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Christmas Vacation in California with my Family!

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One of the biggest thing that my mom is good at is surprise visits or putting a great party. This year she wanted me to come to California for Christmas. I haven't seen her and my sisters for a few years now, but mainly to surprise my Dad...

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Love makes all hard hearts gentle. George Herbert (1583-1633) ...

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Elder Henry Elu Email to Dad #1

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Hooah Pops! Well my waist size now is a size 36. I`m lucky that some elders that left home left some clothes behind. I can`t buy clothes here, only in san pedro, and thats out of my area. So, I managing with the clothes that I have. I...

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My 21st Birthday!!

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It's my 21st Birthday and it's cold here in Utah. My adorable husband planned a wonderful birthday experience for me. We are going to eat dinner at The Garden Restaurant in the Joseph Smith Building  at Temple Square. Than after dinner a nice carriage ride around downtown. It...

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Elder Henry Elu Email to Me #8

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Hola Hermana Well I`m doing fine here on the mission. Hope everything is going fine for you at utah. I`m still with the same comp. in the same area. I guess that I have`nt finish my work in this area yet, plus I probably gotta learn alot more...

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Elder Henry Elu Email to Me #7

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Hola Gemela, That`s so great to hear that your doing fine and had an inspirational talk. I so proud of you for being worthy to take the sacrament. Keep up the good job. Well the work here is alright, I was feeling kinda down that I had to...

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Elder Henry Elu Email to Me #6

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Hey gryl, I doing fine here in los almendros in choloma. The people here are getin use to me. I will tell you next week the goodies I need, I´m in a rush cuz my comp. want to play ball at a town far away. So til next...

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Elder Henry Elu Email to Me #5

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THANK YOU!!! Otay Gyrl, Here`s my addy, Honduras San Pedro Sula Mission 12 Calle, Avenida Circanvalacion, S.O. Edif. Yude Canahuati, 3 Nivel, Oficina 4 San Pedro Sula, Cortes Honduras, C.A. Well the work is going well here in hondo-land. We got 6 baptisms set for the weekend, and...

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Elder Henry Elu Email to Me #4

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Hey gyrl, Yeah, I`m doing fine here in hondo land, nothing much but planning for the baptisms this month. Tell mika and them I said hi and stuff. Yeah!, my friend Elder Fuamatu wanna hala at vise for a moment so here is his letter to her.... hola...

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Elder Henry Elu Email to Me #3

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Hola! Hey gryl,  Okay, I got the message. but my friend wants more pics if you can and more emails from the gryls. Tell mika its vise!!... and molly!!. yeah!, he wants to hala. but if they want to hala at me its ok with me too. Tell...

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Elder Henry Elu Email to Me #2

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Oh estâ!!, Todo Bien!!! Hey gyrl, I`m not mad at yall or mika and them. But I glad to hear that everything is aight with yall. I doing fine here in hondo land, I`m still with the same comp. in the same area. I did`nt get a change...

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Living in a new State as a couple!!

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It's not an easy thing to move to another state and say it will be ok. I'm I don't really know what to think about it beside I actually want to get away from California. When you've lived your life full of fun, excitement, adventure and than all...

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Elder Henry Elu Email to Me #1

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE!!! Hey Gryl, I´m really upset with what you did, cuz you and me are the closes one in the family. I´m mad cuz you didnt bother to tell me. If you told me, I would of been fine with your decision, cuz you counsel with me...

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Letter #14 from Cousin Kalae in Prison

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It's nice to know that he wasn't mad at me for not writing back to him in a few weeks. Life was crazy since I had to work and travel. Plus marriage is a whole new world that I'm still getting use to. This weeks letter was simple...

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Letter #13 from Cousin Kalae in Prison

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Cousin Kalae wrote another simple and heart felt letter to me. Hoping that things are going well for me. He talked about Kolina and how he misses her every day. He's still hoping for a new pen pal and photos of girls I'm suppose to send to him....

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Another awesome letter from my Baby Sister!!

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Yippie I got a letter from Jeri today and I couldn't be more happy. She wished me congratulations since I'll be planning on going to the temple soon. Well I'm taking the temple classes and I hope to go soon and experience the nice spiritual things in the...

