Merry Christmas everyone!!
It was a wonderful Christmas for my nephew in Guam and his family in Arizona.
Elder Grant Wolfgramm video called his family today and it was a jolly moment for them. I'm very happy that everything is going well for him and for his family. Moments like these are precious. Continue to serve with diligence and faith, Elder Wolfgramm! We love and miss you!!
<3 Aunty Jay
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAIBO!
I PRAY THAT YOU WILL HAVE A WONDERFUL & FUN BIRTHDAY! DONT BE BREAKING TOO MANY GIRLS HEARTS WITH YOUR HANDSOME CHARMS!?! I REMEMBER YOUR SWEET CHUBBY FACE WHEN YOU WERE ONLY 2 MONTHS OLD. :) TIME SURELY FLYIES BY FAST. TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF AND CONTINUE TO BE AWESOME ALWAYS!! WE LOVE & MISS YOU TAI!
HAPPY SWEET 16 BIRTHDAY!
LOVE ALWAYS,
AUNTY JAY & UNCLE MIKA
I want to wish my awesome sister Juanita a Happy Birthday! I know you are busy with life and your 3 little dogs. But know this that I appreciate you as my big sister and you have always been my biggest support in everything I do. Please have a safe and great day. I love you and have a fun birthday! Happy Birthday Sis!! luv u!
This birthday was a great surprise for me from my husband. It's been years since I had a nice surprise from him that didn't end up bad. lol But I'm truly thankful and grateful in his efforts. Thanks sweetheart for making my birthday very special, especially including my sister Juanita to join me in the festivity. I've experience a wonderful spa treatment at The Spa Lounge in draper. My sister and I enjoyed it well and then some. We had an 1 hour body massage and a pedicure. It was so relaxing that it almost felt unreal. Let's just say that it's been almost 20 years since I've had a good massage from someone who actually knows what they are doing. After the great experience from the Spa, my husband blind folded me and took me to the Hilton Hotel in Downtown Salt Lake for a night getaway. Thanks to his little sister Tiare who hooked us up, I was super surprise to see flowers, cake, edible fruits and cider with the hotel robes laid out pretty on the bed. So romantic! I was smiling from ear to ear when I took off the blind fold. We chilled and hangout in the hotel room with my sister and waited to go eat out at Rodizzio grill at Trolley Square in Salt Lake. I was so relaxed that I even took a nap while we waited for our reservations. Now that I was rested, we went to eat dinner and had a fabulous meal. Chit chatted with one another and just admire the good food and mellow ambience. Soon the night was coming to a close and I said good bye to my sister and thanked her for celebrating my birthday with me. This day felt like we celebrated our birthdays together like when we were little. My husband Mika and I went to the hotel and just relaxed and rested till the next morning. I was too tired to do any other celebration. It was a very long and fun day. Morning came and we were lucky to have a voucher to eat free breakfast down at the restaurant or eat free snacks at the sky lounge upstairs for the VIP's. Well I was hungry and I wanted a good hardy meal. So we headed downstairs and ate breakfast at Trofi their main cafe. The food was yummy and it was one of the best buffet i've tried in a long time. I'm so happy that this birthday was a success and I hope my husband knows that he needs to keep it up every year to top this one. Naw just kidding. Thank you so much Mika for going above and beyond for me birthday. You know I'm just as simple as you when it comes to these personal celebrations, but its also good to experience a fabulous one every once in awhile.
I love you so much!!
Love always,
Your very Happy Wife
What a perfect day for a beautiful baby blessing. Family and friends came to support and show their love for my little name sake Ava Ellie Jay Villamor. Seeing her older siblings, Kanani and Kekona from Virginia, visiting their dad Chris, their step mom, my niece, Olimpia, their grand parents (Chris's parents) Robin & Rose, Uncle Chaz and Aunty Chelsey. A joy it was having them around celebrating a special occasion in our religion with us and having a great time eating good food with good company. Ava was blessed by her grandfather Pete (Kelo), joining him was uncle Junior (Haunga) Feinga, uncle Mika Wolfgramm, Shane Heath (Family friend) and Bishop Te'o. It was a blessing of pure love, hope, faith and joy. She's a lucky little girl who has men in her life that will be a great guiding light of Christ, men of great influence and protection. Just being in the same room with my grand niece made me feel proud and happy. She has so much love surrounding her and I'm forever grateful to have been a part of her life as she grows up.
Ava, my sweet chunky munkey, I love you so much and I will always be there for you, whenever you need someone. Aunty will be there. Be a good girl and stay close to your family and the Lord. Let your light shine through your smile and your adorable personality, there you will see great joy and peace knowing that you've inspired or encourage someone who needed you in their lives. May you live your life as a daughter of God, a girl who is kind, independent, smart, religious, protective and loving. Be sharing in word and deed. Be mindful of those around you. Be an example of light and truth. Bless others by your goodness and you will be blessed by your efforts. Again I love you sweety and God bless!
