The Lomu's

WILD MAN

2010-01-15T10:19:00.000-08:00

Annie asked me to update the blog with Birthday and Christmas pictures, but since I do the blog, I decided to show you Mason's moves instead.

Check out these moves...

Taking it to the next level, jumping up on the desk......

Flex the guns.....

And end with a smile for the ladies....

2009-11-03T19:18:00.000-08:00

HALLOWEEN

1st Day of School

2009-09-28T21:29:00.000-07:00

Well I'm pretty sure no one reads this blog anymore since I'm averaging about 2 posts a year, but Annie has been bugging me to put some pictures of the kids up. Claire started kindergarten this year and Mason started pre-school. It was a lot more tramatic than we thought; not for the kids, but for Annie. She cried like a baby when Claire got on the bus for the first time. Claire seemed to do ok, she was pretty nervous but these 2 cute little girls sat by her at the bus stop and held her hand when it was time to go. We can always tell when Claire is nervous because she scrunches her nose. Annies was pretty ticked that all her first day of school pictures have scrunchy nose. It's pretty darn cute if you ask me

Claire was pretty nervous to get on the bus, that was the hardest part for us to watch. She looked out the window as the bus drove off, it was so sad. Of coarse we had to jump in the car and follow the bus to school, you know just in case the bus driver got lost or if the bus crashed, or if car jackers were stealing buses that day, or maybe pirates were on the loose. You never know

Luckily none of those things happened and we were there when she got off the bus to walk her to class. Her two little friends that sat next to her on the bus abandoned her so Annie and I got to walk with her. She was trying so hard not to cry. She just stood in line and wouldn't talk. She knew if she tried to say anything to us she would cry so just nodded her head when we asked her questions. But everything turned out great and she absolutely loves school.
Mason started pre school the next day. We tried to drill a couple very important things into Mason's head in the weeks prior to pre school. So when I asked Mason if he was excited to start pre-school he proudly said, "Yes, and I go pee pee all by myself and I wont play with my weenie." Mason's favorite toy is his weiner, so we had to make sure he knew he couldn't play with it at school. We asked his doctor if we should be concerned about his infatuation with himself, but he didn't seem too concerned. He said we should tell Mason he can only play with it when he's in his room, or get him a Big Bird doll to play with instead. Are you serious Doc?? "Hey Mason, go to your room and play with your Big Bird".

Mason is in pre school with his cousin Tate. He loves going to school, and I love picking him up because his teachers are pretty cute. Teachers didn't look like that when I was in school. It's you fault Annie, you picked the teachers. Claire came home from her first day happy as can be. We told her that if she was brave she could do whatever she wanted when she got home. All she wanted to do was eat ice cream. We can't forget our favorite little redhead, Lia. She had fun with the ice cream too. She's currently enrolled in the school of hard knocks. She gets beat up pretty good by Mason, but luckily she has learned to fight back. Tonight she walked up to Mason, lifted her hand as high as she could and smacked him right in the face. Last night she was sitting on my stomach begging for an Ego, or juice, or her binky (it all sounds the same), and she punched me in the nose when I didn't respond fast enough. She's definately not to be messed with.

2009-05-06T23:36:00.000-07:00

MASON in the morning...

