Such a cutie!

Well I've been trying to take pictures any chance I can get....but my kids are getting tired of being my only subjects. Time to turn to my friends.....

I had the pleasure of practicing my photography on this little guy! He just so happens to be my best friend's youngest, so they were fairly patient with me as I am still learning! Kolton is 10 months old, and such a sweetie! It was lots of fun! Thanks Jamie for "lending" me your son! ;o)

~*~ Love is in the air ~*~

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

We are celebrating by going to see a movie and then out to dinner, just Sonny and I. I am looking forward to it, we don't get to go out to often, just the two of us. My mom is going to watch the kiddos!


Here are some pictures I've taken recently!

Here are a couple I took of Ali and A'ya! Cousins and future best friends!

This blogger has been MIA....

WOW!!! I haven't updated since last year!!! My apologies! But geez....the holidays were crazy!!! I'll start with around the time I left off...Thanksgiving. It was great...Sonny's family came up from California, and my grandpa over from Montana....it was a houseful....but so wonderful to have everyone together!


Then the crazy month of December! Lots going on that month! We attended a "Bad Sweater Party" at our great friends' Phillip and Amanda's house, it was lots of fun! They even had a contest, with great prizes....AND...we won 1st place!! It was awesome!!! ;o)

The month flew by and before we knew it...Christmas/Isaiah's 4th Birthday was here! The month of December always seems to speed by though. I was pleasantly surprised from my hubby with a new DSLR camera that I've wanted forever!!! It is fantastic and I love it! He gave it to me Christmas Eve so that I was able to get some great pictures Christmas morning! The kids had a great Christmas....and were spoiled as usual!!! We spent Christmas eve with my family at my sisters house....then Christmas morning at home just the 5 of us...it was great! Christmas night we went back over to my sisters and celebrated Isaiah's birthday with cupcakes and some gifts!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISAIAH!


A few days after Isaiah's actual birthday we celebrated at Chuck E. Cheese with friends and family!!! Isaiah had a great time, and got lots of wonderful gifts! He'd been wanting a C.E.C. birthday party for so long, and was thrilled when the day finally arrived! I can't believe my baby boy is 4 years old...time goes by so very fast

Well that sums up the past couple of months! It's gone by so fast. I'm going to "try" and be better about keeping up on this blog...for those of you interested in the happenings of the Vakaloloma household! I also plan on posting more of my pictures as I'm learning a lot about my new camera, so any feedback would be appreciated!

What a crazy week!

Wow...it's hard to believe it's just been over a week since my last update. So much has happened. Last Saturday morning Sonny, Aliana and I left for Las Vegas....we were there for a whole 45 hours...lol. Mine and Sonny's old roomates from Sacramento (2001) were getting married...we hadn't seen them since 2001, nor had we met their daughter Haylie. It was a very quick trip, but it was nice. The wedding was Saturday afternoon, we had dinner and a reception after. Then Sunday we did a little exploring and walked around the strip a little. We came home Monday morning and I think everyone in our family was ready. We missed the boys terribly, and they were really starting to miss us. It's hard to leave them. But they had a fun weekend with their Nana and Auntie! Here are a couple pictures from Vegas....

Aliana and Haylie before the wedding! (Aliana wasn't too happy)

Aliana at the wedding.

Bellagio water show. Aliana L-O-V-E-D it!!!

Since we've been back the majority of our family has gotten sick. Isaiah has strep again, this is the third time in two months. I feel so bad for him. He's on another round of antibiotics. After this round we will go back to the doctor and they want to test him again to see if he's a carrier. I'm not sure what that means if it comes back positive?! Hopefully that won't be the case though, I'm hoping we can get this under control and he can get well and stay well. Aliana is also battling a cold, she's a little congested and has a cough. Then today I woke up not feeling well. My throat is a little sore, I'm congested and my voice sounds...manly! How sexy! ;o) So far Sonny and Kaleb are doing well though...*knock on wood!*

I've posted some pictures from this week...the kiddos have been pretty silly! It's early release all this week and next for Kaleb as his school is having parent/teacher conferences, so he gets out at 12:30pm..leaves lots of time for the kids to use their imaginations....lol.

Isaiah had about 7 beanie hats on!

Kaleb and Isaiah had a photoshoot....Isaiah was the photographer!

Aliana loves yogurt!



And mommy and daddy's "margarita" cup from Vegas (don't worry it's been washed and only had some water in it!)

This weekend is going to be pretty uneventful, besides getting the house in order for Thanksgiving. Sonny's family is coming from California, as well as our new brother in law coming from Ft. Hood, my grandpa from Montana, and the rest of our family here in town! It's going to be busy! But I'm looking forward to having everyone together...Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I enjoy having big family get-togethers....it doesn't happen often enough! I'm not really looking forward to all that cooking though....but it'll be worth it...Mmmmm!

