Home Sweet Homemade: ...its really a blog post!

It has been a million years since I have blogged. But you know what they say, it's like riding a bike. Just get back on, and go for it. Anyway, so much has happened since my last post. Mauro's daughter Cony is living with us now. That has been a lot of fun! She is really great with the little girls and they love having a big sister around to do fun things with them. And, Cony was just baptized a few Sundays ago! God is moving in her life and doing amazing things.

Lets see...What else...Oh... Since our family has grown with the arrival of Cony, and the monthly visits from Kim, we needed a bigger vehicle. So Mauro buckled down and purchased a swagger wagon (2010 Toyota Sienna). Or, what I call my Mommy mobile. It took him awhile to make the decision to finally buy one. He just couldn't wrap his brain around a minivan. You know, the proverbial suburban family vehicle. He just wanted to be different, and not like every other person in our neighborhood, I guess. But, now, we love it! And, we can all fit in one vehicle, at one time (it can hold 8!)...and we are going on our very first, real family vacation. And that doesn't mean camping or a weekend in Santa Cruz at the beach. It's so exciting, I can almost pee my pants with all the enthusiasm that I get when thinking about it! We are going to Disneyland, in November, over the Thanksgiving Holiday!!! Even Mauro is excited. Which is unlike him, because he has always hated to spend money. But, we talk about the trip almost every day. The girls think it's the best news since the invention of corn dogs! Cony and Kim both get to go and experience the happiest place on earth with us. I just can't wait. Of course I will keep you all posted on that, and I will post photos after we are back.

We've been here in our new house for almost a year, now. We moved in the second week of November, so I guess we can no longer call it our new house. But, it still feels that way. I think we will be here 10 years and still be calling it our new house. Mauro's parents left in June, so our back yard is looking really overgrown, and quite shabby, and I don't mean shabby chic! But we plan to totally redo the grass and do some landscaping here this fall fall. There is really only 1 1/2 months left of fall, so hopefully we can get to it next month. There are so many exciting things that we want to do to the house - hard wood floors, granite counter tops....I'll keep you all posted on that as well. Mauro has been working a lot of overtime, so it has kind of slowed down our home improvement projects / to do list.

Well enjoy these recent pics and I will try my very best to get back on this blogging thing at least once a month if not sooner.