2010 Overview

TWENTY TEN was a great year! 

Here are some of the highlights

JANUARY

- Mum came to Hawaii to help out with baby

 

- Welcomed our little Hyrum Ichiro

FEBRUARY

- Valentines day date with my hubby - my first time being away from Hyrum

- Hyrum was blessed at church by his dad 

- Maverick extras in a movie called Soul Surfer

MARCH

- Mum leaves Hawaii

- Maverick turns 25

- I start my internship with the school magazine Ke Alaka'i

APRIL

- Hyrum meets his wife to be Reyna Auna

- Hyrum takes his first dip in the ocean

- Hyrum gets his first tooth

MAY

- My first real mothers day

- Hyrum starts on 'solids'

JUNE

- Hyrum rolls over

- We go to Idaho for summer vacation - Hyrums first plane ride

- Hyrum sits up

JULY

- Hyrum gets more teeth

 - Hyrums first 4th of July

- Hyrum starts to crawl

- We go back to Hawaii

AUGUST

 - Hyrum stands up

- Hyrum gets a passport

- Start my work out regiment and "diet"

SEPTEMBER

- Aissa turns 25

- Start making homemade Hyrum food

OCTOBER

- Went on our first pumpkin patch

- Hyrum takes steps

- Hyrums first Halloween - dressed up as a monkey

NOVEMBER

- Laie Temple is rededicated. I got to take pictures of President Monson, 

Elder Eyring and Elder Cook for work

- Organized an improv musical at BYUH cafeteria

- Got back to pre-pregnancy weight

- We give thanks to everything that has been given to us

- Hyrum and I leave Hawaii for New Zealand

- Hyrum starts to prefer walking than crawling

DECEMBER

- We make our first Christmas card

- Maverick flies to New Zealand

- First Christmas in New Zealand for Maverick and Hyrum - first since 2005 for Aissa

 

- Maverick and I celebrate our 2nd anniversary 5 days late on a dinner cruise along Waitemata Harbour - Mav was on the plane for our actual anniversary

- Leave for Brisbane, Australia on Christmas day

- Go to Movie World, Sea World and 

Wet n Wild theme park and had sooooooo much fun
- Got sealed to my parents for time and all eternity

So many good things happened in 2010! The start of 2011 is here and unfortunately we have encountered a little hiccup to dampen the beginning of it. 

At present, Maverick is in Hawaii finishing up his last semester while Hyrum and I stay in New Zealand.

So we decided to stay and wait in New Zealand rather than risk consequences as said on my previous post.

Although we will be apart for the first few months of 2011, I have high hopes that everything will be okay.

We just got to count our many blessings and pray that the processing doesnt take very long.

Hope you had a great Christmas and a had a happy New Year!

Greetings from Australia!

First time in Australia

AWESOME!

We are staying in my moms uncles house in Gold Coast for a week and its been sooo much fun

sooooooo busy tho

yesterday we went to Warner Brothers Movie World. My mom took Hyrum so it was Mav, me and my two cousins goin crayzeee with the crayzeeee roller coasters.

Next in the agenda of theme parks are Seaworld then Wet and Wild.

SOOOO FUNNN!!!!

I dont understand why soooo many people pay sooooo much money just to scare the shiznittt out of themselves.

I still do it tho...

On a different note, im going to get sealed to my parents today.

YAY!!!

HEEEELLLPPPPP!!!

Alright everyone!

I NEED YOU HELP...

Lets say you and your spouse are from 2 different country.

Then your spouses country denied you of a visa.

Which means it will take between 1-3 months till you can go to that country again.

WOULD YOU...

risk going into the country on a tourist visa (with the possibility of being sent back to your country), not be able to work but be together

OR...

stay in your country while applying for a visa that is a sure thing you will get (green card status), be able to work but be apart for 1-3 months

I just wanted to see other peoples opinions so I can think this through properly and weigh in all the different options. Any feedback is appreciated.

BTW, this is a true story...

Not Completely Complete

 I LOVE HIM!

and I MISS HIM!!!

and that (above) is the look that I get when

-i do something funny or dumb or stupid or crazy

-i say something funny or dumb or stupid or crazy

-i act funny or dumb or stupid or crazy

so its fair to say I get that look a lot

Its kinda weird sleeping by myself again.

and im getting a little taste of what its like to be a single parent.

Im excited to be with my everything again.

and become completely complete.

8 more days and counting...


Photos kindly taken by the amazing LeeYen of Loblee Photography

Overcoming Flying Fear

I LOVE to travel!

probly one of my fav things to do.

and i am very VERY grateful for planes,

they make seeing different parts of the world or experiencing new cultures soooo much easier.

which I LOVE!!!

I LOVE exploring the beautiful world that we have been given by our loving Heavenly Father.

If I had a lot of money, I would do it more often.

But im getting off topic here now.

The whole point of this post is to say that i was TERRIBLY TERRIFIED of flying solo...

with a hyperactive 10 month old!

BUT lo and behold,

I MADE IT!!!

and I overcame my fear by getting him as tired as possible while waiting to board,

having bottles and snacks readily available,

breathing in and out,

and my secret weapon,

a never been seen light up ball still in its box.

it actually turned out to be quite a pleasant experience.

Maybe because he had his very own bassinet.

Or maybe because I had a whole row with 3 seat all to myself.

A time that La'ie will NEVER forget

This post is a little late but ow wells...

Last week we had a once in a lifetime experience.

Definitely a weekend to remember.

The Spirit of God was felt extensively.

and the hand of the Lord was over the whole of Laie.

It was a GREAT weekend!

First, President Thomas S. Monson came to the Polynesian Cultural Center. A lot of people gathered to welcome him.

I could not believe I was an arms reach away from the prophet!

Plus, I was LUCKY enough to be standing next to a little boy who he stopped for to show him his ear wiggling skills.

He looks like he's angry but he's actually just concentrating hard on wiggling his ears

Then Mav, Hyrum and I went to see the night show. 
President Monson, President Iring and his wife and Elder Cook and his wife was there.
The show was pretty much the same but the cast came out after the finale and sang Teach Me to Walk in the Light for the prophet.


Here is my video of it.

Then the next day, I was again lucky enough to be the official photographer for the Cultural Celebration for the Campus News Center. 


So I got a coveted ticket, which was only available to parents of the 2000+ youths that performed for it.

Here are a few of my photos. FYI: I took more than 300.

Dats right! Pres. Monson made peace signs at me.

This girl got a kiss from President Monson when he was on his way out of the CAC. 

I LOVED her character! 

It was a great show! 

Made me wish I were on stage with them. I miss my performing days...

Then the next day was the long awaited Laie Temple Rededication. 
We went to the 9am session, which was great!  2 of my old roomates got to sing in the choir inside the celestial room so it was cool watching them too.

There were 3 dedicatory sessions and after the last one I happened to be at the temple taking a friends family pictures when we noticed that everyone was gathered at the entrance.

So we went and sure enough after 10mins, President Monson and President Iring came out.

It was a great way to end a GREAT weekend. 

I kinda wish Hyrum and Maverick was at the temple that day too but they were at home and would’ve missed it if they tried to come.

WHO KNEW???

We look sooooo young!

First official date

Who knew 

that the person i broke up with 

this time three years ago was 

going to be my husband.

I SURE DIDNT!

First picture together

9 months

Hyrum Ichiro at one week

9 months

30 inches

21.4 pounds

8 teeth later

My little charmer boy!

LIFE HAS NEVER BEEN SOOOO JOYOUS!!!

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