Laulu Family

Memorial Day Weekend

2011-06-03T06:07:00.001-07:00

Memorial Day weekend was a blast! We had cousins from MO come and visit, and we had a BLAST!!!!!

Papa's Funeral

2011-01-21T15:41:00.000-08:00

California Summer Vacation

2010-09-17T08:00:00.000-07:00

2010-08-25T08:47:00.001-07:00

Sai was sooo hungry last night, he wanted a peanut butter sandwich. He almost finished it, when alas he fell asleep, with the sandwich in his hands! LOL! He is too cute!

Sai's Triathlon Shirt!!!!

2010-06-24T22:03:00.001-07:00

Dirt + Water Fight =

2010-06-07T13:59:00.000-07:00

Trip to "The Moab" with Dad

2010-05-31T20:51:00.001-07:00

Going Fishin'

2010-04-01T05:48:00.001-07:00

Scott caught this one! Sai wanted to go fishing with his new pole, and Scott was just watching, and this is the results! He can be pretty cute when he wants to be!

My Hellian Child!!!!

2010-03-16T08:06:00.001-07:00

So I get him home from church and we are eating lunch and watching TV (trying to get a nap in) and he has stinky pants so I go to change him. I’m teasing him saying “wow son…you got a stinky butt!” So I get his diaper off, and he says “that f*ck!ng stinks mom!” I of coarse gasp and ask “what did you say?” “I didn’t say anyfing momma!” so I proceed to change his diaper and get done and sit him up level with me so we can see eye to eye. I told him that the “F” word is not a word that we say, and then next time I hear him say the “F” word, I am going to put hot sauce on his tongue. I told him that went with any other swear word, and even when he takes God’s name in vain. (He really likes that one, and loves to follow it up with Dammit!) He tells me ok, and I let him get down to play.
So later that evening we had gone to my mom’s for Sunday dinner. After dinner we were all sitting around in the living room telling stories, and teasing one another, and we were teasing Rebecca that Kalani told her that she was a B@st@rd when he was little. Well my little hellion was playing down stairs with his cousins, so we thought we were safe, but of coarse he is crawling up the stairs and heard Grandma say B@st@rd. As soon as he reaches the top step he says “who’s a b@st@rd gama?” I then warn him again and tell him that Bastard is a swear word, and he says it again, he will get hot sauce!
So we go home and we are winding down, and Sai is in my room with Scott playing with my cars on the side of my bed. Scott leaves him in there and comes out to the living room. About 5 minutes go by and Scott goes back to the room and finds that Sai had bitten off all the erasers on the colored pencils that I have sitting by the side of my bed. So I tell Sai to come to me, and he comes in the living room and walks right past me, like I didn’t say anything! So of coarse I get him and sit him on my lap, well he instantly starts crying cuz he knows he is in trouble. I ask him if he bit the erasers off, and he tells me no. I warned him and said if he lied to me that he would be in bigger trouble. So I asked him again, and he says no. I ask him if he didn’t do it, who did? He proceeds to tell me that Daddy did it. (By now I am busting a gut when ever he lays his head down crying!) Finally after 10 minutes of coaxing and spanking, he finally tells the truth.
I do not know what I am going to do with this child!

Its me . . . . Chewy!!!!

2010-03-11T09:45:00.000-08:00

Kalani and his Chicano trying to come out!!!!

Super Bowl Sunday . . . Gooooo Saints!!!!

2010-02-07T21:41:00.001-08:00

Our family got together for Super Bowl, but you can see who had the most Super Bowl Spirit! They were the winners!!! Brookey's T-shirt was the best!!! I loved it! Even more I loved her pants! I swear we should have had her be the half time entertainment instead of . . . who??? I love you Brookey!!!!

