...A waLk tO rEMEmBER...

I LOVE the elder's so MUCH!

TrulY BLESSED to have them in my LIFE...

Grandma Lopine, MEEH, Mom...

I gave my father inlaw the honor to baptised me. It meant so much to the BOTH of us!

Grandma Lopine was sooo HAPPY for the BOTH of US!

WE came a LONG way..

My Utah Family!! They're such good supporters & AWESOME inlaws. I will ALWAYS

Love them to no END!

My washington Aiga. Thank you guys so much for the

Love & Supoort! It meant so much to me to see mY family there!

It was a very emotional day for me. I was trying to hold back my tears, but it

didn't work.LOL.. It was a very spiritual & awesome baptism.

This was my talk I gave after my baptism:

mY tESTimOnY...

God has been a part of my life from day one. I grew up in a christian family all my life. I went to church every Saturdays. To me I always thought I had to go to church because I didn't have a choice. I called it being force, but in my mom's eyes it was a way for me to get to know Heavenly Father & to understand & strengthen my relationship with him. Of course, I kept in my mind that it was just a routine we had to do every Saturdays. At the same time I knew & was taught that Jesus died on the cross for our sins.

I guess you can say that I knew the gospel was true, but didn't advantage of it and keep going forward the right direction. That was my mistake. I think that as us Christians, we sometimes forget how mighty God’s power is. With our busy schedules and hurried lives, not many people take time to remember how much God is in our lives every single day.

Basically, I was one of the many people's out there that took heavenly father for granted. I was the many people out there that just called on him when I'm in trouble. I knew deep down in my heart that it wasn't right for me to only long for his heeling hands only when I needed him, But at the same time I knew that He would always be there to get me through my obstacles. I don’t think I was realizing God’s full power until I moved back to Washington.

I had so many mixed emotional running through my body. The first couple months we lived here I truly believe Heavenly Father put my family & I through many rough roads to test how strong our faith in God. I felt so miserable!! I felt I couldn't go on anymore. I felt like giving up everything, but than again I've never witnessed so many blessings in my life when I actually took the courage to kneel down & prayed with all my heart, with all my soul, with all of me asking for forgiveness & asking Heavenly Father to show me the way, to lead me to the right path of righteousness.

When I lived in Utah I had many opportunities to be baptized, but as stubborn I was I didn't take the chance. I was to worried about what my family, friends, & everyone will think and say about me. I think I was mostly scared to lose the people that means so much to me & not having them in my life.

There's a verse that I can simply relate to: Psalm 23:4 says “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me…” When I first read this verse I seriously felt the true meaning of the unconditional love that Heavenly Father has for everyone of us. That through him everything and anything is possible. Just take the chance to ask HIM to take control of your life and to help you with any obstacles that you think or may not be able to handle. Trust me he will answer...

I am so thankful & grateful for the gospel. & for the missionaries out there that sacrifices everything just to preach and teach his word. I'm growing so much and God is showing me THE WAY to strengthen my testimony by being baptized today as a stronger Christian than ever. It enables me to answer confidently to anyone who asks if I’m Christian and if I have been baptized. The many stories behind my reasons may not be my own story but it is personal enough to affect my life. I will always thank God for the many trials that he put my family & myself through to get us where we are today. God has played a huge role in my life these couple past months. Blessings & Miracle affected my family less than a year and today I have been able to repay, though only a very tiny portion, of the great things God has done for my family by being baptized and pledging to dedicate my life to God.

I want to give thanks to my amazing families here in Washington & my family that came all the way from Utah to support & witnessed this special event in my life. I've never felt so blessed and important to have such beautiful people like you guys to stand by my side with hearts full of encouragements & energetic for the gospel. I wouldn't ask to share this special bond we have with anyone else & I pray that Heavenly Father continues to bless each & everyone of you guys everyday.

