Braxton

Just a little bit about our oldest son. He has the heart of gold. He is always helping other people. He makes sure his siblings are taken care of. On Monday he came home from wrestling practice and told me that he was named the wrestling team captain. We are so proud of him. Last week he came home from school and told me that he needed some warmer gloves and that he needed to wear his good hunting boots to school. I asked him why and he said that he needed to help Mr. Stapley getting all the snow off the ground. One of his friends wanted to ask for money but Brax said No. He was doing it to help and wouldn't accept any money. One day we were driving down the road and our neighbor lady was out shoveling her snow. Braxton was in shorts and a tshirt and no coat. He didn't care. He made me stop, he got out, and he told me to come back in 15 minutes so he could shovel her snow for her. She offered him some money and he said, "absolutely not!" He loves helping other people. We were talking about the missionaries the other day. He asked me why they don't come to our house anymore. I told him that they don't come up here very much and the other wards get to feed them. He said, "mom, we need to go take them to lunch or something like that." I asked him why and he said, "one day I'm going to be a missionary and I hope that somebody will take me to lunch!" Braxton likes to go in and get my drink for me. I usually give him extra money and he never gives me my change back. I asked him what he is doing with all the change he keeps. He told me, "I have a missionary fund, a college fund, and a fund to buy my sisters stuff." Now that Grandma Lita is here he has also started a "Grandma Lita DI fund". He knows that she loves going to the DI so he got a jar and has put a ton of change in it for her. I could go on and on about our oldest son. He is such a good kid and we are so lucky to have him. I know that I sound like a proud mom that is bragging about her son. But I want him to look back through this blog and know that we are watching him. We are watching him grow. We are watching him become a great young man. We are watching him put others before himself and we are watching him be a great example to all those around him. I know this kid is gonna do so much with his life. He has some pretty great goals and works everyday to get closer to achieving them. We love you so much son and are so proud of you! Thank you for all you do for everybody around you. We love you!

Braxton Wrestling

Braxton went to a wrestling tournament in South Sevier a couple of weekends ago. He wrestled three kids, all of them bigger and older than him. He pinned the first kid in 10 seconds, then the next one was a freshman in high school. He pinned him and then the last one I can't remember how old he was but he also pinned him. Congrats to Brax. There is a fire lit under him and he is being really aggressive and doing a great job! Keep up the good work Bud! We love you!

Snow Snow and more Snow

The snow is almost covering my jeep! This is ridiculous! I don't know if our trampoline will ever make it after this. I am hoping that we aren't getting anymore snow but I think we are supposed to this week:(

Snow

I really don't think it is normal to have the snow half way up the fence!!

Tevon's Blessing

I know this is really late but I need to get it blogged. Tevon was blessed the first Sunday in January by his daddy. It was such a special blessing and we are so thankful for all those priesthood holders that stood in his circle. After the blessing we met for dinner. It was good to get together with everybody. Here are some pictures of the day. The picture that has all the babies was quite interesting. Ngalu and Mana were born in September, then Tevon in October, and Carter in November. Carter is so tiny compared to all the other ones but they are all sure cute! I just realized that I didn't get a picture of Tevita and Tevon all dressed up. Oops! Anyways, it was a great day and I'm glad to finally get these posted.

Sipola funny

So, we were on a little drive today. I was sitting in the middle row and I just happened to listen to the girls conversation in the back row. Here is how it went: Mehi: Lia, what are aliens?
Lia: You know, they are people from other planets.
Sipola: Yeah, like Mexico!
So funny, couldn't help but post it!

Mehi funny

My friend told me that a good way to get babies who are having a hard time with their bowel movements to drink a bottle with some dark Karo syrup in it. I have done it with Tevon and it really works. Well, last night for dinner Tevita made the kids pancakes. He had them use the dark karo syrup on them. Mehi says to me today, "Mommy, daddy gave us Tevon's syrup on our pancakes." I asked her, "was it good?" She said, "Yes, and it made us poop!" What a cutie this little girl is!