WE'RE HAVING A BABY IN NOVEMBER!!!!

Baby Tribute......
Ok, so Levi and I have been married for a little over a year now and we thought we were going to wait for a couple of years (2-4) before we started building our little family. The Plan WAS... Levi would get his under grad in Dec '09 & jump into the Masters Program for Elec Engineering for 2 more years and I would just work full time to support things until he finished and then we would have babies & I would finish my degree from home & online while he makes the buko bucks bringing in the dough as a full time Elec Engineer. We pondered and thought about it, prayed tons, and we just felt that something was missing..... Here is the missing link.....

~BABY ROCK~
He/She is upside down so you can see his little head at the bottom and his cute little feet are at the top.... awwww our little gummi bear :) you can make out the little arms right under the head, they look like little donut holes lol and his cute belly right under that.

I keep saying Him or His b/c i think it's a boy but we'll find out in 2 more months. I am not like most of my friends who wanted to get married and have kid right away. Our plans have changed. I wanted to travel, to work, build my own empire in broadcast journalism or a career in finances & investments. I never saw myself and still don't as a stay at home "soccer mom". But the more I read my scriptures and listened to the General Authorities & Prophets council not to wait until you are "financially stable" or "finished with college" or "Home Owners" to start a family, the more my heart ached for a little one.

I know they bring such joy & open your eyes to see the world & life in a whole new light. I suppose it will be like how it was when I came home from the mission.... Priorities change, interests change, habits & activities differ, sleeping patterns change haha, perspective & insight is altered to view things in a more eternal compass.

I realized I was being selfish and trying to convince myself, and made excuses to wait until we were financially stable & had degrees & a home before we brought children in this world, but that was just my fear speaking. I dont think you will ever be able to "afford" children ha ha, ya know? you will always want more for them and work harder to make sure they have it.
I dont think I will ever feel adaquate to be a mother but I am sure most new moms feel that way.

Levi was so excited when the test came back positive, he did a little victory dance haha. It was so surreal. I didn't believe it so we took two tests! I wanted Levi to pee on one stick so we could test the accuracy LOL hahahaha so funny I know I'm so weird like that....

We look forward to this new journey & can't wait to have fun family vacations! To start traditions of our own. Tell them fun stories at bedtime. Watch them grow and say and do funny things..... oh the joys of parenthood... here we come.
I finish with pics of some of my favorite little people... thanks for inspiring us to have little ones of our own :) Aunty & Uncle Love you!!!

Malia (mia) Girl (Malu)

Baby Mya (Lutali)

Baby Noa & Niko Hafoka


Little Malachi Aulava giving loves to cousin Mia


& Baby Chloie Rock (check out that grill lol)

Thank you for sharing our joyous news. I'll try and keep people posted as often as i can! Stay tuned....

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Family, Friends, Faith- It's what shapes who we are.

Best Birthday EVER!

Alright its been a month exactly since my bday (3/14) and i am just barely posting these pics!!! sorry i have been so lazy and busy and sick and yada yada blah blah excuses excuses but some of my BFFs came up from salt lake with their hubby's to surprise me with a little bday dinner/celebration it was so cute!!!! It was a secret so my hubby Levi actually played it off so well. I love him to pieces!!!

This is the top tier of our wedding cake that we saved and never got a chance to eat it on our one year on 3/08 so we tried for my bday a couple days later on 3/14, yeah still kinda gross and weirded out, but it was a Guava Passion Fruit cake from Kings Hawaiian Restaurant in LA (thanks Sepa and Kalani- love you guys)
i made Levi try it first then i was too chicken after i saw the look on his face, apparently there is a special way to preserve the cake over the one year span.... wish we knew that... lol

03/08/2008

03/08/2009-one year later

Levi and I went to a movie and the night before he took me to Le Nonne, an authentic Italina restaurant here in Logan, it was fabulous! But at our movie in Sat i was so hungry and he know the girls were at the apartment preparing a feast but i had no clue so i was grumpy b/c i wanted to get some grub before the movie but he insisted that we wait after!
NEVER get in the way of a hungry girl ok!!!! so that made me mad and then after the movie he made some lame excuse to go back the house b/c he forgot a coupon to the restaurant where we were going to go eat..... seriously girls..... what guys saves COUPONS for dinner??? i was so frustrated b/c i was FAMISHED!!!!
Then we get the house and he insists that i come in for a bit..... ok i am starving, its my bday, i want food, and i'm already grumpy hahaha, anyway i walk in they were like SURPRISE!!!! the house was a little smoky so i freaked out thinking i left the oven on.... later i apologized to my hunny for being so mean but it was kinda funny!

