Fly time, fly!

Lately in our home Jr. and I have been obsessed with time. What I've been thinking about is what time was it when I lost track of time? I've been as sick as a dog all week and didn't even realize Halloween coming so quickly. Ray didn't have a costume so on Thursday we had to go out and buy one for him. Leka luckily wears Ray's old costumes so we just buy one a year. Those things are expensive. I wish I knew how to sew and create things but I don't. And knowing myself even if I had the skill I doubt I'd put it to good use.

Jr. on the other hand has been wanting time to go fast. He just wants it to speed up and literally fly by. It's all he's been talking about lately. He just misses Naki soooo much it's making him antsy. I'd love to ease his burden and find the perfect words to make him feel better but I don't have those words. I just hold him and wish time would speed up a little too.

Ray and Leka cant wait for Halloween to come. Those boys love them some candy. They get candy all the time so I wonder what's all the fuss for Halloween. But they are excited to see their cousins tonight and trick er treat together. I know they will have a great time.

Naki Maile

I don't have words to say how much I will miss my brother in law Naki. By now it seems the whole world knows that he passed away unexpectedly last Friday. Everyone knew him and loved him. I've been avoiding Facebook and blogs like the plague just wishing that it was a bad dream. But the harsh reality is that we lost one of the greatest people I've ever known last week. My heart goes out to Abby and my sweet nieces. I love them so much. They will have to endure this mortal life without him. Please help them if you can by going to http://www.nakifamily.com/ and donating whatever you can to help them out.

I love and miss you Big Nox!

A breakfast to remember

So it's been forever since my last entry. My family and I have been overwhelmed with softball, school, homework, luau's, band practice, etc. But I had to make time to blog about a great breakfast that Jr. and I had with our boys on Conference weekend.

The last couple of years Jr. and I have taken the boys up to Salt Lake to watch Conference in the Joseph Smith building, but this year we have literally been so busy that it sounded nice just to stay home. So that's what we did. We woke up and stayed in our P.J.'s which probably isn't the best idea if your planning on staying awake for ALL the speakers. As always it was great to hear from the leaders of our church and feel rejuvenated and recharged to live the gospel and serve others.

After the first session we started to make breakfast because we got up so late. Jr. and I have never been big on letting our boys help prepare meals. I always think it will be a bigger mess to clean up. But to my surprise I heard Jr. tell them "yes" when they asked if they could help. Look at these cute little chefs in the making.

They got these aprons from Naki and Abby's family for Christmas and this is the first time they've used them. They were so excited. Jr. let them mix the pancake batter and scramble the eggs. Jr. is the cook in our home. If it's not ramen noodles or mac and cheese I'm most likely not the one that made it. But the boys were in the best mood spending time with their Dad and cooking in Ray's words "the most delicious breakfast ever". They started getting creative and wanted to experiment with some unusual ingredients.

Cheedo's and Coco puffs. They ate every last bite of their creation also. I'm so blessed to have these cuties in my life. I'm so thankful that I had a weekend to just sit and relax and enjoy my family. Hope you all had a great Conference weekend too!