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

I got me some TOMS!!!!

Ok, so many of you blessed me so much for my birthday with wonderful cards and fun gifts! Thanks so much.
One of these gifts I received, I have been wanting for a long time. I have almost purchased some a few times... but they never had my size in the ones I wanted and so i kept putting a purchase off!
Well Ladies and Gentleman... I give you my First Pair of Toms!
In all their Glory!

Thanks to the FitCar Families (Josh, Lolly, Mark and Sarah)! They are BEAUTIFUL!

I love them, and my reasons are 3-fold:

1. Tom's donates a pair of shoes to someone in need of shoes when each pair is purchased... so I received an awesome gift, and some one else did too!

2. Some would say, "Wendy, the last thing you need is another pair of shoes!" To that I say... True if we are talking about Flip Flops or other open toed shoes... but NO! These are close toed and very hard to come by in my world! :)

3. I know that the color was a little tricky for the peeps to pick out, and that they even entrusted the Twin to help pick some out... well AMAZING JOB LADIES!!! They even match Marc!
(see picture)

So there you have it! Job well done guys... and so many people say I am hard to shop for :P


I love my Tom's!

May Birthdays...

Happy Birthday Month to me... and to many others in my life!

May Birthday's are pretty big in my life. Not only do I share mine with my wonderful Twinner(and with our cousin Tim), but I also share the month with so many others. Everyone in the picture above holding a birthday candle in fact :) (not Russ... he is holding a table candle, his bday is in Sept.) :P

The list is as follows:

Me

The Twin

Cousin- Tim

Sister-in-law- April

Cousin-Eric

Nephew- Jacob

Father-in-law- Rod

Mother-in-law- Ann

Sister-in-law- Neeley

Niece- Jessica

Niece- Ashley

Niece- Hannah

Niece- Grace( Ash, Hannah and Grace are in June, but since it is so close to may we celebrate them with the may bdays most of the time).

That is 13 just in the family alone... if I forgot anyone, sorry :) there are so many it would be easy to do.

Then I have 5 friends with May bdays and there is Mother's Day thrown in!

All this to say...

Happy Birthday all you May babies! Hope your Birthday, or month :) is amazing!

XOXO

Fun in Indy!!!

So, David and I headed out for a quick trip to Indy to visit the Caruana's on the 30th. It was such a great way to kick of the awesome time of year that is Birthday Month! (If you don't celebrate a birthday month... you should! It is great. No reason to celebrate only one day a year... when a month is so much more fun!)

Any way, it started out in the early AM... when we got there, the screen was showing a 15 minute delay. To this we thought, No Biggie. Our layover is a little over an hour in Chicago, so we should be fine. :)

Then the voice comes over the loud speaker telling us, we will be boarding the plane in 10 minutes, but due to bad weather in Chicago, we could be sitting on the tarmac for about 1 hour and 20 minutes before we are cleared to take off. So now, we are sitting on a plane that might not take off for another hour and we are thinking we have slim chances of making our connection unless that flight is delayed as well. Which is actually not that uncommon in Chicago airports :P
So we text Josh, Lolly and Sarah (oh yea, the Fitz Family was already in Indy with the C-Fam) what our issues are, and they start praying that we get there quickly.

We ended up pnly being on the plane about 30 minutes and we were cleared to take off. We landed in Chicago about 50 minutes late and got off the plane only to see that our gate had changed, so we ran to find the new gate and luckily it was delayed 50 minutes as well... ended up being delayed about 1 and 1/2 hours, but we finally landed in Indy with Josh waiting curb side to pick us up.

It was so great to see him. It is weird, that even though we have not seen him since Xmas, it feels like it was just yesterday.

We made it to the house and we were greeted with lots of hugs and love! Lol had made her yummo stir fry and the 3 boys headed out for a much anticipated sushi dinner.

The kids are getting so big! All of them have such distinct personalities!
Hannah, with newly missing teeth, is amazing. She has such a caring spirit and she is so brave.
Jon, I cannot get enough of what comes out of this kids mouth! Every thing he says seems so thought out and so genuine. What a helper too! He kept picking things up that David was leaving around and saying "here you go uncle David, I don't want you to forget this," or "I don't want this to get lost." Too stinkin cute. He gave us a bunch of laughs.
And Caleb... he is So Big. There are no more babies in the Caruana House. :(
I Love that Caleb is a food lover. He wants healthy things too... this kid goes crazy for hummus and Veggie Straws. Pictures to follow :)

On Friday we went to this fun park... even though the clouds were looming... we wore hooded jackets incase there was a down pour. It was lots of fun. (see pictures)
Mark ended up pulling a dead snake from the river for the kiddos to check out. And as we walked through the trails in the woods, it started to pour! It was super fun, we all ran back to the car and we were soaking wet. And because Josh and Lolly are so amazing, they did not even bat an eye when 12 rain soaked people cramed into both their cars.

That night there was a date night planned, a babysitter showed up and it was 6 adults out to dinner with no babies, no toddlers and no kiddos... this is pretty common for David and me, not so common for The Fitz and C-Fam... which is what made the night so fun.
FitzCarSon night was here!

