Fiti's Wedding

Wow!!! what a crazy weekend. We headed to St. George for my younger sister Fiti's wedding. Putting a wedding together takes alot of work and my entire family is completely exhausted. Things got crazy at times but in the end it turned out great. Teni was the ring bearer and did such a good job. Fiti made a beautiful bride and Dan was a handsome groom. We wish them nothing but the best!

On Friday we attended Fiti and Dan's wedding ceremony held at the Opera house in St. George. Then on saturday we headed to Santa Clara for their reception PARTY!!!

The beautiful bride

Alyia, Fiti and me

All the boys with the bride and groom
Our family
The bride's maids, bride, and ring bearer (Teni)..I was incharge of the flowers and so for the first time I made Fiti's bouquet as well as the bride's maids bouquets. They turned out better then I expected.

Fiti and her flower girls and bride's maids

Uncle Tenny and Teni getting ready to walk down the aisle

After the wedding ceremony we then had a family luncheon at a splash park in Washington Fields. The food was great and the company was better.

Teni gettin messy

Marley and Jordyn relaxin

Alyia and Elle our lil' divas

It's party time!!! Saturday was the reception day. We had great food and entertainment.

The bride and groom cuttin the rug down the "soul train" line.

Tai the dancing machine. He always gets the party started.

Alyia and Elle

I couldn't help but get some dance moves in too.

Teni and Alyia busting the move

Everyone doing the "electric slide"

And now I am recovering after such a CRAZY weekend!

Happy Birthday Jordyn!!! We love our little princess..

Our sweet Jordyn has turned 1 !!!! I can't believe how fast time flies but I guess with 3 little kids, it's a blessing that time does exactly that....for now, Im sure my feelings will change the older they get. Speaking of blessings, Jordyn has been a perfect angel for our family. She has a very calm personality but is NO pushover!..being the youngest of the 3 she has learned very quickly to hold her own ground. She's a perfect mix of me and Troy.We love our little princess and we can't get enough of her!!!

We had a bbq with family and friends.

All eyes on Jordyn. Talk about pressure...the kids could hardly wait to have a bite!
Taking it one bite at a time.

Jordyn's thumb never tasted better.

Alyia finally getting her slice of cake.

Abbey and Hayley

Happy birthday Jordyn!!!!

Look who's two wheelin

Fiti's Bridal Shower

My younger sister Fiti is getting married!...and so of course we couldn't send her off without a bang! Me and my sisters put together the funnest (in my opinion) bridal shower EVER! We had great food and played hilarious games. Our picnic theme was a huge hit. We laid quilts out and had picnic baskets in the center filled with all your picnic necessities. We made delicious chicken crossant sandwiches and had yummy side dishes. It was so fun to celebrate this with all our cousins and some of Fiti's old friends from Spanish Fork. We had a great turn out.

I made this "bride's" cake for the party.

We played a game of "make the flashiest undie and then model it down the catwalk"...too funny! We had a blast with this game.

Ready for the catwalk...I was all business

Fiti of course was the deciding judge and choose...Jane,Kensie,Rya,and Sina. The winning team for "flashiest undie" and "best walk down the catwalk" They put an island twist to their undie.

A cake for the bride.

Just some of the girls...cousins,sisters, and bride's maids

Fiti the bride.

Speedy Spaniard 10k/ Spanish Fork Parade

Happy Pioneer Day and happy first 10k birthday to me! I officially ran my very first "speedy spaniard" 10k and boy was it tough, but sooo much FUN! I have been training the last 4 weeks to prepare myself for my first 10k. I've realized a few things about myself while training. First, that I am NOT at all a natural long distance runner(I am more of sprinter). I average a 10 min mile and if I want to become competitive in this sport my time per mile definitely has to improve. Second, I need to shed about 20 lbs. if I want to reach my goal of running a marathon and lastly, I have alot to learn about pacing myself. I completely burned myself out by starting off too quickly. I know that the more I run and race, the more all this will become 2nd nature. I finished the race in 1hr and 3min. My time was not great but I've decided to do more 10k's in the future so I can improve my time. My next 10k race will be in Sept. and I hope to improve my time by atleast 5min. Wish me luck!

Ashley,Michelle, and Me after the race.

Right after finishing the Speedy Spaniard we headed out to watch the Spanish Fork parade with Tom and Hayley's family. Then we had a yummy bbq at Tom and Hayley's home.

Alyia and Teni ready for the candy action.

Troy's very first triathlon!

Troy completed a sprint triathlon in Logan...his very 1st! It was so fun to watch him at each leg of the race. I especially loved being there to cheer him on. He did GREAT and I am so proud of his hard work.

Jesse,Mark and Troy

(they all trained together for this race)

Troy getting ready to start his 500meter swim.

Troy completed his swim at a faster time than he expected. (11min and 14secs)

Just finished biking 12.5miles
(completed biking in 41min and 2secs)

Finish a 3.1mile run.
Finishing strong. (completed run in 28min and 40secs)


Teni was at the finish line cheering on his dad.

What an accomplishment! He finished the triathlon with the total time of 1hr and 25min.

Happy Independence Day!!!!!

We started our 4th of July bright and early at 5:30 am!!!... to see the hot air balloon extravaganza in Provo. It was pretty cool to see these balloons up close. Teni's favorite hot air balloon was Tony the Tiger. It was my family's first to see this event but definitely not our last!

Smokey the Bear was the coolest by far.

Jordyn's first 4th of July

My family then headed up Mapleton canyon to spend the rest of the day at the Whiting campgrounds. Some of my siblings came up with their family to celebrate the 4th with us and it was nothing but fun fun fun!!!!We arrived at the campsite around 1:00 in the afternooon and didn't leave until 9:30 at night. We had so much fun that we can't wait to do this again.

My niece Rya w/ Jordyn

There was a creek right behind our campsite and it was a huge hit for the kids. They played in it all day.

Teni,Elle and Olivia

Vita was the perfect cook. He made his famous teriyaki burgers and they were the BOMB!

A party isn't complete without playing spades and dominos.

Carsen was unbeatable at this game

After leaving the campsite we headed into Provo to complete our night by watching Stadium of Fire's fireworks show. We parked close enough to enjoy the show but far enough to miss the traffic. The kids sat in the back of uncle Sherman's truck. I've got to admit that I was really disappointed with the show. It maybe lasted all of 15 minutes..maybe 20 and after just 5 minutes of beginning, the fireworks came to a DEAD STOP...that's right, we sat for 10 minutes with nothing. I have no idea what the delay was but they finally started up again but not for much longer. I've seen the firework show at the Stadium of Fire about 5 years ago and it was absolutely amazing and so I was expecting the same show but was sadly disappointed. It was a blessing in disguise since my family was so exhausted from our crazy day that we had to wake the kids up to watch the show. I was glad to have the day end. We were completely pooped and now we are trying to recover from our fun filled day!

Alyia, Mason, and Carsen

Can you tell Troy was exhausted?