Two Days and counting...

Well folks, it looks as though the Lawton gang and I will be in Utah in less than two days. We'll be leaving tomorrow afternoon and will hopefully be arriving sometime later in the day on Saturday! Hooray! I'm way stoked to be coming home! Hopefully there is lots of snow to play in. Ha ha...today to prep myself to come home, I went and stood in the meat department to adjust my body temperature. It was quite the chilling experience. Eh he he...okay, maybe to "prepare" myself, but they needed help back there at work to make party trays, so I was in the freezing cold! Ha ha...well we hope that you are all doing well and being safe and that ypu will be home for Christmas! Much Love, Sachiyo.

Leilani's Par-tay

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEILANI!

Well since I said that I would be better at blogging, here is the beginning of hopefully the many blogs that I have in my brain. Leilani turned seven last Saturday! She had a dinosaur party and according to Rosie they had a "roarin' good time!" Ha ha. Here are some pictures from this fantastic event. While at the party they decorated their treat bags, played dinosaur bingo, balloon stomp, and had a tricerotop (how do you spell that?) pinata with lots of treats and opened presents and ate cake...mmmmm...the kids had tons of fun! We wish you all could have been here to celebrate Leiliani's seventh birthday with us!

But on a happier note, reasons I like Leilani: She's the smartest, talented little girl that I know. She reads like a champ. She likes dinosaurs and human anatomy and always asks intellectual questions that I would never anticipate from a seven year old. She's kind and honest and so much fun to be with. Nan's got great "picture" faces and just makes me smile everyday. She's almost a grown up in a little kids body. Ha ha...

Home Free!

Well folks, it looks like I will start being a better blogger again for the next month or so because well...I'M DONE WITH FINALS! Ha ha...i feel so happy inside. I think that my finals went well so i'm pretty much at ease from here on out until I head up to Utah for Christmas! I'm soooo excited to see the family and my new little niece! But I'll definitely do some blogging this week and update y'all on everything that has been going on here. Hope you're all doing well!

A New Arrival!

Just wanted to let you all know that Hiro and Rachel had their baby yesterday! Congrats to them! They have a little girl and her name is Sophia Angel Miyuki Takahashi. I'm not sure about the spelling, but that's what my mom told me they named her. Ha ha...she was 6 lbs 10 oz and 20 1/2 inches. The baby and Rachel are doing well and are still at the hospital! As soon as someone sends me pictures or I take some of her myself when I am home, I'll post some up here. I'm so excited for the new baby!!!

Enjoying the Fall Weather

It seems as though i spend the majority of my blogging time while I'm at school. Ha ha...I don't have any homework to do right now and my next class doesn't start for another hour or so. So I am just chillin in the Rodeo enjoying the beautiful fall weather in Texas and listening to some tunes. A little late for fall? I think not. The fall is definitely one of my favorite seasons. I'll take it any time of the year! Ha ha...well I just ate some sashimi and california rolls with masago and it definitely made my day! I've been wanting to eat sushi for so long. Mmmmm...

Anyhow, it seems as though our friend the skunk is gone. I came home from work yesterday and Mark had searched high and low for it and it seems to have departed from the garage. Which is definitely a good thing so I can park in the garage again and don't have to sneak into the back of the cars (ninja style) to get them out of the garage. Definitely a plus!

Well the house is slowly but surely becoming decorated with holiday happiness! The Lawton girls got their own mini trees to put in their rooms and then there is a tree by the entrance of the home that Rosie has been decorating. I however, have not been home to participate in the decorating festivities, but here are some pictures of the rest of the fam bam doing so.

Above: Miss Mia decorating hers and Ai's Fruit tree; Below: Leilani working on her red and gold star/ball tree. So Focused...Above: This is professional Rock Climber Rosie Lawton being dangerous, but I guess I can't say much 'cause I did the same thing to put the top of the tree up, however I am no professional like my big sista...; Below: Aidyn and Mia with thier fully decorated fruit tree!

Skunked

So last night there was a skunk in the garage; I've never seen Mark run so fast in my life.

A Good Laugh

Well, I just found this picture of Aidyn and I couldn't help but post it on here. Ha ha...I just think it's funny! Enjoy!

The Meat Man

Mmmmm...

Well a week or so ago we had this delightful dinner of crab legs and lobster tails. IT WAS SO GOOD! Ha ha...we had our hands cover in crab juice and what not 'cause we enjoyed the meal so much. Here are some pictures from this joyous occasion.

The Fam Bam

Leilani using her big muscles to open the crab leg...so focused...

Mia Mia showing her crabAidyn eating broccoli...not quite sea food, but almostMe having crab juice all over my hands and mouth...ha ha...

