Here's Keiko's cake. . . It's a practice for Ku's groom's cake (it'll be a Sumo). I used a ball cake pan set for the body and two cupcakes cut in half for the feet and arms. For Ku's cake I'll use fondent so it'll be smooth. . . frosting is a beast!
Thank you Grandma Sheri and Papa for the great giraffe and zebra chairs. Keiko, Kolu and Kanlu love them. They share really well. And thank you Tutu and Grandpa for the cute outfit!
I'll add more pics of Keiko and her other gifts later. . . she is so stinkin' cute!
For God so loVed the world,
That He gAve
His onLy
BegottEn
SoN
That
whosoever
Believeth In Him
Should Not perish,
But have
Everlasting
life.'
John 3:16
One of my cute Sunday School kiddos sent me this in an email. I just love it!
Before that email I got this emailed to me from my friend Shanny! Thanks Shanny for remembering that I love Hello Kitty. I love that Valentine's Day is starting for me already!
I was talking to my mom on the phone and looking at my home page at the same time and saw a quote I like. . . from my quote of the day widget. . . and wanted to blog about it. I told my mom the quote and then said, "I don't even know who Irving Berlin is." She then told me he was a composer who wrote some of her favorite songs from her childhood. Then she started to tell me stories about some of his songs like. . . my grandma and grandpa used to sing some of his songs together. I was taking a walk down memory lane with my mother. It was so nice to hear her sing some of her favorite Irving Berlin songs. . . Always, There's No Business Like Show Business, and Blue Skies.
So I googled Irving Berlin and found out that he composed over 3,000 songs and lived for 101 years. He had an interesting life. If you wanna learn more take a look at wikipedia link.
I'm just amazed at how one quote can turn into a family history moment! Thank you mom for the great chat.
was greeted in heaven today by this sweet face.
President Gordon B. Hinckley dies at age 97
President Gordon B. Hinckley, who led The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through explosive growth during his more than 12 years as president, died at 7 p.m. today of causes incident to age, surrounded by family. He was 97.
As many of you may have heard the LDS Prophet, Gordon B. Hinckley, passed away a week ago. Most of my blogging friends have posted the sweetest remarks about him (like the one I pasted above by my friend who happens to be named Kanoe, heehee what a small world, this was my favorite post of all) and you would have expected that I would have already blogged about him too. I have been meditating in deep thought about our dear Prophet's life and small moments I've had in his presence. When I heard of his passing my first thought was that, " he is happily reunited with his dear wife, Marjorie." Most of you felt the same way, for most of the LDS community knows how much he loves his wife.
I have a personal story I'd like to share that really exemplified to me how much he truly does love his wife. It is such a simple story but simple things speak louder to me than anything complex.
I was a missionary on Temple Square in Salt Lake City. Several sister missionaries and I were working in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building (JSMB) in the Family Search Section. The Family Search area has computers available to the public for the purpose of looking into the church archives, social security archives, and family history records. This allows for many to find dates and places of birth of ancestors and loved ones that have passed. Genealogy is one of my favorite subjects. . . I love history! To know the past is to better the future. . . one of my strongest beliefs!
Anyway back to my moment with Pres. Hinckley. He was the prophet and leader of a very large church. He traveled more than I could even as a military wife. Despite his responsibility to such a large number of people his first priority is his family. He and his dear wife were attending the wedding reception of his grand daughter in the JSMB (it has many beautiful reception rooms for it was once the Hotel Utah). As he and Sister Hinckley were exiting the reception, a bit earlier than the rest of the family, he said, "Hello sisters you are doing a great work." We were delighted to be acknowledged by our prophet. It was closing time in the Family Search Section so we all wanted to go and give him a great big hug and I'm sure he noticed as he said, "I'd love to meet each of you individually but I need to take my dear wife home so she can rest." There were about eight of us there, he could have stopped to give us hugs yet he thought first of his dear wife and her needs and continued on with her to take her home. At that moment all I could think was, "I want to marry a man just like him." (Piko is SLOWLY getting there, heehee.)
He taught us as a church of how important our families are and that strong righteous families are the foundation to a world of peace and happiness. As we teach our children within our homes virtues like honesty and sobriety we are creating a better world for them to live for they are our future. Gordon Bitner Hinckely didn't just teach us with words he led us by his example. . . much like our Savior Jesus Christ. I am so grateful for his life and his legacy!
I have to add one more cute personal story. This one is an experience of Piko's. When Piko and I were first married we lived in downtown Salt Lake City. We attended church in the JSMB an hour after President Hinckley's ward. One Sunday Piko rushed out of the chapel into the hallway heading beeline to the bathroom. . . he really had to pee! As he rushed a corner not paying attention to what may be around that corner he plowed into Pres. Hinckley. He grabbed the prophet's shoulders to make sure he wouldn't fall, apologized and then excused himself to the bathroom. The next General Conference (which was a couple weeks after the incident) the world saw Pres. Hinckley with a cane for the first time. Piko likes to joke that he was the reason for his cane. . . what a horrible thing to joke about, crippling an old man while rushing to the bathroom. As Pres. Monson said. . . he didn't use the cane for walking anyway. He used it to wave at people and tap people to get their attention!
This has to be one of my most favorite pictures of Pres. Hinckley even though you can't see his face you can see his sense of humor! He was a jolly man! I have much ALOHA for him. . . . Till we meet again.
In honor of one of my favorite prophets I have joined with thousands of others in reading The Book of Mormon in 97 days.
A couple days ago Kolu comes out of the room where he was dressing for the day and says, "Momma, me and Nanu are twins. We're wearing the same shirt." At that moment I thought,"Oooh there are twins in our family let's scrapbook this."
Of course you know that Kanalu and Kolu aren't twins they are 22 months apart.
Hea and Hana are Piko's cousins. We love them so much. We have such fun hanging with them. . . playing cards, singing, talking story and eating. Hea and her husband often watch our children when we have to go to a meeting or on a date. . . thank you guys for always being there for us.
Mom Warr is Piko's mom and Aunt Judy is her sister. Aunt Judy and Uncle Gene are visiting right now and we have been able to have dinner with them several times as well as play some hand and foot and apples to apples with them. Naturally we love them both. . . our love for them is grand because of their kindness and caring nature. Mom is always there for us when we need anything. Aunt Judy is a breath of fresh air. . . so compassionate and happy.
So have fun guessing who the twins are!! I'll tell you who it is next Saturday!
Three days ago Kolu got a hold of our camera and took loads of pics (thank goodness for digital cameras). I was so impressed by the pics he took that I just had to scrapbook 'em. It helps that he had a cooperative subject!
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