New House

Well we did it, we bought a new house. It will be ready in Sept., so it gives a little bit of time to sell this one. I'm so excited. It's in Rivervillage in Valencia. It's 3500 sq ft. on a 10000sq ft lot. It's at the end of the cul de sac. It's beautiful. You can go to lennar.com and see pics. It's the heirloom plan 2 home. We aren't sure what ward/stake we'll be in. The kids won't be able to go to Bridgeport, I tried to pull some strings...and may still resort to begging...But- they will go to Emblem, which is a great school and was just re-awarded their Distinguished School Award. (BP just got theirs---and received a perfect score) I still have to resign as the VP of the PTA next year and not sure if I'm bummed or relieved? I love being involved at the school, and I'm sure that any school is happy to have parent volunteers.
Jake's a little nervous, but excited for his new room. Jessica is excited...she's nervous about starting Kindergarten anyway. (she wants me to be her teacher and can't understand why I can't be her teacher at school, when I'm can be a teacher at church.)Also, since she's been right along my side for 3 years on the PTA at Bridgeport it will be an interesting move because she knows the staff, the Principal, the custodians, the teachers, everyone at BP and they know her...

I always hated going to the dentist...

I was traumatized by every visit and every small cavity...very sensitive teeth. So it only seems fitting that one of my kids "HATES" going to the dentist and that I should have to deal with all the drama...Long story short, 1 year, 4 tries and 3 dentists later, I have no choice but to do the IV sedation thing for her 11 cavities, 2 root canals and 2 crowns. UGH...I can't wait until braces.
(BTW, she started out with only about 5 or 6 small cavities)

Remember when they were so cute!

I just ran across these pics--weren't they SO cute. The first pic is 2005- Jess, Bella, Quinn, Maddie. The 2nd is 2006-Kayley, Maddie, Jess, Bella.

Flowers!

I took the kids to Descanso Gardens this weekend. I have never been there but it was really beautiful. The tulips and lilacs were in bloom. Jessica found poison oak again, but avoided another rash from it. (I realize that poison oak is native to California, but why on earth they would intentionally plant it in the garden is beyond me....it's labeled, with a planter fence around it, but right at the edge of the trail.) It was a nice day!

Cool Jake

I just love this pic of Jake, so I decided to add it to my blog.

Jessie's new bike

Jessica is 5 now- I can't believe it. She got a new bike for her birthday and I finally got around to taking a picture of her riding it today.

I love that New Car Smell!

Here it is Judy- although now you've already seen it. For everyone else that doesn't know, my lease on my Acura is up this month and I'm pretty much out of miles, so Gary and I went car shopping this weekend, after we pawned the kids off on Derek Ballard. We've been researching for awhile and I've had my eye on the BMW X5 ever since they announced the 3rd row... and since a BMW has always been kindof a dream for me. However, on the way to the BMW dealership, we stopped by the Mercedes lot and happened upon the perfect dark blue/tan interior GL450 and fell in love. Here is my new car!