Day 14: Thankful for good FRIENDS

Now I don't have alot of friends, but the few that I do have mean the WORLD to me!! I am grateful for the opportunity that I have to even know their names, but to name them on a personal level is just straight up BLESSINGS.  Indebted to my 2 high school mates that still to this day I can call a close friend.  Thankful for the friends i created while playing volleyball at MCC and going to school there.  and Especially thankful for the friendships that I have gained while living here in Utah.  Thank you THANK YOU THANK you!! You guys have all blessed my life!

Day 13: Thankful for my Aunts and Uncles

My life wouldn't be the same without such GREAT AUNTS AND UNCLES in my life from both my mom's side and my dad's side.  You guys have given me my cousins who are in return some of my best friends! You guys have always been people i look up to and I am thankful to call you guys family! I love ALL of my aunts and uncles.  I am a lucky girl to have so many "moms" and "dads" that are always looking out for me.  Malo Aupito!

Day 12: Thankful for Loving Grandparents

Wow this topic just made me just a little bit emotional, so I'm gonna keep it nice and short.  But I am grateful for all my sets of grandparents and the "rocks" they have been in my life.  When I look back at all the things that I have benefited from them still to this day, I just see and can feel their unconditional love for me.  I am indeed still reaping their blessings as their posterity.  I have been blessed to be born into such ancestry.  Rich Gospel roots were instilled at such a young age that I can feel it portrude even through my own soul and life.  Thank you Grandma and Grandpa! I love you with all my heart and will strive to be there in the same place as you because I know you guys made it to the tippity top.  I love you and miss you.

Day 11: Tupou

Tupou--- my brother from anotha mother!!! hahahahaha Man I just am so grateful for  my little broskie because without him in my life I wouldn't have a little brother!!! Thank you Pou for always being the hardworker I can depend on.  YOu are a smart young man and I know that you'll always end up making the right decision.  Im grateful for all your crazy protective ways when it comes to the 2 little girls.  YOu really have been their older brother in a sense, even though you're younger than val and only a little bit older than pooh.  Thank you for loving all of us like we came from the same parents.  Thank you for loving your mom.. I love my Aunty Lulu so thank you for stepping in and being the priesthood holder in her life.  Pou you're gonna make an amazing missionary and father one day! I love you!

Day 10: Umata o' Manoa AKA Pooh-Bear!! haha

Pooh-Bear--- what to say about my little sis.. hahahaha well.. first off she for SURE IS THE BABY of the family.. hahaha Which I am grateful because I would not want to be the baby, so thank you poopie!! hahaa Also i'm grateful for her happy little face.  always willing to give a smile.. I'm grateful for her friendship in my life.  I'm thankful that she is Valeaki's bff haha even though they fight and may seem like they don't get along they do! I'm grateful that they are close and will always have each other.. love my little sister to death and happy i get to spoil her STILL.. hahaha love you pooh bear

Day 9: Valeaki

Valeaki--- I am most thankful for her LOYALTY... She will ALWAYS put family first and support all of us.  I also am thankful for her great HUMOR.. even though sometimes im like "hey thats me your making fun of"' ITS ALL GOOD in the HOOD.. hahahaaha valeaki is a fighter too.. I know she will always in turn make the right decision no matter what.  She has a good head on her shoulders and knows what she was taught.  I love my lil kid sister thats right below me! Thanks Val for being the BEST!

Day 8: Keakalina

Keakalina--- What to say, what to say... well FIRST off this sister is FOR SURE one of my best friends. She is always the one that I care to talk to just to talk to.  She is the one i feel in my "later" years I have become so CLOSE TO its unbelieveable.  She's the one i see MOST things eye to eye on between any of my siblings.. but what i am MOST THANKFUL for when it comes to keaks is that she WITHOUT  a DOUBT loves the hardest.  She loves all of us siblings in ways that NONE of us can comprehend.  She's the quiet ones with her thoughts and her ponderings and for that I am grateful for, and I try to incorporate that into my own daily life.  She truly is the BEST SISTER anyone could ask for.  I'm so happy she's home from her mission now, and I'm able to talk to her whenever I feel like it.. hahahaa She's definitely cray cray #2 sister.. hahahahaah and then i'm cray cray #3.. it goes in order from G to pooh.. hahahahahahahaa  Since her mission what I have been most grateful for is her constant studying and constant yearn for knowledge STILL even after the mission.. very impressive... LOVE HER to KOLOB and back...

Day 7: Vaingamalie & Carissa

Vaingamalie--- what to say about vainga... "WE ARE NOT THE SAME" hahahahaa ONLY him and my siblings will know what that means to me..  but anyways When it comes to vainga I know he is always the voice of reason spiritually for me.. Thats predicated on one thing-- if he's in a SERIOUS MOOD he is the voice of reason spiritually.. Because when he wants to be annoying and egg you on.. o HE'LL DO JUST THAT.. hahaa But in all seriousness him and his wife have really taught me SOOOO MUCH..  me and max have learned so much about marriage, the gospel, true doctrine, and unconditional love from Carissa and Vainga together. 

