Mike and Tami Tied the Knot

Last night Mike (Glen's brother) married his sweetheart Tami at her parent's home in Boulder City, Nevada. It was a beautiful ceremony, and it made me want to get married all over again, to Glen, of course! Glen and his brother Chris were the groomsmen, and Delaney, Mike and Tami's daughter, was the flower girl. What an adorable little lady in red. Rory, Izzy and cousin Olivia were no doubt some pretty additions to the wedding! Here are some pictures of this fantastic evening:

The lovely couple

Glen and Chris

Mike, Glen, Chris

Tami making her appearance with son Parker, and Delaney leading the way

Minutes before the union is official

Delaney the Great

Grandpa Charlie and Isabella

Rory taking her first drink! (of sparkling cider that is)

Olivia and Rory

Dad and Izz

Little Jokesters

Pretty Littles

It's official! Mr and Mrs. Leavitt

My Hawaiian Babe

This post is about my sweet husband. I love you honey!!!!!

What is his full name: Glen Kaimi Leavitt

How long have you been married: 5 ½ years

How long did you date: Hmmm, this is a tough one. We’ve known each other since he was 10 yrs old and I was 8 yrs old. We did stuff together in high school a little and he took me to prom, but we didn’t date seriously. We didn’t connect again until about 9 years after high school. We hung out as friends (sort of) every day for about 3 months. And depending on my mood, we’d “hook up” off and on, until Glen gave me an ultimatum—more than friends or nothing at all. So after about a week without him in my life, I knew I wanted and needed to be with him. We then dated for about 2 ½ months before we got married.

Our favorite pizza place on our honeymoon (Hanalei, Kauai)

How old is he? Glen is 34 years old.

Who eats more? He definitely eats more. He likes very hardy meals, and I could live on yogurt, cheese and crackers, fruit, etc.—girly food.:) However, I can definitely put away some dessert!

Hawaiian shave ice with vanilla ice-cream-my favorite!

Who said I love you first? Glen did. We were at the Las Vegas County health fair where I had a booth set up for my nutrition business and he was there helping me. When we were at lunch, he grabbed my hand and looked me in the eyes and said he loved me and wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. He wasn’t officially proposing, but at this point I knew that I was probably going to marry him.

Who is smarter? I’d say that he is probably smarter. I got really good grades in high school and college, but he seems to be able to retain information for a longer period of time than I do.

Whose temper is worse? His. He gets more worked up about things than I do (Polynesian blood), although I’ve been known to lose my temper.

An angry Hawaiian in Hawaii :)

Who does the laundry? I usually do, but since we moved to CA, we don’t have a washer and dryer in our apt., so he’s been helping me with it quite a bit because it’s much harder with two kids having to go to a laundry mat. However, we’re moving on the 1st of March, and our new place has a washer and dryer, HURRAY!

Who does the dishes? For the most part, I do. Glen has done plenty of dishes though.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do

Who pays the bills? I do

Who cooks dinner? Glen probably cooks dinner more than I do.

Who drives when you are together? Glen

Who is more stubborn? We’re both extremely stubborn, so I think we’re tied on this one.

Whose parents do you see the most? We see both parents equally because they live within 5 minutes of eachother.

Who proposed? Glen did. He took me to my favorite place on the strip, the Bellagio indoor flower garden, and attempted to propose there, but an unexpected acquaintance was there and aggressively nudged Glen right as he was pulling the ring out. This threw Glen off guard, and so he drove me over to a park area near my dad’s law office (which is minutes away from the strip) and got down on his knee and proposed. It was extremely sweet, and very unexpected. I think he wanted to shock me into marrying him. j/k

Honeymoon: Inside the famous Princeville Hotel

Outside the Princeville Hotel at a grand Luau

Who has more friends? I think Glen has more close friends than I do, but I have a larger number of friends spread out all over the world.

Who has more siblings? I do. I have 3 brothers and 3 sisters, and Glen has 3 brothers.