Thanks Nativa and Susiane seriously you girls and your other halves made my day!!! it was so special, escpecially b/c i HATE surprises and i had no idea. you put in so much time and thought into it i really will always remember it. I love these girls!
let me post a before pic of all of us when we were just dating these guys.........
(kendra and Mike were there too she and i were roomies that's how Levi and I met)
This pic was at my bday dinner March of 2007 right before all the wedding mania took place!!!!
check us out dating and living it up and now we're married and still partying like rock stars lol...

(L-R, Jon/Susiane, Kendra/Mike, Levi/Lithie, Derek/Nativa)

Well this is us 2 years later married and practicing some cooking skills! we had a delicate seafood buffet, baked salmon and walnut shrimp, coconut muscles hmmm, salad and for desert yummy cupcakes and ice cream!!! We played some games and just hung out, good time!

I love the party favors Jon! our bracelets say Best Friends!!!!! perfect choice!

Here are some bday cards from friends and family... thanks for remembering!!!!

This last one is a pic of us girls getting make overs at the Mall practicing for Susianes wedding. taken some time in the spring of '07 good heavens you can tell how much weight i've gained LAME!!!! I wish i could eat whatever the crap i wanted and not gain an ounce like Susiane or be a health fanatic and run marathons everyday to stay in shape like Nativa, they such great examples of love, service, & kind hearts! i love these girls and they have great men beside them too! So we all married white boys SO WHAT!!!! we'll have exotic looking kids right? haha who knows? thanks again for making my bday so memorable!

HAPPY ONE YEAR LOVE

I love Levi Everyone!

OK so where do i begin! It has been a blissful year. March 8 2009 Levi and I celebrated our one year anniversary :) it was so fun and relaxing. I cant wait to go on our cruise this summer. I really wanted to post these cool & funny pics. Too lazy to write up a thoughtful post.
We stayed at the Anniversary Inn @ SLC (all the rooms are themed fun rooms) we booked the top floor suite called "Room with a View" it overlooked the entire Salt Lake Valley. it was breath taking. We will for sure stay there again! I absolutely loved it :)

Levi took me to Tocanos Friday night in Orem-its an amazing Brasilian restaurant. My fave place to eat in all the world! It's where he took me to eat the night he proposed a year ago.

Oh man this is the South Pacific Suite below. We were able to see many of the rooms as we passed them all to get to our own. All the rooms have jetted tubs & awesome settings.

Oh this was so cool! The Swiss Family Robinson Suite below. The bed upstairs & there is a waterfall hot tub down beneath.

AMAZING! below is the Romeo & Juliet Suite. So cute and classic

Some of the rooms I thought were cheesy but still fun looking if you're in to role playing haha lol
The below here is the Italian Gandola, the paintings were artistic.

Ok so we had to take pics b/c we had Burger King for dinner. Gotta love them Whoppers! We planned on ordering Rodizio Grill to deliver b/c the hotel didnt have a cafeteria where the occupants can eat dinner so we grabbed something quicker so we could enjoy our room & our 50" FLAT SCREEN TV!
Hey when you are paying $200/night for a fancy hotel you gotta keep it real with BK LOL!

ACTUALLY we had Tocanos my FAVE place to eat Friday night in Orem. It's a Brasilian restaurant where Levi took me to the night he proposed a year ago :)

Above: Levi givin the thumbs up for the Rodeo Burgers & Lays as we watch Australia. Great movie by the way we ended up buying it.

Above: Making a store run for the hotel! gotta have snacks.

Below: Ok so this is our room!

We had cheescake, movie snacks, cold apple cider, & chocolates with flute glasses waiting for us complimentary from the Inn.

Below: U cant really see but this a pic of the jetted tub/jacuzzi that had 5 shower heads in it. it was really cool.

My hubby always makes me laugh!

Levi is being silly. LOL

I made Levi go out and enter again just so I could take the picture.

here are more treats that were set up for us when we arrived.

A gift bag, chocolates & glasses to keep.

Levi always picks the best deserts and then I just end up eating his stuff.

This is us @ Macaroni Grill Sat Night hmmm hmmm GOOD!


Thanks Jeane & Maka for doing a phenomenal job on our photography!

This was one of the happiest days of my life yet to come!

