I'm Back!!

Okay...so it's been since the month before I got married that I blogged last. I know I know, so long!! Well as you know, you get caught up in life & everyday things, that you just lose track of time. But the good part is that I'm back and hopefully I'll be able to keep up with it from now on.


What's happened since then?? Of course, Joseph & I got married on September 12th 2009. It was an amazing day!! We are still in the process of getting our photos (Ugh!! Don't even get me started on that!!) from our so-called "photographer"...who Joseph really wants to take to court!! Eek...long story. So yeah, no official photos from our wedding, which is really a bummer, but we have some from other people. Life goes on & you learn to just cherish what you have. So that's what we are doing!! =)


We lived with my family for about 5 months, which really wasn't bad at all (to me at least). I guess the worst part was having 16 people under one roof with only ONE restroom. Lol. Life was good then, but now life is even better now. We live in Midvale and Joseph loves being on our own. Even though he has 9 other brothers & sisters, he's still not used to being around so many people with so much noise. I love him nonetheless!!


Shortly after our wedding (14 days to be exact), I got a job working at the Residence Inn Marriott in Cottonwood Heights. It's been a great help for us when we've traveled or taken vacations as well as a big help to all of our family members when they've traveled. I'm blessed to have such a good job with excellent benefits & perks (the economy is NO joke)!! The week after I got hired, Joseph received a new job working for Goldman Sachs Financial, which he really likes as well. We are very grateful for all that we have been and continue to be blessed with.


So that's us for now...and if you're wondering...NOPE!! No babies on the way yet. We're just enjoying our time that we have together. =)

*LML* (Love My Life)

Stressed Out...To...Worry Free!!

Okay, so it's been a while since I've blogged, but so much has happened during that time. First off, let's just say that I've been so blessed throughout my whole wedding planning. My immediate as well as extended family has stepped up to help me in so many different ways & I just don't know how to repay them.

My Aunty/Gramma Va & Aunty Flora has given me the blessing and gift of paying for my wedding dress. It not only helped me out a whole lot, but also my Mom. I'm so grateful for that great blessing. I absolutely love my dress & I wouldn't have picked out any other one. When I first saw it, I knew that it was "The One" and as far as I know, I guess that's how it's supposed to be. So it happened that way with me. Yay!!

My poor Mom has been so stressed out and I feel so bad for her...but I know that things will work out. She has a great relationship with our Heavenly Father & I know that without him, we'd all be...well, "strapped." I'm so glad that I have such an awesome bond with my Momma. She helps me out financially, spiritually, emotionally, physically, etc. She keeps me on track, just like a Mom should. I love her so much!!

My Daddy will be here in exactly 9 days!! It's been about 3 years since I've seen him & I can't even explain how happy I am to spend time with him. I think that my sister & I are probably the most ecstatic about it, because we've always been Our Daddy's Girls! When I first told my Dad that I was getting married, he was floored. He was crying like a little girl...hehehe. It was funny to me because my Dad hardly ever cries. I've probably seen him cry maybe 3-4 times in my whole life. So it was pretty funny. Before he booked his flight, he told me, "Babygirl, if I come out there for your wedding, I'm gonna be so broke!! So you can choose to either have me there, or I can send you the money that I would use to pay for my flight (We're talkin' bout $1400)." Without even thinking about it, I told him, "If you don't come to my wedding, I'm gonna be so highly upset at you." He knew then, what my choice was...hahaha! Even though we all know that I can use the extra money, I wouldn't have chosen anything else. To me, you can't put a price tag on your own Dad to be there for you on your special day. So he'll be here soon & I can't wait!!

All of my brothers and sisters have been practicing their lil muli's off to put on a great dance performance for Joseph & I's special day. They've been so dedicated with their time & efforts just for me and I am so honored. I can't to see them all perform. I know that it'll be amazing & well worth it.

I've always heard that when two people have decided to go through the temple, for some reason, the adversary works a hundred times harder to break them. I can testify that that statement is SO-OO true!!! Since Joseph & I have been engaged, it's been the hardest & most stressful times in our relationship. We would argue about the smallest things that would usually mean nothing to us. Our patience is very short & we have to really stop & say to ourselves, "Okay, this is not us. Humble yourself & don't be so quick to anger." Once we do that, things are better. Now I do admit that sometimes, we don't stop and think about, we just let the bad feelings overcome us, but we come together at the end. I know that Satan is doing his best to keep us from being together for time & all eternity. We've learned lessons on being humble & slow to anger, SACRIFICE, tithing, commitment & so much more. We have really come a long way and I know that it's all worth it in the end. We love each other so much & can't wait to share our special day with the people that mean the most to us both.

