Limutau Family Blog

Merry Christmas from the Limutau Family!

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If you're reading this consider this your Christmas Card!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Saying Goodbye to 2010!

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I really thought that this time I didn't mess up until I kept adding pictures and now everything out of order etc. Have fun with the randomness of our Blog! Always an adventure!

What a Great Year! Yes, I know it's almost March but give a girl a break!!

Just a few pics of Christmas etc. before we begin 2011!

Christmas Morning! New Robes, Pj's and slippers!

Jam session with the new guitars!

Jada trying to ride her new horse... so silly

One of the houses from Dove ct.

New Family Tradition with the Cousins.... A Nativity! The kids had so much fun! Thanks Fapula family for the costumes etc. etc.

Christian was the sheep...I thought this was a better picture. oh well!

Christian already trying to get to the candy under the wrapper, yum!

Beautiful Mariana with Santa! Our Ward Christmas party was themed

'the night before Christmas' so cute! Jada slipped in her footy pj's and hit her head that night

so she was not interested in Santa..so sad!

Our Tradition of visiting "Dove CT." A court where everyone on the street has

went all out in different themes of decorating for Christmas! It's amazing!

We do Hot Chocolate afterwards!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Our Family picture right before we stuffed our faces and the Kingston's house! YUMMMMMM!

Christian's first Zoo Experience on Christmas Eve!

Loved it!

Our Christmas Tree! Don't know why this was the only one taken (i'm guessing by a child)

We can only do Tall and Skinny for the One place we have

available for a tree!

Sorry, Back at the Zoo! Me and my Jada girl!

Jada's Favorite thing....CANDY!! Yes, the candy canes were eaten by Christmas!

And that's the end of the MADNESS!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Limutau Fun!

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PARK DAY With Dad before the Storm arrived!

Can't tell if he's happy or scared??

This kids is something else! He's the kind of kid you have to use reverse psychology on. I'm not

good at it yet! So everything I say don't do, he does. And the more his sisters laugh at him the more he does it! And unfortunately we're always laughing at his bad behavior!

Christian James thinks he's too big for the toddler swing

and thinks he's a stud by riding on the big kid swing.

This picture is a sad reminder for me as there was an even cuter

pose of him actually smiling and I somehow managed to

accidently erase it! Grrrrr! (david was even more mad, sorry)

Is his mouth just soo big or what?

Mariana on her Daddy-Daughter Date!

I'm thinking it's time for mom to have a date, YUM!

Jada on her Daddy-Daughter Date!

(gotta love Costco)

Halloween 2010---CATCHING UP LIKE ALWAYS!

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Halloween fun at Bishops farm!

Christian's first time bouncing on the hay trampoline!

One of the smaller pumpkins at the Farm.

I'm not quite sure if Jada's trying to lift it, push it

or take a nap on it??

Best Friends Forever!!

Super fun Train Ride!

Mariana getting ready for Halloween Costume day at school!

She loved posing!!

Some of Mariana's classmates

Her Super Fun teacher Mrs. Deason!

Getting ready for our Stake Halloween Party! Christian was an Alien.

In Nursery, for various reasons, his nick name is 'C' Monster. This pic fits!

Jada was a Kitty this year! (love sister's hand me downs) =)

{props to Dad on the whiskers!}

And of course the Cowgirl!!

If we don't get some land for a small farm I'm afraid she'll

have a horrible childhood!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Mariana's first day of Kindergarten

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My beautiful Girl already for her first day of school!
Jada saying goodbye to her big sister! A bitter sweet moment!
Her classroom. Surprisingly enough neither David nor I shed a tear. She was just too excited and so were we for her. Infact, Kindergarten looked pretty fun, we wanted to go again!
Couldn't be more excited!! I found out later that on her very first day of Kindergarten was asked to be someone's girlfriend!! Wow! It happens fast these days! Her response was, "I don't know"... I told her that she's not allowed, only friends. And that her dad was the only "boy" in her life that really matters right now!! I'm volunteering at the school on Mondays, I'm keepin

my eye on those boys! IT'S ONLY KINDERGARTEN!!

Christians 1st Birthday!

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First Day home with Our Family!
With David being his Daddy Batman was really the only option! =)
Presents!! His curls in the back are my favorite!Eaters Regret!
My sweet son! I love him soo much! He's the most romantic 1 year old I've ever met.

Out of all my musical kids he has the best taste in music and the coolest moves!

How did I get soo lucky! ?

LIMUTAU GIRLS! their creative side!

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So my girls do have a lot of dress ups but their own inventions are my favorites! Here are a few to Enjoy! Here's Mariana asleep wearing her dress ups. This is so her personality! She tells me every day that she wants to be a rock star! Who knew Mr. Potato Head and Harry Potter glasses would make such great dress ups!?

Catch Up Time with the Limutau's!

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I did the post back wards again oops! And I thought I was getting it! Oh well, more commentary at the bottom!

Christian and his lizard tongue...crazy huh! But he does look studley in his church clothes! Jada's Birthday Party with the family!
My little pony cake, YUM!
Snow Trip with the cousins..Jada and Maile are chocolate lovers!

These two are a crack up...three going on thirteen..SCARY!

(don't worry about Jada's ghetto snow clothes:)
Christian's first snow trip! He loved it!

Christian's allergic reaction...my poor baby! It looked worst from the side, it was like his lips

transformed into a duck bill. We put Vaseline on his lips to stop the cracking.

Mariana's Ballerina Birthday Party~! We made Tutu's

and danced and danced! I was exhausted afterwards!
They took turns being a butterfly in the middle..so cute!
Stretching and warming up our bodies!

