THANKSGIVING WEEKEND!

 

 HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! :)

Everybody looks forward to THANKSGIVING FEAST, (Who doesn't?!) The yummy turkey, pies, and the celebration are all GREAT. However, I personally think Thanksgiving is incomplete without a moment of reflection. :) I am thankful for my Heavenly Father, the gospel, the power of the priesthood & repentance, the plan of salvation, my AMAZING fam(ily), my GORGEOUS friends, a shelter over our heads, for the yummy foods&drinks, and LIFE!! I have so much more I am so thankful and grateful for, but those are some of the ones that's at the top of my "long" list. :) 
My families Thanksgiving day started at home with my family. We had our feast around 12pm, after that we got ready and headed to town to meet up with hubbys family. We spent some time with late Papa Vivao for a bit with the rest of the family. It was nice to have all his siblings and their families there. After that we headed to Waianae to spend some time with his dad Papa Fonoti and the rest of the family :) We pretty much ate the whole day, cause we ate again in Waianae. lol. I swear I think I gained like 15 pounds. Thru out the day, the company was GREAT, and the food was DELISH! My family and I have three different Thanksgivings, haha its a lot of driving, but we LOVE it, and we wouldn't have it any other way! :) Our Thanksgiving was full of LAUGHTERS, LOVE, ONO FOOD, AND GREAT COMPANY! :) Hope you all had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving with your loved ones!



GO BIG RED!!

After Thanksgiving Day, It was GAME DAY (Friday) in Red RaiderNation. It was Kahuku vs. Punahou for the 2011 State Championship. The entire week I been waiting for this day, lol..like no joke. "Thats how you know I'm a die hard Red Raider fan/alumni!" hahaha This game was pretty much the talk of the entire week, when it finally came, I made sure I had my Kahuku gear ready to go. lol. My husband is a Leilehua Alumni, sssoo of course he wasn't as excited as I was, but he was still a good sport about it. hahaha. Hubby had to work so he left to work in the morning, I had him take extra clothes so he can get ready at his aunts place in Halawa (didn't want to be late to the game) haha, Nahleah and I caught ride with my parentals. We left early, like around 3pm, and the game doesn't start til 7pm. lol "Again-->DIE HARD FANS!!" haha. We left early cause there was a tailgate party, so we got to eat and chill with friends&families, until the game started. :)

I met up with the husby and his little nephew moments before the game started, when we finally got inside the stadium, it was PACKED with RED. Luckily I had one of my girlies save us seats in the orange section (cause that's where all the action is at) lol. The game was sssooo GOOD, the boys played their hearts out. And the stands were shaking (LITERALLY) from all the Red Raider Fans jumping and cheering the ENTIRE game. I'm telling you there aint no other Community or School like this. I could feel the energy and the excitement from everyone else. Its a "you just have to be there to experience it" feeling. My husbands family came to watch too, so it was nice to have them there and WITNESS what we RED RAIDERS are capable of!!! :) haha Next thing I know they all doing the TOMAHAWK CHOP! hahaha..Any-who Kahuku Won and the drive home was TEN MEAN!..lol The parade started from Ka'awa, like for real, there were people on the side of the road cheering and honking for days. The parade lasted for a long time, cause when I finally went to sleep, I can still here people screaming and honking, and this was like 3 something in the A.M. lol My husband had sssooo much fun that he LOST his voice, bahhahaha. So much for the Mighty Mules. lol. So that's ONE more thing to be GRATEFUL and THANKFUL for...is to be a part of this AMAZING COMMUNITY, and to have graduated from the BEST HIGH SCHOOL EVER-->Kahuku High and Intermediate High School! :) This WIN was much needed after what had happened last year. After all the pain this community and school went thru, in the end WE CAME BACK ON TOP, and brought both the O.I.A title and STATES title back to where it belongs :) So basically this ENTIRE weekend it was nothing but HONKING and CHEERING, CELEBRATING OUR WELL EARNED WIN! I LOVE MY COMMUNITY!! WE TRULY ARE IN IT FOR LIFE! :) RRFL <3

 Red RaiderNation doing what they do BEST :)

Tailgating :)

Oh YEAAH *Recruits* lol :)

2011 O.I.A CHAMPS & STATE CHAMPS!! CHHEEEHHHOOOO :)

--Ruta

ONE Step CLOSER!

Planning is so EASY to do, but going about in fulfilling those plans is another story. I am HAPPY to say that today (Sunday), my husband (Justin Alalita Fonoti) finally got his MELCHIZEDEK PRIESTHOOD!! Yayyy! After all the preparing and interviews, he finally did it :) I am sssoo proud of him, and forever grateful for his LOVE & DETERMINATION. Before we got married, we've talked about ETERNITY, and now that we're married, ETERNITY became an everyday goal. It was hard at first, but with the LORD on our side, I know we could overcome the obstacles and challenges we would face.