Here is My True Son!!!! So while we were cooking dinner, I was of coarse out on the deck using the deep fryer, wearing . . . you guessed it shorts, flip flops and a hoody! Pretty soon here comes my son asking if he can play outside while I am out there. I told him he would have daddy help him get some shoes on, and to get a coat. now keep in mind I told him to ask daddy to help in hopes that Dad would either put a stop to him coming outside or he would atleast put some pants and shoes and socks on him. Nope . . . Sai dissapears for a few minutes, and then reappears with his crocs on, no socks and a heavy winter coat! Shorts, summer sandels, a tank top and a heavy coat!!!! Im raising us a true polynesian!!! Love it!

Family Pics

2010-01-20T21:36:00.001-08:00

Family pictures!!!! We did them a few months ago, but I thought I would still share them! I took them all except the ones of Scott, Sai & I! Brookey took those!!!!

The Monster Truck Ralley!!!

2010-01-17T19:20:00.000-08:00

We took the boys to the Monster Truck Ralley!!! The LOVED it!!! Uncle Jason even took the boys to ride one of the Monster Trucks! It was fun just to watch their faces!

Thanksgiving & Christmas

2009-12-29T11:57:00.000-08:00

Things have been crazy, but I thought I better get up atleast a couple of pictures!

Playin at the Playground!

2009-10-02T10:24:00.001-07:00

Flag Football

2009-10-02T09:41:00.001-07:00

Runnin with daddy!

2009-10-02T09:40:00.000-07:00

Sai loves to run with daddy, and is constanly telling daddy to go faster!!! Scott and Sai ran in one of our local 5k's, and beat every other person with a stroller, so they were pretty pleased!!!! "Faster daddy . . . GO faster!!!!"

Scott's Marathon

2009-10-02T09:17:00.001-07:00

This is a little late, but this is the last marathon that he ran in September in the Little Grand Canyon Marathon!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAI!!!

2009-09-02T10:48:00.001-07:00

California Trip

2009-08-02T20:17:00.000-07:00

Some Pics from The Last Month

2009-07-12T08:09:00.001-07:00

Different things make different people HAPPY!!!!

2009-06-23T06:22:00.000-07:00

This was a wedding that I was in this weekend!!! There were a lot of different things, but hey, whatever makes them happy right? It actually ended up being way fun! And the cake was DELICIOUS!!!!!

Yes that is a strapless dress! The first and only time that you will see me in one of those! Phat girlz should not even be in those!

A full weekend!!!!

2009-06-17T11:46:00.001-07:00

It was a full weekend this past weekend! I went Scrappin' (Scrap Bookin)and Scott had to work. Sai got to go with Aunt Sunny and Uncle Scott! He had a ball! He loves them!
Here are some picks of him!

Sai the Water Boy

2009-06-08T19:07:00.001-07:00

Here is Sai when he was watering the garden with Aunt Mia!!! He loves to water! Mommy of coarse doesn't let him, but Aunt Mia does! When they were done we turned off the water, and Sai began to suck the water out of the hose, it was hillarious! He would suck on it for a second and then look at you and say, "Ba-ba!" He is just too damn cute!

Memorial Day 2009

2009-05-24T19:08:00.000-07:00

We all went as a family to the gravesite today! It was nice! Everything turned out really nice! Mom, Malia, Rebecca, Brooke, Aunt Mia & Aunt Leica made really nice leis for the graves, and it turned out really nice! Here are some cute pictures of the boys!

Scotts Tat

2009-04-16T22:07:00.000-07:00

Easter with the Laulus

2009-04-16T22:05:00.001-07:00

We got together for Easter! It was fun. The funnest was the Egg Hunt though. The kids really like it, and was even more excited to find money in some of the eggs! We didnt get any pictures, but Kalani and I flew some kites too! The plastice one didnt survive more than 20 seconds. But the nylon kite was awesome! We loved it!

Perry Playin Ball

2009-04-16T21:56:00.001-07:00

Perry is playin Semi-Pro Football in SLC. He is playin for the Wasatch Revolution! He is #33 in these pictures, he was supposed to be #36, but oh well! It was fun to watch his game, and we are looking forward to going to more.

