January 2018! Jaxon's 15th Birthday

Scripture of the Month: 
John 14:16, "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

John 14:15, "If ye love me, keep my commandments."

1/7/18

Hi Son,
Got your cards in the mail Friday, we were laughing at Jaxon's, kids loved them and Dad and I did too. We’re so happy & proud that our family prayers, scripture reading and FHE was not for nothing!
Dad wanted me to tell you that we didn't like ‘The Last Jedi - Star Wars’ movie and that was the last star wars movie he was going to go see at a movie theater!!! I've been doing a lot of overtime work due to a lot of cancellations due to snow storms. Grandma gave you $50 for Christmas that I still need to put in your bank. Well keep warm and be safe.
Love you so much Mum & Dad xxx

Hi Tyrell,
Not much has happened this week so this will be short. We got your letter for Christmas this week and we loved reading it. Today we had the Wolfersteins come over and have dinner with us. We also had a maori boy named Johnny and his girlfriend come over. We also went over the maori songs with them because we have to perform for them at their ward on the 17th. We had fun talking with them because they were funny. Then when all of them left the family sat for prayer but we talked for ages about Mina’s boyfriend. It was funny though. That's all I have for today so hope you have a wonderful time on your mission, hope you don’t freeze to death.
Love, Jaxon XOXO

Hi Tyrell,
Happy New Year! Hope you had a good Christmas. It's almost Jaxons Birthday. Thank you for my card you mailed me!
Love Erana xoxo

Hello Tyrell,
New Year’s was soo funny! Uncle Scott and Uncle Jared’s family came, and that was it, I thought it was going to be boring. We played pictionary, and Aunty Heather and Uncle Scott did the mirror mirror way of pictionary when a person follows the other person’s finger with the marker to make what was on the card which the finger person looks at, and Uncle Scott said it was a peni… you know what I mean. But it was really a canon, all the kids except Alessandra and Odike laughed so hard. Afterwards, we played Just Dance 2018, which I got for Christmas, and Uncle Scott, Aunty Heather, and Uncle Jared did a song Make it Jingle which we never danced at, and the dance had SOOOOOOOO MUCH twerking in it! It was SOO funny we laughed the whole way through! On Monday, Erana and I played at Kage and Dray’s house. Tuesday, Erana and I had our piano lessons and then went to my friend’s house. My friend gave me and Erana a makeover, and when we saw ourselves, Erana looked like a zombie and I looked like those woman on movies that put too much makeup on XD. Two days later, Erana and I went to Tausala practice. Friday, nothing. Saturday, played at a Kage and Dray’s house a little with Erana. Today, we had dinner with the Wolferstines and they invited very nice people with us. They were a couple, a maori and a brazilian. Maori was Tommy, and Brazilian was Kat. They were very nice and Tommy had a very nice acsent and voice when he sang for us with his guitar. Kat was nice too and I taught her some of the poi’s. We had soo many good laughs from today. I hope you have a great week, stay safe! LOVE YOU!
Love, Leila XOXO

Hello Tyrell, (Leila wrote it twice thinking the first was lost)
New Year’s was soo funny! Uncle Scott and Uncle Jared’s family came, and that was it, I thought our New Year’s was going to be boring. We played pictionary and Uncle Scott guessed Aunty Heather’s picture as a peni…. All the kids started laughing so hard. It was really a rocket. Then we played Just Dance 2018 that I got for Christmas, and Uncle Scott, Aunty Heather, and Uncle Jared went against each other to a dance called Make It Jingle. The dance had SOO MUCH twerking in it! All of us started laughing so hard! On Monday, Erana and I played at Kage’s house. Tuesday, Erana and I had piano lessons and then played at my friend’s house. My friend gave us a make over and Erana looked like a zombie and I looked like a woman who puts too much makeup on. Two days later, Erana and I had Tausala practice. Friday was nothing. The next day, I played at Kage’s house a little with Erana. Today, we had dinner with the Wolferstan family and they invited a very nice couple with them. Their names were Johnny and Kat. Johnny was a handsome, funny, maori and he had a very nice accent and voice when he sang for us with his guitar. Kat was a beautiful, nice, brazilian and I taught her some of the poi’s. Thank you for the card you gave me and yeah, you should’ve showed affection for me. I hope you have a great week, stay safe! I LOVE YOU!
Love, Leila XOXO

1/14/18

Wassup big brother,
Not that much this week so same as usual. I’m starting to act like you now because I workout late and play games late. I bought Call of Duty WW2 but I haven’t played it yet. Tama Peterson is coming back in February so that's something to look forward to. Today, Mina started singing the Pokemon theme song and she started crying because she missed the good old days lol XD. That's all I have for this week so hope you have a stupendous week.
Love, Jaxon XOXO

Hi Tyrell, I went to the movies on Friday to see Jumanji, which is a new movie you haven’t seen but its very funny. I went to church today and I learned about choosing the right.
Love, Erana XOXO

Hello Tyrell,
Erana and I played at my friend’s house on Tuesday. For Young Womans on Wednesday, we played games like Pie Face, Twister, and Apples to Apples, we had snacks too. On Thursday, Erana and I had Tausala and I saw someone from my school. Friday, mom, Jaxon, Erana, Kage, Dray, and I watched the new movie Jumanji 2 at AMC. Jumanji 2 was so funny, I loved it so much! The rest of the day, Kage and Dray played over. The next day, Erana and I played at Kage and Dray’s house for the rest of the day, and we watched Dray’s basketball game. Today, was a normal Sunday, which means a perfect Sunday. I hope you have a great week, stay safe! I LOVE YOU!
Love, Leila XOXO

