Just Wondering

Do you notice that in almost every picture I post Adam is wearing his football jersey? Just in case you did, and you were grossed out, I do wash it!

You would be so proud of me!

I couldn't figure out what was wrong with my stupid computer--none of my pictures would upload. Then, all by myself I figured it out. Turns out, it wasn't stupid computer, it was stupid me!

Family Fun

Last week Craig's sister, Becky, and her family came to see us. We had a really great time with them! We always love it when they come down. Becky and Monte have four children. Courtney is 12 and she and Megan are the best of friends. Nicole is 10 and she and Keri have a great time together. Ryan and Adam are only about 4 months apart in age and Kyle is 4. The boys always have a great time together and this visit was no exception.

On Friday we had a great day trip to Los Alamos. Craig had to work, Tori was in Colorado at a band competition with Amie and my mom, and Katie had to go to school so it was just Megan, Keri, Adam, Aaron and Me. Craig's dad works in Los Alamos and so it was fun to go see where he works. Everything he does is super classified so we couldn't even really see the building that he works in but we got the idea of the drive he makes everyday and the proximity of his office, (he drives 1 1/2 hours each way to and from work).

The first thing that we did was go to the Atomic Museum. The Atomic Museum tells all about the first nuclear bombs and how they were made. I was not that excited, I mean learning about a bomb that killed so many people is really not up my alley. I soon changed my mind, however, and decided it was a wonderful place to go! I would even really like to go back without my kids so that I could read everything there.

We went to a movie about Los Alamos. It talked about how Los Alamos came to be, (it was a secret city during the war, set up to try to make the bomb and end the war). They talked about how many scientists, including Albert Einstein, wrote President Roosevelt and begged him to do research in this area so that the war could end. I loved that their goal was ultimitaly to save lives!

The museum also talked about all the advances that have been made as a result of nuclear power. It had a great kids room with hands on activities. All of the exhibits has computers you could work on to help you understand the science behind the exhibit. It was really cool!

After we left the museum we went to Bandelier. It was perfect weather, (70 degrees, not a cloud in the sky) and a perfect time of year, (lots of green, yellow and red leaves, beautiful blue sky). We had a delicious lunch by the river and then hiked to the ruins. Bandelier is National Monument full of native american cave dwellings. You can hike up to them and go inside to see what the native americans lived like many years ago. There are also Indian Ruins on the ground that you can see. We all had a great time.

We drove home through the Jemez mountains where we saw several deer and other wildlife. It was a gorgeous drive home!! The perfect ending to the perfect day!

I Hate Homework!!!!!!!!

That's it. I hate homework!

Oh, and I also hate making bunkbeds!

The cute things he says

Today I was making some phone calls for a carnival that I am co-chairing at the middle school.( I know you are thinking, "co-chairing a carnival when you have so much going on, are you crazy?!!!" Yes!) Anyway, I called my friend Carla, who I am working on the carnival with and Aaron was sitting next to me while I talked to her.

We then had this conversation:

"Who was that?"

"My friend, Carla."

"Does Carla have a hun?"

"I don't know, what is a hun?"

"You know, like I'm your hun."

"Oh, a child?"

"Yes, does she have a hun?"

This just totally cracked me up. I never realized how much I refer to him as hon or honey!

I've almost made it!

Fall is the busiest time of year for us! Of course, I just may think that because I am now in the fall. We'll have to see what I am saying in the spring.

Anyway, this fall, Adam has been playing football. Football practices M,T,Th,F, with games on Saturday. He is also in cub scouts on W.

Keri plays soccer. She has practice T&W and games on Saturday. She is also in a girls group at church on W nights.

Megan is in show choir on M,TH, &F. She has youth church activities on W.

Tori is in marching band. They practice everyday and play at all the football games, sometimes practice on Saturday, and have all sorts of competitions. Youth activities on W.

Katie is in student government and she is playing indoor soccer. These activities have no schedule and take up tons of time. She has youth activities at church on W.

Thankfully, Aaron is only three and he is happy to ride in the car and talk to me non-stop.

It has all been a lot of fun, but I am happy this hectic schedule will soon come to an end. Football ended two weeks ago, soccer ends this week, marching band practice is over and they only have two more games, indoor soccer will end in a few weeks, and election day is in two weeks, (this has taken a lot of my time during the day). What will I do in November?

SLEEP!!

University Choir

My Mom and Dad sing in the University of New Mexico Choir. They have been doing it for about three years. The kids and I have been to several of their performances and they are VERY good. We love to hear them.

The Fine Arts Academy is featuring the Choir on the front of their magazine this month. We just got the photos and...

Here is my Dad, singing away!




My Mom can be seen in this one on the far right.Fun!!