Goin to the Zoo

2009-04-16T21:50:00.000-07:00

So we took Sai to the Zoo this past weekend, and it was fun! Sai loved it . . . including the metal statue of the gorilla . . . that he couldnt keep his hand off it nips! It was hillarious! Im just glad the gorilla wasnt real, I dont know if the gorilla would really appreciate Sai gettin a feel, nor the humor of it! But it was fun!

Playin at the Park

2009-04-16T21:42:00.001-07:00

Here was our day at the park!!!! Sai loves to throw sand! What is it with boys and dirt? This kid sees any sort of dirt and he is all up in it!

Baby Sai & Uncle Sai

2009-04-16T21:37:00.000-07:00

Here is Sai dancing to the Sons of Manessah, my cousin Sai's singing group! Sai and I love thier music, and I was loving that he was getting down with his bad self!!!! He is such a cutie!!!!

Tickeling Uncle Perry

2009-03-03T21:14:00.000-08:00

So this weekend, we were at moms again, and Perry started to play rough with Kalani and Sai'peti. Well as you can see Brooke jumped in at the last minute and was tickle the most ticklish spot on Perry, his calves!!!! It was hilarious because Perry couldn't do anything because Kalani was sitting on him, and he knew that Sai was right there, and didn't want to hurt him. The boys thought getting unlce Perry like that was the best!!! It was pretty funny to see Perry suffering after seeing him tease and tickle the boys until they almost cry! Priceless!!!!
Also there was this little clip of Sai on his first mechanical horse. Sai loves the mechanical cars, so we thought that he would love the horse, but we were very wrong. He really didnt like it at all. Infact we got him off the ride way before t was over! Oh well, we will have to try it again in a while.

Finally, I took Sai to the park, and when we got there, there was no one else around, so we had the park to our selves. It was a good thing cuz Sai decided that he liked to throw the sand! I think he just likes to do anything that I tell him not too! But he is still cute!!!

Keeping busy at moms!

2009-02-18T23:07:00.001-08:00

So we have been crazy busy. Mostly just working on Mom's house, but hopefully it will be coming to an end here soon. I am hoping maybe only a couple more weeks.
It all started with Bec needing to make some extra money, and asking mom if there was anything she could do for her for some extra cash. Well mom said that she would pay her to take down the entry way wall paper. Well that turned into needing the entry way painted, and if we were going to paint the entry way, we would need to paint the living room, which lead to the dining room. Them mom got the bright idea to paint an accent wall, and with that she wanted to get new furniture. Well of coarse couldn't get new furniture that clashed with the old carpet, and why would we get new carpet without getting the kitchen flooring done. Well then we had to tear off the molding, and after we replaced that, what the heck, why don't we throw up some casing for the doors upstairs, and why not some crown molding for the entire upstairs, just to give it that finished touch! LOL! Not to mention the wall that I had to take out downstairs so we could fit the upstairs furniture downstairs, to make room for the new furniture! (Actually that was probably the funnest thing out of all the work we had been doing, Perry and I love the demolition part!) But if anyone who knew what mom & dad's house looked like, it does not look anything like it did 3 weeks ago. We are almost finished putting up the crown molding (which has turned out to be a pain in the butt because of the angles that throw us off!) and hopefully next week we will be able to frame in the door and the corner that i need to replace that we took out downstairs to Perry's room. But I will get some new pics on here to show off all of our hard work! But it actually has come along really nice, and looks amazing! And mom says that she loves it, and that is what counts!

Thought I would share this one too

2009-02-04T21:45:00.000-08:00

I wuv woooo

2009-02-04T21:44:00.001-08:00

Just thought I would share this cute little video with everyone! Sai has learned one of my oldies but goodies by the Stylistics, La La (I love you)! It is soo funny cuz Scott and I will start singing the La La La La la La la means, and Sai will chime in with the "I wuv woooooooooo"!!!! We love it!!!!

Its already been a month...

