Holy Cow!!!

Wow, I can't believe that it's been 2 months since we've posted anything.  As you all know this is a crazy time of year, with all the holidays and school, not to mention kids.  Well, I found some time to try and get everyone caught up with what's going on.

I am busy finishing up this semester with school, and work is getting crazy too with everyone sending all their Christmas packages out before the big day. (The sooner you send your packages the better, don't wait to the last minute).

Tonia is still a busy busy mom, she just got busier too.  Tonia is still teaching English online, she is still working at Zija, and now she just got a job teaching Japanese at a private high school. All of that on top of her duties being a full time mom.

She is SuperWoman

Kai just keeps getting bigger and smarter.  I can't believe she is almost 2.  She is so much fun, she is talking a little, starting to dance and sing, she is also quite sassy.  She is so popular at church and around the neighborhood.  When we went trick-or-treating for Halloween, everyone kept talking to KaiKai and saying how cute she was.

Here is a picture of Kai, Kalea, and my sister Brianne all decked out for Halloween.

Kalea is also getting bigger and more entertaining.  She has started to crawl around and is even making her way up some stairs, so the days of leaving her in a room by herself for a minute are gone.

This is a new thing that Kaikai is doing.  She gives a very fun "No".  It started after she took a bath and we asked her if her hair was wet, she said "Wet", then we asked if Dada's hair was wet, she gave us a cute squint and said "No"

Sorry it's sideways!

I will try to a better job of keeping ya'll informed.  Especially with the Christmas coming up!

It's been a sick week Part 2

What a yucky weekend.


Well it has been another rough weekend.  Saturday Kai started vomiting and having diarrhea, so while I was at the BYU game with my brother (Landon), my mom and Tonia took Kai to the hospital because she was not able to keep any food or fluid.  The doctor said it looks like a stomach virus that is going around and that it usually only lasts for 24-48 hours.  When they got home all we could give her was 5mL of Pedialyte® every 15 min.  Sunday morning we kept her home from church and we tried to give her more fluids and some foods. She kept it all down and was a LOT happier.  Sunday night when we were putting her to bed she started the vomiting again, so Tonia and I spent the whole night in Kai's room.  Monday morning we took Kai to her doctor and he again said that it is just a bad case of the stomach virus.  While we were waiting for the doctor Kalea tried to get some attention and started vomiting herself, so the doctor basically said Kalea probably has the same stomach virus.

The football game wasn't any better.  BYU lost to Nevada 27-13.  They have now lost 3 in a row after winning a close game against Washington in week 1.  After trying to run the team with 2 QB's an injury to Riley Nelson's shoulder that required season-ending surgery made Jake Heaps, a true freshman, our starter.  Heaps had a lot of playing time against Florida State in a loss and got the start this week against Nevada.  Although we have lost, there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel.  Heaps has a lot of talent and has shown some great potential, but he and BYU are just going through some growing pains.  Hopefully we can start winning again this Friday against Utah State who also have a 1-3 record.

P.S. My San Francisco 49ers got blown out by the Kansas City Cheifs.  They are now 0-3 and things aren't looking very good for the team right now.

It's been a sick week

Well, since we went to the zoo, we have had some sick babies.  Kalea caught a cold for a while, then Kaikai caught it.  They shared it with Tonia and I, then Kalea got an ear infection. We took her to the doctor on Saturday and got an antibiotic for her, she used it untill Tuesday night when we noticed a rash on her body that reminded us of a rash that Tonia got when she took amoxicillin because of an allergic reaction to the medicine.  Kalea is also allergic to amoxicillin. So we took her to the doctor again on Wednesday to get a new antibiotic.  Last night Kalea nearly gave us a heart attack when she had a diaper of blood red stool, we nearly rushed her to the Emergency room until we read on the prescription that the medicine she was given can cause your stool to be red. 

Luckily we are all getting better, both of the girls are happy and we are doing better as well.  It's been a sick week, but we are looking forward to a better one to come.

