Our 1st trip to the ABQ zoo

This is a long awaited trip. We prepared on Thursday by wearing our animal t-shirts: Leyla's has a tiger, Luke's has a rhino (and yes, it is Dr Lukey in the house), and Logan is sporting the elephant.



On Saturday, we were off on the 2 and 1/2 hour drive to ABQ. We were all so excited and when we got there saw that everyone else had the same idea about the zoo. It was a mob scene! We ended up parking along a curb...

It was a great zoo and I will start the picture parade off with my personal favorite



Leyla and I were waiting in line to ride the camel until the camel decided to make a noise. We'll try again another time



Grammy wrangling the small animals



Yes, Logan was there too and here is proof



That is a rhino in the background



It was stinky by the flamingos



and finally some gratuitous animal shots ;)

Lion



Agitated polar bear...could it be the sweltering desert heat?



We finished up the trip with a quick Costco run, dinner, and the drive home. Amazing day!

Wishing pond

Today Lukey made his first official wish (that I have heard). There is a neat fish pond in the local toy store that offers wishing rocks to the patrons. We went to the lady at the register and asked for our rocks. I explained to Luke that a wish is something that you really want to happen or just something you just really want and you put the wish in the rock and throw it in the water. He then held his rock really tightly and just stood there for several moments..."Mommy, I wish for cupcakes" and in went the rock. That's my boy!

Easter festivities

Easter in Taos, in my limited experience, seems to mean one of two things; rain or snow. This year was no exception and the weekend brought in a storm front that included both forms of precipitation. It is good for the flowers and trees and also gave us the excuse (as if we need one) to hang around the fire and eat. Easter day we had brunch including homemade bagels, ginger oatmeal, breakfast burritos, Chocolate, pancakes, and more. On the Sat before Easter, we went to our friends church for a hunt, went and planted seeds in a local greenhouse and went to an egg hunt at the pool. It was a cool idea, in the pool, and there were lots of eggs but they started the hunt off by turning on the overhead fountain which brought sheer terror from our camp. Leyla and Lukey were very brave and collected a few eggs while Auntie Monique gathered the mother lode ;) It was a great weekend.

Happy Birthday to ME!

Thanks everyone for the best birthday ever!

Random happenings

This post is dedicated to the miscellaneous pictures that we have accumulated and are too cute not to upload.

First off, Logan really wanted to be like his big brother and give the potty a try. It was pretty good for his first effort.



Next up, is a show and tell of the neat egg candles that Luke made for Easter. He picked out the pieces of wax and stuck them on the egg.





This is a shot of Lukey hanging out with his friend Harper. They were relaxing next to each other on the couch and I had to capture the moment of stillness.



Luke and Logan are really starting to enjoy each other's company and no where more then the great outdoors. Luke was very excited to show me the new game that they had discovered in the cooler that we have "resting" in our yard (aka we have not put it away in months...). They climb in and take turns shutting and opening the lid. Woo hoo!





And I'll finish out the random happenings post with another Logan shot. These are pretty self explanatory. Hehe

Triathlon Goal

My most recent endeavor is to train for a triathlon...I am on week 3 and it is going well...to increase my motivation factor I am posting this goal here, in writing, to encourage me to keep it going ;) Socorro in August LOL