June - Erana's 6th & Tyrell's 19th Birthdays

6/1 to 6/4: 

Jaxon had rugby practice this week and rugby on Saturday morning. They lost to East and beat Hunter and Olympus. Netane and Helamani the Moleni kids are on Hunter this year. They were on my team last year. The games were down behind the Marv Jensen rec center on 104th south Redwood. Candi went to Jenni's baby shower at 11am so she didn't come. I had Leila with me. I took her to McDonalds between games. She didn't eat before hand. I was a hot day. Then I dropped Leila off at a friends party at 12:30pm.

6/5 to 6/11: 

I took Monday off for Erana's birthday. We went to the Aquarium. Maya and Jonah came and Drey and Kage showed up a little later. It was the first time I had gone to it since it moved to a bigger building. It's a nice place. After we went and got Beyond Glaze donuts and KFC and ate at a park on the Jordan river just down the road from the Aquarium. We went home then later in the evening we had cake and presents for Erana. Our little Angel is growing up so fast. She's been such a joy in our lives. She enjoys playing with Maya. All the kids went to the dentist on Tuesday. Only Tyrell and Erana had to go back. I had to do Jaxon's rugby practice this week, Wed and Thurs. The coach, Andrew Buehner was gone. It's ok but I don't think I want to be coach next year. Friday we went on a hike to Mule Hollow in the after noon. Jaxon, Leila, Erana and Kage and Drey came. It was nice. It eventually had us follow in a stream so we turned back when it was too difficult for Erana. Saturday Jaxon's team won the first game against Olympus but lost to Genesis and Tooele in the final minute in each game when we were ahead at that point. Later we went to a surprise birthday for Wesley at Jenni's grandparents' home down Walker lane. It's a rich person's area with nice big homes and mansions in Cottonwood. On their property they have the main home, a cottage home, a separate big garage with rooms off the side. A pool with a big guest building with a fancy kitchen and sitting area and a changing shed. The party was in the pool area and kitchen building. The property is surrounded with trees. It was rainy which provided a nice ambiance. Reminded me of NZ. Wesley turned 23. Erana and Leila swam in the pool.

 

6/9: Erana to Jason, "Dad loves his grass more than us kids & Mum...... Dad loves his grass more than the whole family!" lol, I had her and Leila help me plant some grass seed to fill some gaps in the lawn.

 

6/12 to 6/18: 

I went to the dentist Monday to get my crown on my bottom back left tooth. I left work early. They numbed me up so it wasn't so bad. I got a temporary tooth and will go back in 2 weeks for the permanent one. I ran Jaxon's practices again this week. Coach was out of town again. Thursday was our work's Summer party at Big Cottonwood park. We played volleyball and came 2nd. In the final we got wasted 1-21. Quite an embarrassing thrashing. I was a good time. Friday we went with the 2 younger kids to the Salt Lake by the Saltair. The lake was a long walk. When we got there it stunk and had lots of little flies. The girls splashed around a bit and found sea monkeys in the water. In the evening Jaxon and I went and saw the Warcraft movie. It was ok but had an unsatisfactory ending to it. Saturday Jaxon played 2 games, the first was forfeit. They won both and beat Genesis who they lost to last week. It was their best game of the season. They passed the ball around more than ever and tackled there hearts out.

6/19 to 6/25: 