Peaches and Cottage Cheese

Umm...just wanted to let you all know that I'm eating peaches and cottage cheese for the first time and it's disgusting. I'm not quite sure why people eat this...I'm not sure why I'm trying to finish it...

Slacker Teachers...

Well friends and family, I am sitting here at school with no homework and nothing to do, on the day before Thanksgiving...yep, I still have class. Anyway so I thought that since I've become this massive blog slacker that I would blog a little bit. I have a bunch of saved drafts that I started but never had time to finish, so I'm hoping to at least get one done today. :)

Things here have been a little crazy with school and work and church. It feels like I never get a moment to myself anymore and I'm constantly on the go. Which I guess for the most part is a good thing, but I don't really get a lot of time to spend with the kiddos and Rosie anymore. If I'm not at school, I'm at work; if I'm not at work, I'm at school; sometimes I go to school and then to work and by the time I get home everyone is sleeping. Ha ha...but seriously, I don't see the Lawton fam bam a whole lot anymore. It makes me sad, but it'll all pay off.

Sam's Club is a tiring job I decided. Lifting heavy things for eight or nine hours really tuckers me out. Ha ha...I'm still coming home daily with a new injury/wound. But at least my biceps are getting bigger. Rosie can vouch for me on that one. ;) That's probably my favorite thing about working at Sam's, that I don't need to work out my arms because I lift things all day long! Hmm...things that happened at Sam's this past week.

• I'm pretty sure at least 10 times a day I get asked if I'm Chinese or Vietnamese and then when I tell them that I'm Japanese, they look at me dumb founded.
• I look like I'm a cutter (that's someone who cuts/slits their wrists) because while I was moving six big boxes of copy paper (those things weight like 50 lbs i swear) from basket to basket, the lids scraped me. In addition to that, the man that was buying the paper, just looked at me and told me "wow, you're strong," and didn't even help...gentleman? I think not.
• I got offered a job at a floral shop for being "charming" ha ha...
• I've never seen or moved so many turkeys in my life...I moved about 40/50 turkeys from flatbed to flatbed for one customer.
• I bruised the heel of my foot...twice. Someone hit me with a cart and then later with a flatbed. You think that they would see me and stop or something? Ha ha...
• Someone asked me where I was from, and I told them Utah, they asked me if I was mormon, I said sure am and he said. "That's crazy! You're Asian and you're Mormon!? Dude! Did you know Sachiyo is Asian and Mormon?" Apparently that's not very common in the good state of Texas.
• While sitting in the break room my friend ask me if I wanted to go do something tonight. He said, "Let's go drink." I respond, "I don't drink." He says,"Let's go smoke then." I reply, "I don't smoke either." He sits there for a second and says, "Let's go watch a movie. I wanna see that one show with the Indian guy." I'm thinking indian guy? what movie is that? Since I had no response and looked dumbfounded he said, "Maybe he's Russian or something." and I said "Borat?" (i dont' know if he's russian, but I'll ask Eleanor...ha ha...) and he said,"yeah that's it!" and I crushed his hopes for a final time responding, "I don't watch R-rated movies." and just started laughing. Poor kid. 3 strikes and you're out.

Well besides my Sam's Club stories. Things here are good. Hopefully I'll be able to dissect a lamb brain in my anatomy and physiology class today! I'll let you all know how that goes. :D But I'm off to my next class, but hopefully I'll post some pictures and what not later today during my break.

Nani-Buns

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANI-BUNS!

Well yesterday I was a slacker and didn't post a blog for my favorite person Nani-Buns! (this is Leinani Fa'alafua, not to be confused with Leilani Lawton who is also referred to as Nani on this blog). It was the Buns' birthday yesterday! She's legal people! and I am oh so excited! Ha ha...now I can really pawn her off to all these boys. What a happy day! Anyway...reasons I like Nani...she's the bestest friend anyone could ever have. She's always there for me and no one does it like we do. Ha ha...we have dance parties in the canyon, watch cheesy movies that makes us cry, AND eat, eat and EAT! Pretty much it doesn't matter what we're doin as long as we're doin it together and that's the BEST! She's drop dead gorgeous and hilarious. She makes me laugh so much! There's no friend like a childhood buddy. She's smart and athletic and pretty much the complete package people, so if you know any good looking young men...ha ha...jk I won't go there. But I love ya girlie! Thanks for being such a fantastic friend! You're the best! Happy Birthday!

