ILL'n @ the FaRm-Rich/Burk sTylE

TR6 Was glad 2 of shared our Annual Family Tradition w/my Bestie & her family this year! It was a freaking blast..even though Kristy,Bull,Bear,Holly,Taytay, and I got lost in the maze...but we paid very lil'money for our puNkins, had some good eats, and created life long memories together. I'm glad our families met, and have became good, and close friends...here's to many more good family times!!!

Family Tradition~The Maris Farm

When Rich and I got 2gether, we always said that we wanted to start some good old fashion family traditions that our children can remember, enjoy, and look forward to.
Since I grew up in Buckley, my Softball coach, who was also our Middle schools Liberian just so happend to be Mrs.Marris, one of the many owners of this Beautiful, Heaven on Earth piece of property that Hundreds of people flock to every year. We have been bringing our children here for the past 6 years.
Our family has picked puNkins here every year since then. TR6 looks forward to what new and exciting things that the Maris's has added to the farm.
One year, I think it was 2006, after doing the hookie pookie, a young man took center stage, which at that time was right under the covered area near the entrance and started to sing and play his guitar. He played locally, and had not yet been discovered. Shortly after that debut there at the farm, Blaine Larsen, was heard all over the radio and had excepted a music contract that took him to Nashville to fulfill his lifelong dream as a country music star.
We love the Maris FARM and our lifers...It's TR6's tradition, and this year we were able to go with one of my BESTIES and good friends Mark&Kristy Burkholder and their girls, and OUR solo and single Buddy T.

This year Rich chilled with the fella's while Kristy, Bull, Bear and I attempted the Corn maze. We made it to the 1/2 way marker which mean that we had to find checkpoints 6-10. Yeah, about 30 min later, we turned around, went back to the 1/2 marker and called it good...We had a pregnant lady with us who had to go potty...ok, I had to go as well...and NO ONE in there was could find #9..no one..we kept circle'n and passing the sames groups of people..and for the record...we were not the only ones that threw the towel in...so because of that failed attempt...Rich wants to go back and conquer this maze.
Another great year! We paid a whole whop'n $10 bucks for the kids puNkins..now that's what we call a DEAL..especially since they were pretty big.

Bonney Lake Elem-Open House

This year we only have 3 Vikings attending BLE. Last year all of TR6 was there, and open house was very Loooong! We have a 3rd,2nd, and 1st grader. They all were very excited for us to be there. We got to see a lot of their work, read the stories they wrote, and see some of their Art work. It was a pretty cool night.

They all just love school so much....and they are proud to be Vikings!

Americas Most FUNNIEST Family Pictures

The weekend our Brother Bill got married, Rich and I decided to stay gone for the whole weekend. We visited Belfair, Port Orchard, and Bermerton. While visiting these beautiful cities, we stayed in 2 different hotels and while we were in our room....strange things happend.

Bear turned into "Bernardo"The Rocker

A long lost family member






DONT HATE ON TR6....Be Skurd!

A year from TODAY.....

Big Rich and I will be renewing our VOWS in front of our Families and some Friends. Following the vow ceremony will be our long awaited, and overdue reception in Sumner WA at the Hansens place.
We are both so excited, and cannot wait. We made our list of what we need to purchase, the things we want, so we have been buying things here and there, and crossing it off our list. By this time next year, EVERYTHING will be bought and paid for. No to LOW stress. Our colors are Brown/Gold and a hint of Orange. My maids are set. Their dresses were decided upon by my Maid of Honor & Hubby.

We have already made a small deposit on the material through the dress company. The latest date to submit sizes and our order is May'09. Due to amount of dresses needed, we got a discount. I'm also going through the same company for the misses in waiting and the flower girls dresses. The picture shows the dress white, with a gold sash tie, but mine will be Gold with a brown sash tie.

Big Rich is still unsure about the Groomsmen. I guess he has time to decide..LOL! But I got on the ball with it. My dress will not be revealed until the day of. Plus, I'm not sure to go with the Irish tradition like Rich. He is going to wear the traditional Irish Kilt

Only the Groom, his Best man (which is his Brother) and his father will be found in these, not the whole line. He's going to get in shape to wear this...all of us are. My line and I are going to challenge each other to a weight loss competition..and I know I'm going to win..if there is one thing that Motivates me...IT'S MONEY! Small wager..the buy in is $20bucks per person..winner takes all.
I cant wait. Here's my ring

Engraved...Greg & Aniva Together forever 6/12/04. That's our Original date. That one will always mean the most to me. Our reception held 5 years later...man there is lots to do. Rich is doing the invites by DVD...he's almost more excited then me...ALMOST!

