Resolutions for the New Year 2009!

Time has once again escaped me......and now that it's nearing the end of the first month of the New Year...I would like to wish all my family and fellow bloggers a HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR!
as well as Thank my Heavenly Father above for a wonderful year that has just passed and that I'm still alive and well to experience another year...many many things to be grateful for......

As alot of you have probably sat down and contemplated on some resolutions that you would like to focus on this year,I've thought of a few myself.....just a few...here goes....

1st - I've made it a goal this year to improve on being more patient and long-suffering,especially when it comes to my children and hubby.....NO MORE YELLING, OR SCREAMING!Even if it means the house will get messy....

2nd - Attend the Temple atleast once a week or more....

3rd - Say my Personal Prayers more consistently and more often....

4th - Personal Scripture Study every morning...

5th - and last but not least.....tell the people I love the most,that I love them more often...that includes all my parents,siblings,kids,hubby and friends......

I'm also gonna try and blog a little more....sometimes the mind is just plain blank, or to be truly honest,I'm usually always on FB...LOL! May you all have a blessed Year this year especially as we are amidst alot of turmoil in our country..Stay Strong and Stay Close to the Lord,and know that he is there for us even through these very tumultous times...Ofa Lahi Atu, Kat

Another Priceless Throwback Pic I found!

I'm still laughing at this one.......L to R from back to front.....Grandpa Iohani,Bill Brown,Dad,Mom,Leroy,Toutai,Grandma Salote,Haini,Me,Rudy,Lizzard,Moana,Jennifer and Hinalei....I think this was taken in Canada!Miss those days...they truly were carefree and fun!

Cool Info about my Birthday!

One of my Blogger friends posted this and I just had to check it out...It's pretty awesome....www.PaulSadwoski.com..so this is what I found out about the day I was born...

6 September 1970

Your date of conception was on or about 14 December 1969 which was a Sunday.

You were born on a Sunday
under the astrological sign Virgo.
Your Life path number is 5.

Your fortune cookie reads:
Anger begins with folly, and ends with regret.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 3 & 9.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 8.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 6, 11 & 22.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2440835.5.
The golden number for 1970 is 14.
The epact number for 1970 is 22.
The year 1970 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/6/1970 and ending 1/26/1971.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Dog.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Bear; your plant is Violets.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Hathys, the third month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 5 Elul 5730.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 6 Elul 5730.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.17.17.1.11 which is
12 baktun 17 katun 17 tun 1 uinal 11 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Sunday, 5 Rajab 1390 (1390-7-5).

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 29 March 1970.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 26 April 1970.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 11 February 1970.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 17 May 1970.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 24 May 1970.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Thursday, 1 October 1970.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 21 April 1970.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 10 February 1970.

As of 12/4/2008 2:53:32 AM EST
You are 38 years old.
You are 459 months old.
You are 1,995 weeks old.
You are 13,969 days old.
You are 335,258 hours old.
You are 20,115,533 minutes old.
You are 1,206,932,012 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:

Greg Rusedski (1973)	Rosie Perez (1964)	Jeff Foxworthy (1958)
Jane Curtin (1947)	Swoosie Kurtz (1944)	Roger Waters (1943)
Jo Anne Worley (1937)	Joseph P. Kennedy (1888)

Top songs of 1970

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel	I'll Be There by Jackson Five
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head by B.J. Thomas	Close to You by Carpenters
My Sweet Lord by George Harrison	I Think I Love You by Partridge Family
Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Diana Ross	American Woman by Guess Who
War by Edwin Starr	Let It Be by Beatles

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 5.46731898238748 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)

Your lucky day is Wednesday.
Your lucky number is 5.
Your ruling planet(s) is Mercury.
Your lucky dates are 5th, 14th, 23rd.
Your opposition sign is Pisces.
Your opposition number(s) is 3.

Today is not one of your lucky days!

There are 276 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 39 candles.

Those 39 candles produce 39 BTUs,
or 9,828 calories of heat (that's only 9.8280 food Calories!) .
You can boil 4.46 US ounces of water with that many candles.

In 1970 there were approximately 3.7 million births in the US.
In 1970 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1970 in the US there were approximately 2,158,802 marriages (10.6%) and 708,000 divorces (3.5%)
In 1970 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1970 the population of Australia was approximately 12,663,469.
In 1970 there were approximately 257,516 births in Australia.
In 1970 in Australia there were approximately 116,066 marriages and 12,198 divorces.
In 1970 in Australia there were approximately 113,048 deaths.


Your birthstone is Sapphire

The Mystical properties of Sapphire

Though not meant to replace traditional medical treatment, Sapphire is used for clear thinking.

Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)

Agate, Moonstone, Lapis Lazuli

Your birth tree is

Weeping Willow, the Melancholy

Beautiful but full of melancholy, attractive, very empathic, loves anything beautiful and tasteful, loves to travel, dreamer, restless, capricious, honest, can be influenced but is not easy to live with, demanding, good intuition, suffers in love but finds sometimes an anchoring partner.

