4 YEARS MARRIED TODAY !!

Us on our Anniversary this year.

It was our 4th anniversary Wednesday night.
We went to Carrabbas in Orem for dinner, and that was pretty much the extent of our celebration as we both had to go home and work.

So I decided to post pictures of us over the last few years.

Stephen you are my best friend, your my everything and I love you !

Parasailing in Hawaii '05

My sisters farewell '06

A pic from our wedding '04

Our sealing '05

Our first home

Crystals wedding 07

'05 sometime

I love you THIS BIG !!

a very intense little boy

cuddles for daddy

One of Manas favorite things to do is to cuddle. He LOVES to lie on the couch and cuddle, or climb on me or his Ama and cuddle.
He will throw his arms as wide as he can, strain his face, looking extremely intense, ready for a cuddle.
Then he will sit on us, rest his head on our shoulders and hold on for dear life.
He also likes to run at us, with his arms wide open, and it can be pretty sore.
He will start at the other end of the room, or wherever he sees someone hes excited to see, open his arms nice and big, and run as hard and fast as he can, and right before he gets to you, he will throw himself at you, hes hurt himself so many times doing that, and I have to watch him because if I'm standing, he will put his head down right before he gets to me and hit me in the stomach .. such a crazy kid !

Phil is a Dad !!

My younger brother Phil and his wife Priscilla had there son in Brisbane, Australia this morning, well yesterday, which is today.
So stoked for you Phil and Priscilla.

Caden Metekingi
They had complications, but there baby is doing good !

Manas New Bed

Mana has been sleeping on a full bed with bed rails for the longest time.
I liked having the full size bed because Stephen or I could sleep with him when he needed us too. I saw this bed on craigslist for a good price, so we decided to get it and Mana was stoked about it. When we put it in the car, he put his hand on like he was taking ownership of it and had the biggest grin on his face.
He slept on it last night which surprised me, I thought he would fall off since hes used to having such a big bed to roll around on but he was fine.

Mana chilling on his bed
His hair needed to be buzzed, again, he was getting way too sweaty ALL the time

Max and Cheese

There is this kids restaurant in North Orem called Max and Cheese, we read about it awhile ago and have been wanting to take Mana for ages but have been too slack.

So Monday Night we took Mana there, he seemed to like it.

Right in the middle of the restaurant was a play area, Stephen had to drag him out so we could leave.

I didnt like the food, neither did Stephen, but Mana was happy so I guess that was all that mattered !

Mana Working

Stephen and I had to work this weekend from home, and any time we sit there on our laptops, Mana tries to touch the keys and "help".
This weekend when I had a break, I went to disney.com and opened some games and things for him to watch, I put the computer on his lap, and he LOVED it.

Happy Birthday Vanz

On Friday we went to The Cheesecake Factory for Vanya's birthday.
She had decided she wanted 12 people to come so Stephen and I went up at 6:30 to put our name down since they dont take reservations.
After and hour and a half walking around Fashion Place mall and a bit of stress on Stephens part everyone arrived.
We were there til just after 11, we ate a ton then everyone headed over to Boondocks.
The funniest thing I've seen in ages happened to Ano at The Cheescake Factory, won't put him on blast, but it was pretty stinkin hilarious !

The Birthday Cake
Me and Vanya
Half of the people there

(Vanya, me, Stephen, Ano, Ariel, Quinn, Darlene and Angela got cut off by the photo taker, sorry Angela)

Stephen and I decided to go and pick Mana up from my parents, and since he was still awake we decided to take him to Boondocks. Terrible parents, we know, taking our son when he was tired to play some games, but Boondocks closed at 12 and it wasnt that long.

When we got there he was all excited, so he played a few games, and everyone gave us their tickets to get him a prize.

He ended up with a sweet foam bow and arrow and one of those helicopters that flies when you pull the string, too bad Stephen broke the helicopter trying to show Mana how it worked.

Mana playing the basketball game Whack - a -mole
Hitting the colors

Well Vanz, Happy Birthday, hope you enjoyed it !