*HE ONLY TAKES THE BEST*

How do you comfort a friend/cousin/sistah sistah when a parent has passed?? It's never an easy thing to do but all we can do is just BE THERE for them!!

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009, a WONDERFUL man has returned back to our Heavenly Father at the age of 51. TEVITA KOFUTUA lived an honorable life searving the lord in every way. Not only is he a cousin of my daddys, but his wife Auntie Talita is a first cousin to my mother. I hung out a lot with his daughters, my brothers hang out with his sons, Kalapu HalaFo'ou was currently being held at his residence. He leaves behind 9 beautiful children: Crystal, Luseane, Tevita Si'i, Hauoli, Lenitili, Loseline Fale, AnaMaui, Anitelu & Keith.

He will always be remembered for his uplifting spirit, great personality and willingness to help others. STAY STRONG KOFUTUA FAMILY!!! Always in my heart!

I LOVE YOU Tina & Nane...and I loved your father!

Birthday Bash of 2009

I've been to many birthday parties this year but hands down the best one was Elizabeth Topui's 30th Bday bash!! She's a long time family friend but also y sister Lucy's BFF. First off, the invitations were very elegant. ~MONTE CARLO CASINO style~ The party was to be held @ the San Mateo County Historic Museum (das gangsta! ha!) in the heart of downtown Redwood City, CA and it was by invitation only. Thank goodness! Keeps out da free loaders, haters & rippers. The Museum is located across the street from the famous Fox Theatre where Led Zeppelin was performing that night so it was pretty crackin' that night but no parking at the same time. The museum looked like the state capital building. You walk up the flight of steps and get greeted by security. You then walk into the atrium and go up a staircase that splits in 2.

(Kasandra, BDay Gal & ME!)

*NOW YOU JUST ENTERED THE PARTY ZONE!!!*

Open bar, delicious food catered by Pickadilly's of Foster City, Open Bar, the best cupcakes ever, did I mention the open bar?!? haha Then you enter another room that was transformed into a casino. Each person was given $500 worth of chips so you can play your heart out on either BlackJack, Roulette, Poker, etc while enjoying a snack, a drink, music or the company. Everyone was just enjoying themselves. The room was filled with love, laughter and cheers! We sang Happy Birthday while the birthday girl blew out her candles.

We toasted after she gave a wonderful speech *i wouldnt trade one single person in the room for the world. Everyone that I care about is in this room right now*

At the end of the night, we all had to count our chips (whoever had some left) for your prizes. The prizes went from bottles of wine to I-Touch. They had an I-Touch, IPhones, Ipods, Shuffles (i won one), Grey Goose, Remy, etc We had the BEST TIME EVER!!!

Katalina, Royal Princess, Lucy, Star, Tricia & Salome at our fav table...yes, we can count to 21!

STAR @ DA BAR!!!

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A picture is worth a thousand words....

This is my first blog. I never thought I would have a blog spot although I did enjoy reading updates from my cousin Maele Unga-Vaitai and her family, some from Peace Corp volunteers who are stationed in Tonga and now that Star started one, she's been buggin' for me to jump on the band wagon.

I told Star that I had absolutely nothing to talk about without making myself sound like a LOSER! LoL! Should I talk about the intoxicated weekend I had? Or how my car keys went missing for 24 hrs and I blamed it on the kids? (which ended up being in the blanket on my bed!) Or how I spent the whole 8 hours of work yesterday watching old clips of my fav GH couple *Sonny & Brenda* on YouTube?!? ~and may I add...becoming an emotional wreck while watching those clips! So Beautiful!~ The answer is D....NONE OF THE ABOVE!



A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS...


But in this case....just keep your words to yourself! LMAO! This picture had to be taken around '96 or '97 only guessing from Chicc's tindrils down her forehead, Neni's top, Star's half straightened hair and my Super Crip attire. Not to mention the kemoz for daaayyyyzzz! But I still love my sistahz!




This picture was taken @ 10428 Autumn Breeze Way! I MISS THAT HOUSE! My Auntie Lani & Uncle Benny lived in Rancho Cordova years ago with their children. That was our home away from home and we made some of the best memories there! We would spend weekends, summers, any chance we had to make it up there. It's the little things you remember and cherish, like how we used to have swimming aerobics @ Bishops Court, picking Gardenias at the Franklin buildings for leis, never bothering Uncle Benny in the evening when he sits in the garage with a case of beer, White Rock pool, riding in the back of Moana's station wagon, 1st time @ a bar on the army base, watching Star and her palangi friends get ready every Fri & Sat night to go to the skating rink, walking to Sonny's Market, running in the sprinklers @ Cordova Villa, bike riding along the American River, etc. My Unga Girls had some of the best times there, and now that's all it is...just a memory. We spent our last weekend in that house back in 2001 before they sold the house and I believe I drove passed it back in '03 but I will always adore my fond memories of the house off Mather Field!