We've been having fun!

Yesterday my mom and I went up to help my sister Marilee clean her house. They are all moved out and leave to Arizona in a couple of weeks. This is how you keep 3 kids busy while trying to clean. (This is Sarah and Maren - Marilee's girls - with Hema).

Here is her new babe, James. Why are there no pictures of me holding James? Oh because I was dirty from cleaning and I was killing me to not snuggle him up every second! He is such a cute baby. Afterwards we all went to Cafe Rio and had lunch. I seriously came home and cried! I am going to miss Marilee soooo much! I am so sad that she is moving. Our kids have so much fun together and she is so sweet with my kids and she is such a great friend! What's with these men marrying my sisters and moving them all over the country anyway? Now for a little update on my other new nephew, who I haven't even gotten to see or hold yet. They did finalize a name: Abraham Sunderland Hawkins. It is a total family name. Little Abe is still in the hospital. His lungs were underdeveloped and he's had a hard time keeping his food down. Keep them in your prayers! Last night we went to a graduation party/dance for Hema's cousin Sam's son Sammy. He graduated from American Fork. Here is a picture of Hema's brother Sione (Who will graduate next Friday) and Sammy. Of course they are too cool to ever smile in a picture! It was so fun to see all the family and lots of friends we hadn't seen forever. They had it over at the amphitheater in AF. It is such a cool place and the weather couldn't have been better. There were so many people there. I love that in the Tongan culture there is such a huge feelling of family - that goes way beyond the big families! What an awesome support system. Here is Vela showing off some of her moves. She seriously boogied for hours! She loves music and loves to dance.

Little Hema was in heaven running around with lots of other little guys. But when he did finally decide to move it on the dance floor it was awesome! Too bad by then it was too dark to record his moves. Here he is running around!

I tried to get some cute shots of the kids before the party got started. But Hema was less than enthusiastic and Vela just wanted to run! This was as good as I could get! Oh well!

Vela has become a watermelonaterian. Okay so I made that word up, but seriously that is all she wants to ever eat. (And of course she has to hold it so that it can drip all over her ever time!)

And now for a couple of cute shots of my babies! I love these 2 so very much and am grateful everyday to have them! Hema has the sweetest smile and is really so enthusiastic about life. I love hearing his full on laugh all day long! He is so much fun!

Vela is such a cute girl! I can't get enough of those lips! She loves to give hugs and kisses and she carries her doll around everywhere now hugging it, patting it on the back and kissing it. She is definitely going to be a great big sister..... hopefully someday!