Nothing to Write

Hmm...well I haven't posted a blog in a while, probably because all I have been doing is going to school and work. Last week I had four exams and two papers due (and I only go to school 2 1/2 days a week...conspiracy...) So, school+work=no life and Sachiyo being tuckered out. Ha ha...for those of you who don't know, I'm currently working at Sam's Club as a cashier. And oh boy are my muscles getting big from working there. ;) But I do come home with a lot of cuts and bruises. It looks like Rosie and Mark beat me, but they really don't.

Speaking of beatings...today when I came home from work, one of Mark's front teeth was broken in half. I think Miss Ai hit him in the face with a pickle ball paddle. (side note: a pickle ball paddle is like a heavy duty ping pong paddle, so you can only imagine the damage) He keeps touching it and it kind of grosses me out.

Also, on my way home from work, I saw a pretty big accident. Two cars had flipped over and another was damaged pretty bad. It looked like there was a body bag in the street, but I was driving past and it was dark, so that may not be what it is. It could have been multiple road kill for all I know? I do live in the countryside...almost...

But on a happier note, working at Sam's Club has given me multiple stories to tell. So here is short recap/highlight of the exiting world of Sam's.

• I helped a Vietnamese woman, she told me to marry her 29 year old son. I declined...multiple times.
• Someone ridiculed me for not being bilingual in Spanish and English...do I look Hispanic? Last time I checked I was looking pretty Asian.
• An African-American boy starting speaking Japanese to me.
• I almost dropped a bunch of bananas and a Chinese woman told me that I broke them and demanded new bananas.
• Someone asked me if my name tag said Sancho...which in spanish is pretty much a hooker. That hurt my feelings. Ha ha...

Well folks, that pretty much was my week. Hopefully something more eventful will happen this week. :D Hope y'all are doing well!

So Far Away...

Happy Birthday Yuri-Bug!

Well today is Little Yuriya's Birthday! She is 2 years old! Goodness how time flies! She's such a sweet heart! Reasons I like the Bug...she does rock, elbow, high five like a CHAMP! She likes monsters and and Boo and movies! She's got a happy squinty smile. Yuds walks around like Ojiichan or Hiro...whichever, take you're pick; pretty much like an old man with her hands behind her back. She sings well and calls both Isa and I "SaSa." You just can't resist her charm and all her cute little quirks. She's such a good girl and definitely loves her mom and her dad and her grandparents. She's incredibly curious and used to always say "What's that?" I don't know if she still does 'cause I haven't seen her for a while, but she used to and it was so cute. Well Yuri we love you lots and lots and hope that you have a great birthday! LOVE YOU!

What Happens in Vegas...Doesn't Stay in Vegas ;)

Well last weekend, I got the chance to fly to Vegas and hangout with some of my friends from Utah that I haven't seen in a long time! The company that I used to work for bought me four concert tickets as a "Thanks for all you're hard work." We went and saw Hawthorne Heights, Relient K, Emery, and the Sleeping. Some of the bands were good, others...not so good. Ha ha...but we had a great time. The crowd however was very lame. I guess I'm just used to Utah concerts where everyone just goes crazy 'cause it's their only outlet...ha ha...or something like that. At least my group of friends were all going crazy...myself included. But while we were there we also went to the roller coaster at New York, New York. It was lots of fun! I also had this massive cheese danish! Mmmm...I was really only there for one day so we didn't get to do too much...but I definitely sat at the airport FOR-EV-ER...about 12 hours actually. I missed my flight...if you want details you can go ahead and ask me and I'll let you know the story. Ha ha...but it was a ball!

It's time for a little Brewhaha!

Happy Halloween!

Well I've never done Halloween in Texas, and let me tell ya...I've never been sweating while trick or treating. Usually you're running around trying to not freeze your behind off. Ha ha...oh my goodness it was so warm! It was great though! The kids had so much fun getting handfuls of candy! We had a family party with the Lawton crew. It was definitely all things Halloween. :) Here are some fun pictures from the little Halloween party and night out trick-or-treating. We didn't go for very long but the girls sure did score with the few houses that we went to. By the way to the right is me...as Woody from Toy Story...I'm wearing a ten year old's costume...ha ha...but the cow vest was very soft...I think it might be authentic. :D

Above are some serpent sandwiches; Below are scrumptious spider cupcakes.

The Lawton Family

Mia as the Little Mermaid, Aidyn as a Pumpkin, Leilani as a witch, Rosie as Raggity Ann (is that how you spell that?) and Mark as the Phantom of the Opera.

Long Lost Sister?

Well a couple of Saturdays ago we had a Buddy Walk that we went to support Down Syndrome kids. It was a lot of fun! And the kids there were so adorable! While walking around we took this picture (yes while walking, there was no stopping involved <--That is a circular argument fallacy...sorry...I was just in my english class). The girl on the left is named Samantha. Don't you think she could be mine and Rosie's younger sister? Ha ha...kinda crazy...