David took the girls on a expedition and found a scary monster house....here's Jada shaking

the gate, fearless and wanting to go closer...
Here's what Mariana thought about getting closer ... (cracks me up)
Our Yummy Boy! (nice round head, huh!)
Mariana and Jada are bestest friends! They melt my heart!
Didn't realize this was soo blurry, sorry!

It's been an exciting Four Months in 2010.

In Jan. we found out Christian is allergic to peanuts! Jada shared her PB on a spoon with him and his top lip began to swell! It got so big it began to crack and bleed a little. Luckily it didn't stop him breathing and his tongue didn't swell up too or it would have been 911! So grateful my father in law rushed to the store for some children's benydral and him and David arrived at the house at the same time and gave Christian a Priesthood blessing. His lip began to shrink to it's normal size but it was a bit of a scare. We're hoping he grows out of it. Life without peanut butter is just a horrible thought! The doctor has prescribed an epi-pen as well...just in case! I hope I never have to use it!

In January we celebrated Jada's 3rd birthday and in February we celebrated Mariana's 5th birthday! My little girls are getting so big. Mariana is registered for kindergarten and super excited to be in school. I, on the other hand, am sad to see her grow up!

The holidays have been fun but low key as I am still trying to wrap my head around three kids etc. etc. etc.:) David and I had a really fun date this last Week. He secretly purchased tickets to one of our favorite UK bands MUSE for Christmas! So we went to dinner on the way to Oakland's Oracle Arena. It was The best concert! They are just too talented! It was a blast! We've both agreed that before we die we need to be on the floor during one of their concerts, that way we can really rock out!

Even though it's been tough being so completely out numbered with three kids I've found myself totally in love with them and thoroughly enjoying every moment we share. I feel my

life to be one huge blessing that most days I wonder how I got soo lucky and I don't deserve it!

love you all

The Limutau's

Wrapping Up a Happy Ending to 2009

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We feel so blessed I still have to pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming!

Along, with a New member in our Family, Our Son Christian James, we decided to sell our

cars and upgrade to a Honda Pilot, of which we still LOVE! It was worth a year long search of which kind of car we wanted to upgrade to and once we decided everything seemed to happen at the right time.

We were able to visit family on both sides of our families, which is always a treat and so much fun! First to Idaho for Davids family reunion and then in Oct. to visit mine now that all the missionaries are home. It was a blast!

But the biggest surprise to 2009 was the opportunity to purchase the home we've been renting for the past 6 1/2 years! About four years ago as the market was increasing rapidly we offered to buy the house but the owner was not ready to sell yet. Now things are so different for her and the market that she offered to sell it to us for under $100,000! Which is unheard of in Sacramento for a house that's in as good of shape as our is. What a blessing to be homeowners!! Something we had down as a goal but wasn't sure was going to happen in this awesome "buyers" market right now. I really feel Heavenly Fathers hand in our lives as we've set goals to get out of debt and faithfully have paid a full tithe all these years. Owning your home really is a self-esteem booster I think, something I wasn't expecting because I've never minded renting (you have to live somewhere, right!?)

We had a great Christmas and New Year and are Happy and Healthy! Here are a few pictures from Summer through Christmas! Enjoy

ps. I'm realizing I'm missing pictures from our Utah trip...sorry family!

The Farm in Idaho!
What is it when the guys get together the Guns all come out! Mostly I was jealous cause I missed out on the fun!

4th of July

Christians Blessing Day
Anniversary Dinner 'All you Can Eat Crab!' YUM!
Sacramento Temple Family Visit

KILLERS Concert! Sooo Fun!

Mariana's Dance Class

We found Santa before December! The best time, no lines!
49er Faithful!

Our House, minus the New Windows!
Christmas Eve at the Zoo

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!I forgot to add a picture of our Christmas Tree which is really a shame because it was the tallest, skinnest tree EVER! The top hit the ceiling! Our favorite thus far!

Limutau Kids

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Best Buds!
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!
Flamingo Mariana (quite obsessed about doing this pose!)
Mariana found a new place for her rings!

Jada dressing up as a pirate!

Christians First Bath
Not quite sure about it!
Just chillin on the couch together!
Christian Ready for Church...so Handsome!
Christian ready for bed in his blue thermal underwear!

ALWAYS SLEEPING!

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Bonding time with Daddy!

FIRST WEEK HOME WITH THREE WONDERFUL KIDS!

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It may look like orange juice but it really is milk! This was such a fun way for Christian's sisters to bond with him. Too bad I didn't keep it up He won't take a bottle any more!

THE YUMMIEST KIDS EVER, HUH!

A New Way of Giving Birth...Laugh don't Push!!

2009-05-20T09:07:00.000-07:00

.....how to begin.....Check IN: Basically I was just hoping I was at least 5cm because the contractions weren't that bad & I could tell the nurses thought I wasn't really in labor. So when the midwife told me I was between 6-7cm we were all a little surprised! She told me because he was so low the bags of water were acting as a cushion during the contractions. So all the pain I've been in this past month was worth it when it came to the Laboring part! It probably would have been a different story if my water broke! It was also crazy to think that I really was in Labor while playing the piano in primary Sunday! The worst part was finding a vain for the IV...it was WAY more painful then my contractions...it took three tries! OUCH! Then the blessed Epidural was the next painful thing. I probably could have had him an hour earlier but everyone was just taking their sweet time and in the process making me laugh...which leads me to the laboring part.

My midwife was crackin me up in soo many ways but one was that she was really intimidated by my last birthing experience, which I didn't think could be topped. With Jada I had some "skid marks" but no taring and she was out in one push, with a little push for her body. So my midwives plan was to just ease him out in between contractions so he wouldn't come too fast.

