TERINA IS BAPTISED

I am so far behind on things.  I am sitting in the hospital and making the most of catching up on my blog.  However I don't have all the things here I need to include in every blog entry but I think it is better for me to put up some information now and the rest  later than leaving this even longer.  I feel like the longer I leave it,  the harder it is to catch up.

So my one and only girl Terina was baptised on Sunday the 28th of July 2013.  It was such a spiritual baptism and she loved it also!  We sat up the front of the chapel holding hands and at the end she was crying and had totally felt the spirit,  it was such a sweet feeling never to be forgotten.  When we got home I recorded my feelings in my diary as soon as I could before I forgot all the details.

I came away knowing Terina had done the right thing and that she was totally loved as so so many special family and friends came to support her on her special day.


See photo below of Keith and Terina practicing the baptism ordinance at home before we went to the chapel.  Fun!

See all the little kids and cousins etc watching for Terina as she came down the stairs into the font!  I love watching  little kids faces when they are watching people get baptised through the glass window,  I think their expressions are just heavenly!

Below some of the other adults and kids in the room to witness her baptism.  A special day!

I love this photo below of Terina and her Daddy just seconds after they came out of the font with their wet clothes on before they got changed.   I just think there is a look of True Joy on both of their faces.  

After the baptism Eva (Mereana and Ryan's little girl),  came home with us While Arama went with them to a Fireside at Pah Road, they don't really know each other too well but they got on 'like a house on fire' and it seems that they are both as mad as each other in many ways  LOL!  This is the original activity they chose to do with the 'pick up sticks' game once they had finished the actual game,  much more crazy and funny than the original version of the game.

TERINA'S BIRTHDAY DINNER REQUEST

Terina's all time favourite is Sushi or fried rice.  So on her birthday she requested that I make Sushi for her and then ordered her Nanny Trish to bring her a few extra Chinese dishes  from the take away shop to add to her birthday dinner spread.  So here are a few photos of that special night.  She had Nanny Trish and Nanny Hall come and she also invited Milika a special friend of hers.

I knew in a few days that Terina was going to have a 'Kylee' Birthday cake so I whipped her up a basic choc cake for desert that night which was 'no frills' but it did the trick.

I just had to get a photo of Terina playing with this 'OOOEY GOOEY' stuff

out of all her presents, this one was her all time favourite.  It was a cheap as

$2 shop pressie but my Terina loves her messy,  tactile things and so this

was a real hit!  LOL!

TERINA AND NIWA'S BIRTHDAY DANCE PARTY

I have a lot of blogging to catch up on.  For some reason I have just been so busy.  We have nearly finished our kitchen and are back in our house and now we are in Hospital with Arama for his surgery  (more to come on those two topics).  

So I am giving an update on Terina and Niwa’s combined party that we had over a month ago now.  Terina turned 8 and Niwa turned 5  and we organized a ‘Dance Party’.  We used the chapel and they invited all their friends and cousins and we had a lovely night!  It was so cool to catch up with all my Favourite adult friends too. We had it on Niwa’s actual birthday Wed 17^th of July and that was the same day that they started bashing down our kitchen to begin our renovation. We organized games and face painting and dancing and everyone bought a plate and there was more than enough food to go around. 

It has been such a crazy year and so it was nice to have a special party for two of the coolest kids in my world!

My Niwa  is 5 I can’t believe it.  I will put up more photos of him starting school soon but for now here are some photos of their special Kanikani party.  

Below:  Zoe, Terina and Delta (some of Terina's class mates)

The kids Getting into the Grove below.

Nikau with his flash hair style going on

All the yummy Kai below

Kalem and Leonie both holding babies that AREN'T their own.  Just in case you were wondering

Their amazing cakes below.  Kylee strikes again,  she always pulls through on the most amazing cakes for our kids.  I remember when Arama turned 1 and Nicole turned 11,  she made him a dump truck cake filled with lollies and Nicole a beautiful flower cake and since then I think nearly every year her or one of the other AMAZING Horsford family members have helped with all the kid's birthday cakes in some way.

Terina's giant cup cake  with lots of mini cup cakes surrounding it.

Niwa's special Transformer cake below.

Below:  Ashton and his cool Look,  He is so yummy!

Nanny Hall and Uncle Aaron below

Niwa's bestie below  Nicole.

The McIntyre family below.  I love this family they 

have been so so supportive to us over the past year 

with all the little challenges that have come in our way.

Cousin Harry below AKA "Spider Man".

The Lovely Leonies and Jasmin (Nix Sis)  below.

Two of the coolest ladies in the world!  Where would I be without them both.  (Des and Nix)

What are these two getting up to below.  Seini and Sarah 'caught in the act' as usual.

Yummy Mai Mai  below.

Delta and Anika Shaw below

Faith having a break from dancing.

Now she is back on the Dance floor below.

Ella below.

Rochelle and Nix below.