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HI!
I’m just poppin by to post some recent pics. My camera’s been found!!!
I hope you’re enjoying your Christmas break 
Before midnight mass.
After midnight mass.
Christmas morning.
After opening presents 
It’s been a great Christmas. I have more pics to share, but my computer is not cooperating. I’ll be back with more later.
Love-Love
~L
“Are you ready for Christmas?” – the question most asked by anyone and everyone. It’s the icebreaker in most conversations this time of year. I find it silly-sounding. My answer to that question every year is “No”. The week of Christmas always finds me scrambling to find that gift for one more (or 6) on my list. Ugh. I’m stumped with this last recipient. I’ve asked everyone on ideas and it may just be a gift card to some store or restaurant. So impersonal, right? It’s like I didn’t spend any time looking for a present, when in actuality, it is my last resort.
Ok, enough whining.
Tomorrow will be my last day at my current job. It’s a bittersweet time for me. I’ve spent 6 years of my life here. I’ve learned many things and made many friends. I’m grateful for my time here and looking forward to learning more and meeting more people. I’m praying this new job will be another job I will love. Pray with me, will you?
I have misplaced my camera (again). So I have no new pictures to share. the last two posts contained pictures taken with my cell phone (hence the crappy-ness).
So I’ve compiled some cute images to share with you today. (click to biggie)
I hope your Holidays are Happy and Bright!
Look what my sweetie got in Vegas
OMG! How sweet is that? This to me is like professing undying love and devotion. I absolutely, positively LOVE it!
On a side note, we don’t believe in curses. We’re both in this for life! Word.
He didn’t tell me about this, but showed me minutes after arriving home. I was beyond surprised. This is the man that cannot keep a secret from me long. It took a lot for him to contain his excitement. The effect of the showing is so much better than the telling. So awesome.
I love this man.
~L
What better way to spend time with your kids than to craft with them?
The other night I googled “snowflake template” and found some awesome tutorials online.
I have always loved the look of paper snowflakes and made it a point this year to make some. What I will do with these are still unknown. I can string them on the Christmas tree or off of the ceiling, or paste them to a bare wall. Oh, the options….
Anyway, here are some I whipped up in just a few minutes:
Pretty awesome, right?
There are so many crafty things you can make with kids. There are endless amounts of tutorials and ideas on the web. And the fact that they are easy enough for kids is what makes it a wonderful time for everyone.
Happy Crafting!
~L
My Dear Husband’s close friend Eddie Fatu (better known as Umaga on WWE) passed away December 4th.
Whenever he, Eki, would be in town, he would call us and get us passes to come to a show. We’ve hung out with him 4 times since moving here to Tennessee. He was a great guy and the kids adored him.
Eki is survived by his lovely wife Leata and four beautiful boys. He will be greatly missed…
RIP Eki
~L
HI!
Our little princess is a SINGER!
Translation:
“I’m a Barbie Girl in a Barbie world. It’s fantastic, it’s FANASTIC. You can brush my hair, every-everywhere. It’s Fantastic. It’s FANTASTIC.”
I wish she could stay this little forever
Happy Hump Day!
~L
Remember this post about curtains? Well, my crafty mama (who did not see that post by the way) put her collection of scarves to use and put this up:
Isn’t that awesome?
I know what you’re thinking. So that’s where Lette gets her craftiness from! Well, yes, and no. You see, I may be crafty in knitting, crocheting, and drawing, but my mama is so much more. She sews. She’s handy with power tools, or ANY tool for that matter. She draws and paints. She crochets. She’s articulate. She cooks a mean adobo. She can organize any mess you put her in. AND she’s beautiful. Ok, maybe all those things are not crafty, but that is part of what makes my mama the best.
And, no, you can’t have her.
Ok, we can share.
~L
*A little side note, my mom crochet the most wickedest doilies EVER when she was younger! She even crocheted herself a couple of dresses. I have a picture of her in them somewhere. I’ll post it soon. Isn’t she great?
Love you, mom!
Remember this stuff?
Last week, I went to Chris’ and wound this baby up. Look:
Ain’t it pretty? I love the way yarn cakes look. This will be a pretty shawl someday. Maybe this or this or this. What do you think?
I also wound up another pretty-ditty:
I casted on with this to make this.
I love knitting!
On other news, when the new year starts, I will be at a new job. Yes, I got a “Dear John” letter from my jobby-job and my last day will be Dec 31st. This year was supposed to be my first year getting a longevity check (bonus), I guess I did get one, huh? Merry Christmas!
I’m not worried though. Everything happens for a reason, and I know we’ll be ok. I’ve got my honey, my kids, my family, my friends, and my health. I am still very blessed.
Tonight Maria, Lloyds, and Meghann are coming over for game night! I’m really looking forward to it. What are you doing?
Have a great weekend!
~L
Hi.