The kids got me breakfast in bed and a card for Father's Day. Tyrell made the food by himself I was told. It was yummy. Love my kids. They are the best. Candi worked in the night so she was sleeping. Thursday Candi and I went to see Independence Day 2. 20 years later the aliens attack again. It was pretty good. Friday we went to 7 Peaks SL. It was nice hot weather. Went down a couple slides and went in the wave pool. Candi got us all the season passes for 7 Peaks. They've gone a few times already. This was my second time. Saturday was the last weekend for rugby and was tournament time. They won the first 2 games against Olympus and East which put us in the semi-finals against West. But we lost to a good West team that had played together during the 15's season and won the 7 & 8 grade championship. They had Joe & Fao who played for me last year. So we dropped into the loser bracket to try to get 3rd place. We beat Genesis again then lost to Tooele in the 3rd place game so we came 4th. That's about right for our team. I think we are the 4th best out of about 10 or so teams. Jaox did really good. He scored his first 2 tries of the season. One time the other team kicked it and he was at the back and ran it all the way for a try. Another time against west he was first receiver from a ruck and the defense rushed up on the outside and he took it to the hole and almost made it all the way. He passed it off to a team mate but they caught him. It was an awesome play he did though. So proud of him. Candi was at the Taylorsville Dayz parade with Erana and Leila. The Tausala group walked in that. By the end Erana was tired and getting a cry face, lol. In the evening we went to the Taylorsville Dayz park. We got a spot on the grass in between the stage and the fireworks area. We walked around. Candi brought some food and a funnel cake to eat. We watched Abba-cadabra perform then watched the fireworks at 10pm. They were awesome. It was a long tiring day but fun.

  

 

6/26 to 6/30: 

I got my new permanent crown put in Monday. Tuesday I worked from home. My boss is letting us work one day a week from home which is nice. Thursday I took the day off for Tyrell's birthday. I didn't really need to as we didn't do anything during the day. I need to use up some vacation time I have anyway. He was undecided about where we should take him to eat. He ended up going to 7 peaks with his friends. Candi and I went and ate at Chinese Gourmet. I love the fried fish there and clam chowder. We took the kids to the 6pm movies to see Tarzan. Tyrell called during the movie and said his boss at Pei Wei needs him at work so he went. I said you could tell him no because you already had the day off. But he went. Tarzan was ok but a bit cheesy and way hollywood. We waited for Tyrell to get home which was about 11pm and surprised him when he came in and turned on the lights. We had his cake and presents. Also I forgot to mention that Mina was at Stake Girls camp from Monday to Thursday at a place near Heber. Candi went up Tuesday to Thursday and came home with Mina. Candi said 2 nights was enough for her, but I think they had a good time.

May

5/1 to 5/7: 

Candi had an interview Tuesday with JetBlue airlines for the work-from-home customer service position. She might get the job but we'll see. The year is flying by, we're into May already.

5/8 to 5/14: 

Mothers Day I fixed Candi breakfast in bed. Breakfast bowl, sausages, yogurt parfait, chocolate strawberries and a card made by the kids. Jet blue is doing a background check for Candi now. She sent them all the info they needed.

5/15 to 5/21: 

Got bad news for Tyrell from Bishop. They want him to get a job for 6 months or so then apply for a mission again. They had concerns about his social skills during his evaluation. It is just sooo frustrating. If he already had a job like we told to do almost a year ago they would have taken that into consideration and probably let him go. His mucking around and not listening to us has come back to bite him in the butt big time.  It's going to take him 6 months just to get a job if he makes the same effort as before. Friday, 8pm Erana and Leila performed with the tausala group at the Living Traditions show in SL. They did really well. The very next night the family except me performed for the maori group at Living Traditions. Candi said the singing and guitars weren't very good and was embarrassing sometimes. Sounds like nothing has changed. We also had rugby Sat. at 8am in Rose Park. It was raining and very cold. Their hands were freezing but they managed to win 2 times out of 3 games. 

5/22 to 5/28: 

I went to the dentist for the first time in about 3 or 4 years. I have one filling but it's a tooth that will need a crown put on. Leila went to a b-ball clinic for 3 days at the Taylorsville HS. It was 2 hours per day. She enjoyed it. Friday we went to Lowes and Home Depot. We bought some new blinds for the living room. It was the last day of school on Friday. Saturday was rugby again. They lost 2 and won a forfeit. At 4:30pm the girls did another tausala performance in Provo at the Pasifika event. Couldn't hardly see Erana at the back. Jaxon bought a nice New Zealand cap.  Later in the evening when Candi and I were hungry we went to Golden China. Tyrell was the only one home so we took him with us.

