Girls... Guard Your Hearts

Maternity Shots with Jess

My friend Jessica just moved back from New York and came over yesterday to do some maternity photos. I'm never good about getting the fancy pictures done, so she made it easy by coming over. She was willing to go to some fancy places to do it too, but I'm just so lazy and tired, we just did it around the house. She's awesome! I love my Jess! Thanks for sharing your talents, love!(FYI - Jess was the one that got me and Freddy together. Lots of thanks in her corner :)

All the girls :)

Tre's Artwork

I don't think I need explain this one...

Back in San Clemente

We love being back in San Clemente! We really were looking anywhere in Orange County so Freddy could be close to work, in SC. (When we lived in Oceanside his commute was 45 minutes to work each day.) Luckily enough, we came across a great condo in SC that had this amazing view of the ocean! Really, it's what sold us. We've had to down size. The condo is older. But the neighborhood is so quiet, we are right next to the pool and Freddy is literally 5 minutes from work. We're also close to everything and pretty much everyone we love. The kids love it as well. We are very fortunate everything worked out the way it did to get in. We feel so blessed right now. Here are a few shots of our view. Beautiful!

To the right is Dana Point. 

School Days, School Days...

It's here. That day. The day you know will arrive at some point when you're holding your new baby boy in your arms. Then, with a quick blink, it's the first day of kindergarten. Next he'll be asking for keys to the car. Surprisingly, I wasn't as emotional as I thought I would be. I get excited to see the progression of my children! I can't wait to see what he is capable of this year! A very proud day for me indeed. 1 down...

Us walking to school with the cousins.

Perhaps it made it a bit easier having his 2 other cousins starting that day as well.  Fortunately, they all have different teachers, but can play with each other during recess.

He dove right in. No hesitation. This boy is ready.

His teacher is Mrs. DeMille. I had a parent that told me her other kids had had her and she was trying to get her last daughter into her class they loved her so much. So yay for us! Tre got a good one!

Here's to a great year of learning!

Labor Day '11

We took the kids to Doheny Beach with their cousins today in hopes of giving Tre and Brooklyn their first surf lesson. The waves are really shallow there so it's a perfect place to learn. It wasn't as smooth as planned being that it started to rain with thunderstorms! It was off and on, so at one point, Freddy was able to take them out and give them a quick mini lesson. They did great! They didn't try standing yet, but they rode the waves a few times on their boards. The water was so cold that that was all they could really stand. I was so proud! I'm anxious to take them out again on a warmer day to see how they do again...

Getting Tre ready.

Knox was a bit jealous of all the action. :)

Tre riding it in.

Brooklyn's attempt.

She was proud of herself too.

We were all freezing.

The kids had fun anyway.

Older and Wiser

Cannons in Dana Point

That right... I'm very much an older and wiser 34 year old. Happy Birthday to me! :) We've been so busy with moving back to San Clemente that I haven't had a chance to blog about our new place. (It's still in chaos, so I'll post new pics when it's more presentable.) For my birthday, Freddy took me to Cannons, an amazing restaurant that overlooks Dana Point Harbor. And the food was ridiculously good! I joked with Freddy about how he's never really bought me jewelry for any of my birthdays. No complaint on my part. I'm really picky when it comes to jewelry. I'm not a diamond and pearls kind of gal so we went to a boutique and looked for something to my liking. We found some overly priced bling that made me happy :) So nothing too exciting, but awesome none the less. Probably my favorite part was when I jokingly said, "K babe. You have to tell me 34 things you love about me." He proceeded to text them to me throughout our dinner. I'd post 'em, but some of 'em are none of your business ;) I was just impressed he thought of that many. I must be pretty awesome... I'm loving my 30's and I'm looking forward to so much more coming up. We are loving our place in San Clemente and I'm anxious to post some pictures of our beautiful ocean view. Till then...

A better view of the harbor. 

Yaaay... presents!

I like cuffs so I found this great cuff with swarovski's and a fun titanium piece. I'm not fancy when it comes to bling. 

My parents got me a gift card to MAC. Probably the last place where I actually "need" anything, but I  already knew what I would fork out on. Brushes. And for those familiar with the brush collection I already have, I'm sure you're shaking your head. You can never have too many brushes! When I'm working on shoots where I'm working on multiple people and I 'm on a time schedule, I don't really have the time to clean every brush, so it's always good to have more ready to go. If you'll believe it, there's a few I actually didn't have so I doubled up on some. Happiness :)