To Fenton and beyond

We spent the last part of our week camping at Fenton Lake in the Jemez mountains. It was beautiful and wonderful weather. I am very glad to report the bugs were few in numbers. There was mostly nats, which I can deal with it. Our camp site was a prime location for chipmunks, which at first were cute and enjoyable. They soon became a slight annoyance and were everywhere. The only other animal run in we had was with some racoons trying to find something to eat and bothering the near by dumpster. Lana did very well with everything. She didn't cry too much and she only threw one tantrum when she was tired, over some dogs she saw

We spent Friday looking around at the hatchery, fishing and hiking. It was a busy day that left us with a tired baby. She had a blast fishsing, granted she needed a lot of helping casting and was more interested in the passing trucks.

One happy kid!

The Hatchery

Lana helping Daddy with the fire

The flower Lana picked for me :)

Helping with the tent set up
All in all it was a wonderul trip and the families that stayed next to us were both wonderful and very kind. We were able to enjoy a beautiful mountain rain storm on Friday afternoon. We made a shelter and ate some soup with it pouring. Nothing is a bigger reminder of God's love then being out in the open with nature. We enjoyed our fires with nice long talks and readings. We are excited for our next big camping adventure. We stopped off at Soda Dam and stopped for Indian tacos and frito pie on the way back to reality.

Here ducky ducky ducky

Today we decided to take a trip to the duck pond. Trying to get our daily walk in can sometimes be trying. We enjoyed our little family trip, having some good laughs at Lana. We fed the ducks, turtles and fish. Oddly I never knew turtles or fish ate bread, but we figured they have adapted to their their life in the pond!

Baby Due Date!!

It's offical the baby's due date is Febuary 28th, 2010! We had orignally thought Febuary 5th, as did the doctor but the sonogram says the 28th. The baby is healthy and has wonderful measurments and a very good heartbeat, 169 beats :) We are very excited about the baby and are already planning how we are going to fit everything.

our grass

We have succesfully planted grass in the desert!!! It has come in very full and green!! We are very excited!!

Where's your car?

Well Sunday morning was a beautiful morning, like any other. Larry got up early as usual to water the grass in the back yard, eat breakfast and study. Me, being the lazy pregnant mommy I am, was still in bed getting some rest with the buggy monster. Larry went to open up the blinds to let the morning sun in and in shock he ran back asking "Where's your car?". I don't know if I have ever jumped out of bed so fast! He ran back to the living room and ran back in asking me "where is your car?". All I can think is, where ever you parked it last night. Very puzzled I ran to living room and to my surprise it was gone!!!

Someone had stolen our car Saturday night. In a panic I called the police and rushed to get ready. Larry ran out to his car to find it had been riffled threw. The cop came and got all the info he needed and told us that 14,000 cars were stolen in 2005 and 10,000 were recovered. All we could hope is that we could find our car because we couldn't afforde another one. The cop also told us the owner tends to spot their car long before the cops. Well we quickly got ready and jumped in the Maxima, which I should add was having some car problems (which ended up being a broken coil). we drove around sad and disheartened. My parnets called and brought us lunch and sat and talked with us, helping us with some other options. Well my parents had some things to do and said their goodbyes.

As we sat in defeat so sad, my mom called "I found your car! I found your car! Whooo HOO!!!" I couldn't believe the words she was saying. They found my car 2 blocks away from our house with out a scratch! Some low tires but that is minimal. We went to them and waited for the police and CSI. We were able to take our car home. The bum used 1/2 a tank of gas (my Versa didn't even use a full tank from ABQ to Durgango. 1/2 a tank can last me a while!). I am guessing they went about 50 miles. I am so glad we found our car the same day it was lost! We have had the keys changed and the computer reset.

What a Sunday it was.