I know in my heart that the church of JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY- SAINTS &book of Mormon is true & I know Heavenly Father lives. I know Jesus Christ is my Savior. I also testify that Joesph Smith is a true prophet that LIVED & seen God.

I believe that we have a prophet today,THOMAS S MONSON-I have strengthen my testimony to know these things are true, & I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ Amen...

...tHIs iS iT...

SO TODAY ELDER LEWIS AND ELDER HILL CAME OVER AND TALKED TO ME MORE ABOUT MY BAPTISM ON SATURDAY & TO INTERVIEW ME ABOUT EVERYTHING I WAS TAUGHT & LEARNED THE PAST THREE WEEKS! I WAS KINDA NERVOUS AT FIRST, BUT IT WASN'T THAT BAD!! REAL EASY & FAST! I GET MORE AND MORE EXCITED FOR MY BAPTISM EVERYDAY. FROM THE DAY I TOLD THE ELDERS I WAS READY TO GET BAPTIZE TILL THIS DAY I STILL HAVE THIS AMAZINGLY EXCITEMENT IN ME, MAN OH MAN, I'VE NEVER FELT SO HAPPY IN MY LIFE.


MY IN-LAWS ARE COMING IN TOMORROW IN THE AFTERNOON AND WE'RE TOTALLY STOKED TO SEE THEM. THEY'RE SUCH AMAZING PEOPLE. I MEAN LET'S BE REAL, DO YOU KNOW ANY PARENTS/GRANDPARENT'S THAT WOULD DRIVE FROM ONE STATE (UTAH) TO ANOTHER (WASHINGTON) EVERY MONTH TO COME SEE THEY'RE KIDS/ GRANDKIDS? FOR BIRTHDAYS? HOLIDAYS? BAPTISM? OR JUST CUZ THEY FEEL LIKE THEY NEED A VACATION!?!! SERIOUSLY, I'VE NEVER HEARD OR SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT. TO MY INLAWS, IT'S NOTHING TO THEM! THEY LOVE THE DRIVE! WHEN IT COMES TO THEY'RE "G- BABY" LIKE MY MOTHER IN-LAW WOULD SAY.. LOL... THEY DON'T HESITATE TO THINK ABOUT ANYTHING, THEY JUST COME! I SWEAR THEY ACT LIKE THEY LIVE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM US THE WAY THEY BE TRAVELING LMBO. SO CUTE EM. DE'SHAWN IS VERY BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL, SUPPORTIVE & GREAT GRANDPARENTS LIKE THEM. NOT ONLY IS MY SON BLESSED, BUT MY HUSBAND & I ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE THEM AS PARENTS AS WELL.


WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A BLESS FULFILL WEEKEND. OUR HALE-FALE IS GOING TO BE PACK, BUT WE DON'T MIND! WE LOVE FAMILY TIME & WE DEFINITELY GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT=)

BRING IT ON BEBE...

...sImpLy mEeH...

People call me a "CLEAN FREAK" or they tell my I have "OCD!"

I cant stand lazy, dirty & careless people..

I LITERALLY get GROSSED out if the KITCHEN & BATHROOM is DIRTY!!! ESPECIALLY at other people's house!

cLoRoX best cleaning product EVER invented!

I'm very FAMILY ORIENTATED

♥ mY boYz tO thE fULLeSt

I ♥ being a Wife & Mommy tO my haNdsOMe boyz..

♥ thE GOSPEL ♥

I am very BLUNT!! I say whatever it's on my mind! People call it "RUDE", I call it "BEING REAL!"

bLacK & sAMoAN & please trust I take advantage of both sides if you know what I mean=)

sPeakS/ uNderSTANd flUEnt Samoan..

♥ 's to laugh esp. at my own jokes LOL..

♥ 's hamburger helper, pizza, & Subway's seafood sandwitch..

I can eat a whole onion like an apple!!!

I eat EVERYTHING w/ KETCHUP & HOT SAUCE..

