sooooo....i'm still alive.

So I haven't blogged about anything for nearly half of this year (i suck), and I really have no excuses because these past few months have been so incredibly eventful. Consider this a really long "Catchin' Up Blog"...so be forewarned....it'll be a like all of those shoulda been blogs rolled into one :)...

MRS. BRITTNY ROLF

As most of you already know, my younger sister Maile (Brittny) got married in June and her wedding was beautiful. Although the weeks leading up to it were filled with stress...and anger...and frustration...and cuss words...and crying...and fighting (all were mostly my mom...especially the cussing)...the actual wedding was great and fun...at least while I was there. I'm so happy for her and her wonderful new husband and I wish them the best!...I was also happy that there was a new addition to our family, because for a while it was just David.

MY LONG LOST SISSY POU!

The weekend before Maile's wedding, me and baby sis, Nikki, met up with our sister Tupou for the first time. We scooped her up from her cousin's wedding, the wait was sooooo nerve racking. Spotting her was a no brainer....she looks just like our mom. She was so petite and dressed all cute, which made me take a quick look at my outfit to make sure I looked decent........i didn't.

Oh my hell Pumpkin, why the heck......are you wearing your little brother's "Famous" shirt?!

(emphasis on LITTLE) After we'd picked her up, I couldn't believe she was right....here! In the passenger seat of our super junkie car. I don't know what it was, but I had a feeling that Nikki was also in a feeling of shock....maybe it was the fact that she almost got in like....5 car accidents and almost ran a red light or 3, and got us super lost on the way to ice cream (which by the way...was just a few blocks down the street from where we had picked our sister up). Our convo was cool, calm, collected, comfortable (and any other "c" words you can think up). I felt like I've known her forever...like...she was my older sister who lived outta town and she came to visit for the weekend. Not many others know that we also have another older sister. Another half-sis from our dad's first marriage. My dad told us about her when I was about 13 yrs old. My mind, at the time, was not near as mature as it is now. I was then filled with mixed emotions, not knowing whether to be excited, or mad, or sad or disappointed (no worries, I absolutely love her now). This time around, with Pou, it was pure excitement. After our ice cream, my understanding was to take Pou to where she was staying, because she had told us that she wasn't yet comfortable with meeting with our mom just yet. I could understand that and didn't want to force anything on her. Nikki on the other hand had ulterior motives. She pretty much forced Pou to go to our house after...like "forced" as in...despite knowing that she wasn't ready to meet our mom...she got behind the wheel and directed the car to our house anyway....so....uh... more so held her captive...i dunno. In the end...i was glad nikki did that because the meeting with my mom and her was very special...we laughed, we cried, we bid adieu and that's the end....for now.

BABY SISSY GETTING MARRIED

I know that you can't possibly think that having both of my little sisters getting married in the SAME YEAR about ONE MONTH apart is weird....weird and comical...at least for me. hehe. Well, I can totally understand her reasoning for not wanting to wait. And I would've done the same thing. I've already been considering Robert my brother for a long time a comin already, it's about time they put it on paper. Rob's dated Nikki longer than I dated David (for longer than I've even known David for that matter)...for longer than Maile dated Peter....put together. I'm so happy that they are finally going to get married, and rushed or not, there wedding is going to be a blessed event. Anotha Brotha added to the family and I'm super happy!...now all that's left is for AJ to get married and ad yet another brother.....Jordan?...he'll never leave my mom.....nuff sed.

GOING DOWN UNDUH...FOR GOOD

This is the one thing that has been contributing to my stress level the most lately. My husband and I have made the decision that we are going to move our little family to Australia. He's got a great job awaiting him, medical is free, the government gives you money for everything, it's beautiful....what's to stress? When I would think about how far Australia is from my family, it would reduce me to tears. I love my family so much and it was already hard for me to live all the way up here in Syracuse, an hour away from them...now I was going to move to the other side of the globe. It took a while, but now that I see that my sisters are married....Maile in Ogden going to school with her husband and Nikki, soon to get married and move to Arkansas with her husband....I realize that we are all adults, we're all older with our own lives and if moving to Australia will be better for my family....why not? We still intend to return to the states at least twice a year which will also ensure that my babies remember who my parents are...their Nana and Papa. It took me a while, but I'm more excited than worried to move. I just needed to convince myself. I was tired of people trying to "sell" Australia to me, telling me how awesome the Government is there and how sucky the one is here, and how jobs pay so much there and jobs are crap here, and blah blah blah blah blah. I love the USA....im extremely patriotic...so if you want to get in my good graces and prove to me how great something is.....don't tell me how bad my country is....cuz no matter how bad the condition of our economy....it's the best country in the world. I hear that there are so many jobs and not enough people and the health care is free...so I'm expecting to get there and not see and bums or sick people. phew...sorry...had to get that out. I will continue blogging in Aussie and tell you how I'm surviving without Walmart....without Netflix and without mountains (oooohhh, my precious mountains). I will also hopefully get to post pictures of our first Christmas in SUMMER! mind blowing!...don't know about surfing though...I'm scared to death of sharks....

later mates...until next time