Mother's Day Fun!!

Kiara, age 4, Noelani, age 7 & Aryahna, 1 yr.

So this year for Mother's Day Week, we decided to head down to St.George to spend time with family, especially my Mom. We stayed two nights at Gene's house in Cedar City, so that Kiara could have some extra time with her Dad and I with Lani, and then went on down to spend the rest of the week at my Mom's house.

It turned out to be so much fun just having a few days to be there with Mom, Dad, Audrey, Charles and Aryahna! We were able to cook meals together, go enjoy the beautiful warm weather at parks...and my little neice Aryahna is so dang cute!!! She decided that she liked to do "Say Say You Play Me" with her Aunty Mainie and would come up to me and say "Ready? Ready?" while holding up her little hands, grinning and anticipating the fun game...! What a little sweetheart!

This trip was priceless to me...I know that my time with my Mom is limited these days...we all age and she is getting up there, and openly admits it. So, when I left, I had this awful feeling that our Mother's Days will change after this one. I realize I need to cherish the time I was able to spend with her...I love you Mom!

I also completely enjoyed spending this time with my sister, Audrey. See, if it wasn't for her, I would never have become a Mother! She is the most giving, unselfish sister anyone could ever have and I have always been close to her! I want you to know Audrey, that I love you very very much. I owe you everything for what you have given me...the most wonderful gift I could ever imagine getting from my sister....the gift of "Motherhood".

Just a little update.

Wow, so it's been a long time and a lot of stuff has happened in our lives. Where do I begin? Most of you know that Gene and I have split up, it actually happened about a year ago now. At first, things were very rocky and hard to face, so I decided to move up to Salt Lake, taking Kiara with me, where a friend of mine offered me a job doing customer service for a new mulit-level company called ZenVe. Turned out that the job didn't pan out for me and I ended up missing my little Lani too much and moved back down to Cedar City to be closer to her. I still had the desire to go to school to become a Medical Assistant and so I ended up moving back up to Salt Lake, to get going in school. Kiara and I currently live in Riverton and I am getting ready to start school. Yes, I still miss my little Lani, who is living in Cedar with her Dad, but we get to see each other often and are able to spend birthdays and holidays all together. I am hoping to post some photo's soon.

We have Season Passports to Lagoon and have already been there twice this year. This is really fun for our family since Gene and I took our girls to lagoon every year. So we're already making use of our passes. Kiara is a crazy woman there, man I thought Lani was our roller coaster fanatic, but at age 4, Kiara just doesn't stop!! I get in so much trouble with her if I ever want to leave, even after 5 hours of being there! She's such a great kid and has been wonderful to have here with me. I am so thankful for her. Lani still loves lagoon and all the rides and we love it when she comes up to go with us, her favorite is still the white roller coaster also. At 7 years old, she is so tall and beautiful! Lani is such a smart and sweet little girl. Gene just got her a puppy and she seems to be thrilled, well accept when she has to clean up after it. The other day she said to me, "Mom, it's a cute dog, but is stinks and no matter what I do, it still stinks!" I am so thankful for my wonderful kids. I truly am the luckiest Mom in the world to have them!

I wanted to say thankyou to all of our friends who have stayed close to both of us during this rough time in all of our lives...you know who you are. So many of you have been there to listen and offer a shoulder to cry on, for me and for my girls. It says a lot about a friend who can just be there to love you, no matter what happens. I love all of my friends and family, just want you all to know that.