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Happy Birfday to You

~ Etc.

I don’t know why…but this is one of my favorite pictures of her 😀
I just wanted to wish my wife HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Having a public blog can sometimes be intimidating as you don’t know who will read the intimate details plastered on the page of hundreds of computers. But I know how much this blog means to my wife and on her day, I wanted to publically let her know that I love her and I wish her the best birthday even if it’s simple. And despite its simplicity today, I hope I can treat her as if it is her birthday everyday of the year and hope that I can be the man she deserves from today until forever.
-I’m thankful for a spouse that is confident in all she does, that is patient with our kids and with me.
-For someone who stays calm and collective and continually understands and sympathizes with the day to day pressures and stresses of life.
-For someone who has a strong and driven belief in Jesus Christ and continually lives her life to a higher standard which in turn makes me a better person just by being around her.
-For the extra pounds that I’ve put on since we’ve been married due to the time and effort that she slaves over dinner menus, grocery shopping, and cooking and always makes sure that our two little girls get enough to eat.
-For her upbeat attitude about life and the way she brightens up a room just by being in it.
-For her perfect smile and the most photogenic face I’ve ever laid my eyes on. She’s even more beautiful in person.
-For her thinking of me when she buys clothes and (semi)-catering her style to my taste. 😛
-For her creativiy and drive that always leaves me in awe, proud, and inspired.
-For her little acts of unselfishness like letting me have the remote at night even if she wants to watch a show.
-For her always cleaning and appeasing my OCCD (obsessive compulsive cleanliness disorder).
-For her taking the time to do fun things and interacting with our girls day in and day out.
-For chaffering the girls around to their various activities.
-For planning and executing countless birthday parties and functions for our girls.
-For being such a good kisser
-For her random texts or calls that let me know she’s thinking of me.
-For her trust and loyalty to and in me and being supportive in all that I do as a father and as a husband.
-For the way she makes me feel by building me up and not breaking me down and never talking bad about me to others.
-For the patience, love, and kindness she shows to me and all that she associates with.
-For her giving me a chance and taking a chance on me in love.
I could go on a couple pages, but just wanted to tell her that I am so happy that we worked out. When I first met her, I never thought we’d end up together, that I’d ever have a chance with her, but life allowed our paths to cross despite the craziest circumstances and despite our not close to perfect roller coaster relationship, I wouldn’t want to travel this road of life with anyone else by my side. It’s a story for a whole other day, but a story that I can’t put down because she’s my main character and I’m so happy that we get to write this book together! I Love You, plain and simple, pure and sweet. Happy Birthday Sarah
– luv me and the gurls…and the dog haha

distance makes the heart grow FONDER~

~ Etc.

It’s pretty crazy how 5942 miles of land and sea can make you realize how happy one person makes you, how important they are to your sanity, how much you take for granted just picking up your mobile and calling them to see what they’re doing, and how much more meaningful life is when they’re right by your side. yah yah mushy tushy get over it.
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Sarah’s flight delayed and it is going to make traveling with two lil babies that much longer, that much more exhausting and that much more stressful. I do find comfort in knowing that if someone can handle it its her. But I know that this is really going to be a L O N G is flight back to the US of A from her crazy north Korean neighbors.
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I’m thankful to all the peeps that brought me food or had me over for dinner while Sarah was gone. Before she left I thought of all the things I was goina do distraction and obligation free. Go watch countless movies by myself in the theatre and at home, play halo all nite and just be a lazy piece…SHESH that didn’t happen- so here’s what I did:
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-Move ALL 3 tons of Sarah’s clothes from the basement closet to our now finished upstairs walk in closet and fold, hang, and organize every single article of clothing that she owns.
-Missed Sarah
-Finished up the lighting in the upstairs bath and closet
-Missed Adalie
-Put up the back splash to the upstairs bath and lined the mirror with tile
-Missed Ariana
-Gave the fireplace a fashion makeover
-Missed all three girls
-Deep cleaned the whole house
-Put in about 60 hrs transforming the backyard from OW to WOW so my daughter can go outside. (thats really how she says every single word!)
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My body is so sore and I know that I am def gettin old…hey my 10 yr HS reunion is this weekend! IMUA4life! 99′ boys! …that’s for u Sarah and Ginny and Colby!
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I’m so happy Sarah’s coming home. I miss being able to just talk to her whenever I want. That Korea +15 hour thing really sucked! I’m so happy I can talk to her face to face without a web cam and happy that I wont feel so helpless when she’s having a bad day. I miss her cooking. I really think I lost about 10 lbs and this is the lightest I’ve been in who knows how long! whoop whoop! I miss playing with my two girls and cuddling with them and even waking up at nite to take care of them. I feel like I take Sarah for granted and sometimes when your thrown into things like we were, its a bumpier road then most and you don’t devote and sacrifice as much as you should. I miss her jokes, I miss her laugh…yah basically I’m just pathetic without her. I’m so lucky to have someone like Sarah who’s stuck it out with me through seriously some crazy times…I’m so happy she’s coming home today and I hate the airlines for delaying her flight!
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Despite all that it was nice to play a lot of basketball, it was nice watchin every single NBA finals game uninterrupted… GO LAKERS!!!
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I also played a TON of paintball and got a really cool haircut by caitlyn that my mom didn’t like but really its the same as always…just a tad shorter 😉 So here’s some pics of my paintball team: ONE LOVE where we represent where ever we r, took home some ca$h money, took home a couple 1st and 2nd place trophy’s and left welts on countless unfortante souls .
One Love waitin for the 10 second count to start the 1st game
Standing behind the center 50 with Goldie
Checkin out the bunker to see who’s goina get paint in their face

Run-n-Gun

I think I killed two peeps off this side run
Makin a break to snake gettin ready to dive low
Checkin out my options, thats my bandana in the back, not my hair!
Me and my boy Jim surveying and talkin our next move

We both push center 50 and hold down our sides…Jim didn’t hold up his end and left me holdin it down!

two years, two kids, too happy

~ Etc.

