Honestly, Rina! Very Random Post (VRP)

Last night I made chocolate chip pancakes for dinner. The kids were pretty stoked! They were like, "OH YEAH, You're the BOMB mom!!"-hehe They didn't really say that, but I'm certain they were thinking it!



Mani and Poli have being so committed to going to the GYM every night. I'm so proud of them!

Noa's doing GREAT in school. He said he had a "new" teacher at school today. I asked, "Why?". He said, "because Mrs. Rodas (his teacher) had to take students out in to the hall one by one to read THREE books". He said he did a good job, I'm so proud of him :)

Tui's hair got chopped off, that's pretty much all that's been going on in her life. hehe I flat ironed it today and BOY did it reveal all the 'mistakes' I made when I chopped it off!! But it's still cute :)

Popo is growing like a weed!! And so is that mouth of his! LOL It makes me sad to think that Popo could actually be my last baby :*(

And Rina...hmmm what have I been up to? Honestly, the last couple of days I've been feeling down. Not like depressed or anything like that, just doubting myself, regarding the whole "photography" thing. I know Berta is rolling her eyes reading this post!! LOL But it's true! I guess it's normal to have those doubts at one time or another, right? I sure hope so! But I told myself to GET OVER IT and keep trying! So I'm back on track and still excited as ever, reseraching, learning, reading, soaking up all that I can about photography. Yay!

Oh yeah, I also went in to take tests for the 911 dispatcher position...oh boy was it crazy! There were 12 different tests ranging from spelling to memory to data entry...and multi tasking is most definitely key!

This weekend is going to be fun. My niece Allie is turning ONE and we're having a big party for her! Can't wait :) I'm also planning on taking Poli's kids' pics again, because last weekend was such a bust (due to the grrrreat Utah weather). And then of course, it's Super Bowl Sunday!!! HOLLAHHH And church gets out JUST in time for it :) BTW, who's playing in the bowl?? LMBO


luvluvluv,
Rina

iPod and Nemo....a mom's best friend :)

Today Popo was a little cranky and didn't know what to do with himself. It was way after his normal nap time and the kid was still awake (hence the crankiness?!) and running around like a chicken with its head cut off. So, I ran and grabbed our iPod, a pillow and a blanket...laid Popo down and turned Nemo on, via the iPod...he loved it! And...fell asleep watching Nemo on the iPod...do I feel guilty? Am I horrible mom? HECK NO! Quite the opposite if I do say so myself. A little Nemo never hurt nobody! LOL

Check him out :)

Here he is watching Nemo....

 

And then BAM! The boy is out like trout :) Ahhhhh, the part of the day I like forward to-hehe

  

 Oh yeah, and here's my pic of the day...isn't he handsome?

 

Love,
Rina

Project 365

This last weekend was fun. J n B (Jon and Bert) decided, spur of the moment, to come down to my neck of the woods to spend the night. How excited was I?! Also, Noa did not cry about going to bed this entire last week, we were so proud of him and decided we should do something fun for him. So Mani took Noa and Iuli to the Nickelcade (as well as little miss Tui). They had A BLAST! They did this while I took Kailei and Mariana on their little shoot.

Anyway, on to my 365 picture:

 

Today I was hanging out with Nat and Meg for a little bit and we got some awesome free stuff due to the cosmetic civil suit against the major department stores. I got some COCO Chanel Body Lotion (it smells soooooooooooo yummy!) and some VERA WANG "Princess" Body 'shine' lol. It's just Body Wash-hehe. But the Vera Wang smells so heavenly I love it! 

I had fun hanging out with the girls for a little bit today...they make me laugh :)

Happy Tuesday!

Love,

Rina

"One of these things is not like the other"

 

That's what I decided to name my 365 picture :) Can you guess which one it is? hehe Anyway, tonight was so fun. A few girl cousins, a couple Aunties and my MIL came over for our coupon party hosted by the lovely Kuuipo from Grocery Smarts. Seriously, if you guys want to save money by learning how to get the most out of couponing, please PLEASE contact Ku'uipo. She was so sweet and very informative. I admit, I was worried how this would actually turn out, but I would recommend to EVERYONE out there! The classes she offers are COMPLETELY free! Anyway I'm just really glad I learned how to coupon and I'm way excited to start! Thanks Ku'uipo!

Love,

Rina

Project 365...well that's what I'm hoping?!

Ok so I'm getting started a little late in the game for the 365 project. If you don't know what that is, it's just where you take a picture every single day of the year and blog about it (well I don't know if you have to blog about it). Anyway here's my picture for today:

My sweet baby boy. I'm going to try to do this 365 thing, but just for fun. If you're interested in knowing more about this project, you should google it and see what others are doing. I love Google.

I'm also hoping that this will help me to improve my photography skills...wish me luck!

Love,
rina