My bridal shower is this Saturday @ 9 a.m. I've always wanted a breakfast shower & my Mommy & Aunties are making that happen just for me. It'll be fun because we're supposed to show up in our PJ's. I can't wait...Yippee!!

I've been so blessed & I'm grateful for my family, my loving future husband & everyone else that has helped us make our day a memorable day & DREAM come true!!

I love my family...

Today was awesome! We attended my cousin Willie's daughter's baby blessing in Pleasant Grove. It was good to see a lot of the family that I haven't seen in a long time. My cousin Reagan flew in from Hawaii with his lil family, in the meantime, uncle Jack & aunty Lini were in town from Missouri as well. We had so much of our family there and it's so amazing to be around them. We all laugh, eat & catch up on each other's lives...but mostly, we EAT! That's the story of our lives though. Anyways, we all hung out together and it was amazing. I probably gained 10 lbs from all the great food...but it's okay because I start my diet tomorrow (EEK!). Good luck to me right?!?

About my "DIET"...I hate that word...but anyways, me and a few people from work are starting a 'Biggest Loser' competition tomorrow. We're each paying $50 and whoever loses the most weight within 2 months wins the money. I have no problem at all trying my best to lose weight, since I'm planning on getting married; but we have to weigh ourselves and everyone finds out how much it is. That's when I'm like..."HOLD UP!" Losing weight is fine & dandy, but for everyone to know what my weight is...that's where I draw the line. I want to be a part of it so bad because I know that it'll be a good motivation, but I just don't know about sharing my weight. I'm the heaviest out of our whole group so my self-esteem really falls when I think about this whole thing. I think I'm going to try to talk myself into just doing it and say FORGET IT...go weigh yourself, work hard to lose the weight & win the freakin money dangitt! We'll see how that goes...LOL!

Well that was my day. My little sister Kelcey and I are watching E! True Hollywood Story about the Kardashian family. It's pretty interesting. We just saw this preview for a horror movie called The Haunting In Connecticut that's based on a true story and it freaked me out. So why did Kelcey scare me and I heckah jumped. Stupid girl! Well I'm going to continue to watch. I'll get at you later! *Mwah*

Who's it gonna be???

The first TWO people to respond to this post will get something from...ME (duh). Aunty Ruby challenged me to respond to hers...so I did. Not knowing that I would have to repost the dang thing...LOL! It's all good though. Well here it is...give it a try!

The catch? You must re-post this on your blog and offer the same to the first (how ever many you want) people who do the same on your blog. The first 2 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did, win a lovely little treat for themselves!

Have Fun! Ready........Set............Go!

So far...here's what it is..

Okay, so far this is what we have as far as our wedding goes. We've chosen our colors to be Black, White & Pink. The first thing I'm going to say is that when my Grandma finds out, she's going to flip because she hates pink. But I'm listening to everyone's advise when they say that we should do what we want to do & not be pressured into doing something we don't like or want. So yeah. We have 5 people in each of our lines & I also have 5 flower girls. It's pretty small for a polynesian wedding, but I think it's perfect even though I have a couple of family members that are a little butt hurt that they aren't in our line. I'm very sorry family...it is what it is! =)

Today Me, Mom, Boo & Kiani went to a fabric store called Hancock Fabrics to look for any material or patterns for my girls' dresses. We found one that we really liked that is MODEST, simple & flattering. Another good thing is that it was on sale for $4.99...hallelujah! All I need to do besides get the material for their dresses is look for another pattern for my lil flower girls' dresses and then we'll be set for all the girls. The only one left is...ME and that's a whole other story! In other words, I'm heckah "No thanks" to trying any dresses on right now. Eww...sick dude!

Joe & I have a cake testing appointment this Thursday with Janell from 'One Sweet Slice' bakery. The cakes on her website are adorable and she does amazing work. Hopefully all goes well and cross our fingers that our cake doesn't cost an arm & both our legs...hehehe! I'm way excited though!

Our invitations are being taken care of by my other wonderful Aunty Lila, which would be her gift to us. We are very grateful for her love and kindness in doing this for us; it helps us out so much. We've come to a decision on what invitations we are going to use. I'm really excited for that as well. We're just waiting for a good time for us to take our engagement photos to insert in the invites.

It's all slowly coming together & I finally feel like we're moving along. Yippee!