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Letter #12 from Cousin Kalae in Prison

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He sent me a photo of Kolina his daughter and a recent photo of him. She looks like my cousin that is half filipino half samoan. So adorable. Honestly he looks like his dad, like spot on like my mom's brother. You can't deny that genes!  He didn't...

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Letter #11 from Cousin Kalae in Prison

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Another informative letter from my good ole funny cousin of mine. This time he's asking more probing questions about Mika. I don't mind it cause I've gotten to know him more through his letters and from my mom. I told him about my husband being in a band...

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Visiting Minnesota...Mika's Hometown

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It's been pretty interesting traveling with Mika's family in a van bunched with so many bodies. Let's just say, when you're ghetto you will do whatever it takes to travel to where you need to. I had a good time visiting places where my husband grew up and...

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Letter #10 from Cousin Kalae in Prison

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He finally got my letter which I was hoping that he got it. He was trying to be funny when he said who was writing to him. I thought to myself when I read that part of his letter, fool who else is going to write to you?!?...

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Letter #9 from Cousin Kalae in Prison

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Wow! He just got out of the shu hoe that he had to stay in a more tight cell for about 1 1/2 weeks. I guess he screwed up on something. Now he loss his job that he was making 12 cent and hour. How sucky is that....

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Letter #8 from Cousin Kalae in Prison

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Life has definitely got me busy and I felt bad not writing to him every week. With traveling and stuff I've been putting it off. I really need to get back into that. My poor cousin has been hoping for my letter every week. Sorry cuz! Well this...

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Letter #7 from Cousin Kalae in Prison

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Well thanks Mom for telling my scary cousin in prison my drama with Mika. Oh boy was he livid when she told him that she don't like Mika. Thank goodness she didn't tell him any more details cause I would get an ear full both Kalae, my mom,...

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Letter #6 from Cousin Kalae in Prison

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Oh man this letter is funny. Kalae told me that he beat his room mate in a card game and now every time that my cousin calls his name, his room mate has to answer him by saying "Yes Daddy!". How hilarious is that! Only dudes can do...

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Letter #5 from Cousin Kalae in Prison

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My cousin is an amazing artist! I have so many cousins that are very artistic and I'm so proud of them all!! Life is still the same for him and wrote a quick letter since it was late when he wrote the letter to me. I was hoping...

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Letter #4 from Cousin Kalae in Prison

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What a trooper!! My cousin is doing well in prison and I'm very happy that he got my letter filled with photos of our cousins he hasn't met yet and of my little family. It still gets me sad to know how much he feels so left out...

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Letter #3 from Cousin Kalae in Prison

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Cousin Kalae got jokes when it comes to friends and family stuff. I felt kind of bad for not writing him back sooner. I got busy with life and stuff but I'll make an effort to write two next time. This letter he really talked about getting his...

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Letter #2 from Cousin Kalae in Prison

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Another letter from cousin Kalae in prison...it was cool to know he got my letter and that everything is going well. This letter is funny. Bless my poor cousin. He's definitely related to me because his humor is just like my brother Henry and my guy cousins. It's...

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A Letter from my cousin in Prison

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I've never met this cousin of mine that's in prison. He is my uncles son from a previous relationship. I was very surprise to receive a letter from him and I tried to figure out who he was and how did he get my address. Thats when I...

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A New Beginning as Husband and Wife!

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Life will be different for me now, no more hanging out late with friends, changing how I look at life and my priorities. Including another person into my life who I care for is something I need to remember and focus on. I'm glad to have someone who...

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In love. She remembered the excitement of those days. The sudden ecstasy of an unexpected telephone call. The brilliance and beauty of the most mundane objects. Laughter over nothing, shared across small candlelit tables; walking together on sunlit pavements; smelling lilac on a city street; frizzing in his car down...

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Love... is so sweet-  Sweetest, dearest,  fleetest comer,  Fledgling of the  sudden summer. Louise Moulton ...

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Moving from Virginia to California!

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Okay, life has been so wired and heated that I finally made the change to maybe better my life. I don't know what I'm really getting myself into but it's worth a shot. I know my family won't be too happy with my choice but now that I'm...

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