A few things I know for certain.......

1. We all deserve to live a happy life, that wasting time on being sad or mad isn't worth it at all.

2. If I chose to love you with all my heart, you will love me back in the same manner. (and that will make me a very happy woman).

3. Giving my children Love and respect will in return give me happy children and hopefully later in life they will turn out A-okay.

4. Sparing the rod does not necessarily spoil the kid, it actually saves me grief and gives me more energy to talk to the kid, and come to an agreement.

5. That some of the best things in life are absolutely free. Sitting around a bonfire with family..........priceless.

I'm sure I can come up with a few more, but I have to go to bed for now. Because that is another thing I know for certain, I can't stay up late like I used to.........if I do, it will be no fun for mama in the morning :(
Goodnight.

Summer Vacation

Chatting with dad at the Santa Inez Mission

Moni with our box of goodies in Solvang, CA

Daddy and Andrew........crossing the street
you are never to old to hold daddy's hand.

Walking toward the bakery....we can't walk fast enough!

Our family in Solvang, CA
windmills are very popular here.

Carne Asada dinner at our campsite.

Sharing the love! that's what family does.

Moni about to go ride. Gilie always such a ham.

Special time with my Gilie, keeping warm.

at our campsite, mommy - moni- gilie.

We just got back from a nice 3 day get away up north. We started off at Oceano Dunes campground and stayed there for two days. We had a great time camping, and doing some riding on the sand dunes. I personally enjoyed some time to just do nothing....well actually a little something... start on a new book ( Eat, Love, Pray) by Elizabeth Gilbert. It has a grip on me, I can't find enough time in my busy day to put in some reading time. Moni has started reading it too, so we chat about it and enjoy it together. Back to our vacation, we spent the last day driving home and stopping at different cities to take a quick look. We went into Pismo Beach first off, since it's actually the neighboring city with Oceano, and by neighboring I mean you are there in less than 5 minutes. We had a really good lunch there and drove around the city a little. Next up was Solvang, and that was just about the cutest little danish town I will ever see. It was really cute, and full of yummy bakeries. We picked up some treats and were on our way. Still within Solvang, we stopped to take a look at the old Santa Inez mission. That was a nice part of California history to take the kids to. Very well preserved. Beautiful landscape all around, the scenery is fantastic. Then we drove down to Santa Barbara. I have to say that so far in my few travels, this has been the cleanest city I've ever been in. The streets were lined with beautiful homes and landscaping equal in beauty. I was really in love with the homes and the greenery. If ever I had to move somewhere it would definitely be there, but that's just a thought, I know in my heart I will never leave San Diego. No matter how beautiful other cities are, my San Diego has the perfect weather and basically everything I need to be happy can be found here. I can just conclude by saying that our vacation was a great one, and that the time spent together with our children is something money just can't buy. Family is everything.....

Summer is Awesome!!

A few pictures of whats been going on this summer. Enjoying my children at home, and our little ray of sunshine (Max). We haven't done as much this summer because naturally it's a little harder with our little Max, but nonetheless, it's still a beautiful summer. Next week we go camping, trying out Oceano sand dunes. It seems like it's going to be a great getaway for us all. I've always wanted to camp right on the beach, and now my dream will come true. So excited! time with my family without any worries, okay, without any housework.....I guess that's what I was really trying to say.

Marriage isn't easy

Yes, I'm sure you've heard one too many a time, Marriage isn't easy. Well, they are right, it's not easy at all. Sometimes you think you've been married an eternity and the hard times are long gone. You feel like you've been through it all, but then life throws you a curve and your back at square one. Thank God for all the love in my heart that I can get past these hard times and go back to my happiness and my deep love for my husband. I think most of the disagreements stem from a difference in personalities, but I don't know that I would want to be with someone exactly like me, and then again there is only one ME. We are all made to shine in our own bright light and to share some of that light with others. We are all different and we are all alike, our common need is the need to be loved. The difference in us can be a beautiful thing; when you complement me and give me strength along the way, when you show me another side to what seemed so difficult to me, when you bring peace to my hectic day, when you hold me in your arms and make the rest of the world seem so far away. You are my true love, and that is what makes marriage not that hard at all.

