Procrastination... & a science project...

Needless to say from the title of this post.. I procrastinated on a science project that my son Sione has been hounding me over.. Of course last night after eating dinner and putting the babies down to sleep and getting everyone else to settle down and go to bed, my son Sione looks at me and says "Man mom what am I going to do my science project is due tomorrow?"
I look at him and tell him to go grab the scrapbook stuff from the garage and we start thinking of what he wants to do, BACKGROUND... Sione is my straight A student.. He does all his homework the first night he brings it home and he is a WIZ when it comes to math. In fact when we lived in Chicago his elementary school newspaper did an article on him and his math skills.. So I didn't want his first B to be because his mom was a looser.. (only for a moment LOL)..
Sione says he wants to do something with popcorn.. (This kid can live on the stuff).. So we decide to see which kernel pops the most popcorn FROZEN or ROOM TEMP? So last night we put some in the freezer and then we start getting the board ready, we decide to print out everything we need and then we will pop it in the morning and just finish up then.. Needless to say the room temp kernels popped the most, and we have a science project for Sione to turn in.. Whether it is an A project we will see..
I would like to say that this is a lessened learned and that I wont procrastinate every again on science projects.. But Sione is my 3rd son and the older two have placed in their science fairs, and I will admit it ALL science projects have been done 1 or 2 days prior to due date.. So I cant promise anything..

Happy Birthday Sione...

Today March 20 is Sione Finaus' birthday.. Every year we have had his birthday at the Nickelcade in Taylorsville Utah.. He loves it, this is his favorite spot.. We've missed a couple of times but the majority of them have been here..
Sione had a lot of fun, he had endless amounts of nickels to go play with.. Our birthday tradition there is for everyone to play and win tickets and then we combine them all and the birthday person gets to pick out ALL he wants first and the rest of the tickets are divided up with the remainder of the kids starting with the young ones first. We ended up with a little more then 7,000 tickets the most we have ever had.. (thank you Lil Lelu and Fia they figured out a game and got tons of tickets from it).. The Tongolei family still are a threat to be reckoned with they have to be the winner of the most tickets (or maybe just Christina).. Jeff and Sarah are always fun to watch on games he is so competitive and she is so kick back it's funny to watch Jeff try and call her on and she laugh and play the game, I'm not sure when Jeff will figure out that he is competing with himself.. LOL.. Every year we go it ends up with the adults having more fun then the kids.. LOL.. I laughed at Uncle David playing the boxing game and Mona Lisa playing Dance Revolution and thought that was the highlight of the party, until my husband gets on the horse racing game and is riding it like it's real and is so loud everyone stops what they are doing and stares.. That is when I knew it was time to take the ADULTS home.. LOL
Happy Birthday Sione may the Lord bless you as you grow into a Young Man.. Love ya..


Sorry for the many photos since this was about Siones birthday, I let him pick the pictures he wanted up and he picked one of everyone there.. Go figure.. LOL.. Lesson learned..

I finally bought me a NICE camera... And my first offical shoot Aarron Pouha

I finally did it and bought me a NICE camera, grant you its used and its not the newest NIKON out there, but when you do things like have a family first your goals change and you put their dreams first and then you try and chase a few of the ones you had you learn to be grateful for what you get and if it's really ALL for you then you shout for joy.. LOL
I've been out today shooting my Nephew Aarron, if any of you know my family you know that Aarron is my oldest brother Jeffs' son he the oldest grandson for my parents, so we all kinda feel like he's ours, since he was at our house so I could babysit him ALL the time.. Aarron plays football for SUU in Cedar City, he is on the offensive line (I think) but as you can see from his 6'5" height and (he wont tell me) his weight, offensive line comes to mind.. LOL. He is married to Brisha (who is his high school sweetheart) and they have 2 beautiful boys, the oldest is named Aiden Elone Pouha and the baby is Eian Sione Pouha. Aarron is only 6 months younger then my little brother Sione so we basically call the two babies Aarron and Sione, they both act like the ones they are named after.. I enjoyed spending the morning with my nephew and his little family.. I see a bright future for Aarron and his family, glad I can say I knew him when... LOL.. Oh by the way if you make it to the NFL or get a high paying job I will be sending a bill for all the babysitting hours... Love ya Aarron and Brisha...

My husband the coach.. NOT..

Today started out like a normal Saturday for the Finau family.. We got up started getting ready for the YM basketball tournament happening at our Stake Center, Jr went ahead of me I needed to go to Smiths and get drinks and chips for our boys to eat with the pizza after the games today. So as usual I was running late and got to the game with only 3 minutes left. We were ahead by 15 pts, when at the 2 minute mark, my husband (the coach) decides it's time to SUB the whole team out and put in the other boys who have not played as much. Everything is ok right 2 minutes left and WE ARE ahead by 15 pts what really can go wrong? RIGHT.. That's right you guessed it 2 minutes left and they catch up, the other team scored 15 pts in only a minute and 10 sec, the coach decides to SUB them out and put the other players in and we end in a TIE.. They inform us that we will play 2 minutes for overtime, we have a jump ball and we get it, we score, they score, we foul, they make their free throws, we foul again, they make their free throws, and you guessed it we LOSS.. I admire my husband for wanting ALL of our Youth boys to play equal time, BUT who wants to LOOSE? I look at my husband and he is making NO eye contact with me because I want to give him the look of "ARE YOU KIDDING ME" But he makes every effort not to make eye contact with me..
Our boys did good and played their hearts out.. Good luck next week boys I'm thinking I should stay home, because if this happens again I'm bound to fight THE COACH... LOL..