2009-01-19T21:52:00.000-08:00

Today was kind of a hard day, but a good day! Today is the 1 month mark of my nephew dying.
It started out with Kalani coming by to spend the day with us, and a Dr appointment for Sai to check up on this new set of tubes. From there we picked up Perry and took him home to SLC. There we went to lunch, where my son was a complete holy terror, and then to Lowes to search for some solar powered tiki torches (which we were so glad to find!!!) and them off to Petsmart, to get some new fish for Sai and Scott. Sai's was two little fish named One Eyes Willie, and Mo (short for Mohawk, curiosity of Kalani). And Scott's were feeder gold fish for his pond!
When we got home, we went as a family to the grave site of my dad and Mateo, and Malia bought some balloons and tied them to one of Mateo's bikes, and Scott and I put the tiki torches on the graves, and Malia wanted us to sing a little song together. It is hard to watch Malia and Jim, and I would do anything to take away their pain, but there is really nothing we can do, but be as supportive as we can.

Mateo Jack Lafoga Theorine

2008-12-21T11:45:00.001-08:00

SPRING GLEN – Mateo Jack Lafoga Theorine returned home to his Heavenly Father and his Papa, December 19, 2008 after passing away peacefully in his sleep at the young age of 22 months.
Mateo was born February 1, 2007 in Price, Utah, to James Victor Theorine II and Malia Mei Laulu and his big brother James (Kimo) Victor Theorine III. Mateo was a pillar of light to all that knew him. His beautiful smile and his golden locks of hair was just a tiny glimpse of our fun loving little boy. Mateo loved his family and his many friends, and loved to share kisses and hugs and the occasional love tap with all of them. Though very young, Mateo loved sports, any kind of balls, four-wheelers, daddy’s motorcycle, the trampoline, dancing and most of all his binky.
Mateo was a very happy and energetic little boy who loved others unconditionally. He was always a comforter for those that needed comforting, and would be the first to stand up in a fist fight, but would always love you better when he was done beating you up.
Mateo loved to go bye-bye. He loved to get his coat and shoes on, and be the first one ready for any adventure. He was often found being curious and self-entertained. Mateo embraced his cultures, and loved the music of his cultures and would express his love by dancing. Mateo was not a little man of many words, but always knew how to express to anyone what he wanted, whether it was him pointing and grunting, or leading you right to what he wanted.
Mateo was preceded in death by his papa Lafoga Laulu Jr. Mateo is survived by his mom and dad, Malia Mei Laulu and James Victor Theorine II, his brother James (Kimo) Victor Theorine III, his grandparents, Patricia Laulu, James Victor Theorine, Annalillia Guiterrez , his aunts and uncles, Sulika (Scott) Merrell, Juan (Ann) Theorine, Rebecca (Jason Ochoa) Laulu, Perry Laulu, his cousins, Kalani Vai Laulu, Sai’peti Epomaikaimaikeakuaokalaniikeiaohanaalii Merrell, Graciann Marie Theorine and many of his extended family and friends that love him very dearly.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 11 a.m. at the Price 4th – 5th Ward Building, 380 East 400 North – Price, UT. A viewing will be Monday, December 22, 2008 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Fausett Mortuary, 680 East 100 South in Price and Tuesday from 10 to 10:45 a.m. at the church prior to the services. Interment will be in the Cliffview Cemetary.

Helper Light Parade

2008-12-07T21:58:00.001-08:00

So this weekend, we as a family, we were in the 19th Annual Helper Light Parade!!! It was really fun.

We decided to do a Cancer Awareness float and called it "This Christmas, Celebrte Life" and did it in memory of my dad.

We decorated my truck with lights, and put up a tree in the back that we decorated with the different colors of ribbons that represent the different kinds of cancer. Orange is the color that represented Leukemia, so of coarse we kinda made that color a little bit bigger and brighter!

