Happy Tenth!

Fred and I have been together for a decade and we celebrated by going back to Sunriver resort where we had our honeymoon. It was a very quick weekend trip but we managed to eat at all our favorite spots...Super Burrito, Pilot Butte Drive-in, Baja Fresh, etc.





We had to then work a bit of it off with a quick trip to the top of the butte which produced the following photos





PS I also got a really amazing diamond and emerald ring from my favorite store Pave! Thanks Fred!

Christmas round-up

We'll start this post off with a wonderful rendition of 'Jingle Bells"



Luke posing with the tree



Our beautiful, homemade ornament wreaths; Luke and I made ours together and Logan and Daddy collaborated on the other one



Birds



Christmas day was wonderfully relaxing and lots of fun.

Back by popular demand

from a select few at least...

The only way to get back at it is to just get at it so here are some pics from December. Monique and Leyla and us went to the ABQ botanical garden light show. It was amazing how many different designs and cool things they did with the lights.

One of the favorites



Rowr





Cutie cute



NM montage



Fantastic photos were brought to us by Monique's fabulous phone :)

The 3 musketeers

need I say more

The family photo

It is a quest...Fred and I are pros and the children will get there eventually. Here is my favorite. Thanks David!

Happy Halloween

and happy one year blogging anniversary! After the pumpkin patch, we had a pumpikin carving night and here is the result



This year for Halloween we went to the Zoo Boo in ABQ. There were a lot of people there and there was a lot to see and do. The candy booths were set up throughout the zoo and it was great fun to see the animals, the costumes, and get lots of candy (which Lukey faithfully munched all day). Luke was a zebra this year and his costume was amazing thanks to Grammy and Grandpa hand-painting the stripes. Logan was Yoda and at one point, I felt like Luke Skywalker training on Dagobah with my little Jedi master riding on my back. Leyly-loo was Spider-girl/tiger, Grammy was a baby jaguar and Grandpa dressed as a cowboy. We finished off Halloween with a festive ;) Costco trip and Olive Garden.

Arrival...



lounging zebra



smiling kids





Luke with a fellow zebra



Leyla golfing



Yoda getting a ride from "Daddy" Skywalker (not Darth Vader)



The end

Boys' first haircuts

Somehow we have had trauma surrounding haircuts in this family and as a result the boys were looking kind of shaggy so we took them to get their first official barbershop cuts (the shop even had the spinning barbershop pole). They both did amazing. There was no screaming, crying or moving; they held still and got very handsome new do's.

Boys in the chairs

Pumpkin Patch

Saturday we went to McCall's Pumpkin Patch in Moriarty, NM. It was our first trip to go pick pumpkins and we did not know what to expect. There was so much to do there and we had a great day.

First up, the kids rode in these cute cow cars and rang the bells.









The kids!



Playing on the tractor...





Bunnies



Lukey liked to look at his "body" in these things



The corn maze was created in the shape of hot air balloons...not that you could tell from within the maze but it was pretty elaborate.





Scarecrows





A couple things that I did not get pictures of were the pedal carts, the huge jumping pillow, the tunnel slides, and all the animals. It was quite the fun place. We took the hay ride out to the pumpkins and chose our victims.







Then we had hot dogs and hamburgers and headed home in the dark.

Annual fish hatchery visit

Looking back, it seems that we visit the Red River fish hatchery at about this time every year. Well, it is such a very fun place. The worker man gave us a huge coffee can full of fish feed and we had a great time gorging the fish with all the food. We also had a picnic on the bridge over the river and threw rocks in the fish pond. Great day!

ABQ International Balloon Fest 09

Me and my little Bobo arriving at the festival



It was like a big fair with all the greasy fixings and some balloons on the side.

Nemo was the kid favorite



The kiddos actually went in the bouncy house. It was their first time and they all had a blast.







It ended up being too windy for a balloon glow but they started inflating and it was a pretty amazing site to see.







This is what they ended up doing instead of the glow, a torch burn. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...



Happy boy on the way home