Carissa--- will always hold a special part in my heart.  She's a fighter.  She's the mother to my FAVORITE NIECE... :) and I will always see her as this strong willed Daugher of God.  I only hope I can get on her level some day, and endure all the things she has endured thus far in her life.  Thank you for loving my crazy brother and for always being a sister from another mister I can lean on.. LOVE you carissa!!!

Day 6: David & Melissa

David--- in my childhood years the NUMBER ONE thing I could always count on him was getting up to take me to Achievement days saturday mornings WITHOUT BEING GRUMPY.. Now all you people who know me and my siblings is that WE ARE NOT MORNING people.. so trying to get a HAPPY person to take me to Achievement days was a REAL STRUGGLE in my wittle life.. hahaha But now that we are older, what I am MOST GRATEFUL for is his constant advice and counsel eduacationally and financially to my husband. He will never know how much that free knowledge has made me forever indebted to him. LOVE MY BIG BRO

Melissa--- WOW... thank you for being the ONLY WOMAN that can love my BIG BRO for who he is!!! You are really are my bros "ride or die" chick.  You have continuously surprised me with the amount of things you learn... I am so grateful that you have totally and utterly embraced my brother's tongan culture and taught my nephews tongan.  YOu are for REALS the #1 mom of the year.  I know how much you must put aside your wants to make your boys happy (and yes david is considered one of your boys to me haha).  You're the best hair braider and I'm grateful you love me and my sisters like we all came from the same parents!!! LOVE YOU LISS...

Day 5: Gaynor

Gaynor--- what I am MOST GRATEFUL for when it comes to my big sis, is her THOUGHTFULNESS and PROTECTIVE side. I remember when she went away to college she would send me stuff on my birthday, and I thought I was so cool and would wear these 2 dresses she got me all the time and tell all my friends my sister in COLLEGE got me these dresses. In all the things she's gone through she is ALWAYS there for me and would PUNK a NIGGA if they ever tried to hurt me.. she's the #1 CRAY CRAY girl in our fam!! hahahaa LOVE IT!!!

Day 4: Grateful for my SIBLINGS

Man what I would do without my SIBLINGS??---probably go CRAZY!! hahaha But seriously!!! They have without a doubt all turned into MY BEST FRIENDS.. They are the ones that ONLY understand my ramblings about my parents.. hahaah they are the ONLY ones I can just tell like it is (besides max)... they are the ONES that I lean on almost 100% of the time when it comes to moral support, financial support, emotional support.  These next few days will be dedicated to my SIBLINGS. :)

Day 3: Grateful for my Parents

Wowwww.. what to say and how I'm grateful for my PARENTALS haha... Honestly there's just so much... Lets start off with mi mama

My mom, is the type of Mom that would DO ANYTHING for kids over herself.  How beneficial that is for us and growing up--irrelevant to her.. hahaha she just LOVES us too much and LOVES her kids the same way.  As much as me and my sisters all have our little jokes about her, she really will stick to her guns no matter what.  And what I do know about mom and what I'm grateful for, is that she has always had a Testimony of the Gospel and of our Savior Jesus Christ.  Never once in my upbringing have I ever seen or witnessed my mom "fail" in her faith.  No really, now that I am thinking about it, i HONESTLY haven't.  She has always been steadfast in what she knows to be true and what her own upbringing has allowed her to see.

My mom is for sure OLD SCHOOL... like the old school if you talk back or sass her, she DOES NOT have a problem with whooping your beHIND... hahahahaha but then she's that OLD SCHOOL parent that after she done spanked you she'll come in to your room and say sorry and explain what she did was wrong but that she loved me and FORCES me to hug her.. hahahahahahHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH so true on so many different levels.  And maybe people that are reading this are thinking--"Why does this girl love her mama if she got spanked growing up?" And honestly what I say to those peeps out there... It is what it is. haha as ugly as that sounds but its true...   My mom and dad grew up in a very hands on disciplinary childhood, they taught the way they knew, and me as an individual today I feel my childhood as groomed me to be the WOMAN I am, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I think i'm PRETTY AWESOME!! hahahaaha :) So Right or wrong what they did, I NO CARE.. hahaha cause I love my life, loved my childhood, and loved my PARENTS! Now on to my pOPS!!