2009-03-21T21:11:00.000-07:00

Sorry Guys, I've been neglecting the blog. To recap, the kids are all still alive and kicking, business still sucks but getting better fast, Utah is still Utah, life is great. I've just discovered facebook and it so much more interactive than blogging, so our poor blog is lonely. But I'm realizing that blogging is better than facebook because I really dont give a crap what "so and so" is doing right now, or that 5 of my friends have joined some stupid group. Plus I hate the whole "should I accept this friend eventhough I haven't seen him since May of 1993, and if I haven't talked to him since I walked of the Mesa High campus, is he really a friend" debate I have everytime I get a friend request. But then again, I have honestly found myself getting offended because I know for a fact I sent a freind request to someone 3 weeks ago and they haven't accepted it yet. Maybe we weren't really that tight. I especially love the people that update their "what's on your mind" status 5 times a day. JANE JONES is...watching her kids drown because she is on facebook letting everyone know that she just made a ham sandwich". Plus, it creates drama I don't need. While checking facebook on my phone a few nights ago, Annie asked to see my friends list. There were some girls from the past on my friend list, no big deal. She asked my how many of them I had made out with. "Umm, lots of them" was the only answer I could give. Luckily Annie is not the jealous type. She even asks me who my top 10 prettiest girls in our ward are. As long as the list starts..1. Annie....there are no fights. Anyway, I'll find some pics of Annie's Hawaii trip and my trip to AZ with the kids. I got screwed on that deal. See you in another 6 or 7 weeks Blogspot.

2009-02-03T22:20:00.000-08:00

F the Steelers, my life is ruined. Can't watch Sports Center for at least a month. Go Suns

2009-01-11T20:56:00.000-08:00

We're finally back from the dead.

We haven't posted anything in so freaking long that it would take days to cover 3 holidays, 4 birthdays and a few trips, so for times sake I'll just throw up a few pics and call it good.

Halloween

Mason was pissed to be a cow, and he had every right to be. I wanted him to be Nacho Libre, but Annie shot that down. Finally, we let him pick what he wanted to be. We went to his closet and he picked out a hunter outfit. As you can see from this picture, he was quite happy with his new costume.

Last year we dressed Claire up as a kitty but she really wanted to be a dragon. She reminded us all year that she wanted to be a dragon, so when Halloween came around we had no choice but to find a dragon costume, unfortunately.

Birthdays

We had a magician come in for Mason and Claire's birthday party. Usually bald, 55 year old magicians would be a little to creepy, but this guy was really good. The kids absolutely loved it.

Christmas Morning

Lia's 1st birthday

We love this little squirt. Even though I am 100% convinced she is not my kid :) , I think she's been our favorite baby. She is the happiest, well mannered little thing. Every once in a while the red haired temper shows up and she throws an epic fit, but for the most part she's so much fun to have around.

2008-10-28T21:15:00.000-07:00

More family pics...

2008-10-20T21:52:00.000-07:00

Annie took the kids to a pumpkin patch last week. We were trying to make Lia feel better by showing her that her head isn't the only thing that's big, round, and orange. But as you can see from the pictures, she didn't think it was very funny. :)

2008-10-06T15:57:00.000-07:00

Just got our family pics done (again). We'll post a bunch more in a couple weeks when we get them back from the photographer.

2008-09-19T19:06:00.000-07:00

LIA, 9 MONTHS

Lia paid a price to have these pictures on our blog. While I was scanning and posting these pictures for Annie, I had Lia sitting on the desk next to me. Annie had to leave the room and asked me to keep an eye on her. No sooner than she left the room Lia face planted on top of the desk, splitting her lip open. Annie is always saying Lia got my skinny lips, at least now they are nice and puffy.

2008-08-28T21:45:00.000-07:00

2008-08-17T09:31:00.000-07:00

Tonga June 08'

This is the old family house. When the Lomu's moved from Ha'Apai to Tongatapu, this is the house they lived in. It was pretty surreal to walk thru the house my dad lived in. There was no bathroom, running water, or electricity. We gathered all the male first cousins together (8 of us total) and slept there for a few nights. We sat up all night and told stories and drank kava. Amazing.

Its hard to look tough wearing a dress but we tried. This is how everyone dresses for church. We had just attended church at the Methodist church that my grandpa help build. We found the picture on the right hanging in the lobby of Liahona high school. This is a picture of the 1968 Liahona rugby team, and pictured in the middle wearing the lei is my dad. We were so excited we found this photo

This picture was taken in front of Liahona high school. The picture on the left is Ben climbing a coconut tree. He figured since he was half Tongan, he must be able to climb it. Since we are only half Tongan, he only made it half way up the tree.

