OHP...DIY!

Happy Wednesday lovely bloggettes! Hope your week is going swell for you all! With bathroom makeovers and cleaning in my hood, I've been inspired to get into some arts and craft thangs! What other inspiration to go with than PINspiration?!!

Linking up with Michelle at The Vintage Apple, cheers to Oh, How Pinteresting Wednesday!

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Couldn't do an Arts and Craft spotlight without my gooorl, Lauren! What have you been pinning lately?! Link up and share it with the world!

Celebrate Good Times!

This weekend there were some mighty fine celebrations back home! One being my Aunt's birthday parlayyy full of some good ol' Samoan food that warms the soul, and some good sweet family time! My Aunt has been an amazing mother figure to me... and the rest of my family! There are no words to describe my appreciation for her love since the day I was born, but I'll give it a shot anyhoots! She is the one to never turn her back on our family, through thick and thin... she's the one who always has what I need before even asking her for it... she's the one to encourage and motivate me at each point in my life... she's the youngest of 14 siblings, and the one with my grandmother's heart... she's my Aunty ONE and I love her past the moon!

Aunty ONE, me, and my other mother/aunty, Aunty June

Another celebration that I sadly wasn't home for was my Bestie's bridal shower!! She's the one in the white, as you probably have guessed already! These are 5 of the 7 of us lucky bridesmaids who get to be with her as she becomes a MRS.! Her bridal shower was a burlesque theme, and from the pictures I swooned over, was extremely cute!! She's been there for me through it all, especially graduate school! She was one of my bridesmaids in my wedding, and we were so blessed to have her and her awesome possom fiancé in Maui with us to celebrate some SUPERB times!! I can't wait to reunite with her, especially for her BIG day that can't come soon enough! We shall fist pump like no other and celebrate the new chapter in her life!

And thennnnnn.... last night I missed one of my younger cousin's 21st birthday parlay! How fun it would have been there to sang a sweet song at her karaoke party! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KITTY KAT RACHA!!!

So many celebrations that make me super home sick, but I'm trusting that His plan is entirely for a reason!

And now, for my LLL's of the week... What I loved, laughed, and learned about!

LOVE

I absolutely loveeee that one of my gal pals asked mwuah for some blogging tips and tricks... not that I'm a pro or anything, but I was still able to share some basics that others were able to share with me! I love hearing about my friends starting their own blogs... I honestly love my blogging community and the fact that we all bring each other new things each and every day! Check her out!! Her name is Whitney (to me she be Whit Whit!) and she blogs over at High Heels & Carhartts... stop by and show her some love!

LEARN

I learned about an opportunity to present my dissertation at the biggest annual conference for SIOP (Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Inc.), and I am SO excited to keep the wheels turning with this while it's still fresh in my mind. Submitting is one thing, but getting accepted is a whole other ball park! I shall keep you all filled in!

LAUGH

My hubs and I watched 21 Jump Street this weekend, and I seriously cracked up the entire time!! Jonah HIll and Channing Tatum were hilarious together! If you haven't see it, I totes recommend it... who doesn't laugh while reminiscing through the high school days?!

Did you have any celebrations this weekend? How about your LLL's?

High Five!

TGIF!! Time to list our top 5 fave things from this past week with Lauren at From My Grey Desk! Let's give a High Five for Friday and get this party started on this Friday morning shall we?

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I'm not sure if you noticed from my blog, but we had the BEST time at our first official family reunion!

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Someone left this sweet note on my desk, which meant the world to me. Giving me kudos "just cause" can bring some sunshine in my life any day!

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During our family reunion, we had my graduation party! It was so overwhelming to see everyone and hear how they were all so proud of me. Also had an opportunity to make it rain during our customary Samoan dances!

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Career hunting has been quite fun this week. There have been some great opportunities out there, and I'm excited to learn of many more!

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Sweet words couldn't have been more bliss coming in an email!

Don't forget to link up with Lauren, and share your 5 fave things of your week! Happy Friday!

Family Weekend

Why am I home/family-sick? THIS is why!! A weekend full of family smiles, sunshine, and love!

My cousin ran for Ms. Taupou at the Samoan Flag Day

Showing love for the ones who built our foundation

Our talent show

Beach Day

Girls of the Fam

Boys of the Fam

I just love and miss each and every one of them!! Let me tell you... if you live near your family, enjoy every second of being with them... for those are the moments you will cherish the most!

Gettin' my hurr did!

Hip hip hoooray for an Oh, How Pinteresting Wednesday! It's mid-week, and time to share some lovely pins with you all!

If you're not linking up with Michelle at The Vintage Apple, then it's time you click this cute lil' button and be on your marry way to link up, and share your fave pins of the week from Pinterest!

 

I'm swooning over some hurr this week, and here are some of my faves!

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What are you swooning over in hurr land these days??