We all also wore shirts that said "Cancer Sucks" with the girls in orange and the the boys in white. Sunny made us some bright orange scarfs and got us some reindeer antlers that lite up and sang!
It was really cold, but really fun! The little boys loved it too!

Thanksgiving, Laulu Style!!!!

2008-11-29T07:26:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving this year was a hard one, yet at the same time, we were able to focus on some of the positive, so that was good!

Scott decided that he was going to run the 5K Huntington City Turkey Trot. This is Sai, wishing his daddy good luck!

Something to kinda help the boys (and us grown ups too!) was to send Dad letters and pictures via ballons.

So we all drew a picture and and little notes and sent them off to dad, attatched to some ballons, and watched until dad came down from heaven and got the notes!

Actually the boys really liked the whole idea, and really liked that dad got thier pictures and letters.

Kimo and Kalani decided that they were gonna draw some of papa's favorite things, like BYU Football and Motorcycles!

Here are the boys as they watching the ballons fly away, they all lined up on the 4 wheeler, and we couldnt help but want some pictures!

And here was the elephant ride, later on after we had pie! Sai and Kalani thought it was pretty cool! I thought it ws pretty cool that Scott still had the energy to be the elephant! Let alone with Kalani on there too!

Dad's Last Goodbye!

2008-11-14T11:44:00.000-08:00

The viewing and the funeral turned out to be a wonderful experience! We will miss dad a ton but it was good to see soooo many people come and show thier love and respect! It was a wonderful tribute to dad to have so many people there! Lots of family came from all over the US, and lots a friends! We loved seeing everyone!
Again I wanted to thank the family for all of the love and support you all showed by coming to the funeral, for keeping us in your prayers! We truly appreciate everything that everyone has done for us! What a beautiful tribute the funeral was to my father! I could never thank everyone enough. It was so good seeing everyone, I only wish that we could have had enough time to sit down and visit with everyone.

Here are some of the pictures that were taken at the gravesite I thought people might like to see!

Lafoga Laulu Jr. 1951-2008

2008-11-03T22:38:00.000-08:00

Price, UT - Lafoga Laulu Jr. died November 2, 2008 after a short battle with Leukemia.
Lafoga was born October 4, 1951 in Mapusaga, American Samoa to Pelu Pelu Laulu and Lesina Fuimaono.
He married the one true love of his life, Patricia Elaine Perry, on June 8, 1974, in the LDS Los Angeles Temple.
Lafoga was a true example of a person who had Christ-like attributes.
He was survived my his wife Patricia Elaine Perry, Children: Sulika (Scott) Merrell, Malia (Jim) Theorine, Rebecca (Jason Ochoa) Laulu, & Perry Laulu. His parents Pelu Pelu Laulu & Lesina Fuimaono, Sulika (Iosefa) Toia, Mei (Ramese) Maiava, Mateo (Ata) Laulu. His grandsons Kalani Vai Laulu, James Victor Theorine III, Mateo Jack Lafoga, & Sai'peti Epomaikaimaikeakuaokalaniikeiaohanaalii Merrell.
A viewing will be help Friday November 7, 2008 6-8 at the Fausett Mortuary 680 E 100 S Price, UT 84501. An additional veiwing will be held Saturday November 8, 2008 9-10:45 followed by the funeral service at 11 at the Price Stake Center, 150 S 500 East Price, UT 84501.

Its Time

2008-11-02T04:05:00.001-08:00

Today at 4:06 am, my father passed away. It was very peaceful, and in his sleep, just the way he wanted it. I will put more information as it comes up. We are soo relieved that he is NOT suffering anymore, but will miss him with all our hearts! Love you Dad!

2008-11-01T18:37:00.000-07:00

Tappin for Fluid

2008-10-31T04:59:00.001-07:00

Here are a couple of pictures of Dad getting his stomach tapped for fluid. They were able to get 6 liters of fluid off of him, which is really good because it made him more comfortable. It was really neat to watch the whole procedure!
Dad is still not doing real well. He is still receiving dialysis. But not feeling the best.