We hiked into a cave and went swimming. It was pitch black except for a few candles and the water was crystal clear. I have a bunch of really good pictures but they all show Ben flexing. He just finished P90X so hes a little proud of his arms and 6 pack. I used the picture on the right because its Bens least flexing pose.

We were able to hang out the whole week with all our first cousins, from the left is George, Suave, Ben and Mahe. Mahe looks exactly like my dad. Tonga has the most beautiful beaches I've ever seen. We spent most of our days sitting on the beach with the cousins.

Lomu family reunion 08'

The Lomu family reunion was fun, we had everyone here in Utah at Annie's family cabin. Sam, Sinia, and Deuce brought their families up too. Holly and Tiare went all out with carnival games for the kids. We played paint ball most of the time, even the wives got in ion the action. Shelly shot Bill 10 times from about 5 feet when he was unarmed. It was funny, and the F bombs were flying. We sat up most nights and drank kava. Deuce spent a few hundred dollars on fireworks so we celebrated the 4th of July while we were there. Good Times in Fairview Utah.

Lake Powell July 08

2008-08-08T19:45:00.001-07:00

Damn you Blogspot! (I wrote F Blogspot but Annie is reading this and made me edit the "F" part) I've been working on an epic post for days. I documented my Tonga trip, the Lomu family reunion at the cabin, Lake Powell, and the rest of the summer activities. I've been hitting the "save post" button but I guess "save post" really means delete. It was probably the greatest post in history, especially the part about the Tonga trip, it was a real tear-jerker. I just dont have it in me to re-write the freaking thing so I'll just post a bunch of pictures later. Pissed

2008-07-09T13:56:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the delay, I'll have a new post in a day or two. I got back from Tonga a couple weeks ago and last week we had the Lomu family reunion at the cabin here in Utah. I should have some pretty cool pics for the next blog. Check back in a day or so......

2008-05-18T09:37:00.000-07:00

Alright. Its been 2 months and wifey has had plenty of freaking time to start blogging. However, since she has failed in her blogging duties, I've decided to take over for good. I'm secure enough in my manhood to be the only male blogger in the history family blogging. At least our blog wont have a bunch of made up crap about how great our lives are (like Shelly's blog, she keeps it real, sometimes too real). Anyway, things are cool with the family. The snow is gone and summer is almost here so I can take the shotgun out of my mouth. Claire is about to finish her first year of preschool and she's got all her numbers and letters down. She's a pretty smart girl, she's really intense. Mason on the other hand is a work in progress. He still thinks a cat says "sssssssssssss". No Mase. That's a snake. We need to stop letting him watch "Go Diego Go". Diego does a better job teaching Mason Spanish than we do teaching him English. The kid can't say the word "juice" (he pronounces it "A-UMMM") but he can sit in front of the tv and help Diego's baby condor fly higher by yelling "Mas Alto!" in perfect Spanish. Lia is doing great, she's just fat and happy. She's the smiliest baby I've ever seen. But she might have to get a helmet for 3 months since her head is still a little crooked. We aren't looking forward to that. Lia is not looking forward to it because it may interfere with her social life. When Mason was having seizures we thought he might have to wear a helmet too. I could have had my own football team. I told Annie that I'm going to put a couple Cardinals stickers on the side of Lia's helmet. Other than that, things are good. We have a couple trips planned this summer, and we just got back from Boulder, NV. Here are some pictures from the cabin and Boulder.....

This is a squirrel that lives at the cabin. Claire named him squiggles. He's pretty brave, he'll come eat out of your hands. He's tough too, Bill shot him with a BB gun and it bounced right off him. Bill is banned from the cabin for life.

Claire and Tyson have become good buddies. I'm trying to teach Mase how to golf, but since I suck, he'll probably suck too.

