Memorial Day Weekend

Well, Mom is going to kill me, but we wore her out!! Here is a picture to prove it.
We went to Mesa Verde on Saturday May 25, and introduced Mom and Dad to the ruins at Spruce Tree House. Later we went for a drive toward Telluride, GORGEOUS!!

New Car

We bought a new car!! We got a screaming good deal on a 2007 Ford Explorer with the 3 rows of seats. The guy said that we couldn't have asked for another dime. In fact we're paying about the same for this as what we did for the Intrepid, so we can't complain.

To Dye is to Die.

We started coloring Easter eggs today. Jim was busy measuring and pouring and stirring, while I was putting dinner in the oven. All of a sudden Saree said "I don't want it!" We looked over and she had taken a drink of the vinegar that we had in one of the cups waiting for the dye and the water. She didn't cry, but she made sure we knew she thought it was pretty nasty. Jaycie, our little drama queen, wasn't getting her way this morning and threw herself on the floor for a good cry, knocking her head on the baby gate and giving herself a nice little bump on the forehead. (Oh the joys, and she's only four!!)

Anyway, that was the most exciting thing this week. Jim had a campout with the scouts last night and then a 7 mile hike this morning. Waking up to snow they aborted the hike and came home. I woke up with an aweful cold on Tuesday and have been trying to get rid of it since. I think it is winning.

Trapped in Tucumcari

Well, we got out of the Cortez in good time and stopped for the night in Tucumcari, New Mexico. Talk about your one horse towns. There is NOTHING to do there. We got in at about midnight and woke up to ALOT of snow. To compound the problem of closed road (all roads leading out of town) - our car heater stopped working all together. Luckily it was a cheap and easy fix, we just had to add more anti-freeze.

We spent the day in a hotel room, at least it was bigger than the car, but it wrecked our plans for getting to San Antonio on Friday night so that we could hang out with Shannon & Nathan all weekend. We ended up not getting there until late Saturday.

More adventures on our trip to San Antonio to come.

It Used to be.

I can't believe I've neglected the blog so badly for the last while! It used to be that I updated this thing weekly. Things here are a little crazy, and I'm not getting as much done as I should. (what else is new)

We decided that for spring break we are going to go see Shannon and Nathan and family for a few days and we are all excited to be on our way. I'm not too sure how excited I am for the long, long, long drive, but I can't wait to get there.

Saree has been getting into bed with us in the middle of the night, every night for a while. It's amazing how much room they command. She will get into bed and promptly start pushing us around. The other morning when she woke up after Jim left she looked at me and said "Mama, I'm so happy." I've been smiling ever since. Jaycie too, hasn't wanted to sleep in her bed. She will start out there and then we'll get up in the morning to her asleep on the couch. I really don't know how to end this middle of the night musical beds that we've been playing. Any ideas?

We finally bought a new table. Well, used table, but new to us. Our card table was definitely looking a little worse for the wear. We'd gone around to a few of the places here in town and didn't see anything we liked/could afford until we found a little shop on a side street while out walking. They had a nice used table with a leaf and 6 matching chairs. The table could use a refinish, but that is about all. I really like it and Jim says that he does too.

Other than that we have nothing new to share. We still have our callings, although there will be a bit of a shake-up in the ward. The executive secretary and the primary secretary (Brother and Sister Bass - she is also the camp director) found out on Monday that they will be moving to Houston in 2 weeks. I guess we'll see what's going to happen next.

Love to all, next time we'll have pictures of our trip to San Antonio.

Lemonade Stand Award

I'm not sure how this works, and I'm not sure why I was picked on (LOL) but thank you Maxi! My nominee's for this are:

sessionssessions.blogspot.com - because you always make me laugh.

lauschhouse.blogspot.com - because your my sister and I can.

fiddlegal-elizabeth.blogspot.com - because your my cousin and anyone that will take 111 kids to Disneyland needs a BIG award.

mc2quarterhorses.blogspot.com - because you have to put up with my brother - enough said. ;) Just kidding Shane!

theeducationofmissh.blogspot.com - even though she has no idea who I am but her blog makes me laugh till I am crying and have to pee.

www.scrapbookflair.com/GG2007 - because I'm forever looking at her scrapbook pages and wishing mine looked more like hers.

www.scrapbookflair.com/mexgirl - also because I covet her scrapbooking ability.

www.scrapbookflair.com/memarsh - not just because of her talent in scrapbooking but because she always says such nice things about mine.

www.scrapbookflair.com/ms_creations - because she's a talented scrapbooker and because her squammy stories make me smile.

summerhazedesigns.blogspot.com - aka y2bonnie - also because of her outstanding skill in scrapbooking and wonderful comments she leaves on my pages.

maxidesigns.blogspot.com - thanks for sharing the award and for being a friend at scrapbookflair. It's been fun having someone to chat with that knows where the heck I'm at!

Now that I am passing this award to you. You have to follow the rules.
The rules are: 1. Put the logo on your blog or post. 2. Nominate 10 blogs which show great attitude and/or attitude. 3. Link to your nominees within your post. 4. Let them know they have received this award by commenting on their blog. 5. Share the love and link to this post with the person from whom you received the award.

Canyon of the Ancients

Today was Stake Conference and we played hookie from church. We went to hike Sand Canyon, which is part of Canyon of the Ancients. We had a lot of fun even though we were only able to hike about a mile in. Saree probably rode about 1/2 of the time and Jaycie, with all her boundless energy, probably did 2 1/2 miles to our 2. She would run ahead of us and we'd call her back so she'd run to us to run ahead again. If only there were a way to harness that energy.

There were a few ruins there but the major ruins were 6 miles in and the last mile is pretty steep. We're not up for that right now. I would like to ride horses in sometime though, they do allow it there and it would be fun. There were several people there on bikes - nuts. There were also alot of people there with their dogs, which Jaycie loved and Saree did too as long as they didn't get too close. There were a couple of times when Saree didn't get her way that she just flopped onto the trail on her stomach and pouted. I told her that she better get up and moving because there were dogs around that might like to lick on her. That got immediate results. I'm mean, so what.



Saree in full pout.



Some of the rock formations there.



The Sleeping Ute Moutain Range (part of it anyway).