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Happy Birthday Mark Lawton!

Well, the internet went down 'cause the sprinkler guys cut the cable line so I never got to make a Happy Birthday Mark page! And seeing that I've lost all motivation to do so...he's getting the short end of the stick...sorry Markie. But Happy Belated Birthday to our dear, balding, dentist. Ha ha...LOVE YOU!

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Happy Birthday Sabrina!

Well today (October 19th) is Sabrina Lawton's birthday! She is the big 24! Woo-hoo! Sabrina is married to Daniel Lawton which means they have handsome baby Kolby. She's was born in Phoenix, AZ and is from the Seattle, WA area. She's got a BA in elementary education from BYU-Idaho and hopes to teach when Kolby gets older. Sabrina is super artistic! You should see her scrapbooking skills--very impressive. She's great at making cards and is currently venturing into the stamping world. She cooks well and plays the piano beautifully. She also likes to play pickle ball and cross stitch. Reasons why I like Sabrina...she's crazy just like Rosie and I, knows how to make bugs out of vegetables, has a great sense of humor, likes bratwursts, we share the same middle name, loves food and eats as often as Rosie and I, appreciates old school dance parties, and she's going to show me all the things that I need to do before I get out of my "teen" years, like dressing up as a lizard and riding the pony at Wally World. Ha ha...yeah for Sabs! Living in Texas just wouldn't be as fun if Sabrina didn't live here. She brings great joy into our lives! So...HAPPY BIRTHDAY SABS!

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Well before I go to the birthday spotlight of the day, I thought that I would give a little shout out to Kunimichi and Eleanor. It's there anniversary today! Hooray! I think that they have been married for about three years...hmmm...i'm not exactly sure...but Congrats! For being married! and staying married!

Happy Birthday Daniel Lawton!

Well for those you who don't remember Daniel, he's Mark Lawton's younger brother. To just give you a little refresher, about 7 or 8 years ago when Mark and Rosie were married, Daniel flew out to Utah for the wedding. Amy Kamoe and Daniel had a little thing for each other. I recall Daniel saying something like, "She's a really pretty girl." and things like that (things that would make a young teenage girl, like myself at the time, giggle). I don't remember how Amy felt about that whole situation...Ha ha...however that little spark never flew. Daniel is currently married to Sabrina who is just awesome! She's so much fun! They have a darling little boy named Kolby who is the handsome one sitting on Dan's shoulders in the picture above. Daniel is currently living in Texas at mom and dad Lawton's house. He aspires to be a dentist just like his big brother Mark, and is waiting for some replys to dental programs he has applied to. He "runs like a machine" according to Mark and is so fun to have around! I don't know what Mark would do without another male around to keep him somewhat masculine. So thank goodness for Uncle Daniel! Ha ha...Well...Happy Birthday!

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Happy Birthday E.G.!

Well today (October 17th) is E.G.'s birthday! Yeah! Pretty much every single day this week there is a birthday...kinda crazy! Anyway...eg and I go way back to my days at good old EMI currently known as EWI. He worked in the shipping office while I was in protege support. He likes to called himself the "Office Motivater" or something like that. Hmm...pretty much he wanders around and talks to everyone. Ha ha...but now that i'm not there to put him in his place, who knows what he does? He's currently a student at BYU, likes to play soccer and whatever other sport, enjoys concerts (thanks to me) and is a massive dork. Probably the Ultimate dork, but hey, that's why we're friends. Ha ha...once he attended a "dance party" that Nani-Buns and I like to have up in the Provo Canyon and he couldn't keep up due to his old age...ha ha...or something like that. Reasons why I like eg...he would go on food runs during lunch time at EWI when I didn't have time to pack a lunch in the morning, he's way good at soccer and has little girl legs, he smells nice most of the time, and he puts up with Nani (cousin nan, not Leilani Lawton) and I. Ha ha...Well eric gene, hope you have a fantastic birthday! Take Care! Happy Birthday!

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Happy Birthday Koonch!

Today (October 16th) is big brudda Kunimichi's Birthday! Yeah! I think he's 28...whoa...he doesn't look 28 does he? Ha ha. Well Kuni is the oldest of my three brothers, although often times he is thought to be the youngest of the three. He's married to wife Eleanor and has cute, little (only boy cousin) Oliver. He currently goes to UVSC. Reasons why I like Koonch...he plays crazy good music! He's funny! He's got the happiest Asian faces I've ever seen. He's a good dad and patient husband. His legs are just a little bit longer than mine. (Ha ha...good reason to like him.) He's fun to play games with and eat food. Overall, he's just a good guy! So...Happy Birthday Kuni! I love you lots big brudda! Hope you have a very Happy Birthday! :D

So here's a little something for y'all. The Lawtons Girls have classic faces. Most of you think that it's all just smiles for these perfectly photogenic children...well here are the girls in the midst of their photogenic prime. :D Enjoy!