With Thanksgiving around the corner and a grateful heart, I wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone. We have received texts, emails, messages on various sites expressing sympathy and condolences to my sister and the rest of the family here. We were overwhelmed by the all the love and prayers poured out to us, for us. It has definitely helped.
My best friend from high school who works for Samoa News, also did a memorial ad in the Friday November 13th issue. You can see the issue online HERE. (The ad is on the right). Thank you Carly, you so rock!
There were also people who donated to help with the burial costs. Thank you.
We have felt all the answers to your prayers as I watch Lloyda heal. It’s amazing how powerful prayer truly is. God is so good.
I pray you all are well, and that God blesses you ten-fold for all the love you have given us.
THANK YOU
~L & Family
Exhausted. Physically and emotionally. It’s been a rough week. I’m trying to get back into my schedule, but it’s not going well. I’m going to try and get to bed early tonight and hopefully more than 3 hours of sleep would help. Ya think?
Anyway, here are some pics of the kiddos. They are getting so big so fast. And everyday, my heart gets bigger right along with them =)
I LOVE MY BABIES!
How’s your week going?
~L
As you may or may not know, my nephew Francisco Kitiona (Baby Kit) passed away last Monday November 9th. We are devastated. Funeral services were held on Saturday and we are now trying to pick up the pieces and handle what remains with hope and the support of loved ones.
He was 16 days old and fought a good fight. We, his WHOLE family, are so proud of him.
As I type this, fresh tears fall, as if it happened yesterday. I can’t imagine the pain my little sister is going through. But she is strong. Stronger than I apparently. She mustered up the courage to speak at the memorial service for her son and managed to tell her baby’s story with pride and pain, joy and sorrow. She had to tell everyone how awesome her son was. She HAD to.
My heart is broken for my sister and for my nephew, whom we’ll never see grow up, who’s dreams and hopes faded away with him. All we can do now is pray. Pray for the comfort that one day we’ll see him again. The hope that he is right now, in the arms of our loving God and with our Lola and Lloyda’s dad, Tofa. We are comforted by that thought. Comforted to know that he is no longer in pain, that he is happy. For all ETERNITY.
Baby Kit, you are my guy.
With all my love, Aunty Lette.
Today my sister is 24. She makes me proud. Proud to be her big sister, and proud to be her friend.
I pray for joy and comfort this year for my sister. She’s so blessed having so much love in her life. I hope she knows that.
Happy Birthday little sis. I love you.
In light of recent events, my brother Gordon has temporarily converted his blogsite into a donation site to raise funds to help pay for the burial of my nephew Francisco Kitiona Marcelo (Little Kit, as we like to call him).
For more details, please click HERE.
Thanks to everyone for their love, kindness, and support during this time.
~L
Rest in peace little angel.
Just stopping by to share a little something with you all. Esp. the TWILIGHT fans!
Hilarious! I hear she does it even more on “Adventureland”… This is gonna bug me when I see the new one later this month 
I’ll be back soon with some new knitting!
~L
Happy Monday Family and Friends!
This past weekend was a blast!
First, we had a dance for Bubba’s football league on Friday night. Bubba and Nacho dressed up in their costumes and had a ball dancing the night away.
Bubba was MJ and Nacho was BATMAN….
Saturday, Bubba’s team played Spring Hill. It was an exciting game! It was the first game of the play-offs. We won 27-21. It was almost an upset. Our boys pulled out a win in the last 2 minutes! Maria and Lloyda came out to watch and we were yelling our heads off! It was INTENSE!
Saturday night we all drove to Chris’ house for a party. I took the kids trick-r-treating in her neighborhood. (It’s a nice subdivision in Mount Juliet). The kids had fun walking around and knocking on people’s doors. LaiLai kept saying “Tank yew, Mommy, fo tayting me tit-oh-teet!” Adorable. And she wasn’t shy in the least bit to say “Titt-OH-Teeet” to Chris’ neighbors, and she even yelled “Tant Yew!” after they handed her candy. Nacho was the shy one, speaking softly and standing behind his little sister. Ty helped me with the little ones, he held Nacho’s hand and I held Lai’s as we walked down the streets. DH stayed at Chris’ while I was with the kids.
DH took Lai to Mom’s after a couple of hours. She didn’t have anyone her age to play with, and she was a bit afraid of Chris’ doggies. We spent the rest of the evening enjoying good food and good company. We played dominoes, while the kids played Wii. We laughed and laughed and laughed. I wish you all could’ve been there too…..
Now on to the pics:
I was a “knocked-up GHETTO Toof-Fairy”, with my Baby Toof-Fairy, and Big Daddy Toof!
Chris the GLADIATOR!
Kris and Annie (Gypsy Vamp and Medusa!)
Doug and Denise (WoW characters, I forget the names)
Kris and Ty (Oh look! It’s Bella and Jacob!) hahahaha
Kelly was Mother Nature.
It was a long fun night for everyone. THANKS CHRIS!
How was your weekend?
~L
