That Silly Smile

He loves being silly and smiling like this... :D

General Conference

I meant to write this post earlier but I've just been so busy and/or tired. Well, I surely enjoyed watching General Conference this past weekend. I always love watching conference (both the Saturday and Sunday sessions) but this time I was truly sad when it was over. I was just so comforting to hear each of the talks and to truly know that the words they spoke were true. I just feel truly blessed to have the gospel in my life. I don't even know how I'd be able to endure though life without it, for it is the only way I am able to endure though trials and the only way I feel protected, comforted and just knowing things and having faith in things. The world is getting more and more polluted with evil and I am just so glad that I have the opportunity in my life day by day to resist the evilness and cling to all goodness. Anyway, I loved many of the talks, and I probably shou;d've taken notes to help me remember them better but I liked the one by David A. Bednar on prayer. I believe he was elaborating on 3 additional principles to have more meaningful prayers. I really liked this because I always wish and strive to have more meaningful prayers. It's just so easy to get into the mode of repetitious prayers. I liked how he said that morning and evening prayers (and even all the prayers in-between the two) are linked together. We should pray in the morning to ask for protection, guidance and to also say what things you are going to do that day and what you'll try better at. And then evening prayers are like a follow up prayer with thanks and so on. I also liked the one by, uh, I can't remember but it was on Marriage. What I got from it was how couples need to put their spouses and their needs to one of their highest priorities and then things are just a whole lot better. It was something like that, I didn't say it in my own words quite as well. Another talk I enjoyed was by Quentin L. Cook when he spoke about trials. He said those who endure trials and remain faithful will receive blessings that exceed that of the trial. God sees everything from beginning to end and so we just have to be patient with His timing and His will. I'll end here, I can't wait for the upcoming Ensign with all the talks in them so that I can refresh my memory. P.S. I was also soooo sad when we left back home this weekend, I really do not like living far apart from family.

Kono's First Carnival Experience

Since today was kid day at Tuba City fair, I decided to take Kono to the little carnival. As soon as I paid for parking, (they'll do anything to make money here) I regretted doing so because it was extremely windy and when the dirt/sand blows in TC, it surely blows!!! I think this town should be called Dust Bowl, not Tuba City, it's not even a city for crying out loud! Anyway, it's a good thing we had our shades on, I was told by a couple of booth men/women that I was a smart and responsible parent for making sure he had something to protect his eyes and always making sure he was securely fastened to the rides he was on. I felt so silly (childish) riding a little train with Kono, but got over it right away. We also rode a gigantic slide together, and that was so much fun. I use to really enjoy carnivals/fairs and especially amusement parks growing up. As a matter of fact, I was obsessed with them. I would ride the scariest roller coasters and rides available. I never did make it to Six Flags in my teenage years and now, you'd have to probably drag me on or even pay me to get on rides, I am more about the food now a days. My favorites ~ those huge turkey legs, plump corn dogs, caramel apples, funnel cakes, nachos, and freshly squeezed lemonade. I settled for just the lemonade today after thinking about all the thousands of extra calories I didn't need to ingest, and besides it was too expensive for my budget. It was so nice to come home and get cleaned up, we had dirt in our ears, nose, eyes, mouth, hair and clothes!


Kono riding a brown horse on the merry-go-round, this is the best picture I could take since I was standing right next to him.
Kono riding a monster truck, this is the first ride he did alone (without me), it was sad to let him out from under my wings.
Kono liked riding this one but I didn't like watching, it just went round and around in small circles.
Kono also loved riding this dragon that went pretty high up. He's pretty brave. 

Hide and Seek

This is how we sometimes find Kono when he is trying to hide. He thinks that if he can't see us, we can't see him. :) If he is just lying still with his eyes closed or covering his face, he thinks that will do the trick. :) No matter what, he pretty much always giggles, not knowing that sounds also give himself away. This boy is just the cutest thing!!!

Little Buddies

Kono's cousin Nahoa, came down for the weekend and boy were they so excited to see each other again. They played and played all weekend long together which meant taking out every single toy. Boys will be boys though, they are only young once. These two are almost like brothers. They spent the summer together and became close. For the most part, they get along really well. It's so funny, Kono thinks he can make us believe that "Nahoa did it" when he has done something to make him "in trouble". It's hilarious! We are like "Sure Kono, Nahoa did it and he's over 4oo miles away!" They kept hugging each other at random times. We took these cute pictures of them after church on Sunday, aren't they so handsome and adorable in their snazzy suits? Oh yes, and Kono cried so hard when he heard that Nahoa was going home, poor thing!

Meet Kono's Cousins

Last weekend, Kono and I went to my Mom's place in Ganado for a birthday party and to spend time with family. All of Kono's cousins were there. As we were getting ready for the party, Grandma piled them in the back seat of her car, and drove them to the playgound which really is probably like an 1/8th of a mile away, but far enough for her to walk with all of them. They looked so cute and I just had to get some pictures.

L to R: Ikaika, Julianna, Alyzabeth, and Kekoa

Here's the birthday boy, Isaac who just turned one, he's such a cutie pie with a completely innocent face.
Here's the brother of the birthday boy, Isaiah.
And here are the youngest of the cousins, on top, Iosepa, and below Rian.

Bless You Mommy

Kono is so funny. Whenever he sneezes, (it's been often lately) he says "Bless you Mommy!" I feel bad that I'm not one to say "Bless you" before him so I say, "Oh, bless you Kono!" He then says "No, bless you Mommy!!!" A little confusion there, haha, but at least he uses his manners. He is always saying thank you even in the middle of the night when I get him a drink and he is dead-beat tired.