Children's Museum

The kids love going to the children's museum...some 

of there favorite things to do are:

Flying an airplane

Luke LOVES the gravity balls

drawing

guessing, HOW MANY???

This is the elevator...I KNOW, it is HUGE, a few 

couch's, a few chairs, it is awesome!!!!

making music

This is Joslyn's favorite, the messy bubble making.

Morgan road a bike across a tight rope above

 the 1st level...it was so fun!!

Carnival

The kids and I took off to go to a Rattlesnake museum they have wanted to see, it was down in Old Town. When we got there, there was a carnival set up. So, we ended up riding rides and dancing to the music. It turned out to be a really fun day, relaxing in the shade of the tree's eating snow cones.

The oldest church in Albuquerque.

Jos and Luke were to little to ride the Ferris Wheel, so they choose to play a game...this is what they won.

I was taking pictures of the kids and this sweet guy came over and offered to take pictures with me with them. I had to laugh when I downloaded the pictures, he totally cut Luke off in the first one and the second one you can see his eyes. So funny!! It was a nice gesture anyway.

Look close, Luke is there :0)

Rylee and I dancing to the music

There were a bunch of people dressed up in western style. 

They looked amazing!!

This was my favorite. The whole afternoon there were a bunch of couples dancing around the pavilion, it was so fun to watch!!!

enjoying a cold treat

Luke spent most the afternoon throwing up his bat and catching it...

This is a video of the kids rocking out!!

The Aquarium and BioPark

The kids and I went to the Aquarium and BioPark. The last time we went was with my Mom in February, so there wasn't much green. The only thing that was blooming was the plants in the green house. So, it was absolutely breathe taking to see green and gorgeous flowers EVERYWHERE.

The Fantasy Garden, everything is HUGE!!

The kids love climbing on the giant ants and walking in the HUGE pumpkin 

with pumpkin seeds hanging above them.

The entrance to the Botanic Gardens

The Japanese Garden

(look at the sweet baby duck)

The Butterfly Pavilion. We loved this, having butterflies 

flying all over, it was beautiful!!

Gorgeous gardens of flowers

The Old Farm House

The Rose Gardens

The Aquarium

It was a fun day to kick off the Summer!!!

The Dramatic Fall

Luke's new fun thing is GUNS...anything and everything is a gun. The preferred gun is a golf grip (for non golfers, the rubber tip on the golf club shaft that you hold on to, Boomer has a drawer of these to put on shafts if needed), Luke uses these all day has guns or swords. He has gotten to be a good little dramatic faller when he gets shot....I couldn't decide which video to post so, here are 2 of my favorites. So, funny!!

It FINALLY Happened.....

Rylee FINALLY lost her first tooth. She has been so excited to start loosing teeth, it's a easy way to make a buck!!! She had a few loose teeth on the bottom, so I had her play with them all the time with her tongue to get them ready to come out.
I have to say, I can handle most motherhood stuff, but when it comes to teeth pulling, I can't even be in the same room when it is happening. Boomer was working all day on Saturday, and Ry kept asking me to try to pull it out, I DID try, but was looking the other way doing it..UGH!!! We even had our neighbor try (she loves pulling teeth). Sunday morning when Boomer woke up, Rylee jumped into bed and he got it out. YEAH!!! Since the first tooth came out the one next to it was ready the next day. so, Rylee stayed after school and asked her teacher to pull it out...I thought that was funny. I guess the teacher loves pulling them out too. (WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE)..Rylee came home bouncing through the door holding her other tooth.

Morgan kinda ruined the whole Santa, Tooth Fairy, Leprechaun and Easter Rabbit in the home (Morgan knew they weren't real when she was just little, the thought of some crazy person in a fairy costume coming in her room at night and reaching under her pillow and stealing her tooth, was a little to much, she was TERRIFIED of costumes)...she told Rylee that I was them all, just in case she was worried. So, we believe in the spirit of it all. Anyway, before Rylee went to bed she came up to me and said, "Okay, Mom I am going to sleep on the floor tonight (she sleeps in a loft bed), so it will be easier for you to get under my pillow. I will have a book under my pillow with the tooth underneath that book. There will be a container by my bed on the shelf, you can put the tooth in there and put the lid on. I don't know how much money you have in your purse, but you can give me a twenty (BIG SMILE), but you can put the BILL under the book. Thanks, Mom..goodnight". WELL, I followed instruction perfectly (except she got a dollar not a 20), then got a little girl bouncing down the stairs in the morning, whispering THANKS FOR THE MONEY, MOM!!!! Too, funny!!!

Happiness...is roses

I am loving living in a home with a yard. My roses are absolutely beautiful right now!! I am not use to green, flowers and tree's in my yard. Living by the beach I had cement, sand and palm tree's (which we miss deeply)......

 This post and pictures are for my Mom, she was in need of some sunshine and beautiful flowers!! She isn't get much of it in Utah :0) 

The New Generation

A glimpse of some of our morning....so funny!!!!