I love this man. He is my everything, my best friend, my air, my world, my life! Since I have met him, my life has just been nothing but AMAZING! I have experienced so much good with this man. He knows me inside and out...he knows me better then I know myself. I'm so GAGA over him...he is the reason behind my smile, my success in everything, and anything, he is my #1, I miss him when he is in the other room...being apart from him makes me crazy...I know it's good sometimes..which I always tell him that he put a spell on me..because I should be able to go down another isle in Walmart without missing the Heck out of him...Some may not EVEN comprehend..but it IS like it was yesterday that we hooked up...I still have butterflies, I STILL melt when he Kisses me...and I still WANT him More and MORE everyday. To US Gregorio...next year it will be all about us! I love you babe!

My Treat..My reward...my Childhood Dream

I can remember like it was yesterday, being dropped off 2blocks away from school, sometimes further, or even walking to school, to avoid being seen in our family car. As a child, I can still recall the laughs, and being teased about the beat up old, raggedy, station wagon that my mother drove.
One time, the reverse went out in it, and she would have to park so that we could just drive straight on out of wherever it is that we were, but this time she had forgotten. So could you imagine our surprise when she told us after coming out of Big Way supermarket in HI, where everyone shops at being that it was the local market with the lowest prices...that had to push it BACKWARDS!!!! OMGosh...you have to be insane WOMAN! Which was my first thought...I cant remember if it was my brother who said..." We're just going to wait for the car in front of us to come out, then you can just go forward ".....but that never happend. So we did, we pushed it backwards, just so we could be stared at, and snickered at by the neighborhood kids that were there shopping with the folks. I HATED that car! But you do what'cha gotta do...of course I never knew that then, or could even come close to understand what my mother had to of felt.
But I remember sitting in the back of that old wreck of a car at a stop light, and a BMW, pulled up next to us. To myself, my thoughts were...when I grow up...I'm buying one of those. It had to be sign when I was walking to school the next day, and I seen the same car pull up to the curb to drop a new student off to our school...I remember her name was Anette Higa..she was a nerd, but her parents were loaded.
Anwyas, I made a promise to myself then that I'm buying one of those, I have to own one before I die.
Well, 22 years later and still no Beamer...well Not yet that is.
Once my promotion is finalized...Yup Yup...I'm buying me one of these...

I got my eye on this one. I like the late 90's models. It's a 98' and it's freaking CHERRY. I'm going to reward myself with my life long childhood dream car baby..and I'm going to ball my head off once I do! This is to you meaner (our new family word) kids that teased me in my mommies old wreck of a car! Wow that felt good to type..LOL, but alright, I gotta go to work..it's almost 6:15am. I have to go and do my thing if this CAR is going to be mine..let me rephrase that...It will be mine!
I should call the dealership (because it's actually available locally) and tell them to get it ready for me huh?? J/k..alright, until next time!
Keep reaching for the stars...I am and I'm making all my dreams reality.

Our Annual September Birthday Weekend

When September comes around, it might as well be an Early Christmas in our Aiga (family in Samoan). It use to be only 3 in our family, only counting the ones here in WA, otherwise it would be like 7. But for years it was only my brother Eliu, which is on the 21st, and both of my sisters Mona, and Lisa on the 26th.
Well for 12 years now, Maleko (one of our nephews) has joined the September Crew, his birthday being on the 11th day of September, and our son Puluta'atasi which is the
19th. So our Aiga does one big party for all of them, which was this last weekend.
We all headed up to Shelton for a weekend of Fun,Food, and Craziness!
I love getting together with my family. There is ALWAYS much comedy, which I have discovered that to be apart of this family, you have to have TUFF SKIN! Humor is Big in our Aiga, and if you cant handle it, then your never going to survive in our Krazee'ness!
You know one of the first things that I told Rich about my family before he met them was, " If they Joke with you, then....the Like you. If they make fun of you in some way, that's a good thing!"
Needless to say, he's adopted our humor, and fits right in. You just have to dish it back out when it's handed to you. In our Family, there really is no secret...SERIOUS! You might think your sharing something in confidence..but TRUST..there is someone there that knows about it...it might not surface right away...but lets just say, once you feel comfortable to expose whatever it was or is that you may have been harboring....you will soon discover that...Yup, they KNEW!
But once again, we all managed to meet at our Second Grandmas pad in the Boonies, to have some Yummy EATS..(which by the way, I so gained like 50lbs) GRREEAAT laughs, and just catch up with everyone. We stayed all weekend. Rich and I took Monday off to recuperate...it literally takes a whole day to recover...but we didn't make the drive home until Monday evening...it's always nice to have the Fab 5, the Original Wilson 5 together! I love my family.

The September Birthdays:

Puluta'atasi 9/19

Maleko 9/11

Eliu 9/21

Lisa 9/26

MoE 9/26


It was a Blast...good times like always! So far so good with no one being added to the September Madness! This year we did one cake, but every year before that..there has been one cake for each birthday person..and non stop EATS! Well it's non stop EATS at every family function of ours...but I miss them already! It's always nice to have everyone come up, or down..whichever. The kids are all getting so big and grown up. I always look forward to the September Birthday Weekend Getaway. Until next year.