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Taimane "Knucklehead"

Taimane is almost 3 and is a hand full. He was my sick baby from the moment he was born. He had to stay in the NICU after birth for about 3 weeks. He had pneumonia and RSV. This was probably the scariest and hardest time in my life. My kids are only 11 months apart so it was hard to leave lil Naia with my mother in law while we were at the hospital with Taimane. Naia was still a baby so he didn't understand why we always had to leave him. For the first year of Taimane's life he was hospitalized 7 different times. He pulled through every time but it was still scary going through it. Mane is 2 almost 3 and he is doing really good. I get paranoid with every sickness he gets so I'm always taking him in just to make sure. He is the clown of our family and also the biggest knucklehead. He gets into everything!!! He loves to talk back and say not nice words. LOL I have no clue where he learns it from;) He is a mommy's boy to the fullest. I don't know where our life would be without our miracle baby.

Lil Manaia

This lil guys is going to be famous one day I swear. I'm not just saying that because he is my son:) LOL He is 3 right now and can already dance better than me. He loved watching America's best dance crew and got alot of his moves from that show. If he just sees something once he's already trying to do the move. He has got rhythm for days!!! He is also a football fanatic. Since he was a baby the only thing he would watch on TV is football. He knew how to get into a 3 pt. stance by the time he was one. If you ask him are you a boy he says no I'm a football player. I cant wait till the day when he is old enough to play sports. Every time we pass by a park he always ask me if he can play football yet. Sooooooooooo Cute!!! I cant believe how fast they grow up. People always tell you time goes by so fast with them but I'm realizing that now. It feels like just yesterday when he was just a  baby and now this time next year we will be getting him ready for kinder garden. Crazy huh...

Loving life

Okay so here is a quick recap on our lives. Manaia is no longer playing football due to all kinds of injuries. I swear he is the most accident prone person alive. During his college days at BYU he had two major shoulder surgeries, 1 knee surgery and tons of sculpts. After BYU he was with the redskins. During his first preseason game he pulled his groin. Now you all know without your groin you can even walk let alone run. Okay so then he played almost a full season with Utah blaze and ended up tearing up everything in his knee the same knee  he had surgery on years ago. So that brings us to the present. Manaia is currently working  for Mentoring Of America. He loves his job and is doing really good there. They have a 3 hour lunch break everyday so he gets to golf almost everyday as well. Must be nice huh:)
As for myself I went to school last year to become a Massage Therapist because we figured since Manaia gets hurt so much and practically lived on a massage table that this would be a great investment for not only him but also our boys when they get older and start playing sports. I graduated from UCMT last Aug. Since then I worked for AMP gym in Provo as their main therapist. During the winter season I decided to quit AMP and go for the big bucks!!! I got a job in Park City which doubled what I was making in Provo. I loved it and loved the money!
Since my season in Park city ended I've just been enjoying myself as a stay at home mom with my two crazy boys!!! Gotta love it right:)

Miss Samoa USA

Okay so my lil sister Sailau is running for Miss Samoa USA. The pagent is on July 26th. We've been so busy getting all of her puletasi's made and also her other dresses she will need. We've been asking everyone we know to donate money or their time into making this dream of hers possible. We've been truly blessed by everyone's support and love. I know she will do great. If she wins this then she will go to Western Samoa and compete in the Miss Teuila pagent, if she ends up winning that then the next pagent will be Miss South Pacific. How sweet would that be if she went all the way. So cross your fingers everyone and if anyone wants to help with her sponsorship just let me know.