Happy Halloween

This year we signed up to Decorate a Door and pass out candy at Keei Ward. We were pretty busy. Hope everyone had a great Halloween!

Manini BBQ

Several wks ago,in September, the Mister and I had a very informal last minute bbq at Manini Beach. I wanted to get together with my family that I hadn't seen in a while and we didn't have the time to wait because October was a very busy month for us. I rallied up my brother and Palu cousins and Palea fam to hele on to the beach for food and fun. Manini's was the spot we often went to as kids and it was very different then. In 2011 the Japan tsunami hit Kona and wiped away the big blue beach house that used to be on the property where the rock wall is. This used to be a rocky beach but the tsunami also brought up the sand. It's a perfect spot for little ones. A private party also came in and put grass in and theres a community garden with The concept to take if you need and give back in return when you have crops to spare. None of us had been there in a long while, it had been several yrs for myself. I was happy to see the changes. It was a sweet moment for me to see our kids play with their cousins here as I did growing up.

My dad with the white hair(Grampy to the kids) and Uncle Sefo. Together til the very end these 2. Growing up in Kona, anytime we did anything as a family, this guy was right by my dad's side. They dived together.. not so much now, they just float, fish together, camp together. Uncle Sefo is awesome. Glad to see some things never change.

Once you swim past the sand, there's a bunch of coral reef and great places to snorkel and body board, kayak, what ever you like do, do. The boys swam out and David uncle sefos boy, came back with an octopus. The darn thing latched itself onto him as he was swimming and looking in a hole or rock, cave. Whatever happened, it would've freaked me out. In one of the pictures you can see the marks across David's arm chest and stomach, where the tentacles were.

Aunty mae made her yummy mochi and brownie/shortbread cookies.. Bomb! I'm glad everyone made it out, we had a great time and I can't wait to do it again.

Apina grand kid #17

On Tuesday, October 9th, my oldest sister Moli and her hubby Bryan welcomed Bryan Alofagia Asiata Savelio into the world. He is a handsome chubby thing , weighing in at 9lbs 5 oz, and 22 inches. Isn't he the cutest? He is named after his dad, his middle names come from Bryans nephew, Greg, who was very close with Bryan and passed away at a young age And he also has Bryan's dad's middle name. My sister says he eats like a horse, makes sense, if your the size of one, you need to eat like one hahah. He is the 17th grandchild for my side of the family and the 4th child for my sister. They are all so happy and excited, I can't wait to hold the big guy!!!!

Boys and Girls

Another old video that makes me laugh. Probably just because they are my kids. Anyone else would think this is annoying. It shows the difference between boys and girls. What I love most about Ke'ala is when she likes to do something, she REALLY EXPRESSES IT. There is no hiding it. I thought it was just the tire swing, but when I thought back to any ride she'd been on before, she had the same reaction. After watching it for the first time I had flashbacks of rides I had been on with my sisters and friends and remembered all the fun we had and half the fun was from us screaming. After I got the swing going fast she yelled out, " COME ON BOYS, LETS SCREEAM!! ".. and, well, you'll see the rest. Boys keep cool. Girls have more fun. ;D

Where's My "Warm"?

This video was taken when we first came to Hawaii 6 almost 7 months ago. Where has the time gone? Their ages were 2,3&4 and I still had a baby bump. Leva is now 5, Ala will be 4 in one week :( .. and Sesi, 3 in a couple months. Makes me sad to think of it. They are now much darker, they speak clearly.. a little. Sesi can say his 'L's, 'Leva' instead of 'Weva', and Leva doesn't talk as fast as he used to. In the video he tells Ke'ala to 'turn around' at one point, but when he watches it now, he thinks he is saying 'tuna', so he will randomly shout 'TUNA!' while playing or watching tv and think its the funniest thing.

5 months and teething

Teething is no fun. At 4 months his first tooth finally cut through the gums, his 2nd tooth just cut through yesterday. There's so much drool I feel all i do all day is change shirts and those cloth things that you put around his neck that i dont care to remember the word for at this moment.. Jeez mom of the year right here! Its been keeping me up nights. He's been really clingy with me. Every time I walk away from him , he'll make this face on the left and will not stop unless I pick him up. His teef hurts, he's extra sensitive. He's baby talking so much right now and Jesse claims that he said 'dada'. Sure Jess, suurrre.. What the heck I'll give it to him, after all the other kids said mama first lol.

Kandid Kamera (MUST SEE VIDEO)

Have you ever wondered what kids do in the quiet of the night when they should be asleep? Our kids have always shared a room. Ever since Ke'ala could talk with Leva they have been chatting it up, laughing it up, SCREAMING it up and fighting it up at bedtime. When we were living in Vegas, Jesse worked nights, which meant Mama was flying solo for dinner and bedtime. Some nights were hard being alone, but Ala and Leva turned 2 and 3 and it's never been quiet since then. The nights alone quickly became my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE. Once they were in bed I'd shut the door to their room and it seemed like they were in a world of their own. I used to sit outside the bedroom door and try SO hard not to laugh out loud. There were many times I'd try to capture those moments, but each time I'd try, they would hear the slightest noise and stop right away. Some nights this would go on for a good hour or 2 and others, only a few minutes. Now that Sesi is 2 going on 3, the "music" at night is magnified.. it gets crazy, but most of it is great stuff. I finally wised up tonight and left my phone on video after tucking them in bed! Tricky mommy, Leva would say. The first 2 creaks of the door is me walking in the room to hide my spy cam and shutting the door as I walk out. interesting that it gets louder once I'm gone. The last creak at the end is when I come back in the room. It's a five min video but it's sooo worth it! They are singin the song "We are Young". For Ela's sake, the words to the lines they are singing are: "Tonight, We are young. So let's set the world on fire. We can burn brighter than the sun." The only lines they know but in my opinion, I like their version better. PS- My kids sleep in the dark so you won't see any images in this video, it's just audio. Oh and PPS- If you are recieving this post via email and you can't view the video, just click the link to our blog and you should be ok. I forgot to mention the weird noise you hear in the video is Leva. He has a bit of a runny nose and he is totally sniffing it in hard core. His cold is not even that bad but he seems to think it is. I told him to get a tissue earlier in the day and he said, " Oh, it's ok mom. I can just sneeze it back in, watch." and he proceeded to sniff them back in like a pig. He is so crazy it cracks me up.

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Doesn't it take you back to those good ol' days when you shared a room?