Happy birthday to me!

Well, today I am another year older. I don't really like birthdays, getting older freaks me out. And the day is never quite how I envision it to be, but today was pretty good. I was awakened by sweet little voices, and one very low voice, singing happy birthday to me, telling me that breakfast was ready. Yum :)

Earlier this week I bought a cake mix and Mallina has been asking if she can help make the cake EVERY DAY. So finally Vama let her and Eva help him bake my cake. We hung out at the mall for a while, then Vama barbecued some food for dinner and they sang to me again. I am now getting ready to head to the movies with my fabulous niece Nichole while Vama puts the girls to bed. It has turned out to be a pretty nice day. :) Here are some pictures from today:

First, a picture from memory lane, my 2nd birthday with my sissies Jenny and Aly

Eva taking her turn mixing very seriously

Mallina's turn, while Eva makes funny faces for the camera


Licking the bowl


The finished product


Getting ready for dinner


The birthday girl with her sweet girlies

Oh My!

Ieli has been letting me sleep in since he's been home. HEAVEN! But a lot of the time he snoozes on the floor while the girls do whatever. The other morning they got into their markers and stickers and were having a grand time. When I woke up they looked like such ragamuffins. :) So I decided to head to the gym and while I was gone, Ieli snapped these pictures.


That is Ieli's BELT around little Eva's NECK. Mallina has done this with her own little stuffed lion ever since she saw some random girl at the mall doing it. We definitely need to make Mallina aware of WHY this is NOT ok to do to her little sister.

We're alive!

Oh my, life is just full of surprises, ups and downs, craziness. Having been directly effected by this economy has really been a hit to the face and is very scary. I am NOT good at waiting around to see what the Lord has planned out for me. I need to take control and move things along, however, since Ieli got laid off I have had no control of my life. Picture taking, and therefore my blog, have really taken a back seat. We are currently among the unemployed households of the nation, we don't have any firm prospects, and we don't know where we will be living after June (watch out Paul and Judy! Here we come! Just kidding. Maybe.). That is my reality right now.

So, just so the three people who check this blog know we are still alive, here are some pictures of how we spent our Sunday afternoon.

The girls sat WAY too close to the TV to watch Blues Clues

Ieli snoozed on the Zebra rug

All while I fed my Farm Town addiction on Facebook
while commiserating with my friend Marianne (holla!)

When the girls realized I had the camera out they decided to pose

Then Eva got possessed.

Perhaps there's too much animal print in her life?

Happy Easter!

So, house hunting circumstances have led to us staying in Utah another week. I'm not sure why we haven't just moved up here already! But today it was so great being with friends and family. Ieli and my Dad were both here with us and my Momma Cheryl invited us to spend the day with them and her darling grandkids. We had a YUMMY lunch with them and had an easter egg hunt. The girls had such a great time playing with the kids and we had fun chatting with everyone too. Here are some pictures from our day.

The Easter Bunny Booty...those sheep are SO cute and SO soft!

Making goofy faces...the only problem was Eva wouldn't stop

Eva showing me her eggs :)

Tom and Melissa's girls Natalee, Abigail and Courtnee with Eva

I'm sad I didn't get a shot of all the kids together, but we had a great time. Thanks Rasmussens!

Ride 'em cowgirl!!

The kids in our family have always loved to jump on one of those bouncy horses and ride them until they break, literally. My mom found one on sale at Walmart and we just had to get it. Mallina decided to name him Spirit, and he is sitting outside on grandma's porch. I was worried that Mallina would be too big for it (she is the size of a 5 year old at age 3) but when Ieli put it together I knew she would be fine, he is so big! I snapped a few shots of the girls riding Spirit the other day.

And I just have to add that Mallina is now obsessed with horses. There are a lot of fields with horses in them around here and every time we drive by she goes on and on and on about riding a horse...she is refering to herself as a cowgirl. And Eva is starting to repeat everything she says. Anyone have a horse we can ride?

Update and some pics

We are in Utah right now hanging out with grandma and trying to do some house hunting. We will be moving here when our lease is up in Arizona after June. The first morning we were here Mallina woke up with a cough and things went downhill from there. Eva got so sick I took her to urgent care :( Luckily Ieli was here for the weekend so I had some help. But they are on the mend as of today and we actually have some beautiful weather! Yay! But...now Grandma Judy is sick :( I am ordering some pictures for Piga Dua (Ieli's mom) today and thought I would share some cute one's I got at the playground in our apartment complex. Enjoy!

More dresses = another photo shoot

Grandma Judy sent this dress to Mallina for Christmas and I am just now getting around to taking a picture of her wearing the dress.

Eva's dress is also one that Grandma Judy sent for Mallina when she was little(er) and is one of my favorites. I'm happy Eva can fit in it now.

Mallina in the dress (when Eva was a newborn)

And Eva in the same dress, doing push up's or something.