Ava, my sweet chunky munkey, I love you so much and I will always be there for you, whenever you need someone. Aunty will be there. Be a good girl and stay close to your family and the Lord. Let your light shine through your smile and your adorable personality, there you will see great joy and peace knowing that you've inspired or encourage someone who needed you in their lives. May you live your life as a daughter of God, a girl who is kind, independent, smart, religious, protective and loving. Be sharing in word and deed. Be mindful of those around you. Be an example of light and truth. Bless others by your goodness and you will be blessed by your efforts. Again I love you sweety and God bless!
Love always,
Aunty Jay
Ava is wearing her Tahitian pearl heirloom I gave her from my beloved mom who has passed away 3 years ago. She admiring it and thats a good thing. lol Luv u Ava!
"Yor yai yaing!" There is my pictures! Lol anyways how is everyone this week! I hope the Christmas is strong with you all this Christmas season! I love and miss yallz but I know this is where I need to be of course! Once again I really like these languages and learning them is lots of fun I make plenty mistakes and sometimes accidentally say a bad word or two but hey its all worth it haha! The other night we were teaching some of our recent converts and the father was joking with his kids in Ulithian and than I look at him and say "Meda mela ho ka ma mal iyang?" and they all just start dying of laughter for like three minutes and wow it was great I loved it and if your wondering what that means it means "What is the purpose of you being funny?" But anyways I hope you all are doing great much love all yallz and Gammi gaisagashigashig ILANGA!
Baby #2 is here and she's a cutie! My sister in law Tali gave birth to a adorable baby girl name Maliana Pikula on November 20, 2016. She weighed 7 lbs 21 inches. Baby Maliana was names after my sister in law's mother's older sister. Congrats Tali!!
Dear Maliana,
As you live your life with faith, determination and joy, always look for the Lord in everything. Look for the good in all things, especially in our Heavenly Father's children. You will have the wisdom to understand what the Lord would have you do in your daily life. Remember to call upon him always in everything that you do. You will realize the great importance of having that close relationship with him and how blessed you will be for doing so. Take the time to search for your kindred who has passed away. Blessed their lives and bring more joy within your own family's lives too. Be humble in word and in deed. Listen to your parents, grandparents, your close family and the leaders of our church, for wisdom, guidance and special counsels that will help you in any obstacles that you will face in the future. Strengthen your faith and testimony of Jesus Christ. You will be a strong beacon amongst your family and friends. Take good care of your heath and body. Stay sharp in the teachings of the gospel, that it will help you preach and teach to many nations and tongues. May you continue to be caring and supportive in your life as our Heavenly Father is mindful of you.
Much love and support to you sweetie!
Love always,
Aunty JayLynn
Dear Maliana,
As you live your life with faith, determination and joy, always look for the Lord in everything. Look for the good in all things, especially in our Heavenly Father's children. You will have the wisdom to understand what the Lord would have you do in your daily life. Remember to call upon him always in everything that you do. You will realize the great importance of having that close relationship with him and how blessed you will be for doing so. Take the time to search for your kindred who has passed away. Blessed their lives and bring more joy within your own family's lives too. Be humble in word and in deed. Listen to your parents, grandparents, your close family and the leaders of our church, for wisdom, guidance and special counsels that will help you in any obstacles that you will face in the future. Strengthen your faith and testimony of Jesus Christ. You will be a strong beacon amongst your family and friends. Take good care of your heath and body. Stay sharp in the teachings of the gospel, that it will help you preach and teach to many nations and tongues. May you continue to be caring and supportive in your life as our Heavenly Father is mindful of you.
Much love and support to you sweetie!
Love always,
Aunty JayLynn
Congratulations to my funny, out going & hyper nephew Noah! Today marks a spiritual stepping stone for you as you grow up to become an awesome person. Continue to strive to live your life close to the Savior. Stay close to the Lord and he will always guide you in the right direction. I'm so happy and proud of you, Noah. Congrats!!
I felt like taking some Autumn photos of my nieces using my mobile phone, which is a Nokia Lumia 1020. Its a few years old but I love taking photos with it cause its a 41 mega pixel camera and its awesome. I don't own a DSLR camera, so I just use what I have. Honestly, I know from a photographer stand point I made tons of mistakes taking these photos, but this is part of my development in learning, growing and failing in photography. The more I learn from my mistake the better I will become. My beautiful nieces did a fabulous job in these shots. Its not easy to let loose when someone else is taking your photos...but we managed to have fun as we went through the day. Eventually my editing skills will improve, but as for right now this is what ended up being. Progression in photography will happen eventually. Time will tell!