EVACUATION!

I am pretty sure everyone heard of the Oak Hills wild fire. Oak Hills is a super small rural town that we call home. I was at work when the fire started.  I tried to get home so I can help Silvio but the roads were completely blocked. My mom lives right down the street so she packed my nieces and sent them off with Sunshine. Then my mom went over to my house & threw our animal herd in the back of her pick up. I could see the fire from MILES away. I could only imagine what my family was feeling!

Silvio snapped a few pictures before the evacuation. It was earlier in the fire but still so huge and still so close. Here are a few from our front yard.....

We all met up at Amy's. We watched the news footage of our land burning. I knew it was VERY possible for our house & our neighbors houses to catch on fire! We are very close with our neighbors and Amy Martinez; State Farm insures MANY of us. I hope that if anybody is put in a situation like this, they can feel as confident in their policies as we felt in ours. So with our house in the best possible insurance hands and with us all safe together, we were good!

And if you know us Caldera's; we definitely make the best of any situation. We played outside with our munchkins and dogs. Then we went out for frozen yogurt. Of course the girls needed a bath after yogurt! So they took their first bath all 3 together! These girls are so beautiful, they gave me TONS of precious pictures. Here are a few favorites.

 They seriously ADORE each other! You can tell by the way their faces light up when they see each other. And they see each other A LOT!

 Annali is so cute and soooo full of life!

  Audrielle and her stunning eyes <3

And then some family time :)

These 3 act like they have been together since the beginning of time .....

Well it was time for us to go home....There were cops and fire men EVERYWHERE! We were not yet allowed to come into Oak Hills so we had to dodge the road blocks. Despite the hot spots, we felt it was safe to return home. Here is an after shot. This is what it looked like when we got home.

Roads are open now. Our house stinks like smoke but nothing a scentsy can't handle ;) 

YOU make me HAPPY!

I fell in LOVE with Oak Hills immediately! Thee so close, yet so far feel. And the weather, ohhhh let me tell you! In the summer, the sun warms your body with delight but that crispy breeze is a gift from above. In the winter, we get snow! Maybe just a week of it but it's a perfect amount!

 I never take the same walk in MY OWN YARD! (One time I got lost) I always find something new. I really do love these hills! I pack Samantha in her back pack thingy and we head out with the dogs  :) Unless Daddy comes, then he holds Samantha while I shoot my camera. :) Practicing in natural light is the best. If you are my friend on FB then I am sure you have seen many of our adventure pix! Here are a few pix of our last walk.

Just kicking it on a rock; eating a rock..........

no no Samantha YOU make me HAPPY! Ohhhh the Happiness she brings is the BEST!

I know it's washed out but I love their feel :) Silvio....loves hard!!!! He loves and protects us with every fiber of his being! seriously we are so lucky

That's how we roll....R.I.P Roxy girl

My BEST FRIEND!!!!!!!! She always reminds that living life in the moment is the best....reminds me keep it together, show no fear, but watch my back & be ready to fight my hardest........my Pennie

So tomorrow I have surgery. Minor surgery but still surgery. I will definitely feel pain but I will have Silvio, Samantha, Pennie and of course my momma! I'm ready to get this show on the road. live my life. work hard & be HAPPY!!

Too good to be true!

Here it is, my first real post! This is my briefing: when I had Samantha 10-5-2010, I was consumed with sooo many emotions! I was so in love with everything about her!!! I took pictures non-stop. I didn't want to miss a thing! It was not before long that I was not satisfied. My point & shoot camera was just not capturing the beauty I was witnessing.  I looked to professional photographers. I was very happy with outcome but I couldn't move in a photographer. So I bought a canon rebel & took a class! I was instantly inspired! Now I can't put my camera down! I love the feeling of learning & progressing. :) This new found passion is a must share and that's what i plan to do here on the blog! So i hope you enjoy what I SEE & CAPTURE! 

Wow! Did I have a fun weekend planned! Cable car wine tour in the beautiful city of Temecula and hiking / picnic in Mt. Baldy! I was so excited! Great times with great people. What more could a girl ask for! The bonus was going to be delicious scenery for my camera!

I have beautiful sisters! And Amy wanted to take a picture of her & her man that she could "frame". Like I said, I have beautiful sisters, so of course she took beautiful pictures....and here are some of my fave!

My camera loved Amy almost as much as I do! We had sooooo much fun. But our day ended with disaster :( I BROKE MY ARM IN MULTIPLE PLACES ! and need surgery! The whole day was just "too good to be true"

Thank you Amy & Mauricio for being great sports but thank you more for being understanding to all I am going through right now

*These are the beginning to many more pictures that I will take. Cheers! to me getting better & better!*

Dear Diary.....

AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM BLOGGING!!!!!! HOW COOL IS THIS????? Wow!  If you know me good; then you know I once kept a DIARY! And did I ever pour my heart in there??!!!! So much...... I got in LOTS of trouble! Well I am grown now. I have so much I want to get out of head & share!

p.s
I burned those diaries in flaming fire!