Thought I shre some photos of what I did with the apps on my iPhone I love it

hospital for manaia

so a couple of weeks ago manaia's eczema got very bad where she ended up in the hospital to be on the IV and Antibioitcs.. She had a very Bad skin infection.. we were in there for 4 days :( 1st night i was by myself with her and it was hard she cldnt sleep and didnt go to sleep till 3am so we were soo tired the next day.  manaia was soo not having it becuz she was ISOLATED :(  and being hooked up to the iV AND GOING POTTY ALOT SHE WASNT HAVING IT. as days went she got better and better and patient lol...We had lots of visitors who came to see manaia her Papa and gma aunties and cuzins. We had the sisters missionaries and the Elders who came to see manaia... and the elders gave manaia a blessing :) i thank them everyday for that. We had surprise visit the next morning From bishop tipeni.We have a wonderful bishop manaia loves bishop though we havent been to church lately we always get a message from him asking how we are doing and especially how manaia is doing. I have no excuse of not going to church but only when manaia's eczema is bad i  dont like taking her anywhere becuz she isn't happy and cant enjoy herself.

Everyday dr. would come check up on manaia before she starts her shift and everyday she see manaia she says she is getting better. We are so thankful for the amazing nurses who took care of manaia and treated her like a princess. All of them and their hospitality. Manaia loved the nurses and made them crack up or entertained them with her personality. I am so greatful for them the dr and our heavenly father. I told my husnband we have to be patient and have faith in my heart i believe that my princess is one of heavenly fathers special children that we as her parents have been blessed with her in our lives.. He wouldn't give us something that we couldnt handle. Sometimes things happen for a reason and my husband told me something that was rare to hear from him and had me thinking about it for a long time.. I knw he is right he is just waiting on me but it puts a smile on my face to know that he has been thinking about it without any pressure from me and anyone else.. this is why i love him soo much. Though he ended up having an emergency surgery to remove his appendix the day manaia came home to hear it again just makes me know he wants to. But he is fine he is okay and i thank the man above for all that he has done to help my little family get better and heal.  what would i do if didnt have heavenly father as a part of my life?? I am blessed and loved to know that he is hear whether i do or not need him he is by my side all the time :)

pumpkin patch, my 30th and halloween :)

im guilty i havnt been to upto date with my blog things just soo busy these couple of months and i lost track of my blog..cldnt believe how fast the time went. heres a little something of what was going on in october we went to the Pumpkin fest @ cal poly pmoman with my sister rita her husband and family and my sis in law brenda and jr. it was thats what i remembered but we all had fun eating snacking going through the corn maze and picking out some pumpkins..

October 26 i turned the Dirty 30 lol...what i can say i feel good and amazing but still cant believe i am 30. My hubby threw me a small surprise bbq with my loved ones :) the saturday before my actuall bday which was on wednesday.. then on my bday hubby and niece made me a cake yumm lol and then Friday night went out with my fam and some good friends to start my 30's with a BANG!!! LOL soo much fun..

Halloween :0 halloween omg kids kids kids kids lol also my niece christinas bday so we had a halloween slash tinas bday @ our house with everyone.. all the kids were dressed made cupcakes goody bags This year manaia was Nemo lol she was sooo cute she had a blast trick or treating with all her aunts uncles and cuzins. WE ended the night with some coffee and a warm fire burning yeahhhh lol.. so hear are a some pictures enjoy!!!

Cal poly pumpkin fest 2011

HAPPY DIRTY 30 TO ME :) CHEERS TO ANOTHER 30 PLUS AND MANY MORE TO COME!!!1

little mrs. independent who has some new Words :)

last couple of  or past months i notice a change in manaia. she likes to dress herself and pick out her own clothes now. Boy if i put on the clothes i picked out we have a little miss attitude who refuse to put it on or have me and ray put her clothes on for her lol..Makes me sad she is growing up and doesn't want our help anymore for now lol..She is becoming more and more independant but were so proud of her :0). Bath time is the craziest because manaia gets very angry at me washing her down lol so we have been letting wash herself down and will rewash her again just to make sure she is extra cleeeaaan...hehehee.With her Lotions and her medicine for her eczema she like to put it on herself but that i have to do myself lol..She cleans up after herself takes her empty plate or cup and puts it in the sink.
Manaia if some of you know her has trouble with her speech or speech delay for the first 4yrs. manaia only had probably less then 5 words she cld say and you wld understand they were 'PUA' , DAdda, and eat eat. Now manaia has about almost twenty words she can say almost putting a sentence together but so proud of where she is right now. Manaia's new Words "RIAH" my niece, sleep, ice cream, french fries, Kiuga my nephew, aunty, uncle , papa, grandpa, apple,  there are more words she says and new ones too..she still has trouble putting in two words together sometimes but she trys and she is getting more and more progressive with her words. she says everyones names but not too clear. But going to speech therapy will help her more :) and talking on the phne too lol..we are very proud of her Love you manaia :)

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team "Chrisina Aiono"

Today i did the Orange County Heart Walk with my family. Since its been 10yrs since my Mom passed away april 12,2001 i thought i honor her memory by participating in the 5k walk and have a team in memory of her name "CHRISTINA AIONO ". mom died from cardiac arrest so along with my sister Rita and her girls and my manaia we walked  along with hundreds of people who came out to support the cause and to support the survivors. Heart disease is the #1 killer in America but being a samoan to me it seems its the Biggest disease that our polynesian people die from.  If we can get everyone to take better care of themselves as far as eating healthy and exercise we can probably cut down the number of this disease.