Our Labor Day Weekend

For our three day weekend, Tonia and I decided that we would take the girls with us up to Salt Lake City to stay the night and then take them to the zoo on Monday morning. After church on Sunday, we packed up and made our way to Salt Lake to  a hotel we have become fond of, Hampton Inn. Sunday night we took the girls on a walk around the city, we ended up walking to Temple Square where we ran into a few people that we knew from BYU-Hawaii.

Kaikai enjoyed our visit to the temple, she got to run around the visitor's center and liked seeing the temple.  We talked with some of the missionaries that were serving there on temple square, they were impressed with kaikai because she kept saying "Pempo", which is her way of saying temple, and pointed out Jesus.

We had a pretty good night at the hotel.  It was our first time taking Kai and Kalea on an overnighter.  We usually just take Kai and leave Kalea home. Because it was out first time with both babies, we were nervous about how they would sleep, worrying that one would wake the other and it sounded like a perfect recipe for a long night.  Luckily both girls did pretty well.  Kaikai did end up sleeping in our bed with us, but she slept well.

Monday morning we headed up to the Hogle Zoo trying to beat the crowds.  It was a lot of fun, we got to see elephants, rhinos, tigers, monkeys, giraffes, and a lot more animals.  Kai seemed to have an awesome time and Kalea ended up sleeping most of the time.  We took a lot of pictures and here are some of them.

We bought Kai a backpack with an elephant, and the best part is that it has a leash on it so we can keep a hand on kaikai.

Kaikai and I posing with King Kong.

I thought we measured up pretty well.

Kalea finally woke up so we were able to take a picture with her on the Tiger.

We were able to get Tonia in front of the camera for this one.  She makes the giraffe look even taller :)

I think Kalea agree's that we had a good day at the zoo

THE game

Well, Devan and I went to the first game of the BYU season.  The BYU vs. University of Washington.  The QB of U of W (Jake Locker) is said to be good as Tim Tebow.  And for those of you who know Tim Tebow also know that he was picked in the first round of the NFL draft this year and plays for the Denver Bronco's now.  Well back to the BYU game.  This year, BYU is trying something new.... They have 2 starting QBs.  Riley Nelson, who is a junior, and Jake Heaps, who is a true freshman.    They both did pretty well, and we think they worked well together leading the BYU cougars to a VICTORY! Nielson is more like a "running" QB, since he runs the ball a lot, but Heaps is very good at throwing the ball.  This was Heaps first "college football" game, since he graduated from HS last year.  The first drive wasn't very good for either quaterback, so I was a little worried, but the defense did an amazing job and was able to stop U of W.

During half-time, we were also able to see Steve Yong and some other former BYU QBs, like Jim McMahon and Ty Detmer, on the field because they were being awarded.  Devan was stoked and was taking lots of pictures.  I think the defense did super good today stopping Jacob Locker.  His name is up for the Heisman Trophy candidate.  Good game and goooo cougars!!

Picture of the Former BYU QBs getting ready for half-time

Cosmo the Cougar is my favorite, see he's pointing at me!

For those of you who would like to cheer with us, this is our "fight song" so have it memorized by the next game!!!

O Rise, all loyal Cougars and hurl your challenge to the foe.
You will fight, day or night, rain or snow.
Loyal, Strong, and True
Wear the White and Blue.
While we sing, get set to spring.
Come on Cougars, it's up to you!

CHORUS:
O Rise and Shout, the Cougars are out
Along the trail to fame and glory.
Rise and shout, our cheers will ring out,
As you unfold your vict'ry story.
On you go to vanquish the foe
For Alma Mater's sons and daughters.
As we join in song, in praise of you, our faith is strong.
We'll raise our colors high in the blue,
And cheer the Cougars of BYU.

CHANT:
"Ra, ra, ra, ra, ra (3x) GO COUGARS!"

 

We are on TV, well the back of my head is on TV

Sorry, it's been pretty busy...

Well, school is back in session!  I have been busy with school and homework, Tonia has been busy teaching and working, and the girls have been busy being babies.  I am at school full time taking my first semester of all Information Technology classes.  I am enjoying all of the classes so far.