Hi Son,
The weather has been quite nice this time of year. Warm, in the 40’s and 50’s and sunny. I have tomorrow off for Martin Luther King Day. Haven’t been doing too much lately. Mum and I went to Ikea yesterday to look for ideas about new shelves and stuff. Went to South Towne mall as well. I taught the Gospel Principles class today. We watched the Son of God movie for out family movie. It’s about Jesus, the same people who did the Bible series. Was pretty good. Last week we had the Wolferstan family over to eat Sunday dinner. It was a kiwi dinner. Boil up with water cress, maori bread, shepherds pie, bacon and egg pie, trifle, steam pudding and custard. Hope all is well with you. Stay safe and warm, work hard, trust in God.
Love you always, Dad and Mum.

1/21/18

Hi Son,

Did you get your new phone? How’s your area, is it Chapel Hill? Hope you are doing good with your transfer. We are all doing good, Kids are healthy and happy. It finally snowed a lot on the weekend. I took the 2 little girls to see the movie, “The Greatest Showman”. It’s about circus people and it’s a musical with Hugh Jackman. Keala Settle acts as the bearded lady. She is Auntie Ryan’s sister (Zion’s mum). She sings really awesome in the movie. Not much else to say, just work and usual going ons. Love you Mum and Dad xxx

Hello Tyrell,

I had a fun week! Martin Luther King Day, Erana and I went to the Wairhouse with Kage and Dray. Then, Erana and I went to play with my friend on Tuesday, and we played Bean Boozled. On Wednesday, we went to the Wolferstan’s house for dinner, then we went to their ward to do a performance of our maori culture. Thursday, Erana and I had Tausala practice and I went to Seven Eleven with Lafiana’s family because they dropped me off from Tausala. The next day, mom, Erana, and I went to see The Greatest Showman in the morning. Yesterday, Erana and I got picked up by Ollie and went to an indoor pool near where the Wolferstan family lives. We swam with Sofia. After that, we went to McDonald’s for a snack, then we had dinner with the Wolferstan family, of course the rest of the family came, except Mina. The twins had dinner with us too, Danny and Gabby. Kat and Tommy, which was actually Johnny XD, came over to Ollie’s house a little then left. They were also with us when we did the performance on Wednesday. Today, we watched the movie Coco and we had leftovers from yesterday. I hope you have a great week! I LOVE YOU!

Love, Leila XOXO

Hey Big Bro!

Hey i know it’s been awhile since i wrote to ya, sorry haha. But I got accepted into the U of U, but still applying for the fall semester of BYU Hawaii. I’m planning to leave on my mission first, right at my birthday. That way I can come home in march, work until I can go to Byu Hawaii in the fall. I may be on my mission the same time you are! Haha, I don’t think mom and dad like that idea. But it’s the best choice right now. I’m going to start going to mission prep on sunday mornings. Anyways, I don’t have a first period on B days this semester, so i get to sleep in. Its awesome! We got a random heavy snow storm and now we finally have a lot of snow on the ground! I hope you stay warm.
Miss and Love ya! -Mina

Hi Tyrell,

Not much happened this week so this will be short. We performed at the Wolferstan’s ward. We also went to the Wolferstan’s house on Saturday for dinner. Mina likes this boy named Camden and she wants to be boyfriend and girlfriend. That’s all I have for you today, hope you have a wonderful week.
Love, Jaxon XOXO

Hi Tyrell,

Leila, mom, and I went to go and see The Greatest Showman at AMC. My whole entire family and Sofia and Ollie and Marloe went to Sofia’s church to do the poi’s and dancing.

Love, Erana XOXO

1/28/18

Hi Son,

I had a bit of a stressful week at work. Mum booked us a night at a bed and breakfast just to get away and unwind Thursday night and destress. It was nice. Saturday we took Jaxon to a buffet for his birthday. We had tres leches today. He is 15 now. Eliza Morgan came home. She gave her homecoming talk today. She gave a good talk. Hope you are doing well and like your new area. Also let us know that you got your phone ok. It should have arrived on the 19th last week. Can you believe we went to New Zealand a year ago? Wow that was a fast year. And your year mark will be here soon. Time flies. 

Love you, Dad and Mum.

Hello Tyrell,

Erana and I played at my friend’s house on Tuesday and we did a food tasting challenge. On Wednesday, we helped set up the new beginnings for Young Womens an hour early before Young Women’s started. We had soda and popcorn and candy while watching a video I had to introduce for the two new beehive’s. Ember Rudolph and Eliza Thackery were the  two new beehive’s. I was sick the rest of the week, but I still did some things. On Thursday, Erana and I went to Tausala practice. The next day, mom, Erana and I went to get Lafiana a birthday gift for her birthday party on Saturday. Then on Saturday, Erana and I went to Lafiana’s birthday party at the chapel, it was a glow party. There was glowing face paint, and I had the best face paint face out of everyone who had face paint on. The party was four hours long! Afterwards, Erana and I played at Kage’s house, then Kage and Dray came over. Today, Kage’s family came over for dessert for Jaxon’s birthday. I hope you have a great week, stay safe! I LOVE YOU!

Love, Leila XOXO

Hey Big Bro,
I’m going to sweethearts this week with a boy named Camden. Oh and my hair is fading into a grey blue. Hope all is well with you.
Love you -Mina

Hi Tyrell,
Me  and  Leila went to  Lafiana`s  b-day on  saturday.
Love  Erana xoxo