Living in New Mexico

On Saturday I stepped out to shake out some rugs and was surprised to see this right out the front door.

This beautiful balloon!!!!

Chandler LOVES to look at the balloons
We watched it for like 30 minutes!
We will be moving out of my parents house soon and there are a lot of things we will be looking forward to but one thing for sure... These 2 buddies will miss each other!!!!!!

Balloon State

One thing I love about New Mexico is the balloons you see in the air on weekends. On Sunday we were surprised to see ones right outside our house. Usually we only see them in Albuquerque so it was a fun treat!

Looking at something
We saw 4 balloons one way and one off to the side
You can kind of see the balloons
Grandma and Chandler looking at the balloons
Daddy and Hinks looking at the balloons

One thing I love about New Mexico is the balloons you see in the air on weekends. On Sunday we were surprised to see ones right outside our house. Usually we only see them in Albuquerque so it was a fun treat!

Playing in PJ's

We are LOVING THE NICE WARM ALMOST 80 degree weather! The boys play outside a lot and so does momma. If you know me I love to be comfortable. So I wear comfy pants all the time that could include stretchy pants or PJ's. Yes I am still fat and I still wear stretchy pants...

OH this picture of Hinckley takes my breath away. He is so handsome!

Troy sent the boys this rocket thing and Chandler LOVES IT!
See he knows how to do it
stomp!
And again!
And again
and again
yes I am wearing my PJ's a riding a wiggly car
CHEESE!

MLK=Hiking

Today we went hiking around a National Park today. It is called the petroglyphs. It was really a lot of fun! Our first little hike really was like rock climbing. We saw some some neat petroglyphs and had a few bumps and bruises on the way. I am still having major problems with my right knee. So much so I actually stopped my run today. I HAVEN'T DONE THAT in my almost 2.5 months of training. UGH! I am on the look out for good hiking trails for "my girls" (more on that later) But here are some fun pictures of our climbing experience.

Hinks tripped a few times and scraped his little leg! But he was like a mountain goat climbing up those rocks
Do you see the other mountain goat up high? Yes he is 63 years old and YES he was carrying my baby with him the whole time!
Chandler loved climbing too. Until the wind picked up
See my mountain goat
Can you believe how close those houses are to this National Park? Kind of weird if you ask me.
Hinks liked this cat
Yes Chandler is in Grandpas lap
We liked that warrior guy on the left
Hinks and I climbed all the way to the top. We found this cool masked warrior. And yes he was a mountain goat going down too!

A 4 year olds dream come true

My Dad called home from work on Friday and asked if we wanted to take the train to Santa Fe on Saturday. It took Hinckley about 1/2 a second to say, YES YES YES! With Chandlers cold I was a bit worried about taking him out but we decided Hinckley was WAY too excited that we just had to go. So here are a few pictures documenting our fun little adventure. Hinckley woke up at 6am because he was so excited.

This is Grandpa and Hinks waiting at the Los Lunas train station.

WE could hear the train and see the light
Finally on the train! We sat on the top of the double decker train. Hinks didn't mind riding backwards.
The crew minus me
This picture makes me laugh...
Love it! We thought the motion of the train would put him to sleep. Not so much the case.
We saw a lot of junk yards on our train ride and some pretty crappy parts of town.
This was on the shuttle in Santa Fe. We were headed to the plaza. We went to the market there and they all this wonderful fresh vegetables and fruit! All sorts of art and flowers and such. It was a busy busy part of town. Hinks got that balloon sword. We ate some yummy pastries and breads. Can you believe people can use food stamps at the farmers market? Thats crazy!
On the shuttle and yes it was freezing there!
When we got to the plaza they had this dance group called Baile Espanol. They had these adorable little children perform and other dancers of all ages.
CHANDLER LOVED watching them dance. Do you love the snot running down his nose? He would not keep a hat on... I need to find one that duck tapes to his head!
A picture of my parents watching the dance. The trees were turning colors it was beautiful!
One of the dances the ladies threw out roses. Hinks caught like 3 of them, he gave one to Grandma and one to another little girl close to him and he kept one. I got hit in the head twice when they were tossing them out in the crowd... But we all had a good laugh. PS Fav pic of the day!

Notice the dancers in the background.

Chandler reaching for some popcorn!

Exploring Albuquerque

The week we were in the hotel I decided to get the boys out and take them to the aquarium. We were told it was pretty fantastic. And let me tell you it did not disappoint. Besides a group of 20 moms who were in some playgroup thing ahead of us, it was a blast! Here are some pictures! I took them with my cell phone and they did not turn out well but at least we had something! We ate at the restaurant there. I was skeptical at the price and food but really we all three ate for $14 with tip. Not too shabby!

Here is the huge sting ray pool

More sting rays

FAV pic of the day
Hinks showing his brother the fish and the scuba diver in the corner
The sharks as we ate lunch

Hinks showing you the little trains he got at the gift shop