again soon, and include some pictures of the kids and my husbands new truck!