Color

So much stuff! We've been prepping and painting our house for almost two weeks now and I am TIRED. We are finally getting down to the last stuff and it's pretty exciting. today we completely finished with all of the white paint (the base color of the house) and I couldn't wait to throw on our first splash of color so the garage door got it, too! At this point, our neighbors may be freaking out a little. I almost started hyperventilating when I saw the color, but I am super excited about it. It's pretty! Along with this, we will have some splashes of yellow. Our house is going to look like a sunset. I love it! It will definitely be the brightest house on the street, but now it will be easy to explain to anyone coming to visit which house is ours :) Here is a picture of some prep work.

We went to the Orange County fair last week and that was super fun. Usually we make it to the Del Mar fair, but this year we missed it so we decided to meet up with my sister, her boyfriend and his nieces up in OC. She lives in Long Beach so it was a good place to meet and we had a really great time. The fair itself was beautiful, they had a great garden section and I think it inspired us to plant a cherimoya tree in the front yard where we were going to have the strawberry tree. The kids loved the animals and even though that section wasn't quite as big it was cool because it was a bit more interactive than the one in Del Mar. Also, all of the booths were outside instead of in a building which was really nice because the weather was beautiful. Yum, the girls LOVED the cotton candy (thanks, mom!) Sigh - I guess you've gotta give in every once in a while.

It was ComiCon this weekend which means that San Diego was crazy and we've had my family here since Wednesday. My folks stayed with us wed-thursday night and my cousins stayed with us on Saturday night. I love them all and it's been so fun for the girls to be with everyone and to do some fun stuff together. We got to hang out and swim at Ernie's hotel room on Friday night with them and they have been loving every minute of all of the madness. It's good to keep them occupied since we are painting the house as well, they don't get so bored with all of the other stuff going on. Here are some other random pictures from the last couple of weeks, Estelle modeling here mama's stuff and the girls helping to prime the garage...