So when they checked me I not only was at 10cm but his head was a "3plus" meaning on his way down the birth channel. So during all this I was still all giddy and laughing at everything not realizing this was really causing him "exit the building". I'm in the process of telling them to tell me when to push etc. and my nurse and midwife are enthusiastically telling me what a great job I'm doing and to keep doing what I'm doing, while I'm laughing and saying I'm not doing anything...they're like then just keep laughing. I'm still at a loss why everything was soo fun and funny to me but the next thing I knew I was watching him slide right out and then I had a baby boy on my chest! So Crazy! In the past weeks I've envisioned the moment when I'd finally meet my son and how emotional I would be but I just couldn't stop from giggling and smiling I was just soo happy! My midwife was on top of the world that she beat my last record...not one mark or tare! One of the funny things we were talking/laughing about before was if Dad was going to cut the cord...I guess the cutting of the cord had lost it's wonder the third time around and I was suggested we cut it together like our wedding cake....so funny! So we did! By the way Sunday morning I made David paint my toenails since I couldn't reach them and we ended up painting his thumb nail, which luckily appeared in the cord cutting picture....gotta love it!

So now it's the first night home, first day home with three kids and I can't complain.....just that my milk has come in with a vengeance and Christian has decided to sleep through the morning... Let's just say...off the chart Sensitive aching!

Anyway, that's my story! Once again A Positive Attitude and Laughter was the name of the game and my secret ingredient to life!

Christian James Limutau - 7 lbs. 2 oz. 20 inches long

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Our son, Christian James Limutau was born this past Sunday. Jaycee was amazing!!! We checked in at 4:40 p.m. and he was born at 9:03 p.m. Jaycee will give more details later of her experience, but all I can say is it was the smoothest birth ever!! She literally laughed him out. It was great! We brought him home today and so far it's been good transition. The girls adore him and he is such a good baby. Here are some pictures from the past couple days...

Christian and his Mommy

Christian James, just minutes after birth

Mariana giving her baby brother kisses

Jada is a big sister now and loving it!!!

crashed out on the way home

Our kids!!!!

Jada and Christian watching some TV together

OUTINGS WITH OUR GIRLS!

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So I'm trying to catch up before baby #3 arrives and I really don't have time to blog!

A fun day with our buddies the Amavisca Family... We missed Isabel who was at school! This is the rose gardens at McKinley Park downtown Sac. We actually went to feed the ducks

and chase the squirrels but we didn't get pics of that! Enjoy pics of our family time!

Funderland! The girls have been talking about riding the carousel for weeks now. Luckily for me I can't ride so David went like 15 times....what a good daddy!Mariana thought she was the coolest driving the car all by her self! Davids too big to fit and they wouldn't my prego self! GO SPEED RACER MARIANA!
Jada wasn't too sure about this ride....but she was all smiles when it was done!?

The giant trout at the Folsom Fish Hatchery! Jada was too scared to even stand by it! Mariana thought it was pretty cool though!

Jada however wasn't scared of the real fish .... a little to comfortable!
This really was so fun and totally free except for the 5 cent handful of fish food!

37 weeks & feeling HUGE!

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Gotta love the great photography of my very talented Husband and his messy side of the closet!Currently I'm 38 weeks going on 39! So yes, believe it or not I'm EVEN BIGGER NOW!
This kids is beating the heck out of my insides! I'll be glad to finally meet my little kick boxer!

EASTER! Just a little late!

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Easter Morning!Excited that they found their baskets!
Mariana thought putting her bunny ears on daddy was pretty darn funny! And really she's right!
Coming home from Church....Easter Sunday!

Hunting Eggs at the park with friends from our ward....Jada taking good care of Mariana's basket
Coming back to count their easter egg loot!
A chocolate CHEEEEEESE!
Mariana looks a little high with sugar in this pic! Gotta love the chocolate in the teeth!

Easter Sugar Cookies! yummmmMariana's picture taking skills!
Decorating the Cookies!

Dancing Princess!

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So I had thought I was doing pretty good but again everythings out of order! Oh Well... Enjoy Mariana's Princess Party!

Mariana's Princess Party!

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The Little Princesses!! It was soo Fun!

Decorating Cupcakes!
Eating the Cupcakes! Notice...the Birthday girl is in another Dress! We go through more outfits in one day it's ridiculous!
Mariana counting her birthday money loot!! just a little excited!

The Princess Tea Party!
Making Princess Wands!
David was sneaky and got a shot of me in my "princess" outfit, big belly and all! Gosh I look bossy in this picture, thanks David...sure appreciate cha!
Princess Katie as Sleeping Beauty!
Princess Perry as Snow White!

This was at the Family Birthday Party the day before her "Princess Party". Her crown says The Birthday Girl, it came with clip on earrings, a ring and necklace. She's been wanting earrings for awhile now but they didn't stay in very long...I guess clip ons hurt more than we thought!
Pet Shops from Grandma Tuttle and Grandma Kingston....talk about a happy girl!
Dress Up treasure box from Her Auntie Katrina!
THE MORNING OF HER PRINCESS PARTY! Her Surprise face when we came home from getting her little make over and finding all her friends there dress as princesses too!
Getting over the shock and being VERY happy! The funny thing was as much as she wanted to be a princess EVERYTHING was too itchy and she had an emotional breakdown just after these pictures (she refused to wear a shirt underneath to stop the itch...so stubborn!)

Happy St. Patricks Day!

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So Grandma Tuttle hooked up the girls with loads of green this year! They love her packages... Lets just say SPOILED! I taught piano that morning and the mom, a good friend, Jean wore her green wig of which the girls thought she was the coolest thing EVER! I guess green wigs are in moms for future reference!

