Living in Albuquerque

So we're "living" in Albuquerque now...for a month at least. It's really fun so far. We rented a townhouse right across from a park. It's also walking distance to a small grocery store, Starbucks, and an authentic mexican taco stand. The place is small but laid out really well for our needs. It's so easy to clean and has a private backyard for Bas too. There is even a built in kiddie-kave under the stairs with a darling cottage door. Albuq has lots of great restaurants I'm excited to try, and all kinds of fun activities. At the end of the month there is a big cowboy shooter competition thing. Kind of like a Renaissance fair but in the wild west instead. Everyone dresses up and competes in single-action shooting events. I went a couple years ago as a trade show vendor, and was excited to see it will be going on while we are here so Jason can come and see it because it's so much fun. There is also a cool food event where local chefs compete like Iron Chef. I'm especially excited about the salsa competition. Mmmmmmm, salsa! Anyway, more tales from ABQ to follow. Hope all my Utah friends are having fun. Special thanks to Lara for taking care of Jack and our house while we are away.

Hawaii '09

So we made it back (despite a hellacious plane ride where I almost jerked the handle on the emergency exit). I will NEVER take the overnight flight again! Will slept for 2 hours, woke up screaming after a bad dream, puked his guts out ala Exorcist, then insisted on walkign up & down the aisle (shirtless) for 4 hours before finally going back to sleep. The actual trip part was fun though. Lots of relative visits and sunshine. The last day Jason asked if there was anything I wanted to do that we didn't get to and I had to say "Relax"...traveling with a baby just doesn't make for a relaxing vacation. Lots of fun, but he wouldn't nap at home, only in the car, so we did a lot of driving. Driving next to a highway with a beautiful ocean view is the best way to do it though, so I can't complain! We had a nice condo and Will had his own room to sleep in (thanks to Auntie Lara taking the couch) so that part was sooooooo nice! He slept 12 hours each night, just like at home, so we could go out at night while Lara babysat. It was a very great trip. Here are a few pics:

Child Labor

I've got Will trained to clean the toilet, now if we can just get him to mow the lawn we'll start seeing a return on our investment.



Just kidding! He absolutely LOVES to splash in the toilet, so I compromised and let him splash, but only if he uses the toilet brush and not his hands. YUCK!

We're in trouble...

The little monkey figured out how to climb on a chair and onto the table to get a banana!



Here he is working on the computer:

Yeah yeah, I'm a bad blogger...

It's been way too long since I've posted, I know. Here are some fun pictures...

Bas making himself at home on Uncle Jimmy's lap:


Will enjoying his morning latte (or the remnants of mine):


And Will rocking the Mister T chains...I pity the fool who says this ain't cute:

A few pics

Not much going on. I'm sick of Winter and it seems to be coming back. Snow again...ugh! Cousin Jim is staying with us for a few weeks. He is super cool and even cooks for us, so as far as I'm concerned he can stay as long as he wants! The pic is for you Colleen...I know you'll appreciate his shirt. Will was also looking super cute today in his hand-me-down's from Jack. These will be coming your way eventually Tony, since I have a little nephew due in August we are super excited about!

Happy Anniversary Honey!

Jason & I have been married 9 years today! Wowza! Since we dated a year before, that means we've been together a decade, yet he's still my favorite person to spend time with. We have such an amazing life together, I'm grateful every day for it and wouldn't change a thing! Thank you so much for being the best husband a girl could ask for, and for swimming through shark infested waters every day to bring me lemonade. XOXOXOXOX and all that other stuff you like *wink wink*.

P.S. And to all the families (on both sides) I can happily report that we are both the same clothes size as the day we were married. Despite the warnings about what "Koreans" and "White Women" do, we did not get fat!