more pictures from the road trip

battleship rock & other mountains in Santa Fe National Preserve

battleship rock in Santa Fe National Preserve

(I don't see it, do you?)

Santa Fe National Preserve

he's pooped out, he couldn't even finish his dinner!

Road Trip 7-23-08

About noon on Wednesday I developed an itch to get out of the house. On impulse I decided to load up the boys & drive around and explore a bit. Well, we finally made it back home 4 hours later. And let me tell you, some of the scenery we saw was enough to take your breath away. I cannot believe some of the amazing, awesome, breath taking views we have around here. The weather was absolutely GORGEOUS and felt simply wonderful!!! Most of our trip through the mountains I had the windows down & A/C off. Enjoy the pictures.

looking back to Los Alamos, in the Jemez mountains.

still evidence of the wildfire 8 yrs ago.

looking at the south-eastern rim of the valles caldera.

(the valles caldera is a collapsed volcano, just west of los alamos)

western rim of the caldera

(a very small portion of the valles caldera preserve)

mountains in the Santa Fe National preserve

(headed north on state hwy 126)

{remind me to tell you about that hwy later}

*word of advice: If you plan on taking a drive for more than 30 minutes in the middle of no where with kids, take some snacks & drinks (and plenty of bottles/formula if need be).

pictures

before the haircut


after the haircut



playing together at the Austin Children's Museum



the car trip home

I had more pics I wanted to post but unfortunatly while I was in Texas my other camera got lost. I was hoping against all hope that it would turn up in my truck or at my mom's house but so far, no such luck! So I just have to start over with the ol' backup Samsung. More to follow.

4th of July weekend

I just realized it had been over a month since I posted anything new about the boys, so here it is. The boys & I drove home for the 4th & have been busy, busy, busy!!! On Thursday BOTH of them got haircuts! Yes, I got Mason's haircut & he looks SOOOO different. Friday we joined the rest of the gang for the fireworks in Buda. Saturday the boys spent the day in Hutto w/ Granny. And it was church for all on Sunday (our whole family {minus Danny} fills up one and a half pews just in case you wanted to know). I've got a bunch of pictures to post but I forgot the cord to connect my camera to my computer so they will just have to wait. I'll post them just as soon as I get back to New Mexico. I promise.

pictures of the boys

As my mother told me recently, "The question isn't are you gonna need a U-Haul, now it's what size are you gonna need?"


Hardy, har, har! Last week the boys & I made our weekly trip to Wal-Mart with a specific need in mind. We were going to get Mason a walker. Now, Eric never had one & did just fine but Mason is already at the point were he wants to be up & going. He also wants to be with me no matter where I am in the house, with a walker he can do just that. So, we picked out the walker & started to look around. Wasn't long & we came across the bicycles. After examining it, thinking about it & testing it out in the store, we picked one out. Eric is now the proud new owner of a red & black Rocket bicycle, complete with Lightening McQueen helmet & pads. Lucky for us our sidewalk is the perfect place for him to ride during the day. All of our neighbors on the bottom floor are at work & the sidewalk is not right next to the road making an excellent place to ride for a beginner.

proud new owner.

by golly, I think he gets it!

BUSTED!! Sorry, no pics of Mason in the walker yet, but this one was too cute to not post.

*On a side note: we (@7500 ft.) got some rain earlier this week but it snowed in the mountains (above 8000 ft). Can you imagine, snow in mid-May? Does it ever get warm enough up there NOT to snow? I don't know if I'll ever get used to this crazy weather.

snow in APRIL!!!

About a month ago we got a really strong cold front come in from Colorado & the resulting precip was SNOW!! The weather up here really does take some getting used to. Even still we have some days that it is a little too chilly to wear shorts or days that may require a light jacket. Is this what spring is supposed to be like?? Being from Texas (and MUCH further south) we don't typically have a spring season, maybe a week or two max. Don't get me wrong, I could really get used to this, no 90's yet. Anyways like I've said before, Eric loves the snow & will get out into it whenever he can. Being that this was probably the last time we were gonna see snow for a good long while, I let Eric loose outside & he enjoyed every minute of it!!

ATTACK OF THE NOODLE MONSTER!!!

I so think I have created a monster, a noodle monster to be exact. Mason is very quickly moving on from processed baby food in a jar to more "real" food. I could easily say that noodles are one of his faves right now. About once a week I make some sort of noodles (speg, mac & cheese, pasta roni, etc.) & you can just see his eyes light up when I put some on his tray. His dexterity is amazing & he manages to get about 95% into his mouth. Really though, I have yet to find much of anything this kid doesn't like. Eggs, noodles, bananas just about anything makes him happy. (and Heaven help us when he really gets going, he's gonna eat us out of house & home!) But like they say, the proof is in the pictures...


Yes, he ate all of that & then some!!


teether biscuits & eggs really do make the best messes!