Christmas 2008

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Here's a picture of our Christmas tree then the pictures after are at Grandma & Grandpa Kingstons house. The girls received special baby dolls and Kingston and Takai receieved super

hero costumes..so fun!! Sorry it's March and we're posting Christmas AND that it's all confusing with the order of the pictures! Oh Well~

We had a wonderful Christmas which always comes and goes too quickly! David always gets the extreme new years blues but this year we received a new top of the line 46"TV and HD programming so for some reason the new years blues didn't stay too long!

Happy Birthday Jada & Uncle James

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So I decided to blog the girls birthdays before Christmas! The Funniest thing about Jada's birthday is the look of pure joy on her face when we all started to sing Happy Birthday and oh, when she opened Grandma and Grandpa Tuttles card with two dollar bills inside she quickly tucked them down her shirt! No joke!! I swear she didn't get that from me!

Happy Late Valentines!

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This blog goes out to our Cousins Madison and Mckenna who live in Spokane WA! We didn't get

Valentine Cards sent out this year so this is as close as we can get! Also, to all of our Aunties, Uncles, and Grandparents who sent awesome Valentines! Thanks so much!

Yes, the girls pretty much had candy for breakfast, lunch and dinner but I did make special homemade heart shaped muffins...soo yummy! I love www.allrecipes.com

Blogging Sucks!

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So I've done what three posts and have come to the conclusion that blogging is not for me! Patience with my children is one thing but I get SOOOO bugged when the preview looks one way and then you post it and it looks another... hence our Disneyland post...I spent roughly 2 hrs. on that post. I just give up! I don't have time for this crap anymore!

Thanksgiving & Disneyland 2008

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Here's Goofy in California Adventures

Playing in the water fixtures in November

Gotta love Southern California!
Mariana meets Mickey Mouse!!

In front of the "Princess Castle"
Too bad this was the most requested ride of the day!

What is it with kids and Carousels?

Below, Jada LOVED the Dumbo ride! Okay, so did mom!

Universal Studios Tour (below pic is the character from psycho, he came out of the actual motel from the movie and with much creepiness came towards the trolley as we passed by).

Behind Mariana is the wreckage from the movie War of the Worlds. It was Amazing!

The girls were more tired then hungry at lunch time!

Thanksgiving & Disneyland 2008 the first mess up but the info. is below the pics

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Thanksgiving morning, Jada's already out!

Thanks for being patient with my slowness of catching up and catching on to blogging. Long story short Davids boss does trips every year instead of a bonus to his employees. So after cruising to Ensanada Mexcico multiples they did Universal Studios, Disneyland and California Adventure.

We stayed at the Marriott down the way from Disneyland and had a great time. Our girls were a too little to really appreciate Universal Studios & of course every ride but the tour trams were against pregnant women but Jim(his boss) hooked us up with front of the line passes and all you can eat cards. My husband was in heaven and if you do go I would totally encourage you do get them it's soo worth it! The next day we were off to Disneyland which really is MAGICAL! We did good going early for the little rides & played it smart with the fast passes available. I really loved

California Adventure the Bug Life theme, mine and the girls favorite. All in all I think the entire trip cost us $60...THanks Jim Your Rock..by the way he's in St.George coaching Dixie College Football team, just FYI!

Still Learning!

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So my new pictures posted are not in the order I had planned but I'm still learning all the secrets of blogging on my own, so mistakes are going to happen. I just don't have time or the perfectionist desire to fix it! The first picture is of one of my old friends and co-workers at the travel agency I use to work for, just FYI!!

Catching UP! Starting in September 2008!

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I will get some pictures up but David has to prepare music for the Youth Dance tomorrow night on the same computer as all the down loaded pics. So here's the story first....

My little Brother Nathan returned with Honor from his mission in Australia on our 5 year Anniversary Sept. 13th! A few weeks later he gave his "welcome home" talk in church so we drove down to see him and the family! The whole trip was a lot of fun. His Aussy accent was awesomeand I was happy to see hear that his testimony of the restored gospel was strong & vibrant!

Of course Grandma Tuttle spoiled her Granddaughters with baby dolls and toys, toys, toys!

All the little girls had a blast together! It's so convenient that Amber has girls the same age as mine! We plan well, don't we!? I was also able to get together with some girlfriends from high school that I haven't seen in forever! It's a strange thing remembering us all as goofy teenagers and then seeing us all being MOMS! So crazy!! By the way, My Friends are Amazing Moms!

It's also a wonderful feeling knowing that my friends and I made it to adulthood and we're all doing so well! For those of you I didn't see, keep in touch and we'll do it again the next time I'm in town!

So the next post will be Thanksgiving 2008 since David already posted Halloween!!

IT'S A BOY!!

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Of course we would have been happy if it was a girl but it's fun to know we're going to have a son!

I wanted to show the picture the read "I AM MAN" pointing to his dangling participle but my

husband said absolutely not! It's funny though, He's definitely a boy! Just use your imagination!

The names that we like best are Christian James or Micah David. Any thoughts or suggestions?

Happy New Year!

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I'll be playing catch up these next few blogs with THanksgiving and Christmas but I at least wanted to post a BIG Happy New Years to you all! We had a great holiday with family and friends and playing with all of our new toys...46"TV and our new bluray movies from Santa!! While enjoying our new Cocomotion hot chocolate machine from the Kingstons! We feel so spoiled and even more blessed with such a fun and successful year all round!

We also saw a great movie for the first time this past week called Hot Rod. If you like silly humor and haven't seen this movie I would highly recommend it! We had to pause it three times so I wouldn't pee my pants from laughing! Hey I'm pregnant and already have weak bladder control...I really do need to focus on those Kegals! Anywho, thanks for checking on our family, we love you all!

