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Saturday with the Carrillos

You should have seen my 4 kids last night. Dana and her two boys (Evan and Colin) drove up from Oceanside to spend the weekend with us. Evan is Damian’s best friend and Colin is Kadence’s boyfriend. Dana used to be Damian’s preschool teacher when we lived in Oceanside. And Dana spent many nights with […]

Awards, Shots and Slipping on the Soap

We’re looking forward to a fun day today. Ms Lyn (my office manager and the kids’ surrogate grandma) is coming up for a visit. She is bringing with her one of her daughters, Kathy… and her other daughter’s 2 kids, Joey and Jacqueline. Joey and Jaq are twins, 7 years old. My kids LOVE Joey […]

Lots of new pics today…

I have uploaded close to 400 pictures in our Flickr account today. They go back to this past summer. Sorry it had been so long since I uploaded. Busy mom over here gets behind some times! Enjoy the new pics

Cold Saturday In SoCal

Now that the rains seem to have stopped, we are just left with some very cold weather. The kids really want to go ride their bikes, but it’s just too cold for that! We didn’t get any snow here, as was predicted, but I got to see some snow on my drive back up from […]

We’ve changed the look!

We have updated the website today and shifted everything over to a blog. This means I can update the blog site with new content from anywhere, including from my iPhone while I sit stranded on the highway (which is where I am now). Been sitting at a dead stop for nearly an hour and a […]

We’ve got orders!

Oh my – the last time I updated this was October. A lot has happened since then!  Rob was home from Iraq in September, but left for a 7 month deployment in January. He wasn’t supposed to be on that deployment, but he had to fill in for another marine who had a sick wife. […]

Rob is home

Wow – can you believe it’s been 4 months since I updated the website?  I’m sure you can, appears I’m back up to my old ways!!!  Sorry about that. Well, Rob is finally home – he came home on his birthday – Sept 4th. The kids were so excited to see their daddy! I am […]

Summer Updates

Hope everyone is having a great summer so far! We sure are!! We spend some time in the kiddie pool outside, hanging out with friends, shopping, etc. We have been to Legoland (on July 4th) with great friends – we really had a blast. Addison weighed 7 1/2 pounds at her 6 week checkup. She […]

New Photos Added

I added about 50 new pictures to the website today so you can all see how the kids are growing.  Addison had a checkup last week and currently weighs 6lbs and 5 oz.  So she’s gained 1 pound since coming home from the hospital (almost 4 weeks ago). We are very glad she’s putting on […]

Addison Jennifer Nielsen is here!

Well, most of you have heard by now that I had Addison Jennifer Nielsen! She was born on Thursday, May 29th at 3:11pm. She was 18 1/2 inches long and weighed 6 pounds exactly. Delivery was very easy – one push and she was here! I was 36 weeks into my pregnancy, so she was […]