Mayish 2007

So about 7+ years ago I was at my cousin jas’s house and sarah came over to hang out cause she knew I was there and that Kelis song just came out “Milkshake” and Sarah stood up and was singing it and dancing seductivly :O Sarah always gets mad at me because she says she remembers the very first time she met me yada yada yada…and I don’t. But I do know that when she sang that “milkshake” song and if I close my eyes, i can still see her and hear her singing and dancing “my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard…” I get complelty smitten all over again. It was probably around 11:30pmish when we left jas’s place and Sarah and I had parked right by eachother. I asked her what she was goina do now since I didn’t have the balls to ask her out, but really wanted to hang out with her more. She said something to the effect of “ah, I’ll probably just go home, u?” I told her I might go get something to eat, even though we had just eaten at jas’s in hopes that she would say “yah lets go get something” But she didnt and we said goodnite and goodbye.

Till this day, I regret asking her out. I was smitten and thought that all chances of ending up with Sarah were gone. But somehow, we eneded up together against all odds and celebrate two years together today. Or should I say, I’m celebrating our two years today while Sarah celebrated it yesterday in Korea. If I had asked her out that milkshake nite, maybe we’d be celebrating our 7 year anniversary instead of our 2 year. Regardless I wish she was with me today, I wish I could hug her, I wish I could kiss her, I wish I could tell her how much I love her face to face…and I wish I could hear her in person sing the “milkshake” song. Really…you should hear her sing it, she’s really good! 😛

It’s crazy to think we’ve been married 24 months and have an 18 month old and a 2 month old. But despite the crazy fast jump start in our family, despite the ups and the downs. I’m so happy to have Sarah in my life. I could go on and on about how happy and lucky I am to have her, but I don’t wanna make anyone throw up by reading my sweet nothings. Time sure flies. Here’s a pic of us the very first month we got married and then here’s a pic of us just a couple weeks ago before Sarah left to Korea. COME BACK ALREADY shesh…

Mayish 2009

i think i have postpartum?

~ Etc.

What do you get when your hot wife takes ur two lil princesses on an international one month trip to Korea for a last minute wedding? U get a lonely grown man who cries his eyes out more than his hungry 2 month old newborn just lookin to latch on to a boob.


Sad…sad…sad day.

Babies DONT TALK!!!

~ Etc.

So my wifey is leaving me this Friday to Korea for the longest boringest month of my life for her brothers wedding and I am super lugubrious that she’s leaving 🙁 To top it off she’s taking my two little princesses and I really think “jay time” is goina be overrated after about 5 minutes of me dropping them off at the airport. It’s been super stressful trying to get efrything done in time especially passports. About $400 of passport fee’s and expedited fee’s later, we weren’t even sure if we would get the girls passports in time. I have been calling daily to ensure that my persistent nagging hurries up the processes as we applied barely 2 weeks before they are leaving. We got Adalie’s passport on Friday and are just waiting on Ariana’s one. This idiot was seriously lucky we weren’t speaking face to face…True story:

pASSport agent: Hello, thanks for calling the national passport information center. My name’s David, can I help you? Are you checking on the status of your passport?

me: Hey David, no, I’m checking on the status of my daughters passport. I have all her information

pASSport agent: OK, what’s her SSN?

me: 123-45-6789

pASSport agent: OK, and her full name”

me: Ariana Kanani Hyobi Tyau

pASSport agent: DOB?

me: 03/12/2009

pASSport agent: Mailing Address?

me: 1234 Big Bubble Gum Rd. Provo, UT. 84604

pASSport agent: Ok, just one second…Thanks sir. OK since this is not you, I will need to talk to Ariana to make sure you have permission to inquire about her passport.

me: ???UH…are you serious??? You’re joking right???

pASSport agent: No sir, we are not allowed to give any information about the status of a passport over the phone without the person that is listed on the passports verbal or written consent.

me: Um yeah, she’s a baby, she doesn’t talk, look at her birthday…03/12/2009-she’s not even two months old!

pASSport agent: (silence) Sir, I’m sorry. I need verbal consent from her before I can give you any updates on her passport.

me getting mad: OK David isn’t it?

pASSport agent: …yah?

me trying to be calm: Kay, we are leaving on May 8th, in less than 5 days from today! Ariana can not talk, she is a two month old B A B Y, do you understand that? Babies don’t talk! If she did, my life would be MUCH easier. I have been calling in every day for the past week and a half and you are the first *pause* (contemplating if i should call him an idiot) person…to ask me such a stupid question! What aren’t you comprehending here David???

pASSport agent: …um just one second sir *puts me on hold*

pASSport agent: OK sir, I just talked with my boss and I will be able to give you the status update on this passport

me being a smart A: oh really? you had to ask your boss??? *laughing* Did he explain to you that babies don’t talk??? *laughing*

pASSport agent talking really fast: Sir, this passport is in its final completion steps at the SF passport agency, it should be mailed off later today or early tomorrow. I see you did expedited service and overnight express shipping. Thank you for calling the National Passport Information Center. Have a great day. Goodbye.

dial tone….

WOW…I think he’s new!