The Coolest Daughters!

2008-12-31T08:59:00.000-08:00

I decided you know when your daughters are cool when instead of having a screaming contest at the table while waiting for lunch they decide to have a roaring contest! For not being boys their sound effects are surprisingly amazing! They definitely get it from their dad not me!

So I'm actually attempting to see if I've figured out how to add pictures.....If you see one I've finally got it..if not.. don't laugh!

David is offically FIRED from blogging!

2008-12-28T19:40:00.000-08:00

First off some bitter but VERY sweet news! My long haul of 4 1/2years have paid off and I've been released from being YW president and am now Primary Pianist! THE GREATEST JOB EVER!!

So now that my schedule is more free than it's EVER been I'll be taking over the family blog page.

It's one of my New Years Resolutions (yes, kind of pathetic) I normally don't have patience for all this technical stuff but I will conquer reguardless of the taunts I get from my husband!!

Loved all the Christmas cards etc. I have a goal in the works to do a News Years cards, I guess it's crunch time about now! love ya all

JAYCEE - the new limutau blog masta!!! (yes, it will be cheezy, that me!)

Happy Halloween!!!

2008-11-02T13:04:00.000-08:00

Yeah, I know!!! Lay off already!! It's been ages since I last blogged. We've been busy and I was also introduced to the world of facebook so that has been eating up all my computer time. If you aren't on there, I would suggest you sign up. It's a lot of fun and a great way to keep in touch with people. Some people compare it to Myspace and that's why I avoided it for so long, but Facebook is WAY better. It's just not as...for lack of a better term...dirty.

So anyways, I apologize for being bad at blogging and will try to do better. Here are some pics of Halloween and some random pics of the girls. ENJOY!!

OUT TRICK-OR-TREATING!!!

Of course my girls, being the animal lovers that they are, had to stop and see the kitty. Do you think they were afraid of it at all?

Mariana wanted to be a kitty again like last year...no complaints from us!!!

Some pics of Jada

A Latin Weekend by Jaycee

2008-09-07T22:48:00.000-07:00

So as most of you know I'm not the blogger in our family but maybe when I get released from being Young Women's president and I don't have 19 piano students and two active girls I hope to find some time to really enter the blogging world!!

That being said I took a really long nap today so I not only have time but energy, YAHOOO for me! Now on to what I really wanted to say...

This weekend was seriously so fun for me! My wonderful mother in law took "her girls" to a concert on Friday night at Arco Arena (like utah's Delta Center) to see her favorite latin singer,

Luis Miguel! Yea, never heard of him either but hey the tickets were free and it's always fun to have a girls night with my in-laws! Maybe some of your hubby's have heard of him if they served in South or Central America. Anyway, didn't understand too much (Coach Steve would have been highly disappointed in my spanish skills!) But Luis is seriously a hottie and has a great voice! (Yes, Luis Miguel is probably pushing 40 but HOT is HOT, right?!)

Saturday night it was my turn to plan our couples date night (we have a few friends that we don't see as often as we'd like so we plan special dates other than dinner & a movie. I decided to

sign us up for Beginning Tango at the Sacramento Ballroom!! Yes, the husbands weren't as excited as us girls were but it seems all we had to do was remind them on how the tango was highly sexual and they were in!! It was only $7 per person for the class, what a deal right? (cheaper than a movie here) WE HAD A BLAST! Personally I think my husband was the best! At least I feel like he kept his Frame up the whole time! IT WAS HOT!! Then went to midtown Sac. for some dessert and drinks!! David will hopefully post some pics. but I highly recommend to every couple to find something like this in your town. We're celebrating five years of marriage next week and two kids later I love feeling like we did when we were dating!

love always,

Jaycee

MY GIRLS

2008-08-28T20:43:00.000-07:00

Hey all, we have been SUPER busy lately with family, work, school (yes I said school...I'll have to blog about that later),callings etc... you know the drill, but I wanted to hurry and post some pics of my girls.

Jada was sitting in a chair and eating an apple one day and I thought she looked really cute, so I snapped a few pics...

Mariana has been taking gymnastics. Here she is looking all serious for some reason right before leaving for class.

Luckily Mariana is taking after her Dad when it comes to computers. She loves to do activity's on the Playhouse Disney website. I love to watch her little hand point and click.. so cute!
Again, Jada seems to be drawn to mud. Little booger...haha

Random Pics

2008-08-02T20:06:00.000-07:00

Hey all, I promised Jaycee that I would post some pics of our girls so here are a few random pics. We definitely have to take more pictures than we have been lately! For the first time I didn't have too many to choose from.

Mariana LOVES all animals. She pleads with us all the time now to get her a horse so she can ride it. At least she says "please" right?

Jaycee let Jada go outside to play after the sprinklers had been on. I'm glad to see Jada obeyed Jaycee's order to stay away from the wet area.

THE DARK KNIGHT

2008-07-27T17:01:00.000-07:00

I don't usually post about movies and all that stuff, but this past Monday, Jaycee and I went to The Dark Night and I must say, it is THE BEST movie I have seen in a long time. I think it may have even crept into my top 5 movies of all time. Yes, I am a Batman geek to begin with, but this movie seriously impressed me. Batman Begins was a strong start and Christopher Nolan did not let down with The Dark Night. There is tons of action, plot twists, great character development, EXCELLENT acting, and the score to the movie is absolutely beautiful and moving. Okay.... did I just type that out loud?? haha! No really, I'm a HUGE fan of Danny Elfman who did the music to the original Batman movie that Tim Burton directed, but Hans Zimmer may have topped him with this one.

