My Valentines Day

Valentines Day is a day where we get to buy/spoil/show our loved ones how appreciative and blessed we are to have them in our life. Its also a day we get to spend with our loved ones. Well in my family, since I was little, I've noticed my parents not really celebrate this "Valentines Day". I have yet asked them "why" they don't, but i figured its cause back home "Samoa" they don't really celebrate this, so I guess they are use to it. lol. I think the only time I remember my dad getting my mom roses for Valentines Day was last year! And I remember her saying "Oh, WOW! Finally, you get me flowers!" lol. This year was different. I don't know what my parents did, but I think they went to town to celebrate. I on the other hand woke up to a note on our white board saying "HAPPY  VALENTINES DAY BABY" and at the bottom it said "look by the door" and sure enough there was a small red bag hanging by the door. (I always write little notes and pin them next to the door cause he hangs his keys there, and that way he will see it) lol Inside the bag was my pearl necklace I got from my mom on my 16th birthday! The day before Valentines Day I told him, I didnt want anything for V-day and my B-day, since he already let me splurge on JusFab (shoes) and the bag he got me. I felt that was enough for me, and i really didn't want to spend anymore. With that said, he went ahead and fixed my broken necklace. [The necklace broke the day I found out I was pregnant...for some weird reason it just fell off, the chain broke and the pearl separated itself from the pendant, and I was just laying down watching t.v when I felt it come right off] lol So I been asking him to get it done for me...for the past year and a half...and finally he did! lol YAY!! I was touched and surprised, cause this necklace of mine had a lot of sentimental value. <3 

I called him right after I opened the little red bag, and Thanked him and wished him Happy Valentines Day! :) For the day Nahleah and I cleaned and did our normal routine, and then before hubby got home, my minnie me and I made a little sign/letter to Daddy :) Homemade cards/gifts are always the best!! When hubby got home we had dinner and a movie. It was a perfect day & night! I got to spend it at home with my loves. Hope everyone had a great Vday! 

-Ruta

The Mini-Vacay & Moms 50th B-day Weekend :)

I'm like a week late, but HEY! better late then NEVER right!? lol. So this is the continuation to the previous post! As I said before it was my Moms B-Day and it was a pretty big one too, cause she was turning 50! :) Usually you throw a big party for the big 50, but my mom didn't want that. I asked why, and she replied, "because we will have to cook and serve others and its too much work and hassle. I just want to spend time with my husband and kids" :) And so we decided to go to the Aulani Disney Resort for the weekend of her birthday. We checked in on Friday the 27th. We were sssssoooo EXCITED, even my dad couldn't sleep the previous night cause he was excited to go. hahaha. TRUE STORY! lol. The drive there was fun, it was just my and parents and us kids. My hubby was meeting us there after work, so it was just me and ben and sefa with my parents and of course Nahleah too, in the Family car. On the way to the hotel we all talked and cracked jokes on each other. It was nice cause my brother is hardly home, and we never really get a chance to spend family time with each other. Besides everyone's schedule was different, so it was already hard getting the family together. But this weekend I made sure EVERYONE was gonna be there. It was a special weekend as a family to spend together and it was my moms only birthday wish. So when we got there, we immediately got leid and helped with our bags! I swear it was just for the weekend, but we packed like we were moving in! hahaha I told my dad "OMG the workers are prolly like (WHAAAAT MOVE IN ALREADY!!)" ahaha. No but seriously we had a cooler filled with food and lots of bags like we flew in or something! lol We really did look like we were moving in tho. HA! So after we checked in we went up to our villa and it was sssoooooooo nice! We stayed on the 12th floor and the view was beautiful! I already knew the weekend was going to be amazing cause it was also the pro bowl weekend, which means we were hoping to run into some nfl players. My husband pulled up like ten minutes after we arrived with his nieces and his little sister. We invited them for Nahleahs sake and we thought it would be fun for all of them. So the villa we stayed at was a two bedroom and two and a half bathroom place. The kitchen was completely furnished and the living area had two pull out couch beds, so it was perfect with all of us there. The bedroom I chose was the one with the two queen beds, one for hubby and I and the other for my niece and sister in law :) The boys (Ben&Sefa) crashed outside on the pull out beds and my parentals got the master bedroom with the AMAZING bathroom! Nahleah slept with them cause their bed was bigger then ours lol. We had dinner that night and family prayer and then went to bed. It was now even harder to sleep cause of all the excitement..lol. But we managed to get some shut eye :) The next morning we had breakfast then went down to the pool area and spend the whole day there. The hotel had a mini water park, it was a lot of fun and the girls were enjoying their time there. I left my mom and the girls there and went up to the room with my baby niece. I didnt swim til later with my hubby and brothers. My dad joined my mom and them when they were swimming earlier, so everyone got to swim that Saturday lol. I made a big dinner since it was our lastnight there. We had porkchops and Mushroom Chicken! YUM! The next day we checked out, but still stuck around for the activities. Even though we checked out, we could still use the facilities which was pretty neat. We got to take pictures with the characters, which is something i really wanted to do for the kids :) After taking pictures, we did some activities the hotel provided. The girls had so much fun and so did the adults. We left the hotel around 2 or 3 in the afternoon. Yes we missed church. lol. But all in all the weekend was the best, it was so good to spend some time with the family especially for moms big 50. She got what she wanted and it was a great way to start off our 2012 year :) We all hope to go there again some day. :) It is by far the best 50th Birthday weekend and Family Outing Ever! I will never forget this special weekend of ours :)

THE FAMILIA :)

POOL DAY!

PICTURES W/MINNIE, MICKEY, STITCH & GOOFY! :)

I had to post this for the Birthday Girl and her little Rascal! lol Bath time in their big bathtub, that could be Nahleah's own personal pool! lol

-Ruta