Dialysis

2008-10-26T12:00:00.001-07:00

We started dialysis today! Dad’s liver just isn’t doin well at all and will not work, therefore making hard for the kidneys to work at all, and all of the toxins are building up in his blood making him feel like he has the worst flu ever, and also making him disoriented! For those of you that don’t know what dialysis is, it is where they pump your blood through a machine and filter out all of the bad toxins, and just put back in the good stuff. The bad thing with that is that dialysis makes you very tired, and just worn out.
The doctors are still trying to out smart his body, but so far they are having no luck, and it seems that dad just keeps getting sicker and sicker. Hopefully we will know more of what is going on tomorrow or the next day. His body just will not respond to the chemo therapy and they are not sure just what it will respond to. Dad is still fighting though, so that is a good sign!

Update on Dad

2008-10-17T13:40:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of Dad, Sai and Mom. Sai was way jealous cuz Dad was eating a popsicle. I know the picture is bad, but its what I have!
Just recently, Dad's Doctors wanted to move Dad to the ICU at the U of U Hospital. Reason being was Dad's blood pressure has been extremely low the last week, and Tuesday night, it dropped to 86/44, which is way too low. So far they have been able to bring up his blood pressure a little bit, to where it is not so much of a risk, but it is still reading really low! But hopefully they can balance that along with the Chemo, the infection, and keeping his lungs working well! Poor guy!

Big Weekend at Huntsmans!!!

2008-10-05T19:16:00.001-07:00

So it was a big weekend at the hospital this weekend!LOTS of family came out to show some support! Dad wasnt able to visit with a lot of them! Best of all, Gramma and Papa Laulu came with Aunty Sulika and Uncle Joe. It was really good to see them! We were also able to visit with family from Salt Lake, St. George, American Fork, California, and even Hawaii! Aunty Tuaoi came and even brought some Pulini (a samoan dessert) and snuck some in to dad, and he LOVED IT! Saturday, all of us kids (Me, Scott, Sai'peti, Malia, Jim, Kimo, Mateo, Rebecca, Jason, Kalani, Perry & Brooke!) came to celebrate dad's 57th birthday. Dad celebrated by getting Chemo, while all the kids and mom ate! Yeah we are a bunch of fat kids! Sunday, Perry and I stuck around, to keep mom company, and visit with more family! Some of the family has a singing group, and they came by to sing for dad, and did a wonderful job! But you know us, we are always beng crazy! After everyone left, we convinced Perry to do the Thizzle Dance for us, and we cracked up BIG TIME!

Dad

2008-10-03T14:06:00.001-07:00

Some people have been wondering what is ultimately wrong with my dad, and here is the down low . . .
Dad was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia last year in August. Ususally this type of Leukemia is managable, but not cure-able. It is managed by Chemo therapy.

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a cancer of the white blood cells and bone marrow. The bone marrow is the spongy inner part of bones where blood cells are produced. White blood cells arise from the marrow and circulate in the blood. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is characterized by uncontrolled growth of blood cells.

Back in June Dad was undergoing Chemo Therapy, and was not scheduled for another 3 months. For some unknown reason his CLL grew out of control, which was causing him some liver problems. He did not feel well and went into the hospital because he had signs of jaundice, and was not feeling well. He was admitted to the hospital, and then contracted pneumonia. After a week in the hospital in Price, he was tranfered to the Huntsmans Cancer Center in Salt Lake City. There they were treating him for the pneumonia and also trying to gain control again of his CLL. He continued to get really sick as they began, but now we think they are on the right track.
Dad is still really sick, but he is a fighter. He is recieving Chemo Therapy, which makes his immune system obsolete, but so far so good! He has really dont well! His jaundice levels are still really high (which make his skin and eyes a yellowish color!), but all of his other levels are begining to do better! Like the doctor said, "We're not out of the woods, but right now we can see the edge!"

We will try this one too!

2008-10-03T13:15:00.000-07:00