We are family

My Family had the privilege of having a photo shoot with Jill.. She does such a great job and i am sorry for all the pics on the post, but i would have put them all on if i could!! Thanks Jill.. i absolutely LOVE them.. Jill is a great photographer and captures such great moments in families.. She can even handle the family bickering!! her site is jillwittphotography.com, or there is a link on the side of my page under "captured moments".. i hope you enjoy!!

We are still in love!!

Trae was born to pose..

Parker is so handsome!!

i love this picture.. this is my sis in law Lindsi and her baby boy Little Oni..

Sassy malia

These are my brothers kids.. Parker, Trae, Malia and Lil O..

My siblings.. Aaron, Jordan, Leana, Miriam

My Brother Aaron and his family..

My parents.. i tear up everytim i see this picture..

I love them so so much!!!

Malia is my miny me... LOVE her!!

my gorgeous niece Peyton..

My Sister Leana, daughter peyton, and hubby Thong..

This picture is classic.. the Baby is named after my father.. so we have my dad Leioni and the baby Leioni.. SO CUTE!!

Last but not least, the whole family!!

"We may not have it all together, but together we have it all"

time to bake!!

My little brother is here for conference.. What this means, lots of food to cook for him and to PROVE i can cook.. this is what i think impressed him the most.. i made rolls from scratch.. i know this sounds like an easy take for most, but believe me, when i was growing up i had a hard time cooking.. I am proud to say my skills have improved lots!! jared could not figure out why i was making a roast, potatoes, corn and homemade rolls for dinner since it was just the three of us.. Needless to say, my goal was achieved!! i impressed my little bro and made a scrumptious dinner!! the weather was nice and i did not die with the oven on!! more to come this winter!!

whats your talent?

So i must admit i have a talented husband.. He gets these ideas in his head and cant focus on anything else till he puts them all down on paper.. What am i talking about you ask? well my husband has this gift of writing poems.. he writes in the "sonet" form.. he will tell me what the form is and where it stems from, but i have a small attention span and usually am captured by his poetry.. Jared has recently shared a poem with me about the seasons and i must admit it is one of my favorite ones (except all my love poems he gives me).. He has a way of capturing the world around us and making me think in different perspectives.. I am so grateful for all the talents in this world. i have many friends who are talented in so many areas, Jill in photography, my sister in anything that is crafty, my mom with her sewing and on and on i could go.. I just want to say thank you to all those that share their talents with me.. what is my talent? well beside nursing i am still working on it.. I love creative writing and have a little knack for pictures.. But till i am done with school we will see what i have yet to create.. Anyway, Jared has a blog with all his poetry on it.. there is a link on our page and he would love anyone to read and leave comments of what you think.. I want to share the poem about the seasons.. the imagination is a terrible thing to waste so don't be afraid to get lost in picturing what the words tell you..

The Spring Queen

The sun breaks through deep depressing grey clouds

It's rays summon forth spring and her good queen

She's there to bring life, this I have no doubt

The sound of her voice is soft and healing

Dancing and twirling her song singing

Her emerald dress beckoning the dead

It's time again to sing with the living

swaying to and fro, come with me and wed

By her fingers touch the flowers awake

The wind from her dress brings new life to trees

All creatures small and tall start to mate

The earth alive and free from the kings freeze

Come one and all my son you must now meet

come one come all and bow at his great feet

The Summer Prince

The queen has left,it's her sons time to rule

He descends from the sky,scorching hot robe

With a calm voice he speaks, "Please be my tool."

Together I know we can lift this load

Trees I need you to be for man cold shade

Woodlands I need you to gather the nuts

Bees honey from you I need, no delay

Man has power to grow all he touches

So go forth and do all things I so ask

For when the time comes you might be ready

When the princes of fall comes to collect

Hurry before the leaves turn confetti

Come one and all my sister you will meet

Come one come all and bow before her feet

The Fall Princess

The prince has left, it;s his sisters time now

She falls gently to the ground, from life's tree

dressed like a wilting leaf she smiles, then bows

The time has come, I need from you my fee

Woodlands your nuts will you please bring forward

Bees I smell goodness in your sweet honey

Trees you have done well for your Lord

Man bring all that you have grown, before me

I shall now mix all that has been given

Together we'll have a wonderful feast

Then of your fruits you will have so eaten

After, the king will come and you will sleep

Come on and all my father you will meet

Come one come all and bow at his grand feet

The Winter King

With the princess gone it's her fathers time

He blows in fast in his pearly robe

Behold you have seen my great family line

The time is now for you to feel my blow

With his mouth gaping wide he took his breath

Then released, chilling all to the bone

Immediately they were all put to rest

With heaven the color and simple tone

I shall now show you visions and all things

Though asleep, you will see it in your head

You have worked hard and earned this joy to be

Now it is time, so sleep well in your beds

Soon you will awake and meet my kind wife

You will forget all, anew begin life

FIve minutes of fame? i will settle for 5 seconds!