Oh yes, and the whole Heath Ledger thing....I went in to the movie not really knowing what to expect because the trailer didn't show much and I didn't want to get caught up in all the hype with him passing and all that, but HE WAS BRILLIANT!!!!! He blew Jack Nicholsen out of the friggin' water with his performance as the Joker. This is kind of sad but I wasn't too torn up over his death before, but now I am because they were going to use him again in later films!!!!! BUMMER!

The other night I went and saw it for the second time with my brothers James and Kenji and some guys from our Elder's Quorum. I sent out a mass email to all the guys calling it a "scrap-booking" night since the women always have their nights when they take off for hours and leave us with the kids. I can't remember the last time I saw a movie twice in the theaters, if ever, but it was worth it.

GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!! AWESOME!!!

Never Ending Sweeping & Mopping . . . by Jaycee of course!

2008-06-07T10:42:00.000-07:00

So Yesterday I swept my kitchen floor then got down on my hands and knees with a bucket of soapy water and mopped.
The pleasure that went through me after the job was completed is kind of depressing. What is it about a clean floor that makes a house wife so joyful?! And then today as cereal was thrown, milk was spilt and the outside was brought into the inside by the dog, a ting of depression swept through me! So now I'm just wondering, "Am I the only one out there that can't keep their floors clean longer than 12 hours at a time and what is the secret of keeping that Joyfulness with me longer? Will it always be so fleeting?!!
Sincerely,
One Mothers Plea to the next!
(I'm just a little dramatic today if you can't tell!)

Memorial Day

2008-06-04T21:57:00.000-07:00

For Memorial Day we went camping with our good friends the Thomas' and Amavisca's up near Nevada city. It was a great time. Clint brought his quads so we were able to take the kids out. I thought my girls would be scared but the only one that got scared ended up being Jaycee!! Mariana just kept yelling "faster Daddy!"

It was a little chilly up there and luckily it only rained a bit. Me and Joseph get the award for manliest men, we jumped into the lake there that had to be the coldest water I have ever been in. Yeah were studs... or just idiots.

The girls were filthy after a few hours. Nice snotty face

Okay, if you're wondering what the little black hairy thing in the picture is with the girls, well this is Oscar our new dog. He will be for a while at least (I don't feel like explaining cause its late). Anyway, we have him for now and I have to say he has been a lot of fun and the girls LOVE him of course.

Jada's breakfast this morning that she decided to dump on herself

Jaycee's First Blog

2008-05-28T22:16:00.000-07:00

I know right....Jaycee's actually blogging something! It's not THAT great but here it goes.......... We had an awesome Stake Relief Society Party (workshops, Earings and Card Making, yummy lunch....NO KIDS!) two weekends ago and wanted to share some major finds. First, However long you've been married this book "1001 Ways to be Romantic" has great

ideas on how to keep a loving, sometimes sizzling, relationship going! When we discussed it we realized that what's "romantic" to a guy could just be to surprise him with a six dollar burger at Carls Jr.! The second book I wanted to recommend is called "Clutters Last Stand". It was a great work shop on how most of our stuff just gets shuffled from room to room (so me!) Getting rid of the clutter changes life temporally and spiritually as well.

No Pictures! Just check out these books out! See ya

Mariana the GREAT

2008-05-25T16:50:00.000-07:00

Last night Mariana decided she wanted to do magic after watching the end of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. So Jaycee helped her make a pig disappear and reappear. As you can see in the video, Mariana is pretty surprised and impressed by her own magical abilities. Make sure you watch through the end where Mariana takes a bow. We don't even know where she learned to do that!!

Sprinklers

2008-05-25T16:27:00.000-07:00

Last week the temperature went into the 100's so after I mowed the lawns me and Mariana turned the sprinklers on and ran through them.

So if you have a Nintendo Wii and you haven't bought Mario Kart, I would suggest that you do so. It is a blast!!! That's all we have been playing lately and Mariana LOVES it. She even loves just watching me play and whenever I win she gives me a high five and a thumbs up. Here is a pic of Jaycee and Mariana playing last night. Both of them seem pretty into it.
Here is a pic of Jada I took. While she was eating I decided to see if the Harry Potter glasses fit her and sure enough...

Mother's Day

2008-05-12T11:35:00.000-07:00

We had a nice Mother's Day. I woke up early and made breakfast. Jaycee always likes Sheri's Berries for any occasion but you end up paying like 12 dollars for 2! So me and Mariana decided to make our own. We made 30 chocolate covered strawberries for Jaycee and I don't know if she's even going to be able to finish them.

My Mom wanted all of us to have a picnic up at the temple so Dad made us all sandwiches and we enjoyed the beautiful weather and the scenery at the temple. Here are some pictures I took

new pics

2008-05-11T21:17:00.000-07:00

Here are some new pictures of our family that my sister Katrina took

80's Music is AWESOME!!!

2008-04-14T08:49:00.000-07:00

I don't know why I started making this video but jaycee catching me while I started a fake guitar solo was classic. If you know me, you know I'm a dork....if you didn't know, well here is the proof. Enjoy and make sure you stick it out to see Mariana's cameo.

PHOTO BOOTH

2008-04-06T11:54:00.000-07:00

We got a new computer...its one of the new iMacs. Yes I am a mac nut. You know what they say...once you go Mac, you never go back. Oh I'm SOOOO clever hahaha!! Okay maybe not, anyways it has a built in camera so Mariana and I one night had some fun with a program called photo booth. It takes a bunch of pics in a row and here are a few of them. Do you think we had just a little bit of fun? I think so

EASTER

2008-03-23T20:12:00.000-07:00

We had a great Easter. I'm still full from Easter dinner...SO good. Mariana and Jada had a blast and had probably a little too much candy. Easter doesn't help my diet any. Here are some pics of yesterday and today. Look at me being on the ball huh?!

