Fresh Beginnings!!

So for those of you you who don't know, we just recently made a very difficult move in our lives! We moved from our home in Mission Viejo to a house in Rancho Santa Margarita. This last year has been a very challenging one for our family, but we are pulling through. In this world today sadly a lot of families have been put in the same devastating situation we were in, we had to give our home back to the bank and it then up for auction and got SOLD to an investment company!! Just to be clear we did everything within our power to save what we had worked so hard for, but in the end even the miracle workers of the business got told the same things we were getting told, there is nothing you can do and you are better off just walking away! Seriously walk away from the 1st home we bought, and brought our kids home from the hospital to this house. In the end we know we made the right decision for our family, we were drowning and no one would throw us a life preserver. Don't get me wrong I am not throwing out the whoa is me card, because we signed on the loan that we did, but the business that Adam is in is not a good one and when you go from making a lot to a little, your bills don't magically disappear.
Packing up and leaving that house was extremely difficult and I shed a lot of tears over it, but I still have my family and we are STRONG and we are now trying to move on and move forward. The girls are adjusting very well and thankfully we found a place that would take Jax and Miss cleo.
We are all doing good, healthy and together and in the end that is all that matters!!

SAN JUAN MISSION
So I have decided to do some completely new Photo Walls in my house. I am going to 1 of just the girls and Adam and I, and then 1 of friends and family! So I needed some help, my girlfriend Mary is taking a full load of photography classes at Saddleback, so I enlisted her help and she is now going to be my personal Family photographer! She got some awesome pics and today was just the first a few trips for my wall. We started out at the San Juan Mission, if you have never been, which I had not. The architecture is amazing and there are some beautiful backdrops there. I just got a few in the background of her taking all the pics of me and the girls. She used a few different cameras and got color and blk/white. Kenzie and her friends Sam and Scarlett(Mary's twins)

Just one of the many beautiful buildings!!

One of my Fav's(I love baby feet)

On our way to go get chocolate shakes when the day was over!

Mckenzie was so fabulous today, she took 100 pics and did any pose we wanted her to do, she was my true little model, and she loved every moment of it! It was so adorable!!

So I didn't get the good ones but she got some really great ones and I can't wait to get them back!Our next outing is going to be to the beach and then to the park with the girls wearing Tutu's!

Also it is almost x-mas card time, and this year I will get a fantastic one, mark my words!!

First day of Pre-school......

I can't believe the day has come, my little monkey started Pre-school today. She was so excited, that's all we have talked about all summer. I had put Kenz in summer camp this year the same days an times that she was going to be going to school to kind of get her adjusted to being away from me for hours, and I an so glad that I did because I think it made all the difference. She gave us a hug and a kiss and she was off and never looked back. Adam kept trying to peek in and and see her, so that was really cute and sweet. My baby is getting bigger and in a couple more years Laura and I will sending off the next batch of Pre-schooler's. Haylee and Jack will go to school at the same time in a measly 2 more years...OMG!!!

What does the future hold....

So with all the Olympics we have been watching the last few weeks, Haylee has been trying to decide what she wants to do with her life, I mean she's already 1!!

Maybe she will be a pilot and fly an airplane....

Maybe she take care of hurt and helpless animals......

Maybe she will be a race car driver, or a stunt driver....

Maybe she will be a swimsuit model......

but in the end, we decided that she was gonna be a gold medalist in the 2020 Olympics!!!

Arts-N-Crafts

So yesterday we had our babysitter come over(ALI) to watch the girls. O.K. so I signed Adam and I up to go and listen to one of those timeshare presentations, in hopes of winning 100K!! I mean If we would have won 90 min. would have been worth it. I entered one of those drawings at the mall a few months back and so they called, and told me I was guaranteed 1 of 5 prizes! 100K, a new car, a cruise to Mexico, a trip to Hawaii with airfare or a trip to Vegas w/ airfare. So Adam was tortured the whole time, but we won a trip for 2 to Vegas for 2 nights and also a bonus gift of a trip to somewhere w/ just accommodations...we have a few choices but I think we are gonna do Big Bear in a few months so we can take the girls to the snow this year! I think it was worth every minute....2 vacays!

Anyways while Miss Ali was here her and Kenzie did some projects and they turned out very beautiful.....here are some pics

1st Birthday Party!!!

So we had Haylee's birthday party yesterday, and it was great. I think everyone had a good day and Haylee got some great stuff! It's still hard for me to believe that my baby is one, but I guess that's what happens, they grow...they get older, look at Kenzie she's gonna be 4 this year and starting pre-school in a few weeks. Time flies when your an adult and your not waiting for Santa to slide down your chimney!:)

So to all the baker's out there, you will know what I am talking about. I was going to make haylee ice cream cone cupcakes. So you make the batter as usual and pour it into the ice cream cones and bake. East right. My mom use to make them for us when we were kids. Well I'm not really sure what happened cause they didn't quite turn out the way I had planned. But it's not me cause I did make a mini cake out of the same stuff...let's just clarify NOT MY FAULT!!

I can Hear you laughing!!

Oh well, better luck next time!

Happy Birthday Haylee....the big 1

Today is a happy day, Haylee is turning 1. We are having a birthday party for her and having all of our family over. We can't believe it's already been a year, this year has been so crazy that it just flew right past us! I will blog more tomorrow after the party when I have more pics. We wish that all of our family who doesn't live here, could be here to celebrate with us also, but we are always thinking about you!!

OMG, I looked so haggard, but we were so happy!

Haylee crawling around the house.

Hayls at bath time, she is a sponge, she loves the water!