The joys of being in nursing school, whenever there is a disaster drill NURSING STUDENTS are there to be the actors and make all the drama come to real life, as much as we can.. I have been disaster drills in the past and always on the side of staff, i was the EMT who helped everyone. I was never the patient and this last week has been an eye opener for me.. As we arrived to St Marks hospital i was surprised at how i longed to be there to help people and not be a "victim". I wanted to help those in need and not be one to act and feel helpless as we were told to do. As the day went on i played the part of a mother who had 8 month old twins that were non responsive, a drunk that demanded a drink ( i was arrested and thrown to a curb 3 times, that was hilarious), and i was a 47 y/o female who was having chest pain. The hardest role i had was to take one of my fellow nursing student and pretend she was my 7 y/o daughter with cerebral palsy, was sick with signs of the swine flu ( now known as H1N1) only to be told my daughter did not qualify for care, the life that my daughter had was not in the category to qualify for hospital care.. My job was then to get all the media attention and tell them they were sending my daughter home to die.. at one point i had 4 TV cameras on me while i was yelling at an MD telling him how stupid he was and how my daughters death was on his hands.. There was only a small clip of our seemingly forever long conversation, but i will take my 5 seconds of fame. This gave my a new perspective to what my job as an RN means. I appreciate the opportunities i have to help improve the preparedness the community works on for a pandemic. After all was said and done, i was glad to know that i do feel safe if something major is to happen. There are so many factors the public are not aware of that we as medical personal have to take into consideration. I am not sure i agree with all the goes on, but i promise to take care of everyone in my power and to help them feel as though they are my family. Here is a little tidbit from the news.. ENJOY!!

http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-utah-hospitals-prepare-for-possible,0,7278515.story

My Best Friend, My Love, My Jared!!

The last couple of weeks Jared and i have been very busy. We have had weddings, birthdays, work, friends moving, cooking for weddings, and all the stuff we need to do everyday!! I did not know married life would be so busy!! My husband is awesome and keeps going and going... I just want to say how much i love Jared and how great he is.. I have dragged him out of bed on Saturday's to go cook food with my dad for different things before the sun has even come up!! Jared handles my "emotional trauma" nursing school causes, tells me i am beautiful when i wake up and my hair looks like Medusa!!! I am helplessly, hopelessly in love with this boy and i just want to thank him for everything he is and what he does!!

My Mary got MARRIED!!

Mary, my friend since childhood said "i do" on Saturday. I was so happy to be there as a bridesmaid and a friend. Mary and i have been friends since we were little. We are complete opposites and get along like sisters!! i love this girl!! sorry for the picture overload but i had to show how gorgeous she looked!! Mary's parents passed away after high school and my parents think of Mary as a daughter. Mary was in my line and when she tasted the food at my wedding, she turned to my dad and said she wanted the same at her wedding, my dad told her that if that is what she wanted then that is what she will have.. So Mary had all the Polynesian food of her dreams... I did not take pictures of the food table, but if you know me, you know my family does not go small with food.. Mary had a pig and all the workings!! We love you Mary, you looked beautiful, thank you for sharing your wonderful day with us and have so much fun in Hawaii!!

Mary's beautiful bouquet, made by another bridesmaid, so pretty!!

Mary had pictures of her parents on her bouquet. We could not talk about her parents without crying. Its not fair they were not there physically, but spiritually we know they were close and proud of their Mary!!

The beautiful table Mary had set out, she married a Matt so they had M&M's for all the guests!! Such a cute idea!!

AMAZING wedding cake, the seashells and pearls were edible!! it was so yummy and gorgeous!!

Beautiful Bride before she walked down the isle!!

All smiles on these two were all one would see!! SO HAPPY!!

Mary laughing at her lil bro.. not sure why, but they were still all smiles!!!
Mary getting ready to look all beautiful on her day!!! she looked amazing!!!
Papa with his grandkids on lap as usual!! We were all there to wish marry happiness on her special day!!


I know its sideways, i am not sure how to change that, but i was there with my hubby!! he is such a good egg, up at the crack of dawn to help my daddy with the food!!

Matt (the groom) sporting the bouquet as Mary was giving people hugs!!


the gorgeous rings, Mary's happened to look like a mickey silhouette on the side ( Mary is obsessed just like my mom) so her wedding ring was perfect!!

my new other other family!!

Jared has always been close to his neighbors, the Harris family. They have been some of the most fun people i have met. Jareds and his best friend Scott Harris grew up together and jared is considered one of their kids. They were there for the wedding, and are part of the sunday rotation of dinners we try to schedule with our family. Yesterday we went to the Harris's for dinner and then to the park to have some family fun. Scott is Jareds old roommate who is dating a girl from our old ward also. So it really feels like one big happy family. We played horseshoes (which i have some room for improvement) and then we played Bochee ball (which i rocked). The boys in the family decided to take it a step further, they decided to place the replace the little yellow ball with a tree or a purse whichever was further. SO it went from rolling the balls, to throwing them over hand about fifty yards.. it was hilarious to watch them.. needless to say we had a great sunday night with them and i love my new family!!! Enjoy the pics!!
the boys playing bochee ball the normal way..


Now they are playing Extreme Bochee ball.. watch OUT!!

Scott and Darby, always climbing or jumping over things..

Scott and Darby got lost, we found them in a tree...
we are lookin good.. we know.. its sunday so we try to relax in all ways possible!!

Now they are in a duel.. i am not sure who won!! probably Darby..

yes, i can cheese a pic like the rest of my family!!

Darby and Cindy chillin, while watching the boys play extreme bochee ball..

Jared, Danny, Dave, and Cindy smiling for me and my obsession of pictures!!