My blog moved...please follow me!!

I am proud to announce that I have a new blog where I can write without revealing the identities of my family...that makes me feel much more secure. :) Please head on over to...www.ikandi.org and follow me! Im excited to keep following you guys and being a part of the blog world again!
Thanks guys!

Hello dear bloggy friends....

I am SO EXCITED to be back up and running in the blog world that I SO missed!!!  Due to my displaying my families names, our location, etc....I decided to go ahead and start another blog starting where I left off here!  I love you guys so much and love to follow each of and you am SO hoping that you will follow me over at my new blog!  Same idea, same style, just a different name!!!

Please head on over to:  http://ikandiblog.blogspot.com/  it is actually going to be called http://www.ikandi.org/ but being that it takes a little while for it to come up on the net after you register a domain you can go to the first link for now. :)

I love you guys all so much and love love the twins that follow my blog as well as the fellow twin and high order multiple moms!  Please head on over to follow me...

I will be removing this blog from the internet in a couple of weeks...so please head on over now! 
Thank you all so much!

My little scare...

I have received a lot of response to my last post about making my blog private and people wanting to know what happened.

It wasn't something that happened directly to me and I am choosing to not wait until it does...LOL.

About 4 weeks ago there was a man that lives a couple of cities (about 45 min) away from our town that was starting to prank call a lot of the girls in this community, many of which we knew.  One of them happened to be my sister in law, some were my 14 year old nieces friends and this man was doing obscene things on the phone when he was talking to all of these girls.  He said things like, "I'm gonna kill you" to 14 year old girls.  Now that wasn't the scary part...the scary part was that he knew a little too much about all the people he was talking to.  Mind you he called over 1000 women in this community and he knew if they had spouses and when they were at work.  For the young girls that he was calling, he knew what their moms looked like and a lot about them and their moms.  Thankfully he was on the front page of the paper last week after being arrested.  That was all it took for me to realize that I have given too much access to the "crazy" people out there to know about my family.

Having said that, I work from home and have many of my business partners (some of which I know, many of which I don't) on my facebook.  So yesterday I deleted everyone of my girls pictures off of my facebook.  Then I thought about my blog and I really love being a blogger and love having followers and being a follower, but it dawned on me that my whole life was on the Internet. 

I know some might say, "what are the odds"...the thing is, there are odds which means that there are some people that are targeted and God only knows what happens after that.  I would never forgive myself if I lured a predator to my family.  I am such an absolute freak about things like that anyway that I can't imagine how I became so relaxed about the Internet. 

Not to mention I have identical twin girls which is kind of a novelty anyway and I am a little partial but they are just gorgeous and I wouldn't ever want them to be fulfilling someones fantasies because of my inadequacies as a parent in protecting my children.

There...that's about it a lot more than you probably bargained for. 

I love you all and have visited your sites on many occasions.  I love the comments and feedback that you all have given me with my girls and in situations where we didn't know what to do.  I look forward to continuing growing our bloggy friendship for years to come.

If you haven't already, please leave a comment with your email so I can add you to my readers list after my blog goes private.  Friday will be the last day that I will have it open to the public.  I look forward to having many of continue to be followers.

God bless you all and your families!

Making my blog private...

For safety reasons...we are choosing to make our blog private.  Please send me your email address so I can add you to the readers list.  I enjoy having a blog so much but there was a big scare recently close to our town that brought out the protective side of us.  :)
So we love all of you that follow us and would love for you to continue to read our blog...but you will have to send your email address to us so we can invite you.
Thanks so much for your understanding...it's our job as parents to protect our children.

Girls 1st day of 2nd grade...

This should just about sum up why I haven't been able to blog for the past couple of months and the first day the girls go to school...here I find myself.  :)

Working from home is SUCH a blessing however it does have its challenges during the summer break.  We worked through it great and they are ready to go back and I am ready to get some work done during the day again...

The girls started 2nd grade today!!  I can't believe it.  They looked so super cute and I love that they love dressing alike!

They are in separate classes and when I walked them to class this morning (hoping to hang out in each class for a short time), they let the girls sit down and then we (the parents) were shooed out...OMG.
I wasn't ready for the boot in 2nd grade, I still like to be in there and make sure they know where they're sitting and that everything is ok.  Perhaps this is a hint to us moms on when to start to cut at least one of the apron strings. It'll take me a little while to digest that actually I never really will...i just thought that was the right thing to say.

I am so proud of my precious girls and so excited for what 2nd grade has to offer..

Aloha Friday...favorite state!

In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that they take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too!

Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response. If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link over at An Island Life. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

My Question:

What's your favorite state that you've been to?

First and foremost...I love the state I was born and raised in, California.  I know you are thinking I am insane and asking for the punishment this state is dishing out a little crazy, but I just love the climate, I love the seasons, I love the fact that I can drive an hour to the snow or an hour to the ocean.  It's been an excellent place to grow up and I love that I am able to raise my kids here too!

As for states that I have been to...I am a big fan of Manhattan, NY!  I love the pace and everything about it.  One of my favorite things was the subway, the fact that you don't actually have to own a vehicle was awesome!  If I chose to not be a parent and raise a family, I would have moved to NY in a heartbeat!

Happy Friday!

New Friend Friday...

Hop on over to The Girl Creative and link up to meet some new bloggy friends.  It's a great way to get followers and find others with similar interests.

Just for the fun of it...add your link below.  I am just learning how to do the whole "mclinky" thing and would love your help and then head on over to The Girl Creative to do it again...
it'll be like a practice. :)

Happy Friday!