Marriage is a challenge in itself, I've learned to be more PATIENT, UNDERSTANDING, and FORGIVING. I really didn't understand what i was really getting myself into, when I said "I DO". To me (back then) Marriage was just marrying the person you Love and want to be with for the rest of your life. I never really gave it much thought then just that. But til this day I have NO REGRETS whatsoever about our (or MY) decision. :) We been married now for two years, soon to be three, and we decided its TIME to make it ETERNITY. We been talking and thinking about it for quite some time now, but we never really put it in "ACTION". It was just "TALK". 

  My parents have been asking countless times, "When are you guys taking your family to the temple? You need to hurry up and do that!" And I would always brush it off, but deep down in my heart I knew I had to do just that. One night I couldn't go to sleep, it was weird, cause I was super tired, but I just couldn't close my eyes and go to sleep. All I could think about was my parents, and how they seem to have everything down. I kept asking myself "how do they do it?" "how do they juggle so much and still have time for church and their callings?" "why am I not like them?" "why can't I be more faithful and righteous?" and the questions go on. The next day, I emailed my mom (yes, we email each other even though we live and see each other everyday) lol. asking her all those questions I was thinking. She emailed me back saying "I do all this because of FAITH and LOVE for my Heavenly Father and my FAMILY"..I pretty much cried the entire time reading her email. That email changed my thoughts immediately after reading it. :) 

  With that, I talked to my husband about my experience and just shared my thoughts, and he too agreed. I told him we can't wait anymore, its NOW or NEVER, we need to do this not just for US, but for our growing DAUGHTER (and of course future kids) So lately we been working towards Eternity, its a slow process, but we're GETTING CLOSER!! I am Excited, Happy and Truly Thankful that we both came this far, and we continue to strive for our GOAL. With that said, I LOVE MY FAMILY AND MY HEAVENLY FATHER, Im forever GRATEFUL for the Plan of Salvation and of course the Teachings of the Gospel. I honestly don't know where I would be without it. **FAMILIES ARE ETERNITY**

-Ruta

BIRTHDAY/HALLOWEEN UPDATE

BIRTHDAY GIRL <3

Okay so I been behind on my posts, so i figured I would do an update on EVERYTHING, instead of posting like three different blogs in one day. haha. So lets starts with Nahleahs 2nd Birthday! Her birthday was on Oct. 14th (last month). My hubby was not here for 2nd bday, cause he was in Alaska for his cousins wedding. I wanted him to take her with him, but when I thought about, he's going to be busy with the wedding, and Nahleah doesn't go to just anybody. lol. So she stayed home with me. The night of her Birthday, we had cake & ice cream. I had my two besties come over to celebrate. (Jieni&Kerri) It wasn't anything BIG, just a little gathering with my family and friends :) Aunty Jieni made cupcakes, (Nahleahs FAVORITE!) Before we sang Happy Birthday, i Oovoo'd her daddy in Alaska! Once I got him on, we all sang Happy Birthday together, like 3 times (no joke) lol. It was really nice to have him on Oovoo cause even though he was far away, he still got to sing and see her blow her candle. :) After cake and ice cream and hot dogs *lol* we did our nails! The next day, my mom and I took her to the Disney Hotel that just opened. There we had breakfast with Mickey and friends :) Nahleah was sssssooooo EXCITED, it was just too cute! We got to take pictures with the characters, and the food was DELICIOUS! :) It was a GREAT ending to her Birthday, I know she LOVED every minute of it. Here are some pics of her Special Day! <3

Breakfast with MICKEY & FRIENDS :)

PERFECT ENDING <3

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Hope everyone had a GREAT&SAFE Halloween! :) This year is Nahleah's #3 Halloween. We started with the L9 Primary Trunk or Treat! It was FUN, seeing all the kids and some or the ADULTS in their Halloween costumes! :) Nahleah had fun, she didn't really get the concept of things, but when she realized what they were putting in her bucket (CANDY) she started getting the hang of things. lol. I think we went around the parking lot 3 times. lol. Then on Halloween night, we went Trick or Treating in town with my in-laws :) Dang Trick or Treating in town was pretty good, we had to dump Nahleahs basket like 4 to 5 times. lol. The area were we were at was nice, I think it was somewhere in Aiea. haha Im not good with locations in town, after all I am a Country girl. lol. Nahleah was a LADY BUG and my hubby was a RUGBY PLAYER. haha. I went as MYSELF :) We all had fun and so did my little Lady Bug! 

L9 Primary Trunk or Treat

Trick or Treating w/Family

--Ruta