Ok, so I fell a little behind... :)

The past week or so has been so crazy busy!!! There have been lots of exciting things happening, just haven't really had time to post about them!

My nephew Kamuela turned one on July 27th. We had an AWESOME baby luau for him with the most amazing food! It was so ONO, and the best part was that I didn't have to cook! Well, I did have to deep fry about 300 lumpia, but that was nothing compared to all the work that Apua's family put into it.

That day, I got some great news from my friend Lianne. She told me that she is FINALLY pregnant!!! She's watched everyone else get pregnant and have babies, now, it's her turn. It's about time... Their son Shayne is going to be 13 when the baby is born. She's a little nervous about starting all over, but is excited and so am I!!! Another baby to hug and love, then return to the parents... ;)

On Saturday, we got the news that Kiale did make the Roughriders football team. He was on the waitlist, so we were just waiting for someone to drop out or not show up. After yesterdays practice, I can definitely see why kids would quit. He's in the 7,8 and 9 year old group, but they train just like the 15 year-olds. Yesterday was by far the most difficult thing for me to watch him go through. As most of you know, Kiale has REALLY bad allergies and does a nebulizer treatment everynight to keep him from getting full blown Asthma. My little man was such a trooper yesterday. For starters, the practice is 2 hours long, 5 days a week. It was also 80 degrees out yesterday. After they ran their first 1/4 mile lap around the track, he came in CRYING, but he never quit. The mouthpiece that they gave him was too big, so he couldn't breathe. After they practiced for about another hour, they had to run another 1/4 mile lap. I could hear him crying from where I was sitting. When they came in, they went straight into about 10 sprints. I could still hear him crying. Even with all the tears, I couldn't have been prouder... He NEVER QUIT!!! The coaches and captains noticed too... It was so hard for me to watch and not be able to do anything. At the end of the day, he said he was ready for the next practice. Talk about tears in the eyes!!!