my new avatar
I’m still getting used to it. I miss my old one. I might switch back.
okay. i won’t go to australia.
It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Before going any further, I realize and acknowledge that there are many people on God’s green earth that have it much worse than I do. But for me and my house, today was a bad day. I’m not going to list it all. But just a few highlights of my bad day include:
• being informed by our health insurance company that we can’t cancel our insurance until the end of the month. Well, actually we can. But we will still be charged the full amount of $404.60 even if we faxed over our written request and cancelled it today. Dave’s work finally got us on a group plan. And because it wasn’t greenlit until yesterday, we hadn’t cancelled our private insurance. So we are paying through the nose and not being supplemented by Dave’s work (like we used to be), and having the new insurance money for the new plan taken out of the paycheck all in the same month. All this for our terrible coverage. Fantastic.
• dealing with THE grumpiest three-year-old in all of Utah County. She certainly woke up on the wrong side of the bed and it just went downhill from there.
• my rib(s) going out of place for the third day in a row. It’s so lovely when it happens because I can hardly breathe, let alone pick up a ten month old while dealing with the most dramatic three-year-old.
• having super hairy legs, very dirty feet and going on the second day of wearing the same shirt. Day and night.
This evening I had to run to the library before it closed and I was still feeling sorry for myself, so I went to drown my sorrows at Target. And I bought this for myself. 
I also made cookie dough. It was too late to bake them tonight, so I just had a few bites. I felt so much better.
Now, I’m not trying to generate sympathy or get cookies delivered (especially since I have some dough in the fridge right now). I’m just venting. I know it’s on days like this that I need to write in my gratitude journal and remember the good that still surrounds me. For example:
• even after spanking (yes, spanking happens on days like today) my three-year-old, she still loves me.
• having my sister in town for a few more days, and sharing some quality girl time with her and my Mom tonight after all the kids were asleep and until my Dad came upstairs because it was 1am, wanting to go to bed and kicked us out (in a nice way) of his room.
• having a husband that loves me no matter how hairy my legs get and I’m sure, hasn’t even noticed that I’ve sported the same shirt two days in a row.
So, no matter how terrible, horrible, no good, or very bad my days get, I know that I still have it good. Especially as long as Target is open.
the fourth of july. and the fifth, and sixth. oh and june 30th.
Here are a few thing we have been up to lately:
Inez marching in the children’s parade
Gwenie post children’s parade
cheering for Dave
cheering for Uncle Joe
cheering for Aunt Liz 
cheering for Uncle Jon
and cheering for Dad in the Freedom Run
our very own Little Miss Firecracker
a very sad Little Miss Firecracker
cracking algunos cascarones con los primos, brought from TX from Uncle Joe & Aunt Liz
anticipating fireworks with the cousins
hanging out with her very smart cousin, Tui
watching fireworks with Dave
sparklers
too loud
fireworks
fireworks
and more fireworks
hanging out with Auntie Kiki and Teina
doing the fireworks dance
our girl is growing up too fast, she looks so old here!
the lineup
with more sparklers
all the kiddos with their glow necklaces
in the light of the fireworks
more dancing and jumping
running with the glow necklaces
and a few more fireworks
and our firework lighters(Uncle Joe, Uncle Vaughn, Uncle Jon and Tainui) give us the sparkler version of the Samoan Fire knife dance for the finale
my five best years
Happy anniversary, babe. I love you.
Five years of wedded bliss.
Today marks five years of our marriage.
I love you Dave.
P.S. Happy tenth Anniversary to Beth & Fo’ou today too!
these tootsies
They belong to Gwen and Tori—two of the three cousins that were all born within nine days of each other. They wish that Lexi was here too.
the reunion
The Kewish Family Reunion is in full swing. Please excuse the irregularity of posts on our blog. 
Lacking 12 family members. We wish you guys were here!
grandpa lesue
Inez loves going to Grandma and Grandpa Lesue’s house. I love it too because not only does she have a lot of fun when she is there, but she uses much of her energy while she’s away. It’s a win-win.
Here she is helping Grandpa on a project.
Grandpa is famous for his garden. He and Grandma work hard on it almost the whole year through and we are happy to reap what they sow. 
