Summer FUN 2011

This summer has been so much fun. We have had plenty of sunshine, smiles, and our favorite - BOATING and camping trips.
















Juan and I took our trip to Las Vegas with family and friends and had so much fun in the sun! It was hot down there and our time was well spent eating FABULOUS food (recommended by HOLLY!!) and boy, was there plenty of food to go around. WOW. Not to mention the drinks - which were endless all weekend. I can tell I'm getting older - tired by 2am and the rest of the crew continued on - well on, like 7am on. LOL. Enjoyed the time away but as always, was awesome to come home to the kids and my best friend, Eboni who stayed with the kids and watched over them like the angel she is. She's been keeping the kids for us every year so we can have a weekend full of no responsibilities. She's so awesome and we're so blessed to have a friend/sister that's there for ALL of us. She never knew the family would grow to four kids when she initially said she'd be our "babysitter for life"... LOL!!! All of our kids love, love her. She's truly the best!! THANKS, EB :)

We celebrated 2 birthdays this summer. Cameron turned 6 in June and we went to Chuck E Cheese, had pizza and lots of cake and fun! Keira turned 4 in July and her Aunt Cheli made the CUTEST cake for her. Pinkalicious. BBQ'd in the park and took the boat out for some water fun. Still can't believe my baby went from 4lbs at birth to 4 years old just like that! Crazy how fast it really does go.

We've also been quite busy with Bryce's little league (went undefeated ALL season and took the championship in June and since then has been participated in his tournament team. The 9U Pasco Sluggers are doing great and in their most recent tournament, they went undefeated and took 1st place out of 16 teams! Very exciting times for Bryce and all of his teammates. Thinking there's going to be a lot of baseball in our future with Cameron on the sidelines playing catch and yelling, "Bryce is up to bat!" as he runs to the fence to watch his big brother play.

Here are some of the pictures we've taken along the way this spring/summer! Amazing how fast the fun times fly by. Can't believe we're now half way thru 2011. WOW.

School starts up soon and we'll be doing school shopping very soon. oh my!!

Brandon's in 6th grade;

Bryce in 4th;

Cameron's in 1st; and

Keira's in Montessori

...........PHEW!

Hoping our House will Sell.....

We have once again decided it's time for us to move to a home with a larger lot and more room to move about! So excited to finally get this house ready to put on the market. We started the process in early January and what a whirlwind it's been ever since! We've spent countless hours with lots of friends and family who have gone above/beyond to help us get the house ready to sell - painting, cleaning, organizing, and the list goes on... THANK YOU to all of you guys for your support and help in getting it ready to sell. We appreciate it very much :) The For Sale sign is hanging out front with beautiful flyers inside... Now let's just all pray it sells :) LOL

FINGERS CROSSED it sells quickly! So excited for what's to come this year. Considering so many things that have already changed for the better, I'm hopeful that our house will sell and we can begin the next chapter in the Castillo family on a lot that we have reserved to build our new home with plenty of room both inside & out!!

Will keep you posted...........