Where does the time go?

My dear friend Emma wanted to know why I didn't write on my blog anymore... this one's for you Emma! There's just not enough time in the day. Here's the latest, Scott is 5 months old and ready to crawl. He's a very active child, I beginning to think it's genetic.


Nate's 2 year old personality has blossomed these past few months. I won't go into too much detail but let's just say, there have been accidents of numerous varieties. No ER visits yet, knocking on wood! I would love to post some of the pictures of him at his best but he's naked in all of them. We can't keep clothes on that kid.

Trey has become the easy one in the family...Who would have guessed. He's still in Tae Kwon Do and has recently received his orange belt in the Little Dragons class. He's also in swimming and music and doing well in both. He lost his first tooth 2 weeks ago. Recently at a Pacific Arts Festival put on by his school, his kindergarten class represented the island of Fiji and performed a traditional warrior dance.

Jay and I just are just trying to maintain sanity and order around here. It goes well some days. We haven't made any plans for what happens after American Samoa but we will most likely have some prospects soon. I'll let you know on my next blog, in 2 or 3 months.

Two months and many tears later....

Here are a couple pictures from our favorite beach, Nate with buddy Kavi and Scott getting a kick out of the trees overhead. Trey never stops long enough to be photographed anymore. The Roth clan has been reunited in American Samoa for over a month now and things are just starting to become routine, not sane by any means but routine. Scott is almost 3 months old and has calmed down dramatically. He established his dominance in the house quickly and with emphasis. Nate doesn't appreciate the attention being taken away and so as soon as Scott cries, he runs interference, either to my arms or Scott's face. He has thankfully only caused bodily harm to him on 3 occasions, all of which teeth and digits were involved. Overall I think he's taken the adjustment very well. Trey continues to do well in school. He's reading very well now and is showing great interest in math. He's still in Tae Kwon Do and now has his yellow belt. This week is spring break and we hope to be spending a lot of time in the water.

Greetings 2008!

Still just hanging out in Silver City, adjusting to the new little one. Looking forward to getting back home to Samoa. (We're taking Grandpa with us)

Trey's creativity at it's best! Some of the candy actually made it on to the house.

The boys with Uncle Dave and Aunt Miriam

Nate's not the baby anymore and is handling being a big brother better than expected. His favorite things to say now are "I hold it?" and "I kiss him?"

We have to get creative to keep the kids entertained here.

Scott's after-bath fro. I thought it only happened in cartoons.

Sweet dreams!

The latest photo shoot

Merry Christmas!

Jay's dream come true.....a house full of boys.

We celebrated Christmas a few days early so because Jay had a flight to catch on Sunday. It was the first time the whole family had been together for Christmas in many years so it was a special day for all. Today Trey's uncles and Grandpa took him up the mountain in search of snow for some New Mexico style tubing. They had a great time, so I hear. I opted for the warmth of the fire.

Scott Isaac December 18, 2007

Here's some pictures from Scott's birthday!
He was born December 18th at 1:42 am after a 4 hour uneventful labor. He weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. He's doing very well and his brothers can't get enough of him. We are so thankful all went well and we have this healthy, beautiful new boy in our family.

Family photos

As you may have gathered from the picture, I'm still holding on. I was hoping to be a little lighter by now but, so is every other woman due at Christmas. Hope to have some news soon.


to be continued........