My eldest Son David is in the 9Th grade, he is currently attending Kennedy Jr High. I'm a little nervous about him entering High School next year but I know it's part of life and everyone (yes despite what my kids think even me) has done it, we have all moved on from Jr High to High School, or as the mom in me calls it now The BIG BOY school. A part of me wants David to stay young so he can believe me when I tell him everything is going to be OK, and I want him to believe that I can fix everything.. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm scared. High School is NOT the way it was before, things are different for our kids. I thought I had it tough, my parents not understanding, or them being to OLD FASHION. But I see the kids now a days and I WORRY.. The pressures are far greater for them now then it ever has been.
I see David struggling lately with the MOM trying to keep him little, and his want to be more of a MAN. With that said.. David has been thrown a dilemma that only he can get through and as much as I want to help him, I think I'm going to leave this one up to him. (note to self I said THINK). With so much going on at Kearns High School, the situation there has still not settled down, and the pressures of gangs and violence is still strong there. Our family is as K-TOWN proud as the next Kearns family. But sending my son there in these times.. I'm not so sure anymore. David now has the option of going to Cottonwood High School which has a great football program and a great academic program to help athletes get to the next level both with sports and academics or Kearns High School which has all that also and ALL his friends. He has been going and weight lifting with Cottonwood but still wears his Kearns High stuff everywhere else. All his friends are calling him SELL OUT, and he is always commenting to me that Kearns is in his heart, and that he thinks he should just stay there.
I pray the Lord helps David with his first BIG BOY decision, and that he makes the right one. I pray the Lord keeps him safe no matter where he ends up. I pray that the peer pressure and the want of being in with THE COOL crowd doesn't steer his mind into a decision.. I pray the Lord helps me help David with his transformation into Manhood.. I pray the Lord lets David know that I will always be here for him, even if I need to stand back and watch him learn some hard lessons..
We will see where he ends up, and hopefully if you have time you can come and watch a game of his.. GO DAVID.. Momma loves you..

Today was a day of all days (too busy)

I'm sure I'm just like all moms of the world, busy and busy and then busier.. Today was nothing different..
My health has been a real concern of mine for sometime, I have high blood pressure and it's not getting any better. So I have started going to the gym (again). I've been going for a week and a half doing the treadmill thing and working the abs and then on to some weights.. Today I thought I would try something different YES you guessed it I did a class.. ZUMBA.. All I have to say is WOW.. That is a workout.. I hurt in places I forgot I had. LOL.. Let me just explain something to make the picture that you have in your mind funnier.. I'm the girl out of all my brothers and sisters that can NOT dance.. I cant hold a beat to save my life.. I can do the whole TAUOLUNGA thing and the whole poly dancing thing, but as far as NIGHT CLUB dancing.. I SUCK.. So here I am trying my hand at ZUMBA which is some type of Latin dancing exercise needless to say I kept my own rhythm but not to bad for my first time. The instructor was probably wondering "there is NO way this lady is poly"... LOL..
Needless to say I survived and made it all the way to my couch, and there I laid and laid and laid and laid some more. After getting my knees to forgive me for all that moving around I got up did some laundry and then made some macaroni and cheese for the kiddies.. Then is was off to scouts my son Sione had a Blue and Gold tonight which is always nice.. And also always includes FOOD.. I admit it I ate, and I had some desserts.. (notice the plural). After that I rushed home to take my other son Amone to his basketball game it was at 9pm @ Bennion Jr High. (I know late for a school night, who put this schedule together).. They loss by A LOT.. And now I'm home to 2 coughing babies and a sick (just don't want to help with the babies) husband..
Now can I say "Colgon Take Me Away"....

DR FOB

My son Sione is my (how should I put it) rambunctious son. He is always ALL UP in your face. My two babies don't like when he comes near them I think it's the fact that they are scared of him because he is a busy body..
The point of that little insight is:
My husband took Sione to basketball practice one night and apparently after practice he was talking with the parents outside while the boys were having a snow ball fight. One of the boys went to throw a snowball at Sione and he took off running, hitting ice and sliding into a handicap sign it ended up cutting him and knocking a tooth out (hence the tooth fairy story below), when they got home my beloved husband tries to put a regular band aid on it and it fills with blood in an instant. He calls me and tell me the story and I tell him to take Sione into the ER so he can get it looked at. Wouldn't you know it the leg was cut was clear to the bone 8 stitches to close it. The Dr then tells my husband NO BASKETBALL for 12 days and to bring it back in to have the stitches removed.
13 days later
I remind my husband to take the boy to get them taken out because he has basketball practice that night my husband says ok in a minute so I wait, and wait, and wait next thing I know Sione comes out of the room with NO STITCHES, and a big GRIN and says lets go mom, I'm ready.. I look at his leg there is a big scar not only where the cut happened but also where the stitches were. My husband says only GIRLS go and get the stitches out so my son wants to be a man and allows his dad to cut the stitches off (oh just so you know my husband has so many scars on his legs that is a good thing he has dark skin). I laugh and say well whats done is done, I told my husband well we should just get rid of the insurance then since you can do all the Dr stuff yourself, and my boys yell heck ya he is DR FOB.. LOL