We're Homeowners Again!

We were minutes away from Qualcomm Stadium, within walking distance for Charger games and even lived in the same complex with Charger stars Antonio Cromartie and Antoine Cason. The apartment was Derek's first home. As our family expands, we outgrew our place and wanted to raise our little boy in a house instead of an apartment. The timing couldn't have been better. We scored a home down in the beautiful, family friendy Otay Ranch in Chula Vista. Not only did we get a hell of a deal due to the housing crisis and rise of foreclosures, we were able to move into a place that we see ourselves living for the rest of our lives.
Since the place was bank owned, there was plenty of work that needed to be done. For instance, the previous occupant painted the living room yellow and orange as if it was Reeses Pieces. Also, one of the rooms was poorly painted blue to a point where there was still blue tape and unfilled portions where the original markings were. Thanks to the help of our family and friend, Joel, we were able to make our place more "homey" by painting the entire interior of the house with several of accent walls. We chose khaki for the main colors and dark green, blue and grey for the accent walls. Check out the crew and some pics of our masterpiece:

Its a blessing to have this new home, especially from what we went through by overcoming the idea of foreclosure with our previous house and to also be able to watch our little man Derek grow up in a house instead of a place of rent. Thank you Erica's Mom and Dad for helping us obtain our dream home, my Mom and Dad for helping us clean and move our belongings from our previous residence into our new house, to Uncle Boy, the twins Samboy, Joel (and my Dad) for helping us paint and also Charm for helping us clean our apartment. We love all of you guys and we can't wait to spend the rest of our lives in our awesome home!