Who wears the pants in the family? Glen insists on wearing the pants—although my influence can be quite powerful.

He's quite a man, and I'm lucky to have him by my side for the long haul. I love you Glen!

P.S. The quality of these pictures are terrible because we both forgot to bring a camera to Hawaii and ended up buying the disposable kind. :)

Little Valentines

Rory at Mary Jane's Preschool's Valentine's Day Sing-a-long


Skinnamarinkadinkadink, Skinnamarinkado,
I love you.
Skinnamarinkadinkadink, Skinnamarinkado,
I love you.
I love in the morning and in the afternoon,
I love you in the evening and underneath the moon,
Oh, skinnamarinkadinkadink, skinnamarinkado,
I love you...too... boop boop be do! Mmmaaa (kiss)

Waiting Patiently to Perform


May there always be sunshine,
may there always be blue skies,
may there always be Mama,
may there always be me.

May there always be sunshine,
may there always be blue skies,
may there always be Papa,
may there always be me.

Izzy's pre-Valentine's Day attire
(I didn't dress her in hearts or red on valentine's day-bad mommy!)

Rory's Valentine Sing-a-long was the day before Valentine's Day. We didn't do anything too exciting this Valentine's Day. This is how our day went: I wanted the house all sparkly for when Glen got home so I cleaned up a bit, the kids and I went to the park with some friends, Isabella had a dr.'s appointment (check-up and shots- YUCK), Rory had gymnastics-YAY, we all got each other cards and candy, and the girls each got a singing/talking Valentine's stuffed animal. As with all the noisy toys we have gotten our children, Glen and I are getting really sick of listening to them over and over again!!! Valentine's Day ended fairly early for us, because we didn't get much sleep the night before, so we were utterly exhausted. There's nothing better than going to bed early, right?!

I hope everyone had a nice Valentine's Day, and may all of your Valentine's Days be full of LOVE!

Beach Bod

Rory--Summer 2007

Today in my circuit training class, the teacher was talking about if we were ready for summer. I've been going to the gym everyday with my friend Angela, and my goal is to shed some pounds before swimsuit season. However, the weight is just so darn stubborn. It doesn't matter how much I exercise or watch what I eat, it just wants to stay put.

When the exercise instructor was asking us if we were ready for those swimsuits, a wave of nausea came over me. First of all, those exercise room mirrors are "fat mirrors". Second of all, ever since puberty there hasn't been a time I felt ready for summer and swimsuits--even at my skinniest. And finally, I can't even stand what I look like in clothes right now, let alone a swimsuit!

Now, I'm not trying to be down on myself or anything, but don't you just wish we could go back to those days of childhood where we could run and bounce around in our swimsuits all day without a care in the world. My aim this summer is to revert back to those childhood ways, and just prance around carefree in my bathing suit. I'm just preparing everyone for this, since I know I don't have anything close to a "beach bod". Watch out world. If people don't like it, they'll just have to deal! :)

I've Been Tagged TWICE!

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C. At the end of the game the player tags 5 people, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment letting them know they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

Where were you 10 years ago: That would be February 1998 and I was in Rennes, France (la Bretagne). I was extremely trunky at this point in my mission, I admit it! I only had a couple months left before coming back to the states, and before I had to say goodbye to les patisseries francaise (the fabulous french pastry shops). They are still awaiting my return!


Five things on my to-do list today: 1. Register Rory for Kindergarten 2. Contact life insurance and health insurance companies to change our bank account info because they're on autopay 3. Prepare and send out some products to several of my BioFit clients. 4. Pay some nasty bills 5. Finish folding the laundry that I hang out to dry. Exciting life I lead, I know!

Five snacks I enjoy: 1. Peanut Butter Cookie Luna bars 2. cheese and triscuits 3. clementines 4. peanut m&m's 5. chocolate chip cookies


What would I do if I were suddenly a billionaire: 1. Pay off all of Glen's student loans and our car 2. Buy a huge house and invest in other properties as well 3. Buy a Range Rover for Glen and a fully loaded Denali for me (sorry mom-not environment friendly cars) 4. help as many in need as possible 5. NOT stress out about money ever again!



