Meet the Davis's

This past saturday we finally had our get together with Dustin and Andra Davis. Our family met Dustin back in 2005 when we moved into this house and the ward we are now currently attending. Dustin was a fulltime missionary for our church (LDS) and serving in the ward. He had served in the samoan ward in burien and really liked samoan - so when he found out there was a samoan family in the ward he came over with his companion and that's when it all started.

Fast foward to 2008 ..... Dustin's wife Andra is from washington and believe it or not from our ward - so, when they decided to relocate to washington they ended up in the ward again because they are staying with Andra's parents. Since moving here we were always talking about getting together, we had them over for sunday toonai (lunch/dinner) before and then Dustin said he wanted to do something for us and so, this past saturday he arranged for a pig and the boys roasted it and we threw some other stuff on the grill and had another eating ..... it was good - now I don't know if it was because we haven't had a pig in such a loooonnnnggg time but that pig was ONO (delicious for all you non-hawaiian speaker - lol) - we ended up getting 2 pigs because Aso came over and our 1 wasn't enough ... hehehe !














Anyways, thanks Dustin and Andra ...... next time, let's do something else besides eating - Lulu really need to lose some weight ......LOL !!!!

My Sonny Fotu

I wanted to blog about my son Fotuopalaau Iafeta, he is 11 years old and is such a joy to me. Fotu LOVES playing basketball and recently we found out from one of his good friend's mother that one of the select teams in our area will be having tryouts. Tryouts will be held this saturday and sunday. Fotu and I were talking about him going to tryouts this weekend and he asked " Am I going on sunday too ?" I said yes and he said "but it's from 9-12 (same time as our ward) and I'm gonna miss church" I said that's right, your'e gonna miss church. He really shocked me when he said in the next second "I don't want to miss church - I'm not going on saunday" - I told him that was fine and he didn't have to go. I am so proud of my Fotu and his decision. He really made my night when he did it because lately I've been feeling as though I'm failing as a mother. I hope he continues on this path and continues to make wise choices in his life because it really will bring him nothing but joy !

"O God, Where Art Thou?"

That was the topic of our Sunday School lesson this past Sunday. I didn't know that was the title but I remembered the scripture references and conversations we had during it and I went to lds.org to look up the title. I remember one of the things discussed during the lesson was "adversity is part of God’s plan for our testing and growth during mortality. We came to earth knowing we would experience pain, trials, and other difficulties" - I remember sitting there thinking I truly am blessed - my "trials" are behind me ..... boy, I do love Heavenly Father's sense of humor - because a few short hours later I was thrown right back into reality - lol !! Now, my trials and tribulations are not nearly as serious as what our earlier leaders went through - but I'm sure the heartache feels the same ! It was mentioned in our lesson that we are given adversity for "experience and growth" - for real tho, I really think I could of gone on ok without that "experience" and don't feel anything "growing" except my temper ! Anyways, I'm sure later on down the road I'll look back and think - alrighty then, I get it - but in the mean time, I can't figure it out ! "O God, where art thou ?".....