Dream Career

My dream career would be to become an author, the best author there ever were. I'm so terribly inspired by life and the events I have lived through. I'm inspired by the people I love and admire, which are my husband and children. How can I admire my children? how can I not? I've been blessed to be in the presence of genius and that is nothing to take lightly, not only are they smart........they are sweet souls that dance around me and fill my heart with joy. I live in a fairytale and I am the queen. Okay now you see what I mean about being an author and writing books. Maybe I should start with a children's book since I see life in such a beautiful way, much like a child sees the world. I have come to love my life and be happy with it as it is, many around me find it weird........or too sweet, yes, sadly there are so many in this world that think life should not be so happy, they are people who have not been given the opportunity to love and be loved. I hope someday they will find the truest of loves and feel the happiness it can bring. It's about feeling a freedom like no other, of letting go of all judgement and feelings of self consciousness, I guess giving all of you is just that...... living without conscious or limit,of loving without keeping score. I guess I couldn't really be an author, I go from one thing to the other. I could write a jumbled book for jumbled people like me who like to talk about this and that, might even call it the book of Knick Knacks. Well, I suppose being an author could be lots of fun but also lots of work, getting all the spelling right (thank God for spell check), proper grammar and punctuation..........how about I just make Audio books? well after all it's my dream....

Sisters

I have four sisters, each one of them very dear to me and very special in their own way. We are all a little mirror of the many qualities instilled in us by our Mother. In particular I will speak of one of them today. My dear sister Anna. She came to San Diego for the 4th of July weekend, and we had a blast!! a blast from the past!! because every time we are together now, it's all about remembering the good Ole days. Remembering the good and the bad and at the end laughing our hearts out at how silly things were, now that we are (older) more mature. We open up our hearts to each other and release those hidden moments that were once so painful to us, we hold each other tight and know that love conquers all, and love forgives all. There is no bigger gift in life than having Family to love and share memories with. There is no other person in the world that has been there with you through childhood moments be them good or bad, only a sibling can relate to you and feel empathy for what youv'e been through. Siblings are the best thing in life, they were there with you in the best of times, what better time in life but childhood! when we were all free and full of hopes and dreams, most of all full of FUN. When I'm in the prescence of my siblings, I let lose, I'm happy, I'm in peace and I'm my best..........I'm a child again.

TRYING NOT TO JUDGE

I have learned through life and trough mistakes I've done in my life, that I shouldn't judge others because I have lots of defects myself. I've come to accept that life is more than going through it looking at what I don't like in others. I try hard to control my urge to talk bad about others, though sometimes it's way too hard and I do it, but believe me, I don't feel any better after I do it. So if it's something that brings no joy to me, why do it? why waste time on something that doesn't have any positive effect on anyone?. In that case, the judging is kept to a minimum and I work hard at not doing it at all if possible. I would like to come to a place in the road where I don't care about other peoples shortcomings, I just love and receive love, I keep my life simple yet happy. I've wasted so much time in my life, at different times in my life. I've thrown away my time and energy on people who really didn't deserve it, at times taking away from the people who most deserved it......my children. I guess maybe it wasn't wasted time, I've read that everything happens for a reason.......although sometimes we can't find the reason no matter how hard we look. But I have to trust that God put those people in my life for a reason, and that somehow I might have taken something positive from them, and in some small way they took something positive from me. I do feel I lost some precious time with my children because of these people, but that's okay, I won't be too hard on myself. I have always given my children an enormous amount of love, so I know they are all good in the love department. Hopefuly I'm a bit wiser now, and will put my children first, unless it's someone who really needs and deserves of my time.