Saturday, December 29, 2012

End of the year 2012!! Amazing!

Well we have come once again to the end of yet another year. Where did the year go and what all happened this year? I cant even recall it all it went so fast. Christmas was great,the family all here at our little tiny house,the kids all happy with their new tablets and bikes. Restful time off from work and the kids from school.
Stan and I got a great Christmas gift this year,after many many years of wrestling with this crummy little house,what to do with it,where to go,we were actually in Escrow for another home here in Vallejo when the Mortgage company sent us FINALLY...and only after all the law suits had been filed for all the bad mortgages that were being dealt with an offer to drop over 200,000.00 and give us a mortgage for the amount that the house is worth,a very reasonable mortgage payment and then not having to uproot the kids and us from the neighborhood where they know best. SOooooooooooooooooooooooooo finally.......the house is ours again,still,whatever...it only took 5 yrs of fighting for it?and now we can move on with the remodel. We are going to add on a bedroom for one child,a master bedroom for us and a master bathroom. Get the house to where we wanted it when we originally purchased it 7 yrs ago.  In this case,it paid off to wait and fight for what we wanted. We will keeo you all updated as well progress with all that,this will take some time as all things do,but we are going to get started with the heat and insulation and a paint job and a dishwaher soon as possible.














































Other than this....We are all well,happy and set for the new year. I have attached some pics from over the past year....Enjoy and Happy and healthy 2013 to you all.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Zakary earns his Blue Belt

November 30 2012

Zakary has been working very hard on his taekwondo and this evening tested for his blue belt,he of course did very well and passed. he has moved up into a new uniform and will post pics of the whole new look when he wears it for the first time. This picture is the entire group of kids who were testing for new belts,all different levels.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Laurels 8th birthday party(just a tad late)










Laurels birthday is actually October 7 but since we were in Monterey,calif at a gym competition,we didnt have a birthday party. Laurels best friend Victoria,from school is also on her gym team and her bday was end of August,she didnt get a party either so today.....we celebrated them both,together and had just a great time. We went to a location nearby,owned and run by the Salvation Army,called the Kroc center and they were able to rock/wall climb and then indoor swim. Pizza and cake,and gifts. Everyone really haad a fun time.