A really fun weekend in the midts of chaos!

All this house stuff has been a lot for us this past week, and so we decided to head north for some weekend fun... and we found it!
Woke up Sat morning and did my Shred (I am on day 9 now, of my 30 day shred with Jillian Michael's from the Biggest Loser... it is awesome!) while David went to Starbucks for his weekend ritual of Starbucks and the Bible :) Then we got ready and headed to Taluka Lake (near Burbank). This is where D's best friend Nate is now living, and since we had not seen his new diggs yet and wanted to get together with him for lunch we met him at his place first. His place was great, very simple and typical bachelor pad, but I this is the 1st time I have seen a rented apartment with granite counter tops and base boards and crown molding... talk about high falutin' :)
Nate took us to this place called The Counter for lunch. Let me tell you, He knows his audience. He told us he wanted to bring us there bc he thought I would love it, and Love it I did! Pretty much build your own burger with some of the yummo fixin's! And I got Onion straws and fries with a garlic aoli dipping sauce. Good thing I did the Shred that morning :)
Then it was up to Camarillo to visit our friends Jon and Kimi. Kimi is very close to her due date and we were hoping to make it up there to see their place and hang out before baby girl Marshall made her debut appearance. (and no, all of you who know me so well, you are thinking... Camarillo... aren't there amazing outlets in Camarillo... well yes there are, in fact they recently added 125 new stores. But I had self control, and not like I was going to ask the 9 month along preggo friend to go walking around outlet shopping for hours on end. Even I have boundaries.)
There house is awesome! They found a great deal on a 5 bedroom 1 story house in a cute neighborhood. They are taking things slowly to get their house together, but it had real potential and I thought it looked great already from what they have already done.
Here's the thing though that is weird about Camarillo though. We decided to walk to dinner and the 1st three places we attempted to eat at were closed already... we are not talking 9pm on a Sunday (which was hard to find in Indiana when visiting the Caruana's) but no, we are talking 5pm on a Saturday in So Cal... it was so strange. We kept walking and found a place that was not bad at all. And Kimi, what a trooper... she only had to stop once for a quick rest because of those pesky "squeezy things" as she calls them, otherwise known as contractions :)
Then they told us about how when they moved to Camarillo everyone they met would ask them two things... Did you know that Camarillo has the 2nd greatest climate in the nation (and no, not one person has ever told them which city has the best :) and the other one was... so are you guys going to be going to the Summer Concerts in the Park?
Ok people, we have all heard of something like this in our community or surrounding ones... but we have never seen something quite like this. We happened to be there on the 1st concert of the summer and we decided to head out and see what it was like. It was packed, must have been bc it was the World Classic Rockers concert:
former band members from all these bands: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Toto, Steppenwolf, Journey, Santana and Boston. It was awesome, Free Bird and Sweet Home Alabama sent the crowd singing and dancing.
But this was not just a few hundred people coming to enjoy some music. I think the entire city came out... there were soooooo many people there, and the park etiquette rules state that seating is 1st come 1st serve. You can start reserving seats as early as 5pm on the Thursday before the event. And I guess that's what most do!!! Starting on Thursday night chairs and blankets started amassing over the park. And no one touches them, apparently, Camarillo is a really safe place to live, people do not even lock their front doors most of the time.
It was crazy fun, D and I are going to come back to meet the Marshall's for the Sept 12th concert in the park where it will be a tribute to Elvis :)
After the concert we went back to their place and roasted some marshmallows then made the trek back down south.
It was a great weekend and a great escape from all the house stuff going on... but now back to the work week grind, and the potential move :)

Apparently... we are in ESCROW...

Well, that did not take long! The last 3 days have been a whirlwind of emotions and all I can say is, When God chooses to move, watch out!
We are in the start of a 35 day escrow with the people who are purchasing our house and we will see what happens with when we will move into our new place. If we have to we will store our stuff and crash and Julie and Kirk's I guess, no biggie.
But looks like we will need help moving... so all our friends who are so young enough to help, please come on out! We will provide beer and food! That's all you need right? :P
And Lolly, looks like you and the kiddos will get to see the place before you head back to Indy! Our escrow closes the day before you leave. Too bad Josh will be gone already :( Maybe she will let us take a peek before we move in so he can check it out too!
Oh the BBQ pool parties to come!
Please pray for smooth escrows, appraisals, loans and anything else that could go wrong with all parties involved!
Love you all!

House For Sale...

Yup, our house is officially for sale. It was put up on the MLS this morning, and we already got a call that someone is going to look at it today :) Hope that means good things are to come.

Here's how it all started...

The Fitzpatrick family lives on this wonderful cul de sac in Mission Viejo and we spend a lot of time visiting this wonderful street. Mark and Sarah have always said, "You guys should sell your house and move onto this street... which neighbors can we get to move out so you can move in?"

None of the houses have ever been up for sale on their street since we met them, but to amuse them and David, we said the only house we really liked on the street and would consider moving to was the one 2 doors down from them. Beautiful bay windows in the front :) But of course what would the likelihood of that house going up for sale and even if it did, the likelihood of us liking the inside of it?? Well, Mark was told a month or so back that the owner was wanting to sell in the near future.

And so we got a call from the Fitz's telling us that we better get ready to move because the house we like is going on the market. :)

This coming only a few short weeks after the twin and Kirk moved into a house 3 doors down the other direction. Thus making the appeal even greater for moving.

So, Mark set up a time for us to check out the house... we went and David fell in Love :)

I love many things about the house, but of course I also see $$$ that I would want to spend in order to make things more me :)

It is awesome though,

pool, hot tub, outdoor fireplace, BBQ island with built in grill and fridge, redone amazing kitchen (huge points there for me)

But I will be leaving my house in Ladera that I love. My master bedroom and bathroom from heaven :) the front that D and Kirk built with their own two hands, the 10 degree cooler weather and breeze that Ladera pumps in throughout the city... yes, that is why our dues are so much money!

We decided to go for it, throw out an offer we did, and found out yesterday she accepted. Signed papers and now the buy is contingent on us selling our house. So we will see where God takes us!

Pretty excited but pretty weirded out about having strangers in my house when I am not there.

In a few weeks, we will either be starting to gate off the FitzSnellSon Estates or we will remain in our house in Ladera, which we LOVE. So we will be happy either way, it will just be interesting to see where God wants us.

So pray with us if you will.

Thanks all! XOXO