the home buying experience SO FAR...

So you all know that Daniel and I have been looking for a home to buy for about 2 years now. Many houses we have seen. My poor agent is ready to put us in a home. Well we have put in 4 offers, the first home we were out bided on (We LOVED that home), the second home - the bank wouldn't come down in price AT ALL, the third home were out bided once again and now we have been accepted on a home. We have waited over 2 months for an answer and even longer to go into escrow. We are in escrow now and have some roof issues that need to be addressed. We need a new roof on the garage for sure, it has been in bad shape for a while and leaks into the garage AND the roof on the house has many blank spaces and the edge is all torn off. We are concerned there is mold damage in the wood. Well, I got estimates on both roofs and now we will submit a "request for repair" and go from there. The really really really sad part is.... if they don't work with us on the roof situation then Daniel and I will have to walk away from this home. We can't afford to replace two roofs.

We know and trust in GOD's plan for us, but it is hard not to just give up on the dream of owning a home here in California.......

I will bog an update when answers come my way =)

My First Time Being Tagged =)

I've been tagged!
I have been tagged, by Harr- The Heaven I'm Headed To
Here are the rules:

1) Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer
2) Select the 4th picture in the folder
3) Explain the picture
4) Tag 4 people to do the same


This is a collage I did for my mypace page of my Family in our YOUNGER days, LOL! Can you guess correctly who is in all the squares?? I will be the easiest, since I am the only girl in my Family =)

I tag Miranda & Amanda!! They are the only ones who are on my list, who haven't been tagged yet =)

Christmas/New Year's

We start this Christmas post with a trip to the Wild Animal Park for their last Festival of Lights! It will be known as Jungle Bells at the Zoo in 2009. We went with our good friends Chris, Chandra and their little girl Abi. It was cold but a lot of fun.

Here is a picture of my friends and I at Harr's Cookie Exchange, which i hope will be an annual thing from now on. I had a lot of fun and my hubby & kids liked trying all the different cookies =)

We had 3 Christmas Celebrations. the first was the weekend before at my brothers house. This is a picture of me with my future sister-in-law Anjeanette, or Uncle Nette is what my kids like to call her. We had a great time meeting her mother, step father, sister, brother-in-law and niece. They are to be married this year in August.

My brother, Uncle Jimmy with my boys.

We watched my brothers dogs while they were away for Christmas, it was so much fun for us. We can't wait to get some dogs of our own when we buy a home.

This was taken on Christmas Eve at my Mom's house. We spend Christmas Eve with my mom every year, my other brother Uncle Jordan is also in the picture =)

Christmas morning was started with my oldest waking up the youngest @ 6. Daniel made us some coffee an we all prayed for Jesus before opening up our gifts. The boys were both very happy with their gifts! Our Papa & Grandma Mary joined us later for some breakfast and watched the boys open their gifts. Later we all went down the hill to my Papa Bo's house for a great lunch and lots of laughs. the boys were anxious to get back home to play with their new toys and games. Christmas was Wonderful =)

Before New Year's we took the boys to the Balboa Park Air & Space Museum. Auston and Daniel enjoyed way more than Kolby and I. It was still fun. We even saw my hubbies boss there. Can't get away from those ramonians, lol! Kolby only had fun if he was playing with something =) After we left the museum we went to our favorite place to eat FINS, yummy!!
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For New Year's Eve Day, Daniel and I went to see our good friends race their bug in Plaster City. Were we saw.... some more ramonians, students even, that were racing. Our friends, which I call my brothers, Won first place!!!! Yeah, Haugley Racing!!!!

Ryan Haugley getting ready to get to drive the last lap to VICTORY!!!

Here we are cheering Erik on the first time he passes the pitt area =)

Here is a pic of Daniel and Erik Haugley after Erik drove the first two laps of the race!!

A Picture of Team Haugley Racing with Megan (co-pilot w/Ryan) Ryan (driver/owner) Ben (brother visiting) Erik (driver/owner) & Kevin (co-pilot w/Erik).