*The Good Stuff*

Friday, March 21, 2008

9 Years!

And counting! LOL So we have "tried" to stick to the anniversary "theme" each year, just for fun, when it comes to our gifts to each other...(psst! Next year is diamond!! whoot!!)...this year is "pottery, leather, tin, aluminum". Well, when we moved to Houston, my pottery chimnea got CRUSHED. I was so sad!! So, Justin looked everywhere today and didn't find another clay one, but he found a metal one...so that still fits the theme a little right? LOL

PS> Watch your mailboxes for a note about next years anniversary!! ;)

xoxo

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Sunday at Sea World!

We took advantage of a beautiful Sunday after church and headed to Sea World!!

Not too bad for an iPhone camera! :)

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

A day with Chrissy!

Well, you've seen me blog about her! Falyn's godmother, and one of my best friends from high school! Her husband is also in the Navy, stationed in Lemoore, CA. His parents live here in San Diego, so that means that we will get to see her more often than we have in the last 7 years!! YAY!!! We had a nice day at the park, and chowin' down at Luigi's for lunch! (yum!) It was great to finally meet her babies too, and now she has #3 on the way!! Can't wait to do it again!!

(please excuse my goofball child!)

Thursday, March 06, 2008

We're in!! OMG!!

So, we can't get too attached to this house...they called us to get into housing ALREADY!!! HOLY MOLY!! So, they told us we were first in line after the top 10%...the next week, I check our status online...we are #4 PEOPLE!! Mind you, this is about 4 days after moved into this house!! LORD!! So, we thought a month at least, right? WRONG!!!!! They called us on Monday, gave us an address...and said we had 24 hours to accept! ARE YOU KIDDING??? YES!!! We should have just stayed at Jebbye's and paid her rent!! So, our NEW move-in date is now March 25th! We will be out in the neighborhood of Pacific Beach. From the end of our street, we will be able to watch the fireworks at Sea World...yes, just about FIVE houses to the end of the block and watch the fireworks over Mission Bay. (ok, I know I am killing Angie now, so I will stop)....just trying to draw her back out here!! LOL Here's our little (bigger than where we are now) 4 bd in Admiral Hartman! Someone still lives there, so we couldn't see the inside, but I checked it out on Google Earth, and since it's on the "bend" of the street, we got the bigger back yard...not quite what we have here (or close to what Ang had on NASNI), but it will do! The girls can ride their bikes!! YAY!! Anyway...come visit whenever you want!! That is ALWAYS an open invitation!!!

xoxox

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Romo's First Haircut!

I found a great little groomer right down the street, Petco wouldn't even give him a chance! They said that he was too young!! Rude!! These ladies were great, and of course, loved him! They even said that he was falling asleep during it!! Whatever, he's too young! :P He looks SOOO different!! I know Jenn can appreciate the "sadness" of his puppy color being gone!! I have to admit, I was a little shocked at the change, but he's SO stinkin' adorable!! We're now just hoping he grows into his ears! LOL

Love ya! Off to spend the day down at Mission Bay...with the beautiful green grass and ocean breezes....jealous yet?? Oh yea, and I think the high is in the hi 60s, low 70s!! neener, neener, neener!!!

Oh yea, and I stole this pic from Jebbye's blog...this is when we were staying with them, Jason snagged this pic of the 3 of them (Jeb, Faith and Chandler) chillin' with a juice box!

xoxoxox

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Our Cute House

This is SUCH a cute house! We really like it, there are things of course that we aren't crazy about, but it will do until we get into housing....which by the way, we found out yesterday that we are now #4 on the list...so needless to say, I am DONE unpacking!! I have now moved on to "organizing" and if it's still in a box, well, it can just stay there for another month, unless I REALLY need it!!

Anyway, back to the house. Per all the requests, here are pics! It really is adorable and has a lot of charm...but things I miss...kids can't ride their bikes out front, no dishwasher (ick!), wash and dry clothes on the back porch...things I can only deal with for a SHORT time!! LOL

Here ya go! The first few are from moving in day...

And now with furniture!

The adorable front yard...I do love the fence for obvious reasons, but also b/c they can play out front without fear of running into the street.

Still in progress, but you asked!

Chandler's room!

Falyn's room...she loved the fairy mural on the walls immediately!!

Faith's room...she picked the biggest one!!

View out the back door

Nice big porch to enjoy those crisp morning and evenings.

The shed....in the middle of being unpacked/organized.

The best part about the whole house....the backyard!! We ALL love it!!

Ok, that should do for now...just no making fun of all the boxes everywhere!! :)

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Road Trip!

Here's some photos from last week as we made our way to San Diego!

Our first stop was in Albuquerque to meet up with one of my "preggo buddies". Heidi and I have known each other since 2000 when we were both pregnant with our oldest (ok her only!), have spoken on the phone, but haven't ever met in person till this trip. We met via a preggo forum on iVillage.com and have a buddy group of 10 whom we have maintained contact for over 7 years! They are my girlies, and I love them!! We figured that a good place to take all the kids was Chuck E Cheese...2 days in the car, and it was the perfect fit!! We had a blast meeting Solana and chatting with Heidi! Love ya girls!!

From ABQ to GORGEOUS Flagstaff, AZ!! What a BLAST we had there! We spent 2 days and played in the snow, went to the Grand Canyon...just a BLAST!! The kids had never seen snow before and LOVED it! I will post some video too!!

Grand Canyon pics....you saw some from my phone, and the rest I took with the "mac daddy" camera, so you have to wait on those! :)

Miss you all! Love you!!
xoxoxo

Monday, February 18, 2008

We're here!!! YAY!!!

We made it to San Diego on Saturday! Been trying to find a place to live ever since! Our friends, Jebbye and Jason have been awesome enough to open up their home to us and cause mad chaos with our 5 combined children!! LOL We've have a few appointments today to view homes, so wish us luck!

It's so awesome to be back here. I've really missed it!!

Love and hugs to all!!

Friday, February 15, 2008

The Grand Canyon

There are no words for this place....have you heard George Straits new
song yet? "I saw God today" Thats how I felt!! Breathtaking!!

Arriving in Flagstaff

Oh what fun we are having! We hit I think 6 different stores
yesterday to find snowboots for the kids! What kind of ski town has
Spring clothes out already?? Oy! Today will be fun when we head up
to the snowbowl to play!

Xoxoxo

Snowstorm!

Ever driven in one?? Weird!!

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

9 hours to the middle of no where!

Somewhere in the middle of no where Texas!

Monday, February 11, 2008

And there's still room!

We're almost set to go! Hitting the road early in the morning! I can
post from my iPhone! Whoo hoo!

Saturday, February 09, 2008

Goodbye Houston!!

Today we had a gathering of family and friends for a "goodbye"! What a GORGEOUS day!! It was awesome!! Big lake for the kids and men to fish, big pavilion for us to hang out and spend time with everyone!! An absolutely perfectly beautiful day!! Thank you to EVERYONE that came out to see us one last time before we leave!! Especially BIG THANK YOU to Wendy and Skip for feeding and cooking for us all!! You are both wonderful, we love you and we're gonna miss you tons!! Make plans to come visit us soon!!!

Here's some photos of the day!! :) (and that's the last time I use Justin's camera...don't know why they are posting sideways! :P) Gonna post some pics from my iPhone too!! :)

My crew!! XOXOXO