We went to dinner in Down Town Noblesville (which Lolly and I returned to the next day and hit up a cute, but huge, anitique store(found something so cool for Mariah for her bday) before everything closed... yup, there's a shock when you are not in So Cal anymore... places close freakishly early). The resteraunt was called Matao's and it was AMAZING! Great food and Great service! And Dairy Free, fresh baked bread!

Then back to the house for a FitzCarSon Settler's game. Josh brought the victory home! But that is where his winning streak ended! Lolly and I whooped on the boys in card games the next 2 nights. They never stood a chance... cards are in my blood ;)
The Fitz Fam, left the next morning and then there were 8 :)

Fun times were had... Hannah and Jonny were across the street playing with friends and so we had the little man out on the deck enjoying the day... which brought on a nail-biting game of Bocci Ball... not with me so much (I only had one point when all was over... I am sticking to cards) but Josh, Lol and David were all soooo close the whole way through.

We woke up for the early service at their church. It was awesome... the Pastor is amazing and being able to capture me for that long when it was 6am Cali time... let's just say... The Holy Spirit is speaking through this man. Awesome!

Come Sunday afternoon we were thinking of what to do and David had an idea about this trip before we left, that he wanted to do something with the kids that they had not done before... So they had their 1st ever Reggatta Race of Carmel Indiana. To read about this and see the fun pictures please check out David's Blog http://thelongwinded.blogspot.com/

At 4PM that night they had their life group over and David and I got to sit in. It was a great time for me. The Lord was speaking through Josh and Lolly and I was hearing His word for me. And the couples in their group are so great. As much as we miss them out here, the Lord has put them in such an amazing place with so many awesome people.

After that the babysitter Ella (Ella... under my umbrella...ella... ella... ella... eh...eh...eh...) Sorry I could not help myself Sarah :) stayed around and we got to go to the movies... Worverine!!! Loved It! Then to an amazing dinner, where they presented me with the best Bday card for me of all time. Poking fun at my "correcting grammar" habit and some spicey language. It was classic!

Then came Monday! Boo Hoo... time to go home. We met Josh for lunch and then it was off to the airport. When we were walking towards the doors we hear Hannah and Jonny yelling, "We love you in Abundance!" It was the perfect ending to such an amazing weekend! It was sad to leave... I am so happy to be home, but so bummed to be away from them :(

We are just happy that they are set to come to Cali in June! Something great to look forward to!
Sorry for such a long post... but it was a fun time I wanted to get down in text. :)

Here are a bunch of pictures... you know I cannot help myself!

There you have it... be sure to check out David's blog to see some other fun times :) He has not blogged it yet... but soon :)

Weekend with the Prescott's... aka... Kami Kami Kami

My mom and I went up North last weekend for a few days of fun with Michele, Tony and Kami. It was lots of fun... minus the bugs... I could never live in the woods :)
Kami is getting soooo big. And let me tell you she has some awesome little quirks and sayings. Here are a few of the things that tickled my heart...

Kami, just like all of us, has to pass gas from time to time. Most little kids say something like Excuse me and give a little giggle... not Kami. She passed gas and whispered... oh... it's a barking spider. I cracked up... Tony taught her that one.

She learns a lot of stuff from her Dad since he is such a hands on dad. When Tony answers the phone with some of his friends he says "Peace and Love, Peace and Love" Well Kami tends to walk around the house chanting "Peace and Love, Peace and Love" It is soo classic.

Our Niece Hannah loved Sleeping Beauty when she was little and she called her Sleeping Bluuty... it was super cute and when that happens there is no need to correct them, because it is just so stinking cute. Well, Kami calls her Sleeping Booty. Awesome

Kami has struggled a little with hitting and biting at daycare... what can I say... she is a tough kid! Well they have been working with her on this, and I found that out when we picked her up from her friends house and we asked what she did with her friend and kami responded with "No Biting No Hitting Nice Hands"... Apparently, that is what they tell her to remember when she goes to day care and to friend's to play. And she sure remembers it.

It was a great time... here are some fun pictures of our time there.


Kami played at a friends' house while we went out to dinner. Fun adult dinner time.

Kami loves going to Kaitlyn's house. Daddy put her in this awesome outfit... Oh... the 909 is still alive and well.

Kami could not bring her self to see Grandma CeCe with her Bling on... she made her take it off very quickly.

She came up to me and said "Aunt Wendy, check out my bling"... too cute.

She LOVES being with her dad!

Kami trying to convince me that she should eat another hard boiled egg... I said no... she was not a happy camper. shortly after this picture was taken.

She loved them... Calls the eggies... not eggs... she told me they are eggies.

She really got the hang of it.

Grandma CeCe teaching her the art of egg coloring.

Fun times.

Grandma CeCe surprised Kami with a Snow White tent and sleeping bag... she Loved it as you can see.

This girl Loves the park... this crazy big green slide is her fav. she is such a big girl.

I was the lucky one that was picked to go all the way up the fun playground maddness.

The girl loves to wear princess crowns

She was beating up on dad...

Who knew... cheerleading... hmmmm.

This is the outfit she picked to jump on the tramp! I LOVE IT!

She is a crazy chic.

Blowing bubbles Grandma CeCe brought for her.