We got our family pictures back...they are so wonderful! I was starting to feel a little discouraged since the weather wasn't really cooperating...but I was pleasantly suprised with the outcome! We got some great shots. I feel very lucky that we found out about Tara....she really does a fabulous job...and I gained a new friend out of it! If you'd like to see the pictures, please email me and I'll send you the link, you can decide if you want any and which ones, and we'll go from there! :o)

Ok...I'm off to bed! I need to get better..rest will hopefully help! The boys are at our very good friends' house staying with their "best friends ever" (Thanks 'J and J' for taking them both....brave ;o) haha) ...Aliana is sleeping...so I should be too!

Have a great weekend!

Wednesday or Thursday?!?!

The weeks go by so fast already...and now I'm trying to push this one along?!?! For some bizarre reason I cannot get it in my head that today is in fact Wednesday...NOT Thursday...thank goodness for that...I have way to much to do..that I haven't even started yet! Don't get me wrong...I love Thursdays, for a few reasons..1) Late start at school, which means I get a little extra precious zzzzz's 2) Coffee day with my girls....I enjoy coffee day 3) The following day is Friday! :o) But this week I need the extra time...we are going to Las Vegas early Saturday morning and I haven't even located my suitcases, let alone started packing. I don't even have anything to wear for the wedding that we are attending while there....yikes! The boys are going to stay with my mom and sister, Aliana will be with us. So I need to pack for everyone! I better get to moving!! So although I am behind on that....I am AHEAD with work this week...woo-hoo! I'm about 15 min. shy of being able to take Friday off...which is great, because at this rate..I will need the day off to get everything ready for the weekend.

Today is Veteran's day (Thank you to all our service men and women...past and present) and the kids had no school, so instead of sitting inside all day we thought it would be fun to go on a playdate. We met up Jamie and her boys...(or in other words...the boys' "best friends", Thomas and Braeden, and Aliana's future "boyfriend", Kolton.) :o) My sister and her girls came as well. We decided to meet at McDonald's to get out of the house....apparently half of Spokane had the same idea....it was a mad house! But the kids had alot of fun! I should've taken some pictures...but I forgot my camera....maybe next time!

Tomorrow is coffee day...looking forward to that! Friday, Aliana has to get her booster flu shot, then I need to go shopping and find something to wear that is "wedding appropriate." The boys are going to my moms and sisters that evening since we leave really early Saturday morning. We will return Monday morning! So if I don't blog before then....have a great weekend!!!

Here is a picture of Aliana and her cousin A'yana...Monday night! (Thank you Brandi and kiddos for having us over for dinner)

Another weekend over too fast!

Sunday again....already! This weekend wasn't much different from the rest as we were busy...as usual. I'm starting to realize, with 3 kiddos, things don't slow down very often!

Friday night my friend Ruthie, her daughter and 3/4 of the "K" family came over as well! Ruthie just got back from Alaska recently and brought some fish back, so we thought it would be fun to have a fish fry...and we were right. We made some beer batter..fried some halibut, french fries and coleslaw and ate entirely too much! The kids played, the adults visited...it was very enjoyable! haha.



Saturday was the boys' last soccer games...which I am somewhat thankful for, it is getting too cold to be outside for 2 hours! We did their hair to match their teams colors....Aliana was their little cheerleader! (Sonny even did his hair to cheer on the boys 1/2 red, 1/2 green, I forgot to get a picture)


Saturday night we went to some friends' house for dinner! Lots of fun! (Thank you "V" family!)


Then there is today (Sunday)...which let me start by saying...the weather sucked today! We had planned to get some more pictures taken, which we did, but it was cold and rainy! I am just hoping that we got some good ones. Aliana did okay during, not great, but okay, but the second it was over and we got in the car she had quite the meltdown..I guess no nap will do that to a one year old.


So that pretty much sums up the weekend. I am ready for bed...the kids are cranky, and I need to finish my work for the week. Maybe I'll have myself a glass of wine! ;o)

Family Picture Preview

As many of you know, we went and got family pictures taken last week! We've been needing/wanting them done for quite some time now....so instead of putting it off any longer we decided to just do it! I came across the work of an amazing photographer here in town! So last Wednesday we trekked out to a local park (Mirabeau Park) and took some pictures! It was chilly...Aliana fell asleep right before....and the boys were a bit hyper...but we made it work! I actually had a lot of fun!! Photography is something that interests me though...so it was awesome to have a "photo shoot" that didn't include back drops and only 6 poses! ;o) Here is a link to the preview and her website...

www.taradelacruzphotography.blogspot.com

More will be posted soon! I'm super excited to see the rest! If your looking to get pictures done....she's your girl! ;o) (Tara....hope you don't mind me plugging your business....haha)

Anyhow...I should be working instead of blogging....but this is more fun!!! I'll write more soon!