He is really the most amazing husband ever! I know lots of women may say that about their hubby but on the REAL, I have yet to see him mad or angry or say a mean thing about anyone. It is not in his nature. He is the most kind hearted person I know. Full of love, charity and always willing to help others! He is also the most happy individual EVER.
He turns my car on for me in the morning, scrapes the ice off my window every time he can, cooks. cleans, he's incredibly smart, spiritual, HILARIOUS, hardworking, and well the list goes on. I love you forever! To close this post I finish with a short funny story called:
OLIVE JUICE
Levi first told me he loved me in a letter a month after we had been dating, a MONTH ONLY!
I thought that was CRAZY!
2 months later i realized I loved him back but I was to chicken to come out and say it. So instead at a camping trip when we went for a walk through the mountains to watch the sun set I mouthed to him "olive juice" and he was like what the... ???? So i just said "OLIVE JUICE" and he said "I Love You Too"
Sooooo, I like to take the credit for saying i love you first but in all reality i guess he really did.
Juice of Olive hunny bunny! LYFE & E & E & E!

Family Rocks!

Ok so my cute little cousin Alai was baptized like weeks ago and i am just getting around to posting the pics. i've been a little busy.
It was so fun to be with family. here is a picture of the amazing cake and elaborate buffet that was prepared for her special day!
This is how we roll!!!!

Isnt this the most amazing cake! the cupcakes were divine!

Her colors were brown and teal blue, the tables were so cute! The food was off the hook!! When Levi and I pulled into the church parking lot he thought we were at the wrong church b/c there were so many cars loading tons of food and stuff into the kitchen and when we walked pass the culture hall it seriously looked like a wedding, haha it was beautiful though and such an important day for her to remember the sacred covenants of baptism :O) Oh and i just loved the musical number cousin Nela sang. Levi actually got all teary eyed. I believe Nela wrote the song too right? I forget the title... Iwanna be... (and it names all the heroes in the B.O.M) Awesome!

Below: This is lil Alai (in white) and energetic Buddah! everytime he walked pass me he screamed "hi auntie!"

Such cute little kids and they are so sweet and pure!

Below: This is my adorable little niece & nephew Niko & Elenoa! they are the best little kids and so much fun to watch. i miss them! Love you babies! Come visit auntie and unlce in Logan ok!
Hope to see you guys soon :)

Oh i just love these kids!

I just had a blast eating all the yummy foods and being in the kitchen helping out with all the cousins. I actually miss those days! as much as we used to complain when we were little cleaning, cooking, helping, serving food, washing dishes bla bla bla, those are the memories that have stuck, we used to get yelled at b/c we would be laughing too loud! lol Good Times! Our motto was "make fun where there ain't none!"

oh these yummies were so delicious!

It was so good to see Evelina and her new little addition baby Mya Sharlene Lutali.
Miss and love you girls!

Above: Baby, Lene Me & little baby Mya
Below: These were some of the center pieces, cute framed pics of Alai all growing up & fantastically delicious chocolate caramel pretzels! you know I bagged like 5 of those in my purse for the ride home haha Levi kept giving me the look of "that's plenty" haha
I was so impressed! There were like 16 long tables set up and each one had diff pics. It was a great turn out.

Baby Malia Tribute

Auntie Loves YOU!!!!

She is so precious! One of the happiest babies EVER!

She looks like a cute little Rollie Pollie!!! I just want to stare at her all day!

Her mom says that she sometimes just makes noises and talkes to herself and when she sees her reflection in the mirror she gets all excited and starts bustin up laughing & talking like she is chattin with her BFF, it's soooo funny! i miss her spirit. Babies carry such a sweetness and purity that draws you in!

I love my little niece and she is finally coming to visit me in the beginning of March.
I just wanted to post some new pics of her that my cousin Maka took. They are fantastic photographers!

The BIGGEST LOSER

I am actually at work right now "pretending to work" so I dont have a pic of before and after but I LOST 5 LBS!!!! not like you can really tell if i did take a pic (was lying about the before and after) but anyway, My work is doing this biggest loser contest from Jan 12th (mon) to Feb 13th (lastweigh in) and the winner is who ever loses the highest weight %percentage so its fair! and its a $100 pot since its $10 bucks a person and there are.... well you do the math.

I have lost 3.14% so far. Not a ton but its a start. I am sure many of you married peeps can relate to the extra poundate we like to call "Married Mass" haha i just made that up too, but SHOOT I have gained so much since we've gotten married and I count my lucky stars that I am tall so fortunately I hide it well.

I want to just readjust my eating habbits. They suck right now! It's a lifestyle change I know but if you set a goal and track your progression or lack there of your chances of acheiving that goal increase by 62%!!!! can you believe that?
62%
I am excited to keep moving forward. Levi is so sweet and tells me I am beautiful always, but girls let's be real our hubby's say things like that to be nice but you know that only you can really determine how genuinely happy you are with yourself no matter what.
That last line didnt make sense but I'm sure you know what I am trying to say and I am too lazy to go and think it up and re-type it.

I have been such a slacker with this blog thing sorry! I'll post a cool picture soon from our super bowl party at the Larsens! it was awesome!
Stay tuned......