There are 21 days till Christmas 2008!
There are 34 days till Orthodox Christmas!

The moon's phase on the day you were
born was waxing crescent.

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My Beautiful Mother...Olimpia Vake

She was the honored guest at the 1st Annual Tongan Festival in Long Beach, CA this past weekend...

Siuosamoa's Special Blessing Day!

There's a certain Spirit in the air when you attend a Fast & Testimony meeting when a baby is going to be blessed....I was the proud recipient of just that today....I want to express my love and appreciation to my Heavenly Father for sending Siu to our family and also to Siu for choosing us as his earthly family...As the blessing was pronounced upon him by my wonderful brother-in-law Marky...MA...(thank you from the bottom of our hearts) there was a very strong spirit that was felt, pure inspiration, and I was very emotional...beautiful blessings were given him...the strength to overcome what lies ahead for him, it was not by chance that he was born at this particular time, the unconditional love of the Saviour was pronounced upon him, the remembrance of his namesake Siu was also said..so many wonderful blessings were wrought...and I will jot them down in my personal journal for him to read one day....I'm just so thankful to have the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ in my life as well as my family's life and my testimony has been strengthened once again on this beautiful Sabbath Day... What a blessing it is to have the proper Priesthood Authority again on this earth to perform the necessary ordinances pertaining to the Kingdom of God...The After-Party is always a FUN time with close family and friends...and all I have to say is that we ate good today....thanks to all those that helped with the yummy food...and to Lei and Liz that provided our dessert....Guava cake and Strawberry/Vanilla Trifle and Oatmeal Chocolate Chip bars...I was fed Spiritually and Physically...May you all have a blessed night...God lives is my testimony to you all....Goodnite...Always, Katharine

Pumpkin Painting Fun!

Happy Halloween Everyone....

Hi mommy, like my colorful display???

watch the pro at work!!!

Zion hard at work....

Go Kingston...

Kingston was nice to paint one for baby Siu...as he slept so peacefully...

After reading cousin Rina's blog and showing my kids their pumpkin painting,they wanted to paint pumpkins too...so that was our lil' fun we had 2 Saturday's ago when it was quite cold out....Tis the season....BOO HOO!!!

This Day came Waaaaay Too Soon...

My official evening back to work.....and feeling BLUE,to be honest I'm really sad this time around..I've given birth 2 other times besides this one and I don't remember feeling this down and out to return to work.I've really enjoyed the time at home with my children and we had a routine going,especially because my husband had to get a 2nd job,so it was an adjustment for me to pretty much take on everything,and I wasn't used to that (I know,call me spoiled) no but really, prior to hubby having to work a 2nd job he was around more and pretty much helped out 50% of the time..so it has been a good awakening for me and learning experience on how much work is involved at being a Stay-at-Home mom,I have to say, I've been on my knees alot more,just asking for the strength and knowledge I need to raise my children. Hands down..it is the hardest job around,but at the same time the most rewarding...and I take my hat off to every woman who's occupation is just that...It was really hard for me to leave tonite,but I made my rounds and kissed all my children..once,twice...a hug here,a hug there..Only Kingston and baby Siu were up, Zion was still taking a nap...so I gently kissed him on his forehead...I almost couldn't look at Siu,because I was getting all teary eyed just leaving him..I know, it's only for a few hours..but there's something that happens when you spend a considerable time,quality time with your kids...well with me, 2 weeks prior to knowing that I was scheduled to come back on the 17th, I was already contemplating quitting, and etc. etc. etc..but I tell ya, in this particular time of our country's distress...with our conutry being at war, going through one of the worst economical times since the depression, we really had no other option right now..so as much as I want to just cry and stay home,it's just feasable for our little family at this time...but hey,maybe one day..never say never...well, on the other hand I'm still very grateful for the job that I still have,going on 14 years, I've been blessed regardless..I guess it's my little ole' heart that has been affected by my lil' ones..and not wanting to be away from them for too long...well, I shall go on my NOT so merry way and know that it'll all work out,and trust that it's the best decision for my children to stay employed at the moment...plus my poor hubby had to get a 2nd job,so I'm okay taking a little of the weight off of his shoulders...it's just crazy..we're just barely making ends meet (and we are pretty conservative)or in other words,we don't fit in the 'living lavishiously' lifestyle category...I'm just thankful that we're all still alive and healthy,have a roof over our heads and forever striving to Do What's Right...Alrighty, I feel alot better...I better get back to work (hee hee) my flight was late coming in,but it's due to land in about 10-15 minutes...Goodnite my dear family and friends and May you all have a Blessed Evening......by the way, I hope my hubby is surviving right now,mostly with baby...hey he's had to do it with 2 what's 1 more...LOL!love you hon...Okay Goodnite to all my friends and family and may you all have a Blessed Night! Ofa's, Sad Mommy