Four of my bad habits: 1. taking forever to get going in the morning 2. making comments under my breath yet loud enough to be heard when irritated with Glen 3. making my family late 4. Ice Cream

Five jobs that I have had: 1. Legal Receptionist 2. Lifeguard @ the Mirage Hotel 3. Receptionist/Clerk for an architectural/construction management group 4. Naturopathic Dr.'s assistant 5. Holistic Nutritionist: Electro-Dermal Screening Technician

Five things people don't know about me: 1. I was born with a club foot 2. my parents call me their dream child because they knew (even before they were married) that they would have a daughter with dark hair and blue eyes named Rebecca 3. I wanted to be the Incredible Hulk when I was little 4. I tend to rebel when people tell me what to do 5. I played basketball in High School.



I am going to TAG these people: ASHLEY, DANIELLE, VALERIE, JANEL, AND COURTNEY

I Should Write a Book!

People have told me that I should write a book with Rory as the main character, because she is such a character! Here's some funny things she's said and done recently:

When we were in Boulder City over Christmas break, we were driving in the car with Grandma Rose. Grandma came to a really quick stop.
Rory: "Grandma, you drive fast!"
Grandma: "Well, I wasn't really driving fast, I was just coming to a quick stop."
Rory (very seriously): "Then why am I saying "weeeeee"?"

Here's some other funny things she has said:

"Does cheese be from cow poo?"

"Danielle let me see her eye-tacts." (in reference to contacts)


When we were at church yesterday the bishop set me apart for my new calling. Glen, Izzy and Rory were all in the same room, and during the blessing Rory put her Strawberry shortcake doll up to my nose so that I could smell it. :) It was really hard for me to concentrate on what was said in that blessing!

There are so many more funny things that she says and does on a regular basis. I really need to keep a notebook nearby at all times so that I can write them down as they occur.

The Lazy Blogger

After a few pathetic months of “blog laziness”, I’m going to try and make a comeback. With Thanksgiving and Christmas vacationing getting in the way, I have not been able to focus on my blog. I have no excuse for January. However, I have continued to read everyone else’s blogs even if I haven’t been commenting as much—again due to my recent “blog laziness”.

Here are some reasons for the “lazy blogger syndrome”:

1—Children: Children cannot stand for their mothers to do things that don’t include them. They will be happily playing and then you get on the phone or turn the computer on and they immediately long for your attention. So not only do they want your full attention on them most of the time, but they need you to feed them, bathe them, clothe them, clean up after them, diaper them, drive them to and fro, discipline them, etc., etc…. not that we don’t love every minute of it! ☺







2—Lack of sleep: Many late nights blogging and bloggers need some time to catch up on sleep. This is a result of kids not letting us blog in daylight—refer to “Children” above.

3—Husbands: I don’t know if it’s this way for everyone, but my husband doesn’t like the time I spend blogging. He wants me to spend my late nights with him. And he doesn’t want to chat, if you get my drift ☺

4—Mental block: Take a long day of taking care of children after getting no sleep the night before because of a late night blogging and then add an unsatisfied husband and you get “mental block”, cuz you just want to block it all out!

5—Low # of blog posts: Yes, the number of people that comment on our blogs affects our motivation to continue blogging—not to say that the few people who do post comments aren’t important. They are “the loyal bloggers”. Although I aspire to one day having a huge number of posts regularly from friends and family, two or three comments are better than none! For those of you that do read my blog and post comments, your posts are tremendously appreciated and I get a rush of “blog exhilaration” when I read them. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Regardless of these few reasons that might cause “lazy blogger syndrome”, I am determined to overcome my “blog laziness” and get on board the “bloggwagon” again. I’ve missed it and can’t wait to hear from “the loyal bloggers” again.