Kaufana Squeezes!!

Ala & Daddy J!!  Never too old for the Kaufana squeezes!!  Daddy's still GOT it!!  LOL! 

MyBabyRocks.com.  Ever heard of it? Neither had I, until a friend posted on FB, that there was a free day at Kangaroo Zoo for kids 4 & under.  MyBabyRocks.com would have displays of their baby/kids clothes and there would be drawing all throughout the day to win clothing.  Well, FREE was all I had to hear and we were THERE!!  Called my sis, Brenda to come, took my two lil' monsters and then we called up Baby Toree to join us.  She brought her momma & aunty Ebony too.


I like to call them, "TRIPLE TROUBLE!!!"

Drewby, Loi & Tally...they can seriously do some major damage!!  Kangaroo Zoo was the perfect place to take them to release all their MADD energy!!  We had a BLAST!!

Check out the TUTU Baby Toree won!!  I looked this sucker up online with MyBabyRocks and it is $24.95..WHAT??  Holy Mamafa!!  We also won a Bob Marley bag, which I certainly put to good use!!  In addition to the free prizes were fun snacks too!  Perfect to get us through the 4 hours were there!  =)  Total SCORE for the day being here!!  Look at our babysitters below...don't they seem to be having a BLAST too??  LOL!!  Thanks for hanging in there with us gals!!

Cougar Town!!

It was a SPUR of the MOMENT day....mom, Bren, Drewby, Loi & I decided to go with Uni to Provo!!

We spent the ENTIRE day in COUGAR TOWN!!  We LOVE it HERE!

(Notice my Drewby's unbuttoned jeans.  I didn't notice until I posted this pic!  oops!  Poor kid grows so fast!) 

 We went to see our Lizzy off to the MTC!!  She'll be serving in Detroit, MI for the next 18 months.  I already know she's going to ROCK it out there!!  Detroit is SO LUCKY to have Sister Kinikini!!  Our Uniboonz and our Lizzy have always been attached at the hip....not sure how Boonz is gonna hold up after today.  =(  I'm kidding...she'll be fine!! 

My lil' Drewby thinks he's funny sneakin' my phone and snapping shots of peeps eating!!  He does it ALL the time!  (I'll have to blog about that specifically and show you all the shots he catches.)  Here we are at Chucks...grandma Norah's treat!  YUM!! Drew got me, Grandma & Koloi. =/

I did some fun shopping at the D.I. in Provo.   Do you know all their BYU clothing there is always marked at $1?  I've noticed it for years and have YET to ever find it priced differently.  LOVE IT!!  Found some fun things for my sister Toree who just started a job at VIVINT and has her handsome hamo who will RWH soon!!  LOL!!  She didn't find it as funny as I did...but she sure took the shirts!!  Hahaha!!

Later Aunty Toree got off work and we took her grocery shopping & filled her car up with gas.  Poor college kids!!  =) Then we kicked it at her place...watching movies, sleeping, watching Uniboonz shed more tears missing our Lizzy, and eating again!  Didn't get home until 11p.m.  Long day, but good quality time with the family!!

Life is Good!!

My two lil' monkeys.  

They LOVE to DANCE.  

They LOVE to SING.  

They LOVE to PERFORM.  

Today, they decided to make themselves a stage on Aunty B's car!  

OOPS!!  

They were just too cute to be mad at!  

When Drew Prays

Drew LOVES to pray these days.  He expects daddy to choose him to say the prayer every time we kneel.  It was fine at first because his prayers were short and sweet as he'd thank Heavenly Father for blessing then bless each of us: Daddy, Momma, Ala, Beanie, Drew and Koloi.  Amen.  Done.  Sweet and simple. 

From that point, he would catch on to our prayers, where we are blessing others like Grandma and Grandpa, Sister Toree Tuaone serving her mission, Aunty Brenda, Uni and Deedee etc.  So, Drew started doing the same...he'd bless everyone he could think of. 

Lately, the prayers have gotten longer to where he will thank Heavenly Father for every little thing he sees around the house like shoes, the pictures on the wall, the piano, his toys, the scriptures, the books on the book shelf, sometimes he'll even name each book from the shelf that he knows of.  I'm sure many other families experience the same thing with their lil' ones.  Many times while Drew is praying, I have to whisper to him to finish up the prayer.  He then turns to me and says, "I'm almost done mommy."  Then he continues blessing every little thing for maybe another minute and then he's done.  My older two get a bit frustrated with it, especially on mornings when they are rushing to get to school.  Sometimes when we are at the dinner table, the kids mumble under their breath and roll their eyes when Drew is chosen to say the prayer because they know it's going to be about 5 minutes long. 

We are currently tryin' to teach Drew that he only needs to bless the food when he's at the table and not every single person we know, but he isn't understanding the difference and continues his normal routine. 

Tonight's dinner prayer was quite memorable and I had to jot it down to ensure it isn't forgotten.  =)

Daddy made his famous chicken alfredo, a family favorite!  We were all settled at the table, anxious and ready to eat.  Ala quickly offers to give the prayer, but gives into lil' Drew who gives the 'puppy dog eyes' because he wants to say it.  Drew starts off giving thanks, then the blessing of the food and then blesses every one of us in the house along with some of our belongings, he blesses some of his cousins, his aunties and some of their friends.  I whisper to Drew to end his prayer, yet his eyes continue to wander around the house and he blesses all the things in sight.  After another minute, I whisper to him again and he shushes me and says, "Mommy, I'm almost done!"  He prays...and prays...then FINALLY says, "Amen." We smile, tell Drew thankyou and quickly pick up our forks....just as we're about to dig in...Drew drops his fork and yells, "STOP!  I forgot to bless my Bampa (Grandpa)."  Before I can tell Drew that it's okay...he folds his arms, closes his eyes and starts up again, "Heavenly Father, please bless my Bampa. Amen."

We all got quite a laugh out of it, and mimicked Drew's actions as he stopped us all from eating because he forgot his Bampa...but as we laughed about it, I noticed lil' Drew who continued eating his food and didn't see anything funny about it at all.  It was pure innocense of a little child who sincerely forgot to bless his grandpa and wanted to be sure he blessed him.  I then kissed his forehead and told him he did a good job remembering his grandpa.

Tonight, I realized that this kid really cares about everything and everyone around him.  He realizes their worth and wants to be sure that Heavenly Father knows he thankful as well.  Mommy will no longer be asking Drew to end his prayers before he is ready to.   

FEBRUARY ROCKS!!