3miles wasn't bad it seemed forever but we did it :) While i was walking with my family i just kept thinking about my mom and everyone who lost their loved  ones. I was thinking about i hope that their will be less lives taken and that we all cld teach each other how to take more better care of ourselves. As much i was wanted to cut through i know that i had to keep going and not give up even if i was caring an extra 29ibs on my shoulder aka Manaia lol.. especially with my nieces  walking along and neariah i cld see that she wanted to do the same but i made sure we stayed positive and kept going and not give up till the end, I think this is how the survivors think too or any survivor or anyone that is struggling with a different disease cancer, arthritis, ms, etc, NOT TO GIVE UP! to keep going and pushing and stay positive no matter what we will make it. and thats what we did we made it to THE FINISH LINE..I'm proud of my family and i thank them for coming with me and joining me wish they all would have came but theres always next year. I know my mom was with us the whole way through and smiling with her big beautiful smile waiting for us at the finish line :) she was with us in spirit along with many others. I love you mom i miss you everyday we all miss you and i know we will meET agian someday. I always wish you were still here with us but i know in spirit and in each of our hearts you are.. TILL WE MEET AGAIN :) TEAM CHRISTINA AIONO!!! RIP 4/12/01

                                                              yayyyy we finsished...woohoo good job!

Remembering 9/11 10yr Anniversary

It has been already 10yrs since the Wtc and pentagon was attacked and all the lives that were taken. I can still remember that day and getting a call from my sister lisa on the phne telling us that America has been attacked and to turn on the t.v. When i turned the T.V on that is when i seen the second airplane fly straight into the second tower :( and all i cld think of was about the people on the planes and the people on the world trade center. This day will be a part of everyone forever weither we lost a loved one or just being there when this tragic happen it even if we weren't in the person but it will always be a part of someone because we will all remember this day. I honor the firemen and police and all those who tried there best to do what they were trained to do to save lifes and lost their own lifes on duty. i will honor the survivors and most of all i will honor the families and friends who lost a loved one whos lifes were taken away on this day. I pray that heavenly father will continue to comfort all these people and continue to watch over America our people and our land. May he protect and watch over our troops fighting for our country. And May we all continue to love one another as one. God bless America.

VISIT WITH MY MOMMA AND FINALLY MEETING MY NEPHEW GUY MALOSI :)

i was soo happy i got to see my mom while we were in utah for family reunion and more excited because i finally got to meet my nephew Guy aka Biggin aka auntys Fatso :) with my husband and daughter. its been over a yr since i seen my mom and family and i'm so glad i got to meet up with them. My mom was looking forward to seeing her Princess :) I met Guy finally lol don't think he likes me lol this kid is too funny im so happy manaia got to see her little cousins took awhile for manaia to adjust but like always start coming out her shell just before we leave lol..We hungout with mom and brad along with my little sister elva and her family adam and joey and his family at the tooele high school concert and firework show the only one missing was joshua and his family who were in wyoming for a family reunion. It was a great nite and like always i love the utah view and weather. Though it was a quick and short visit im just glad i got to spend to time with all of them.

AIONO FAMILY REUINION 2011

FAMILIES ARE FOREVER

AIONO FAMILY!!!!!!
















I LOVE MY aIGA.....

we just had our 2nd Aiono family reunion in utah on my dads side.. This is just my dads brothers and his sisters.. alot of family members especially my dad were unable to make it this year but we will see them in the next ones..We had a great time it was from friday july 1st to july 3rd 2011. We camped at the Jordan canal the kids loved it :) had them going all weekend..we had our family dance friday game day and bbq saturday and family fireside sunday. Time flies when your having fun and i wished we didnt have to come to end to say our goodbyes to the family :( Greatful and blessed to brought up with my aiono aiga i love them all very dearly greatful for my grandpa for the reason it all started..and my dad for teaching us our family history and learning where we all came from.. LOve my Aiono family see you guys in 2yrs 2013!!!

Happy Fathers Day!!!

I am blessed and loved to have wonderful men in my life. I thank heavenly father for blessing me with that. Greatful for the Examples they show us and unconditional love they give us everyday. I love them all very dearly and appreciate all they have done for me my siblings and our children. thankful for the Priesthood that my fathers hold and Thankful for mY husband for his hardwork and the main provider to our family. My brothers young and hold who have their own family and treat my kids as their own and fill in the spot if it needs to be. Happy fathers DAY to all you amazing and wonderful fathers single dads and mothers who have a role as both. To those who are not here with their family physically but here with them spritually..Most of all i thank My heavenly father everyday for his love for all his children who guides us and protects us in anyway possibLE and just to know that he is with me whenever i need him... Happy Fathers Day to all you Amazing men...

my wonderful husband and best friend to my kids

my second dad Brad

greatful and blessed for my dad..love him tons

class of 2011 congrats and best wishes on your new journey

Love you both tons.......

Congratulations Xavier and Siaosi Love you ......


June graduations...so proud of my nephews Xavier and Siaosi they graduated from high school also with peter and on their way to college to continue their educations. Feels like yesterday i was just babysitting them and. Its a blessing to be an aunt and to watch my nephews grow up to young men and fulfill their dreams. Watching my nephews and nieces grow up it just like watching my own i love them all near and far. BEst wishes Graduates on YOur new journey in life know that if you ever need anything or you feel like you have fallen always know that your Heavenly Father will always be their to guide you along the way.. Gonna miss you both but will see you soon Lets Go Utes!!! and Lets Go S. Dakota..Love you both always aunty VAe..