Erana Sayings:
5/22: We were watching Man of Steel. I said, "I wish I had Superman's powers". Erana says " You have egg toot powers!" I laugh and say, "Egg toot powers?" She says, "It makes everyone pass out."
5/23: I hear Erana talking to Mina saying she got kissed by a boy today! lol
Mina is asks, "By who?"
She says, "Landon, he kissed me on the cheek."
Mina says, "What you got kissed by a boy before ME!" lol

5/29 to 5/31: 

Ariana had her farewell Sunday. She gave an awesome talk. She is very ready and will be a great missionary. We went to a park after and had brunch. Monica provided the food. Breakfast burritos and stuff. Had a good visit with relatives. Said our goodbyes to Ariana. She leaves Monday to the Madrid  Spain MTC then serves in the Madrid mission. Tyrell got a job at Pei Wei where Mina works. His first day is Monday on Memorial day. Yay! Finally has a job! Memorial Day we ate at the Scout breakfast. Cynthia Wood stayed the night with us. We went to 7 Peaks for a few hours. It was a hot day. Heather and her kids came.

April

Scripture of the Month: D&C 10:5

"Pray always, that you may come off conqueror; yea, that you may conquer Satan, and that you may escape the hands of the servants of Satan that do uphold his work."

4/1 to 4/9: 

Friday 4/1 we painted the new drywall around the door and windows in the living room. Then at 4pm Candi and I and Mina and Leila saw the new Saturday's Warrior movie at Jordan Commons. It was awesome. Got very teary eyed many times. The kids liked it. When we came out there were some of the cast members so we got a picture. Pam, Emily and a brother. Then Julie and Todd came.

Saturday and Sunday we had General Conference, we just stayed home and watched it on tv. The younger kids did not have worksheets to fill out, and they got a little distracted, I think it is better when they have worksheets to help them think and remember who is talking. General Conference was very uplifting.

Jason had the day off Monday 4/4 because he was working on Friday. We painted the inside, repair above the sliding door. And went shopping at Walmart.

Jaxon went for an over night camp with the Scouts 4/8, they went Geode hunting. He came back just before we had the missionaries over for dinner. He had some Geode's and Erana loved them. The missionaries, Elder Zaugg, and Elder Devereux  are very friendly and speak very well. They like asking the kids questions.

4/3: Erana is in the bathroom and I hear her say "Why did mum raise me like this?" I don't know why she said it but it sounded funny!

4/10 to 4/16: 

Jason and I went for an overnighter 4/14 in Logan at the Anniversary Inn.  On the way their we stopped at our favorite eating place 'Chinese Gourmet', had yummy battered fish, clam chowder, mongolian bbq etc.  Then in Logan it was snowing, we stopped in town and looked at a very big and interesting book store. I bought Leila and Erana ty-beanie boos etc. We stayed there way too long, and finally left to go check in.  Our room I chose was the 'Jessie James' room. And it was awesome, had a cowboy theme, jacuzzi, small pool table and very yummy treats. Jason and I had a really nice time sitting in the jacuzzi watching movies and loving each other lol. In the morning we had breakfast in bed, and Jay stained the bed with his raspberry strudel. We went to the Logan temple to do an endowment session, it was very beautiful inside and we had to move to another room, which was a nice surprise.  We took photos outside, it was very cold and windy. We stopped at the bookstore again, for me to jump out and buy something. And we filled up the car and got yummy snacks.

4/17 to 4/23: 

Jaxon has been practicing rugby Mon, Wed and Thurs since the 6th. Andrew Buehner is the coach and I help him out. I play touch with them. It's fun. Mina got her first job working at the Pei Wei restaurant as cashier/busser. She said they don't train her very well and always has to ask how to do things and it's very busy. She works Fridays and Saturdays and one other day. I told her to hang in there and it will get easier soon. Very proud of her. I worked on getting the sprinklers and the swamo cooler ready this weekend. Had to fix a broken pipe. Showed Tyrell how to do it. Went to Home Depot for some parts. Jeremy Fox helped get a valve working again. It wasn't shutting off. Thought I'd have to replace it. He tapped it a bit, manually turned it off and on then it worked. Then Leila and Erana helped me on the roof cleaning the swamp cooler.

4/24 to 4/30: 

We try to have a scripture to ponderize each month.