ARIZONA MANGO, GREEN TEA & JAVA CHIPP FRAPP-my favz...

♥'s to watch SNAPPED, but NEVER by myself..

BIG earings & BIG purses= My thang

GHETTO NAILS... LOVE EM

Love spell, makeup, lip gloss, carmex, Big hair,<--- TOTALLY MEEH.

Texting...lovez it!!

Color: BLACK

Put's on make-up when I'm bored...

RANGE ROOVER <--- going to own 1, one of these days...

I LALALALOVE my COUNTRY MUSIC... HANDS DOWN!

3 tattoo's:

- Papa's name on my upper back

- My husband's name on my left thigh

- My son's actual footprints on my left leg

CAN'T MAINTAIN MY WEIGHT, so in other words: DIET'S AREN'T FOR ME LOL

♥ 's polynesian dancing..

♥ sINginG, BUT my husband & son encourage me not too...LOL... IDC I still do it, but I sing way louder when they complain! lmbo-

I LITERALLY HATE DOING LAUNDRY!!!

I HATE wearing SOCKS

SMOKING= GROSS!!!

DRAMA= OVER IT!

* CAN'T STAND WHEN PEOPLE SNORE IN THEY'RE SLEEP!!

I can NEVER stay awake watching movies at a movie theatre..LOL so DON'T waste your time on inviting me!! My husband HATES it LMBO-

S U P E R scared of the DARK=/ I either sleep with the tv on or a hallway light on-SERIOUSLY!

BASKETBALL- MISS IT=(

VOLLEYBALL- Bump, Set, SPIKE!

NFL: coWBoYz bEBe..

NBA: LaKErZ aLL dA waY..

oH yeAH I fORgOT tO MenTIOn, I ♥ MY HATERZ=)

GOTTA ♥ meeH...

...Ou te ALOFA ia te oe...

Forever in our hearts,

GONE, but never FORGOTTEN...

R.I.P & LOVE Papa

August 7, 1937- November 2, 2002

It's been 7 yrs and 7 months since you passed away, since you left us. It's been 7 yrs and 7 months since I've long to be with you. 7 yrs and 7 months since I've had this emptiness deep inside. Till this day I still can't believe you're gone. I'm still in that denial stage. I don't think I will ever snap out of it. Thinking back to that day, brings tears to my eyes like if it was just yesterday. I miss you in many ways it's hard for me to even express the feeling. Sometimes I feel like I can't go on.. I can't breathe always grasping for air. Everyday I long for your presence, voice, touch, smell, smile; wishing you were still here with us.

You were the ROCK in our family. You were the STRENGTH that pushed us to finish. Your LOVE brought us together, the kind of LOVE everyone needed through our hard times. You were PEACE to many rough roads we went through.

Ever since you left our family fell apart. Everyone went they're own separate ways. Ever since you left it feels like the love our family once had for one another isn't there anymore. Uncles & aunties don't have that brotherly/ sisterly bond they use to have when growing up .It breaks my heart to see Us like this. It breaks my heart to know that we once had it but now it's all gone. The bad thing about it all is that as much I try to get our family back together, I can't! It just seems like it gets worst & worst. Everyone has too much Pride!

Somtimes I tell myself there's no POINT, no HOPE, NOTHING. In they're eyes, it's either I'm disrespecting them or they're favorite line they always tell me "Tia, you don't understand." I mean what is there to not understand? ugh- it annoys me so much how they just think of themselves & not the grandkids. How selfish can they get.. TRUTHFULLY, it's not ME who don't understand. It's THEM! They don't understand that their ways/ actions affects us grandkids tremendously . We might not show it but deep down inside it hurts.

Once in a while us cousin's get together & pour out our feelings to one another. We talk about everything & anything, but most of all the situation our family is in. WHAT IF PAPA WAS STILL ALIVE? WILL OUR FAMILY BE LIKE THIS? WHY CAN'T EVERYONE JUST GET A LONE? IS IT JUST OUR FAMILY IN THIS SITUATION? These are the questions we ask eachother.