My dad... He is DEFINITELY  my mom's soul mate.. hahahaha but seriously.. He is one of the most hardworking people I know, never in my childhood did I think my dad couldn't get me whatever I wanted.  Even if my mom told me I couldn't get it.  hahahaha I knew if I asked my dad he would get it for me.  He has worked hard enough and long enough where us children have been able to produce MANY TALENTS.. He is one of the most laid back people I know and I love him for it.  I'm grateful for the life he was able to give us.  I'm grateful for the priesthood that he holds. And I'm grateful that I'm his FAVORITE!! NO really I AM HIS FAVORITE!!! hahaahaha NO matter what any of my other siblings think.. haha

In the end what I'm truly grateful for that my parents did and am eternally indebted to them is 1. bringing me into this world-- THANK YOU for not stopping after keaks.. hahaah and 2. I am grateful for their CONSTANT effort to put the Gospel first.  I truly was raised in a home with Goodly Parents.  And was raised in the Gospel. 

Thank you mama and pops. 

Love the BEST DAUGHTER IN THE WORLD-- me: the BEST tafuna MOALA ever!

Day 2: Thankful for my HUSBAND

Sooooooooooooooo THANKFUL for the man I married, we have been through SOOOOOO much in our short marriage of 2 and a half yrs!  I'd be lying if I said life was PEACHY 24/7... HAHAHAHAHA Because us married folk just KNOW, that statement is NOT TRUE! BUT what I can say that would be a true statement is that we LOVE EACHOTHER thru and thru...

Even those days when I'm like, "Really dude!!! You just NEVER learn!" hahahaa I know even on those days we love eachother like a fat kid LOVES his cake when he's DIETING hahahaha NOW THAT IS ALOT!!! hahaha

I'm grateful for his calm composure when I'm all kinds of cray cray, like for reals when i'm "cold blodded" (thats what he calls me sometimes, and im like YUPP THATS RIGHT I AM COLD BLOODED SO WHY YOU BE MESSIN WITH ME!-- TOLD YOU im CRAY CRAY hahaha). 

Anyways, I'm grateful for him TRYING to do whats right constantly.  I'm grateful for his dedication in all the things in his life: family, church callings, school work, football, etc. I can see his HARD WORK IN SCHOOL really paying off!!

I'm grateful for his love that he shows me.  One thing I know for sure about my husband is that I'm his "ride or die" chick!!! hahahaahahaha Love his ghetto little ways.  And at the same time love his anal little nerdy ways.  If you can imagine that coexists in one person.. haha

I'm just grateful for his sappy little sayings like "we're soul mates hun" and i'm looking at him like dude you're such a girl, but inside I'm all kinds of happy because he says these sappy little stuff.  hahahahaaha IT'S GREAT!! haha i LOVE that he still opens and closes my door after 2 yrs of marriage, everyone always told me that stuff would go away after a few months and still to this day my husband is doing it and I know he will for the rest of his life!! hahahaha or I'll cut him!! hahahaah TOTALLY KIDDING.. kinda.. hahahaha JK.. the people that really know me, know HOW i'm saying this.. hahaha so all you people that randomly stumble upon this blog may just think i am some crazy lady.. but i'm really not.. well not TOTALLY crazy HAHAHAHA man i am craccking myself up righ tnow.. hahhaha

I LOVE LOVE LOVE that he is a brother to my brothers.  IF that even makes sense.  If you can see my brothers with Max you would think they all came from the same parents (not cause they look the same haha) BUT because they ALL joke the same and are INTERESTED in the same things.  I absolutely LOVE seeing him be so comfortable with them and truly treat them like the brothers that are to each other!!  it's AMAZE BALLS!! hahaha

LAST but not LEAST I LOVE HIS TESTIMONY.  I love that he served an honorable 2 year mission in the Carribean and he came away from it "converted" to this Gospel.  He really is just a great man and has overcome so much!! He honors his Priesthood, and DOES NOT take for granted that he is able to be Temple Worthy.  I am grateful he made him self the kind of man that could take me to the temple so we could be married for all time and eternity. 

All in all, I love my husband James Mangisi Moala aka MAX haha he's my partner in crime, the daddy to our 2 dogs hahahaa and the LOVE OF MY LIFE.. i love you FOOL!!! hahahaaha

Day 1: Grateful for the Atonement and this Gospel

So I'm back at it again with the blogging.  Hopefully I can keep up with it and get my 2 followers an update haha

Starting my "Days of Thanking", (not sure if that's what it's called, but I'm calling it this). 

I really am grateful for my testimony in this Gospel, and I'm grateful for the fact that I have felt the atonement work in my life specifically and been able to recognize that it is the Atonement, the gift given to me by my older brother Jesus Christ.  If it wasn't for this Gospel, my Savior, and my Heavenly Father, I know for a surety I wouldn't be as happy as I am now.  This statement gives me the confidence, the will power to overcome great trials and small battles in my own personal life. 

I thank my parents for introducing me to this wonderful Gospel.


And thats that.  :)

-the best TAFUNA MOALA ever