True Colors

Stop! In the name of love...

Before you break my heart.

Whoa!

Cheese?

Huh?

Pick me!

Peace Out!

Fairy Twins!

Who are these crazy looking people?

Just Rosie and Aidyn...bein silly and dressing up while it storms outside! They make cute fairies!

...Horizontal Rain...

Well today there was a tornado watch warning, and it was raining so hard! I loved it! The power went out and the trampoline in the back moved probably three or four yards because it was so incredibly windy! Don't worry no one died! (Mark just waltzed in and informed me that there was a tornado in Fairfield, which is the next subdivision over...no wonder the power went out). Here is me "experiencing" the craziness! I was laughin so hard, it was fantasic!

DaTe NiGhT!!!

I know many of you are thinkin', "so you finally went out on a date huh?" and my response to you is not exactly. Ha ha...the Lawton adults had date night tonight, but Leilani and I had our own date night too! Mark and Rosie wanted to go out but Leiliani had group violin lessons, so I took Nan (that's Leilani for those of you who don't know) and they went out. (Don't worry, the other kids were with Aunt Holly and Uncle Tom; we didn't abandon them.) So Leilani did great at violin! She is quite the little mistro! I can't tell the difference for when Leilani plays and when Rosie plays; that's how good Leilani is getting.

Anyway...so after violin, we ran some errands and then went to taco bell! Nan loves that place! We spoiled our dinner too 'cause we went to coldstone and the ice cream was melting, so we had to eat it in the car on the way home. All the way home Nan asked me how to spell things. She's quite the little speller. She can spell many words like hamburger, burrito, taco bell, monkey, rodeo and "Sachiyo Takahashi" which I think is very impressive for a six year old. However when I came up with certain words that were more difficult and adopted from the french language she said, "If I don't get it right, will you give me another chance?" as if I was going to make her walk home if she was unable to spell supercalifragilisticexpialidocious perfectly her first try. Ha ha--she kills me!

After ice cream and dinner and the many spelled words, we decided to watch a movie before it was time to hit the hay! Leilani picked the movie and so we watched Little Shop of Horrors which I figured was an appropriate movie to watch seeing that Rosie let Mia watch it the other day. Yeah, kind of a weird movie. Great music, odd movie; Leilani seemed to love it though! Ha ha...she likes the peculiar movies just like her momma. But I will admit, it was a pretty good movie, but it kind of creeped me out at points. In addition to the creepiness, Leilani would freak out every once in a while and I thought that she was having a heart attack or suffering from a stroke or some fatal cause that would leave her lifeless. In sumation, I liked the movie for the most part, it made me laugh; just don't watch it with young ones.

As the movie concluded and I asked Nan to get her pajamas on, i walked downstairs and saw Rosie in the window, which then gave me a heart attack and that ended the "date night." Ha ha...good ending eh?

Who is this?!?

No mom, it's not my new boyfriend. Ha ha ha...Believe it or not, this is little Justin Leavitt, who I guess isn't so little anymore. Well Justin's birthday was the other day and so I figured I would make a little blog just for him! Yeah for Justin! I was going to do it on his birthday, but decided to study instead. Ha ha...that's a first. Well for those of you who don't remember Justin, we go way back to elementary school at good, ol', ghetto Cherry Hill or "Herry Hill" as it said on the school. He is currently running cross country and track at Southern Utah University. He runs fast--way fast. I just wanted to embarrass him on the internet while I can. By the way, y'all are probably wondering where I got this picture...i did a search on google 'cause I didn't have any pictures of him...or at least any recent ones...wait...one moment please...

I forgot that I had this one on my phone! You know what? I don't think I know where that is. Actually, it looks like ALLC! Woo-hoo! Ha ha...good times! Well, I'm glad I'm writing whatever happens to come into my head. But, i like Justin. He's a good guy! Hope you're doing well Just! HAPPY BE-LATED BIRTHDAY!

NEW PAJAMAS!

well, rosie took the girls shopping the other day and when they came home they had some great purchases! namely these very adorable "i heart mom" and "i heart dad" pajamas! They are oh so cute, so i thought that i would share them with you!

above: the three lawton girls...i think i should call this the lawton family website or something 'cause i seriously just post picture of...well...the lawtons. below: check out miss mia's face in this one, she looks possessed or something...