Through all the chaos... No matter what, we stay together as one. We support one another. We know one of these days, (we don't know when but, eventually) our family will see how grateful us cousin's are for eachother and come together as a FAMILY again.

IT HURTS GRANDPA. I NEED YOU. WE ALL NEED YOU!

I know in my heart that this is a Big test for our family. I know heavenly Father took you away from us to prove He only takes the best & to test how strong our FAITH is. I know your in a BETTER place looking down on us. Free from all the sickness & suffering you were in. The day God called you home you didn't go alone, part of us went with you. I just want to let you know that I love and miss you dearly. All I can do is wish and think about the special memories we shared. Think about the things I could've said to you when you were here & cherish them close to my heart. I know one of these days we will see eachother again, but for now you will always be a part of me. I will always carry you in my heart forever, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE THE #1 GRANDFATHER IN MY LIFE. I LOVE YOU ALWAYS & FOREVER...

...gR8 [N][E][W][S]...

MAKING IT HAPPEN...

SO TODAY I WENT TO REGISTER FOR SCHOOL! EVERYTHING WENT OH SO GREAT! I HONESTLY THOUGHT I WASN'T GOING TO QUALIFIED FOR FINANCIAL AID, BUT I WAS WRONG! I WAS APPROVED FOR SPRING QUARTER OF 2010! SPRING QUARTER STARTS MARCH 29TH & I'M TOTALLY STOKED!! I'M SO READY TO GET MY ED-U-MA-CA-TION ON LOL..

BY FALL OF THIS YEAR OR SPRING OF 2011, IT DEPENDS HOW LONG THE WAITING LIST IS! I'LL BE ENROLL IN THE NURSING PROGRAM AT CLOVER PARK TECH TO BE A LICENSED NURSE! I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY IN MY LIFE! MOVING ON UP AND DOING BIGGER & BETTER THINGS!

WHEN MY L.P.N. ADVISOR WAS TALKING TO ME, SHE MENTIONED THAT THEY ADDED A NEW PRE-REQUISITE TO THE PROGRAM! ( IN MY HEAD I WAS LIKE ARE YOU SERIOUS-UGH). THE NEW REQUIREMENT THEY ADDED WAS THAT IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON THE STUDENT HAS TO BE A CERTIFIED NURSE ASSISTANT BEFORE ENROLLING IN THE PROGRAM!

OH-EM-GEE ...

I COULDN'T HELP BUT SCREAMED, " I'M A CNA!" I'VE BEEN A CNA FOR 5 YEAR'S! MY ADVISOR LOOKED AT ME, SMILED AND SAID, "WELL THERE YOU GO ONE LESS THING YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT!"

I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THE NURSING PROGRAM IS NO LONGER A YEAR COURSE THEY CHANGED IT TO 9 MONTHS=) DUDE, DO YOU KNOW HOW EXCITING THIS IS FOR ME! THIS IS WHAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED AND I'M FINALLY GOING TO GET IT!

LIFE COULDN'T GET BETTER THAN THIS....

I CAME HOME SCREAMING ON TOP OF MY LUNGS TO MY HUSBAND ABOUT THE GREAT NEWS I RECEIVED TODAY! HE WAS SO HAPPY FOR ME! HE KNEW THIS IS WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED!! HE KNEW HOW MUCH THIS REALLY MEANT TO ME.. HE GAVE ME A BIG HUG/ KISS AND TOLD ME THAT HE SUPPORTS ME ALL THE WAY! THANKS DADDY..I LOVE YOU MORE THAN WORDS!

BIG THANKS TO THE MAN ABOVE WITHOUT HIM NOTHING IS POSSIBLE! COUNTING ALL MY BLESSINGS & ENJOYING EVERY MINUTE OF IT! I LALA-LOVE MY LIFE..

NUFF SAID!