DanceKicks

Follow me here. . . several several months ago I got a phone call from a friend in our ward asking if we would be okay with having the girls participate in a photo shoot for a friend of hers. Her friend was developing a line of dance clothing and was trying to put together a catalog and needed some older girls to help out with wearing the clothes for the shoot. She assured us that they were cute clothes and modest, so we said that we would be glad to help. Knowing Naki, I thought he would want to be present to make sure things were handled appropriately and that the girls weren't put in any uncomfortable situations. So he headed off to the shoot with Line and Malia. What a great Dad. He was the only male in attendance, with all the other girls and their mommas there, the girls stripping down and changing in one big room. He said that he just tried to stay in one corner, turned from all the girlies and only focusing on helping our girls so as not to make the other girls uncomfortable. He came home so proud of the girls and the way they carried themselves. As compensation for their time, the owner of the line said that the girls could come by her office and select a set of the clothes for free. We've stopped by several times but since it's more of an office for storage rather than a store for shopping they don't keep regular hours and we had difficulty crossing paths. Finally two weeks ago I stopped by with Line while Malia was at dance class. We knocked on the door, and were surprised to find someone there! I was trying to explain that the girls had participated in a catalog shoot, and that we weren't just trying to get free clothes! Line saved the day, when she spotted one of the catalogs on a table and said, "That's me!" Sure enough, she was on the front cover. What a fun thing it was to see her there. We grabbed the catalog in excitement, flipped it open, and were giddy when we saw our Malia, striken' her own pose on the inside. Man, do I have the cutest girls or what?! Inside and out! There was an insert to the catalog that showed the different materials their line came in, and along the bottom were some of the models in different poses. It was so fun to play "Where's Line and Malia?" with the insert. What cuties! I wanted to show all of you, and tried to get on their website, but it's in the beginning stages and so instead scanned the pics from the catalog onto my computer. Hopefully you can see them good enough. So Fun!




See if you can "I Spy" the girlies in these ones.

Happy 10th, Babe

On March 27th Naki and I celebrated our 10th Anniversary. How does the time pass so quickly? It seems like just yesterday that we were at Ricks, having the best time getting to know each other.


(No comment on any of my marvelous hair styles or outfits, understood everyone?)

After spending time apart while we served our missions, we were so excited to start our new married life together.

I readily admit that we had absolutely no idea what kind of a ride we were in for. It has been a fast and furious ten years, but I can't imagine having enjoyed the experience any more than I have, and all because of the person I was blessed to enjoy it with. Naki has always been the person that I can rely on to cheer me, lead me, love me, console me, entertain me!, infuriate me, tease me, love me some more, cuddle me, understand me, laugh with me, and love me some more. Lucky for us, we acquired a couple of fun additions along the way.




And along the way, poor guy also found out the hard way that perhaps, just perhaps, he got more wife than he bargained for. What can I say, I'm a little crazy these days, and he is the one that gets to deal with it.

I love you so, Naki, and wanted to tell everyone that I am the most blessed woman because I met and fell for you. Happy 10th, Honey. I love you.

Learning about service

I can't even count all the different times mom had us practicing "Yankee Doodle" or some other group number to sing at one event or another...sometimes for money, and sometimes for service. A good friend of ours in our ward was having a surprise 50th birthday party for her sister-in-law with a theme of Hawaii 5-0 and asked if the girlies would dance for it. I of course said yes, and couldn't wait for the girls to have another opportunity to serve others, while at the same time, practicing their dancing. Now, we only know 2 numbers, and realized that for the Tahitian number they know we can no longer perform it because all the costumes are way too small. So, it's time to update the costumes and I think it's time to learn a new number. Anyone out there know a tradional Tongan one? The girls are ready!

Wordless Wednesday

Go Cougs!!

I remember as a kid getting to take my turns going with Dad to the Penn State Basketball games. I was always so excited when it was my turn. Naki got some tickets recently and this time took Malia with him. She had such a great time.

And of course, she and Naki couldn't be in the Mariott Center without taking a trip to visit Grandfather Davis on his famous basketball team photo. Go Grandfather!! and Go Cougs!!

Sneaking In

All of our kids have done this to some extent, but with Eva, the baby holds some magnetic pull for her. She literally can not resist her. I struggle with knowing exactly how to handle this. This house is so strange as far as sound...if doors are shut it is REALLY hard to hear what's going in there, or, if I am upstairs you literally can not hear what is going on downstairs, and vice versa. So if I put the baby in bed and then pull the door shut all the way I can be in the room next to hers and never hear her cry. So, I tend to leave the door open a crack. This is the reason that Eva continues to sneak in Ane's bed. This may not be a big deal to some, but if you've seen Eva's interaction with babies, she tries to get as close to them as she possibly can, and this sometimes means cheek to cheek, stomach to stomach, toes to toes. In other words, completely smooshing them. She's such a tank, she'd smother Ane for sure! However, every time I've caught her in there she is always laying side by side with Ane, and Ane is completely happy to have her there. Hmmm...I'm not sure how to handle this.

Ballroom Superstars

Naki is the sweetest. He knew that I was seconds away from losing my mind and that I desperately needed some time away from a cute but seriously time consuming 6 month baby girl. So he arranged for Line, Malia, and I to attend the most fun thing ever! He found out that BYU was hosting this years United States National Amateur DanceSport Championships. Ballroom! Now, we've never danced ballroom and neither have our girls . . . yet. That's a yet for ALL of us. Naki and I will some day be taking lessons. Mark my words. And we'll be dang good, too! But since we're such huge Dancing With the Stars fans, he thought that the big girls and I would really appreciate watching it. It was such a blast.

After watching them for a while you start to take for granted just how fast they're able to move their feet. They were incredible. They would compete in heats, starting with all the couples in the first heat. Then they would only bring 24 back, then 12 back, and then the final 6. We had such fun picking our favorite couple in each heat, and then watching to see if they made it through the cuts on to the next heat. Both girls really liked this particular girl, and were taking pictures of her.
We were amazed how much energy everyone there had. We finally had to leave at 11:15 pm because we were just too tired and they were still going strong! I asked the girls if they would prefer taking this kind of dance lessons or the one their currently in, and they both still prefer to stay in their current classes, but we'll see what the future holds. I don't know, they look pretty good to me, don't ya think?