Legoland

We've been trying to make the most of the summer before Rick started school again, so we of course hit up Legoland.  Ironically, we went there AFTER we moved from Carlsbad.  I'm still not sure how that one ended up happening, but it did.  Since Lexie is still too little for most of the rides there, basically I hung out with her while Rick and Owen hit up all of the rides.  Owen loved spending so much time with Rick.  It was a fun day!

Here we are in front of a life-size star wars space ship made of out LEGOS.  That is way too many legos. I would not have the patience.

Owen looks so small next to Chewy.  I couldn't get him to stand next to Darth Vader.  I think he was a little nervous that he might come to life.

 

We ended the day with Sea Life Aquarium.

 

 

Home Tour - Carlsbad Condo

For those of you who never got to see our house in Carlsbad, here is a quick photo tour. We lived at this cute condo community that had a little gym, playground and pool. We were super close to the ocean and could see a tiny sliver of it from the balcony.  We were also super close to Costco and could see the entire parking lot from the balcony.  :-)  Anyway, come on in!!

Living Room

 

Dining Area

 

 Entry way - the door on the right is a small 1/2 bath.

 

1/2 Bath

 

Kitchen

 Going downstairs - and my favorite part: the washer and dryer INSIDE my house!!!! I cannot tell you what a blessing this was!  It was literally a dream come true.

 Around the corner to the hallway - and at the far end, the kids' room!

 

The kids even had their own bathroom attached to their room.  It was heaven!

 At the other end of the hall (next to the washer and dryer) was our room.

And I just have to take a moment to brag about Rick because he refinished these end tables and they are completely unrecognizable (in a good way) from how they started out!  He has mad skills.

This is a horrible picture, but this is the long dresser that matched the end tables to give you an idea of how much of a transformation took place.

The view from our sliding glass door. Beautiful.  We called that big tree the "bug tree" because Owen would always find about a million different insects on that thing.  It provided many hours of entertainment.

 

Our bathroom.

We looooooved living in Carlsbad!!  It was such a fun adventure for our family.  We are so thankful that we got the opportunity to go there and have the experiences that we did. We were sad to leave it but we know that where one door closes, another one opens! Thanks for all the good times, Carlsbad.

Announcement

We are moving to Carlsbad, CA in November!

Rick got accepted into the RN program at MiraCosta College and will be starting school in January.  Rick and I drove down to Carlsbad over the weekend to check out some places to live, and we fell in love with a condo.  It will be an upgrade from where we are now and we are very excited about it!  We looooove the Carlsbad area and feel so blessed to live there!



We are very excited about all of the new adventures we will be having, but sad to leave our home. We have lived here for most of our lives and we have so many wonderful memories here. Most of all, we will be sad to leave our families and friends.  However, now you ALL have an excuse to come out to Carlsbad!

And I'm sure in no time, we'll be able to give you the grand tour of this place, which Owen is very excited about.

 

It's not Disneyland, but it will have to do. :)