Hawaiian Festival

This past weekend I took the kids to an awesome Hawaiian Festival at the Tempe Town Lake. The weather was beautiful and so were the dancers. I was amazed at how the women can shake their hips so fast to the beat of the drums and their outfits were outstanding. This has been a great way to start out our Spring Break with the culture, food, and of course each other. Just wish I could take a vacation to Hawaii someday...Awwww the wishing upon dreams( Hint?)

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Dominican Republic Festival

This weekend we attended a Dominican Republic Festival out in Scottsdale for the day...we had a blast seeing a different culture, music, and of course the food....Here to the right is the national flag. I have videos too, which I will upload later, but this is what I have for now.

Above: I tried playing a unique DR instrument here...

Here is the excitement of the house...it was crowded for sure...but the music was awesome...loved it!!! Going back next year.....for bachata, salsa, merengue dancing...yeah!!!

Happy 1st B-day baby Kleeo..

My baby niece is growing up way too fast...look at the cute curls on the top of her head now...

Another great Nephew is here...Jaden

Jaden Todacheenie is finally here...so sweet...love being the auntie here.....

Josiah the big brother is loving his new baby brother...cute

Mardi Gras...

Took the kids to Westgate out in Glendale to celebrate Mardi Gras holiday...as you can see they had a blast seeing the parade and face painting...Amazing huh?

Enjoying the Az sunshine

My kids had a 4-day weekend, so we found several things to do outside in our beautiful Az weather. We went to the Renaissance Festival to check out the great food there, and it was relatively pleasant outside. We also went to a hoop dance festival at the Heard Museum, and had yummy frybread...so good too. We also went for a hike up the the White Tanks Mtns, and got some much needed fresh air and exercise on the trails there. Time spent in the Az sun was well worth our time with the kids.....

(Above): Sabrina eating a Turkey Leg...so delicious

(Left):Ana has her armor on here...
Right: Watching some hoop dancing at the Heard Museum while eating frybread....so yummy too

Above: Resting on a trail at the White Tank Mts

Out at the lake catching crawdads

Past Vacations to Different Places

As a family over the years we have ventured to a few places to explore new sights. I enjoy traveling with them to give them some experiences of different adventures. To the right here is a photo of them at ASU where they were able to get their faces painted which was great. Above: The Grand Canyon 2005

Disneyland 2004- Ana(5) was terrified of him at first....Below and Above are also photos from Disneyland and we had such great memories of going there.

Mt. Graham in Safford (Michael & Alex) I ended up taking 9 kids camping alone and it was certainly crazy with only one adult to chaperone them all. They had a blast with their cousins too

Bringing in the New Year 2010

We started our year off by being able to visit the temple grounds to pick up my niece Michelle who was doing baptisms for the dead. We were lucky to be able to go support my nephew Andy play a soccer game in Phx. Sabrina went to Safford for a week to visit her cousins at my moms house, and the other kids and I went to the Fiesta Bowl parade this past weekend, and loved all the floats.

The beautiful Mesa temple grounds

Seeing the many nativities inside the visitors center

Christmas Fun

We had an awesome time with family and going sledding in the snow near Flagstaff. My niece Alex was born on Christmas day so she turned eight too.

Took the kids sledding on the snow...

Our Christmas Eve party with so many cousins

Its Alex's 8th b-day here

ASU-Graduation Day 2009

What a momentous day this was....so elated...so excited...so relieved...so done...What else can I possibly say? Just so happy to have my three wonderful kids' support there for me...and other family members, but glad to have finished this long-term goal of mine...YES!!

My supportive kids were so excited to see me walking and screamed the entire time...so fun though

My super awesome Aunt Lottie here..

Even my older sister Priscilla and my cute as heck of nieces were there too....

Thanksgiving Day in a big way...

Wow our day was filled with so many, many new cousins this year...First of all David was able to fly home from Afganistan to visit us, so that was wonderful in itself with the rest of his family. We had a set of twins born in our family to Sammy Huggins, and there were so many babies to play with this time around.

Sammy, Julie, Jessica, & Christy with
the babies

David Jr. with Auntie Jessica