We spent last weekend in Boulder NV at the home of some friends of my in-laws. The entire property is pirate themed, complete with 2 huge water slides, 3 pools, 19 rooms, 25 bathrooms, basketball court, huge gym, ect. Imagine a private Disneyland, only much better. The place is beyond description. It would take about an hour to walk through the entire property. Anyway, the kids love this place but its a little scary since there are skeletons and fake pirates everywhere. Also, since there are waterfalls and swimming pools around every corner, it was a nightmare trying to keep Mason from drowning. He jumped in the pool right when we got there and I had to jump in after him. I had my iphone, wallet and keys in my pocket. The phone was ruined but Mase is good. He'll be mowing the lawn for free till he's like 18 to pay for a new phone.

These are just a bunch of random pics from our trip.

The house has an outdoor pizza oven so Mase got in on the action. If he doesn't learn a few more words soon he may have to get used to cooking pizza for a living.

These 4 pictures are kind of funny. Claire is normally a pretty brave girl, but she got a little scared of all the skeletons. There was big skeleton holding a sword at the top of the kids waterslide so she refused to go down. Finally on the last day, we forced her down. The first picture shows me yanking her out of the water. The second picture shows her panic stricken face, the third picture is Annie and I taking her up the stairs. She punched and screamed the whole way up. Finally the last pic shows a smiling Claire coming down the slide with all her cousins cheering. You see, that is some quality parenting. We knew she would love it once she came down. Our kids get way to spoiled when we go to places like this. Here's little Claire, feeling tramatized while surrounded by her cousins at a multi-million dollar private resort while gently gliding down a waterslide on her mothers lap, holding an ice cream cone. When we were four years old our dad picked us up and chucked us in the deep end of a swimming pool with no life jacket and no ability to swim. We were at a community pool in the middle of ghetto Long Beach, CA surrounded by Jose, Julio, Tyrone, Tyrell, and a bunch of 5 year old Asian gangsters. Kids have it so easy these days.

2008-03-10T19:30:00.000-07:00

We finally blessed our little squirt. If we waited any longer we could have had her baptism at the same time. She did awesome, she was really happy the entire day. I gotta admit she's a cute little sucker, despite the red wig. Blessing days are nice because its the only day we make it to church on time. In eight years of marriage Annie and I have been on time to church 3 times. Hopefully we can have another baby to bless so we can make it 4 times. Anyway, Annie is excited to start doing all the blogging so this is probably the last time I'll be on here. I told her if she didn't hurry and start blogging, I was only going to blog about stuff that I am interested in. The Lomu page would consist of my latest thoughts about the Shaq trade, why the Sundevils will win the Pac 10, and why Marissa Miller is my favorite swimsuit model. I could also talk about things I hate like Hillary Clinton, BYU fans, and DJ Lance. I could also blog all day with my thoughts on why my kids will only watch Blue's Clues that have Joe, not Steve. But, since Annie is going to take over blogging duties, you'll have to put up with boring information such as; how the kids are doing, the latest baby pictures, ect. Or you might hear about her new favorite movie called "P.S. I Love You", or how she cried during the latest episode of Oprah about starving kids with no legs who's fathers beat them. But since this is my last post, I just wanted to let everyone know that I have the greatest, hot mama wife and kids in the world!

2008-02-21T21:08:00.000-08:00

2008-01-23T12:39:00.000-08:00

Finally got some updated baby pics on here. Little squirt is 3 weeks old now so she's changed a bit since the last post. She's doing great. Her hair has clamed down a little, she's no longer a redhead. She sleeps pretty good, but her schedule is all screwed up. She sleeps great in the day and crappy at night. But since Annie has to do all the nursing, I'm the one sleeping like a baby. We have to take her to Primary Childrens hospital next week to have her head checked out. It's a little lopsided so they need to see if her head formed wrong or if its just a result of her head position in the womb. Luckily we have a lot of experience with Primary Childrens. Claire and Mason have made great strides in the last couple weeks. As you can see, Claire loves her new little sister. I dont have any pictures of Mason and Lia because he wont get near her long enough to snap a picture. I like to think Mason is just too manly to get all lovey with Lia, but the truth is the kid dresses up in Andrea's shoes, puts on her jewelery, pushes around a vaccum and doesn't leave the house without his stuffed kitty. He's got another 6 months or so to live it up, then daddy is going to step in and regulate.

