Starting School

Moving In

After Months of waiting we are finally starting to move in.

It has been such a journey, wow.

The movers come sometime this week, yipee!

We are done with painting and carpet and some demo.

(We filled up part of a huge dumster out front)..

We still have a ton of stuff to do, plus lots of cleaning today, but I am officially saying we are starting to move stuff in...

Crazy.

More soon...

Trampoline..demo... yardwork

All In One Picture.

Another Fun, But Hard Work Day.

While Triming Bushes Look What I found.

For Little Hands And Feet After The Beach.

This Faucet Is In A Great Location

What A Fun Find On The Property Today.

(I Still can't Believe We Were Able To Get This Home)

So Thankful.

Paint!

So All We Have Done For A Whole Week Is Paint.

Imagine.

I don't Want To See A Roller For Awhile.

We Decided To Paint Ourselves Becsuse We waNted To Afford Some Bigger Items, Like Carpet...Which Is Being Installed Tomorrow.

So Here Is Another Peak At Our BungalOw Painted "Navajo White"

More Later. So Tired.

Family

The Best Part Of Being In SLO Is Having Family Around.

I Just Love it And They Just can't Wait To Spend Time Together.

(This Is A Picture Of Some Of Kids Helping The Oldest Feed The Animals) 

Moving + Stress = Disastrous Diet

With All This Stress Of Moving And Finding A home Has Left Very Little rOom For Consistency With Diet And Exercise.

I'm Trying But it's Been Tough Especially With The Onset Of Summer.

So Back To Eating Right And Getting In Shape For The Race In The falL.

Tis The Nature Of Life Huh.

Well Here's To A New week.

Of Effort

Discipline

And Consistency!

We Can Do It Moms

self~Control...

Happy July 4th

Tie Dye.

This Year We Made Tie Dye Shirts With The Swim team, for The Big Swim meet This Weekend.
This Is A Great July 4Th Activity Just Make Sure You Wear Gloves when Creating.
Have A Great Fourth, Off To A Picnic.

July 10th

July 10th is our big closing date.

We can barely wait.

The house was built in 1946 and the original home has concrete walls.  Yes you read correctly "concrete walls" that means no indecisiveness about putting up pictures. 

Jason said he would have to get a special drill bit just to hang a picture, too funny.

The house we purchased is not for everyone, but it is definitely up our alley and exactly the type of house I was interested in finding, but not sure we could find.

It needs work, but has a TON of character and it's in such a ideal location in SLO.

Walking distance to downtown, trails, Great schooL and much more.

I'm super excited about it, it's Been A Dream Forvever To Raise Kids And Own A Home Here, What A Blessing.

I'll be posting housing pictures once we get in and get settled.

Lots of before and afters.

Right now the house is packed with color and we are going to change it up a bit.
Stay tuned and
Have a great 4th of July.

Lots of Firsts in SLO

Note:  See prior post for a little update on our big move..

On to Firsts:)

First time off the high dive...

 First time having mini grocery store carts (love this)...

 First time spending father's day at the beach...

Wow what a face...first time loosing a tooth...

(yes those are carpet samples in the back...)

First time going to Farmer's Market...

 First time at bubble gum alley...

 First time finding a heart rock...

 First time for riding lessons...

 First time a cousin has taught our children how to catch chickens...

More coming soon...

Moved to San Luis Obispo

Yes.

It's me and I'm still alive.

It has been nuts, really nuts. 

About two months ago we move from the bay area to San Luis Obispo, my home town and where Jason and I met.

We feel so blessed and thankful we could move close to my parents and my cousin and her family.

So thankful.

It's been a year in the making and a lifelong dream.

We are currently in escrow on a 1946 coastal bungalow here in SLO.

We could not be more thrilled.

It's a crazy i mean crazy real estate market, very little inventory and lots of buyers especially in SLO.  With that said we see God's hand very clearly in being able to purchase this home.

We close in July and should be moved in by the end of July.

I'll post some pictures.

Especially during the fixing up process...
Here is a sneak peak :)

Goal with a whole lot more

Do you see this child below:

See him:)

Yes that child;)

Dylan let's be honest has not been a easy child to raise thus far.

I feel like Dylan is more in my life to teach me things than me him, but I know God put us together for more reasons than I can really grasp.

But today was such a rewarding moment I just want to journal it.

Today.

O'today.

For the first time Dylan scored not one, but two goals in soccer.

For those who have children who do this all the time, that is so awesome.

For Dylan this was a moment in time i will never ever forget.  In the Fall mid way through the soccer season something clicked for Dylan and we all saw it, but he never scored.

This was his first game for the spring season and boy was it exciting to watch.

He looked like a natural soccer star out there and I'm not just saying that; he was passing good, thinking ahead of the game and just so involved.

Our son Dylan has had many medical challenges so it's been hard for him to succeed at one sport and do well.

Soccer is a sport we have always gone back to due to the nature of activity (very active), and fairly simple, plus he loves it!

Anyway, i could go on and on.

The joy of watching him in years of soccer and finally scoring today was HUGE.

I thought for sure i would jump up and yell like a crazy "soccer mom", but instead i just cried "happy tears".

What a journey parenting is and what a blessing.

So today I'm documenting it with the hopes of looking back and remembering the moment watching Dylan score his first goal at soccer. 

The pure joy on this childs face I will never forget.



Bee Shower

Lots of projects around here lately.

The first being my sister-in-laws "Bee" themed baby shower next week in SLO.

We've got so many things in the works right now.

Hang with me and I'll be blogging some of our past and present activities.

Stay tuned