January 2023 - Jaxon's 20th Birthday

 

Jan 7th. Went to Lizzy Marcrum's Baptism at the Stake Center. It was in the Relief Society room. Her Brothers gave talks. Love them!

Had a long weekend, girls especially they had Jan 12-16th off, I just had Martin Luther King day off, which was the 16th. Thursday after work I took the girls to the Mall and we bought Jaxon a couple of T-Shirts from 'Hot Topic' for his Birthday. Then we got some sushi from Smiths and came home and ate it while watching our KDrama. Friday Dad took the girls to eat brunch at Tou les Jour, they got there around 10am and some of the baked goods had already gone. Mina and Tane stayed over the whole weekend. We had burgers and steak for Sunday dinner and played a fun game, I was the loser lol

Jan 17th Girls and I went to our Stake Womens Service activity at the Stake Center. We painted wooden boards, and made cards. Ate so snacks, talked with our new neighbor Felicity her daughter Alice is in Primary. 

Jan 19th. Jay and I went and ate out at 'Hwa Korean & Japanese' restaurant. We ordered pork bulgogi, Chapjae and Udon. In Jay's famous words 'It was wonderful, wonderful' lol.

Jan 21st. Tausala had their Recital at our Stake Center. I made a lot of unnecessary foods finger foods lol but they ended up getting eaten and they were yummy. I made vege, salami, cheese kabobs, fruit kabobs and vege cups. There was tons of yummy food. All the girls from our Tausala school were awesome. It was nice to see our Aunty Fina there with Oliver. 

I got me a couple of prescription glasses off of Zeelol. When they came in the mail, I was embarrassed to show them to Jay cause they were ridiculously huge. When I did we cracked up and showed the girls and cracked up again. But I wore them to Church and work, got some compliments lol

Jan 28th. My Sunshine aka Jaxon turned 20 years old. We took him and his girlfriend -Kesiah out to eat at the Cheese Factory. I got a korean dish it was yummy, Dad got a steak and chicken dish he enjoyed it. Kesiah got a pasta dish and my Sunshine got the most expensive dish on the menu lol Filet Mignon, which we all tasted and was delicious. We had cake and ice-cream at home. I bought a Tres Leches cake, not the same as the ones I always made, oh well. Tyrell and Alisa came. 

Jan 29th. Was our 5th Sunday at Church. We had Sharing Time and Teachers went to adult classes. Our Sharing Time was about 'Baptism and Confirmation'. I had asked Jesse Justet to be Jesus, David Harding to be John the Baptist and Lance Barham to be Heavenly Father. They came in the beginning and re-enacted the Baptism of Jesus. Lance was Heavenly Father, narrating. It was awesome, the kids loved it. We had Singing Time and Snacks. 

Erana's Health Essay January 2023

My grandma had cancer.  Since she was old and always stayed at home, her life wasn’t much different.  However, grandma would sometimes go to the hospital and she would drink from this cup she got from the hospital.  When cancer got serious for her, she would lay in bed most of the time and would be connected to this machine.  A risk to my grandma for getting cancer was her being exposed to other substances.  2 symptoms from getting cancer would be hoarseness in the throat that didn’t go away and bladder changes,  ACT scan, an MRI, and a biopsy.  My grandma always wrote in her journal about things, she would barely move but if she did she would have something supporting her because she didn’t need something before, she would always stay in her room most of the time,  she would mostly require someone to help her with something upstairs as she lived in the basement.  Radiation therapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, hormone therapy, and cancer drugs.

Leila's English Essay January 2023

I believe the video was trying to say that we shouldn't make assumptions or stick to stereotypes of people based on their race or ethnicity. There's more to people than what they look like. I agree with what the video says because I've witnessed many adults at this school make assumptions that every Polynesian student skips class and does terribly in school. That isn't true, as you can tell I'm a Polynesian but based on how people see Polynesians, I don't act my ethnicity. Skin color and ethnicity don't define who I am, my upbringing, values, beliefs, and God does. How I act shouldn't mean I'm not Polynesian as well, because that's the plain truth, it's in my DNA, and nothing can change that. But what's in my DNA doesn't control how I act and how I think. If we got rid of labels, our society would be a hundred times better. Kids would stop throwing the word racist around as a joke, and they'd be more respectful towards people who don't "act how they look". People might label me as "homophobic" for saying this, but this is what I believe. I believe labels for only two genders and one sexual orientation make things better in society, which are male, female, and heterosexuality. I believe anything extra causes confusion, instability, and abuse for the upcoming generations.