2008-02-18T19:07:00.001-08:00

We're back in business!!!

2008-02-17T16:18:00.000-08:00

I fixed the problem I was having and we are now again able to post pics...yay! Now the only problem is that we have soooo many pics. Here are a couple from December

Mariana posing in her Christmas dress
Mariana and Jada excited for Christmas
Jada's teeth finally showing themselves. She has a bunch on the top now too
Mariana enjoying a bite from our gingerbread house
On Christmas Eve the zoo is free and as I always like to say " If it's free... it's me!!" I'm a dork. Mariana LOVES animals so we had a great time even though I had pulled my hamstring ad threw out my back in a football game earlier that morning.

It's a tradition of ours to go out to dove creek ct. every year and look at the Christmas lights. This is a pic of the kids before we made our way around the court.
Let's just say Mariana wasn't a huge fan of the huge figurine of the grinch. We are even across the street from it and she's still terrified

Sorry

2008-01-28T21:58:00.000-08:00

Sorry everyone for the lack of pictures and posts. My computer is not letting me post pics for some reason and thats usually all I post anyway so I haven;t been posting but we are doing well. The girls are getting big. We just celebrated Jada's first birthday. I can't believe she's already a year old. She's TEENY!!! How the heck did I end up with such small girls. I'm sure they'll be glad they take after their Mom in that area, but I'm hoping for MONSTER sons...maybe I should just hope for A son!

We decided to get a Nintendo Wii for Christmas and let me tell you it might be the best purchase I've made in my life. I was just glad that Jaycee was on board to get one. We both love it and probably play ATLEAST 5 nights a week. I got Guitar Hero III for it and I wish I could post a picture or video, but it is a blast...a little addicting... but a lot of fun. Kenji, Katrina, Keva, James, and I played it well into the night last night after we celebrated Maile Mei's first birthday. GOOD TIMES! Everyone was good at playing the guitar and scissor kicking except for me.

Church basketball started a couple weeks ago and this last Saturday we played our rivals...Natomas 2nd Ward. I call them the "Evil Empire." As always it was a rough game and I left with a fat lip, bloody nose and two scratches on my nose that still look bloody (once again it would be nice to post pictures here) We lost in over time...BOOOOOOOO!!!

Our Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley passed last night. I didn't really know what to think or feel last night. I, like everyone else knew it would probably be sooner than later, but it still came as a surprise when we all started getting text messages about it last night. The first thing I thought was that I was happy for him that he was going to see his wife. He's been such a great example of how to live a Christ-like life and I know we are all going to miss him. Most of us never knew him personally, or like me, never even got to shake his hand. But I can say that I loved that man. I know that he was a prophet. It finally hit me today and I didn't think I would, but I cried. Pretty hard actually. One of the greatest memories I have of the prophet wasn't too long ago. It was for the Sacramento temple dedication celebration at Arco Arena. I was fortunate enough to be there and when the prophet came out you could feel the excitement and Spirit. For a second, it seemed like everyone didn't know if it would be appropriate to clap, but all of a sudden ALL of the youth that were getting ready to perform started applauding and cheering for the prophet and the rest of the crowd joined in and it was an amazing feeling. Everyone was crying because of that feeling. I'll never forget it. I'm thankful for all of his work and his counsel and testimony.

Fall Pics

2007-12-16T17:21:00.000-08:00

The day after Thanksgiving we all went to apple hill to get our Christmas tree
Mariana with her favorite buddies
Mariana sliding into the pile of leaves she helped daddy rake

The Turkey Bowl with Natomas 1st Ward Elder's Quorum
Jada grubbin on black beans

November pics

2007-12-13T17:21:00.000-08:00

Mariana and Jada with their Great Grandma Gibbons
Mariana crashed out with Uncle Elias

Our fam at the dinosaur museum. Does anyone know how to flip pictures?
Jaycee being goofy
Mariana and her Grandpa Tuttle

HALLOWEEN PICS

2007-12-13T17:03:00.000-08:00

Mariana was a cat and Jada was a bumblebee

Maile and Jada with their mommies
Mariana was dancing to "Thriller"
Takai, Maile, Kingston, Mariana, and Jada

Birthdays

2007-11-06T17:12:00.000-08:00

October is a great month. Fall begins, Halloween, and Jaycee and I have our birthdays on the 8th and 9th. As usual we had dinner with the family. Mom, Dad, Katrina, and Keva made an amazing Polynesian meal and Jacosa mad the best cake ever!! It was seriously amazing with like 6 layers or something like that. It was all SOOO good that we insisted on the same meal and cake for the rest of our birthdays. It was a great birthday and what made it even better was they all gave me money so I could get my iPHONE...YAY!!!! (yeah im spoiled but I got jaycee the new nano so Im not the only one) Here are some pics

Jaycee forgets sometimes that she needs to look at the camera and not me...hahaha...what a dork (i love you honey)

Here are some random pics. I swore I would do better at this and Im not making excuses....okay I am, but my internet wasnt working for a while okay so lay off!

Mariana decided she wanted to be Jada's horse. I think Jada enjoyed it

My girls are going to be musicians for sure!!

Just a couple of pics of me and mariana having fun with the camera

NICE CHEESE

2007-10-04T18:15:00.000-07:00

I'll Do Better

2007-09-08T16:52:00.000-07:00

Okay....So I have been horrible at this "blogging" thing for the past few months. I am trying to change my ways and atleast try to post pictures once a week from now on, so if your reading this feel free to give me crap if I don't. The following pictures are from the last few months.

