Gingerbread Houses w/The AhQuin OHANA

The Cheetah Girls: Lisia,Syd,Raya,Tayvia

Its the Holiday season to build Gingerbread Houses with the family. With all that has gone on with my dad, we were quite delayed with all of the holidays festivities. It's a week and a half before Christmas and my sister calls me and says, "Tonya are we building Gingerbread Houses and caroling this year?" So, me being the oldest, I hurried and threw a family fun night together and deleted the Caroling and just house building and chili, but drew individual names, instead of family names. So we exchanged gifts as well. We enjoy being together as a family and love to watch the cousins play and love each other. It's all about the next generation, we need to keep having activities together so that they KNOW each other and LOVE each other. It's ALL ABOUT FAMILY!!!!
Cambria, Jeff and Teancum

Janette and 2 of her kids: Janessa & JT

Max, Sunshine & Jaden

Clay & Julee with their kids.

Some of the cousins,missing Devan,Josh & Avenna

All of the Gingerbread Houses, we ran out of time to allow them to set, so most of the roofs slid off.

My mom wanted me to take snapshots of all her grandchildren for her frames, so here they are. Oldest to Youngest.

Uh OOH!! Look who's enjoying the candy off the houses.

Love this little guy!!! Joe's son Tristan.

Gingerbread Houses 2010

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

The Whole Family!!!!

Since we had everyone here for the weekend of Thanksgiving, we of course needed to have some family pictures. So I set everything up with all of my siblings, and even throughout all of the obstacles that were being thrown at us, we conquered and pictured!!! They turned out pretty good even though the lighting wasn't perfect, but we had everyone and that's all that mattered. I have learned throughout this last month, don't wait until "NEXT TIME" there might not be a next time.

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My kids and grandpa waiting for everyone to get there for the family pictures. We had the pictures at the Rehabilitation Center because dad was still healing from his surgery and really couldn't go anywhere.My adorable parents. Married 43 years and still going strong. ********************************************************

Me and My family: Cecilee, Sydnee, Bryan, Me, Cambria & Trevor

Clay & Julee's Family: Kiana, Keawe, Kali, Tayvia & AmmonMax & Sunshine's Family: Raya & JadenJoe and Janette's Family
Janessa, Tristan (being held) and JTIrene's Team
Lisia, Hannemann & TeancumAdam & Becca's Family
Avenna, Josh & DevanTia and Andy's Family
Major & LegendMe and my sisters
(A little FYI: we are all eight years apart)My 4 brothers: Clay, Max, Joe & Adam

All of us with our spouses:

Adam/Becca, Max/Sunshine, Joe/Janette, Tonya/Bryan, Irene, Clay/Julee, Tia/AndyMy parents with all of us, minus the childrenTHE WHOLE AH QUIN FAMILY!!!! ALL 37 of us and 2 more on the way, Becca and Janette.

Funeral of Nana

Sunday, December 5, 2010

The Program of Nana's Funeral

It was my Nana's funeral on Friday,December 3rd in Hawaii. My dad couldn't attend because of his surgery and complications & the Dr. was worried about blood clots forming. So we SKYPE'd him into the services. Modern technology is amazing. We had someone set it up in Hawaii and I set it up here, in my dad's room at the Rehabilitation Center. My dad felt like he was right there. The guy was nice enough to take my dad, the computer, to the casket to see his mom and my dad also was the first speaker during the viewing. It was so good to see the family and my dad was able to talk to his uncles, aunts, brother and sister and others. It was hard for me to watch my dad go through this. Who would've known, that my dad wouldn't be able to attend his mother's funeral? WOW!!! My brother, Clay and his wife, Julee went to represent our family. Modern technology made a terrible situation bearable, by allowing my dad to see everything going on a feeling like he was right there.My mom and dad attending the funeral of my Nana through the computer. Modern Technology is amazing.

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day was so up in the air this year, we were planning on going to Glendale, UT and spending it with Bryan's parents at their new cabin, but with the storm that came in and was coming in, we decided against it. We then were going to spend it with my family and they were going to go to Golden Corral with all of my brothers and sisters and my mom and dad, but my parents decided to stay in the rehab center so that my dad could be closer to the restroom and not be out in public yet. So then Bryan and I decided to have our own Thanksgiving Dinner with our family while everyone else was still going to go to Golden Corral. Because that is Thanksgiving to me, making a Turkey, Pumpkin Pies, Mashed Potatos, etc. Well, I put the word out to my siblings and offered that they were more than welcome to come to our home for Thanksgiving and they all took me up on it, except for my sisters. They had their own plans.

After we all ate, we decided to take homemake Thanksgiving dinner to mom and dad and have a little Thanksgiving Program with the family at the Coral Desert Rehabilitation. We have so much to be grateful for as a family. It was so good to be together.

Cecilee and I, waiting for the Turkey to be carved.22 people at our table for Thanksgiving Dinner.Our table was so big that we had to take 2 picturesThe kids at the Rehab Center visiting Grandpa.Our family visiting Dad

Playful LOVE together

 I absolutely LOVE how much these two love to play together and LOVE each other.

No matter what situation they are in, they LOVE to mess around and make each other smile.

 My mom is the biggest KID of anyone. She is blowing on my dads neck and biting it.

Dad is giggling saying, "Rene, don't leave a mark!!"

 Then he says, "JUST KISS ME!!!"

I love my parents, they are sooo stinkin' cute!!