Tonia is taking an online class on student-athletes that she seems to enjoy.  She is also working everyday now at Zija.  She is also teaching some students online.  She is amazing, because as busy as she is, she is still a wonderful wife and mother who spends as much time as she can with me and the girls.

We are gearing up for football season to start.  Tomorrow is BYU's first game of the season against Washington.    Tonia and I are going to go to the game and have a blast, we'll take some pictures that we'll post.  It should be a good game, Washington is going to be tough to beat with a great QB in Jake Locker and a bunch of weapons around him.  BYU is going to try a two QB system, we'll see how that turns out.  Also a lot of BYU's offensive weapons are gone to the NFL, so we will see how this next group of skill players does.  It's going to be an awesome day, can't wait for football!!!

Aloha

Piiiiii!

Kaikai learned a new word recently, she has been using it a LOT!  She learned the word "Please".  The way she says it sounds like "piii".  So whenever she wants something to when we are carrying her and she wants to walk she says "piiii piiiii piiiiiii piiiiiiiii", usually increasing in volume and intensity.  This morning we were finishing up some pizza from last night and when she asked for pizza she said "pipipiiiii"(pizza please).

Kalea has been moving more and more, she rolls all over the place. She tries to crawl, but she can't quite lift herself so she kinda pushes with her feet while balancing on her head forming an upside-down V shape (Kaikai also does the same thing).  Kalea is also blowing bubbles, making quite a wet mess of her clothes, but she loves it.

WARNING: Wet content, please view at your own digression (maybe with an umbrella and rain suit) 

Aloha, 

Tonia and Devan

UP

This deserves a small post on the blog.  Today Tonia and I went to my school to look at how much textbooks are going to be for this semester.  On our way in we (I mean Kai) noticed "some" balloons.  They had them all over the place throughout the school for the start of a new semester.  On our way out of the school I thought it would be cool to take some pics with Kaikai and the balloons.  It made Tonia and I think about the Disney movie, UP.  What about you?

A normal weekend

Well, we survived Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th.  Friday was just a normal day, where both Tonia and I had work and my parents babysat the babies. Saturday morning was Parade for Lindon Days, so Tonia took the girls to go watch the parade while I was at work.  Tonia said the girls, especially Kaikai, had a lot of fun.

Kalea was very intrigued with Grandpa's Icee

Kaikai had fun looking at balloons with Uncle Landon (aka Dodo)

The girls really did have fun at the Lindon Days Parade

Today was a good day

Nothing to special happened today, just a good Thursday before tomorrow, FRIDAY THE 13TH.

We were able to spend a lot of time together and with the babies this morning before I had work, so we played outside and took naps.  After work we went on a walk and enjoyed the time together.

This evening we were able to take a couple pictures of the girls.  Kaikai does a funny face that we have called "Monkey Face", so she wore her monkey shirt and showed us "Monkey Face".

We also dressed up little Kalea.  Since she looks like she could be from the islands we dressed her with a little lei.

She looks pretty Alohappy!

We had a good day today, and we hope you did too!  Love you all!

Aloha,

Tonia and Devan

Recent Happenings

Recently we have had a few little achievements in the family.  Tonia was able to get a part time job using Japanese at a company called Zija, she says that she really enjoys it and already knew a few of the people that work there. She is still doing her online teaching and taking online classes with Kansas State University.

Kai keeps growing everyday, she it probably the most popular baby in the neighborhood, whenever Tonia and I take the babies on a walk kids and friends from church always ignore us and say "Hey Kaikai!".   She loves the attention too.

Kalea just learned to roll over. So now every time we hear any movement coming from Kalea at night we have to get up and check on her, just to make sure she isn't face down.  It's a lot of fun though.

I am just doing the same old song and dance, just going to school (at Utah Valley University and Stevens Henager College) and working part time at a small shipping/packaging company called Post Mart.

Aloha,

Tonia and Devan

Welcome to our little family's blog!

Friends and Family,

You are all around the world and we want to let you know what's going on with us wherever you are.  Tonia and I decided that a blog would be an easy way to give everyone an opportunity to see what we are doing.  Our little girls are growing up so fast and we also wanted you to see them grow up with us.

Aloha,

Tonia and Devan