2008-01-08T22:27:00.000-08:00

It's a girl! Not sure who the daddy is but at least she's cute! Little Lia Kay Lomu was born on January 2nd at about 12:30 pm. We tried to squeeze her out in 07' for the tax deduction, but she was in no hurry to come out. The delivery went well. We didn't know if it was going to be a boy or a girl so it was kind of cool. Of coarse I was pulling for a boy. I even turned on a college football game while Annie was delivering so that my boys first image in life would be sports. Damn Chinese gender chart. She was 6lbs 12oz and 19 inches. When she first came out she looked like a redhead but her hair has turned more of a light brownish-blonde. Claire and Mason both had thick black hair when they were born so Lia is a mystery. Anyway, as you can see from some of these pictures, Claire and Mase are a little pissed about the new arrival. Claire has already softened up though. All she wants to do is pet Lia like a puppy. Mase will be tough. On Sunday he hit her in the face with a matchbox car. Tonight he threw a plastic gun in her direction but I think he was trying to hit me. He'll come around.

2008-01-08T22:02:00.001-08:00

We had a really fun Christmas. Mason was really easy to shop for since all he likes are cars and balls. We got him a Diego four-wheeler but as predicted Claire has already claimed it as her own. Claire was fun this year. She was a little harder to shop for since she wanted everything she saw on tv. If it was advertised on Nick Jr she wanted it. She kept asking for Butterscotch (the horse) but she would have played with it once and never looked at it again. In the end she was pretty happy with what she got.
Usually kids will behave around Christmas time because their parents tell them that Santa is watching. Well Claire is more of a "seeing is believing" type personality so that doesn't really work with her. Luckily we came a cross a much more effective way to get her to behave. There is this thing called "The Elf on the Shelf". Its a story about an elf that comes to your house everyday to see if you are behaving. At night the elf goes back to Santa and tells him if you have been good. The book comes with a little elf that you place in a new spot every morning. Its a freaky looking little elf, but it works like a charm. Every time Claire was about to do something bad she would look at the elf and stop. She came up to me one night and said, "daddy I was gonna hit Mason but the elf was watching me so I didn't." We highly recommend the elf

2008-01-08T21:49:00.000-08:00

We had the kids birthday party earlier this month. Since Mason's birthday is on the 11th and Claire's is on the 16th we combined their party. Luckily for Mason his older sister is a tom-boy and she insisted on having a horse themed party. We tried to talk her into a princess or Dora the Explorer party but she wasn't having it. It was fun, we had the party at Jungle Jims and invited all the cousins. We had about 15 kids, plus all the adults. Unfortunately, Masons favorite gift was a stupid vaccum cleaner. If the kid turns out fruity we will know where it all began. Thanks Grandma.

2007-11-18T22:02:00.000-08:00

2007-11-08T17:01:00.000-08:00

Sorry, still haven't had time to do a nice blog, so its just pics for now. Anyway, here are the kids Halloween pictures. Mase was supposed to be Nacho Libre but Andrea wasn't having it. Instead we went with the worlds wussiest costume. I'm sure he'll get beat down once or twice if these pictures are ever seen by his friends.

Claire and her cousin Bella

2007-10-31T11:36:00.000-07:00

2007-09-19T23:15:00.000-07:00

We'll get on here and update evrything soon, but for now here are some pics from this summers vacations...

2007-05-22T23:43:00.000-07:00

Claire never gets tired of the water. She spent the entire weekend in the pool. Even before we left St. George she was asking us when we are going to Lake Powell. I think she just likes wearing her dragon life-jacket. We tried to get her to pick the Barbie life-jacket but she wasn't having it.

2007-05-22T23:35:00.000-07:00

Claire had a great time in St George riding a girrafe that didn't go anywhere.

2007-05-22T23:12:00.000-07:00

This is Mason just a few seconds after I accidently let him fall into the pool. He's still pissed at me.