This first one is from the 4th of July

Jaycee and Mariana wannabe thugs

We took the girls to the BEAUTIFUL Sacramento river beach (can you detect the sarcasm) Jada decided she was at an ALL YOU CAN EAT sand buffet

My girls WILL love music

Jada's been doing this "cheese" lately...we love it all gums and no eyes

Mariana with her glow in the dark Harry Potter glasses she got from her auntie Keva

Jada just waking up...she's a doll

LABOR DAY

2007-09-08T16:11:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was a three day weekend because of labor day...YAY!!!! I dont know why we get this day off, but I love it. We weren't able to go to the ocean with the rest of the family, but we had a great time taking the girls out. We went down to feed the ducks at William Land Park. Mariana had a blast, but I think Jaycee enjoyed herself the most. What a big kid...I love it. After we fed the ducks we walked over to Funderland and Mariana was able to ride a pony and then go on some rides. The day was alot of fun and even though I missed going to the ocean with the others...I DID NOT miss the 4 hours of driving! Here are some pics of our day

The ducks surrounded us, but they were nice. The geese on the other hand...SCARY...I got a little nervous

2007-07-30T12:05:00.000-07:00

2007-04-28T16:44:00.000-07:00

This past Monday for family home evening the Takahashi's invited us to go with them to Johnny's incredible pizza ( I think thats what its called) in Roseville which is a pizza buffet with a bunch of rides and games for the kids. We had alot of fun and the kids had a blast!! Here are some pics!!

Okay Mom, quit trying to take over!!

The boys went on a rolleroaster train and LOVED it. I couldnt get them in focus, but if you look close,you can see the expressions of pure joy on their faces.

the kids getting their "DDR" on

2007-04-22T11:37:00.000-07:00

Since my last entry about my weight I am down to 349.8. So my total weight loss is about 43 lbs and 7 since my last entry. So basically it doesn't feel like I'm carrying around both of my daughters in my gut 24/7 anymore. It hasn't been too bad. I don't feel like I'm starving myself or anything and I enjoy the excercise. I have been playing tennis and I think I'm addicted. I know, I know, ME,,,playing tennis. I always thought the sport was for pansies, but...well, I guess I am one 'cause I love it.

new babies and blessings

2007-04-22T09:11:00.000-07:00

You cant tell from this pic, but Maile is younger than Jada. I swear we do feed her. I dont know why I have such little kids!! I guess my girls just take after their Mom.

One of my best friends, Clint Thomas, and his wife Mary had their first baby on March 5th. His name is Tobin Lo Thomas. This is a picture of me, Clint, Rudy, and Tobin right after Tobin's blessing last Sunday Also last Sunday, we found out that another friend of mine, Joseph Amavisca and his wife Liz had twin boys, Isaac and Gabriel. They came 2 months early, but they are healthy and doing well.

A New Kite and a New Hat

2007-04-12T18:50:00.000-07:00

Mariana thought it was hilarious to put her hat on me and laugh at me...I wasn't amused

It was a windy day today, very nice...but very windy. So we were going to take the girls for a walk but we decided to run by Target and grab a kite. I hadn't flown a kite since I was little...so although I mostly wanted to buy it for Mariana, there were definitely some selfish reasons involved as well. Mariana loves hats. Every time we are around anyone wearing one she has to point it out with her little cute voice..."hat, hat" while she pats her head, which is the sign for hat. So anyways, we finally bought her a hat from Old Navy that says " Dad's Hula Girl" on it and course she looks too cute in it! We had a blast at the park. It was perfect. I love being with my girls

2007-04-11T22:09:00.000-07:00

The Limutau Family on Easter Sunday

Daddy and his girls

our beautiful baby Jada takin' a bath

EASTER PICS

2007-04-11T19:15:00.000-07:00

Mariana coloring eggs at Grandma's

Mariana decided to take some of the egg decorations and put them on everyones face

Mariana with her Easter basket right after hunting for eggs on Easter morning

2007-04-03T17:42:00.000-07:00

Mariana loves her sister

I don't know why, but i love this pic of my nephew Takai. We were playing a game I made up... "bowling for nephews" where I, Kingston and takai's loving uncle, would thow a big plastic ball at their legs as they ran away from me, thus making them buckle and eat grass, and then, as you can see here....hilarity insued....yeah i dont know if I spelled those last words right...lay off...me not hav gon 2 skool in ate years!!!! wow...has it really been that long, now not am I only fat, but old as well...depressing

I am slowly but surely brainwashing Takai,,,HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHARRRRRRYYYYYYY is the bomb!!!!

Mariana Having a Blast

2007-04-03T15:22:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to try and post a video on here. So here goes nothin! Hope it works

So...I'm fat

2007-04-01T22:11:00.000-07:00

I'm fat. I have been most of my life, but about 8 weeks ago I weighed in at 392.6 lbs.!!!!!! I was flirting with 400 which I haven't been since my mission. I decided its definitely time to change my lifestyle. So i started eating healthier and excercising as often as I could. So far I am down to 356.8 lbs and doing great. A friend of mine, Nick Morton, bet me $100 that he could lose more weight than me by June 15th 2007. So I think that will help me stay with it. It really hasn't been too bad. Turkey has been my greatest ally. Turkey burgers, sausage, bacon etc. It's GREAT!!! I'm a fan. Well, this is my first "official" blog....I hope I get better cause I just read it over and its really lame. Well, anyways...Big Gulps, huh? cool

Pictures of my girls

2007-04-01T13:11:00.001-07:00

Here are some pics of my girls...my wife Jaycee and my daughters, Mariana Kaye and Jada Aria

2007-04-01T12:51:00.000-07:00

new Eagle Scout Uncle James with Kingston, Kai, and Mariana