sante fe railyard & my family

the last family that visited us in october was mine. i loooooooooove when they come. this time they brought both of my grandma's, it made the whole trip that much better. i love my grandma's so much. i'm happy that they were able to make the trip and see our life here. grant and i spoke in church while they were here too. having them and my family both there to see us made me feel much more comfortable. with having moved so much... we get asked to speak a lot so it's nice that my nerves are getting a bit more used to it. wish my family could come every time, maybe that way i could muster up the courage to add some more personality and throw a joke in here or there. i mean my nerves are getting more used to it but i can't relax enough to be funny. and i am pretty funny.

sadly, we took NO pictures of my family. how lame. it happens every time! i think it's just because we are too busy enjoying each other. while they were here we went to a bunch of estate sales here in albuquerque. and then we drove to the farmer's market in santa fe. something i've been wanting to do FOREVER. we hit up the farmer's, artist's and flea markets there. i thought that my dad might be a bit bored but turns out he was just having the time of his life. buying little snacks everywhere. kinda makes me laugh when i think about it. anywho we've been scoring pretty big at all these market's and estate sales. but hopefully that will be another post.

"keekee mouse"

the second family that came to visit us in october and see the balloon fiesta were our friends rob & jessie. we had not seen them in so long, it was a much needed reunion. we love them so much and just couldn't get enough of them. unfortunately while they were here the winds were too high for the balloons to go up and so they weren't able to see how amazing the fiesta is. however we ended up going one morning (in hopes that they would still lift off) and were able to be on the ground with all the special shapes. i think that was far more entertaining that any of us expected so that was nice. while they were here we did some shopping, eating out and even a trip to the zoo. we did everything with our friends troy & teri too. crazy to see all of our kids together, especially brand new baby cooper. i can't express how much it means to me when people drive out to see us. especially with children. i know that being in the car for 10 hours with kids is not easy. we've had rob & jessie, matt & jessica, jess, my family, dave & traci, paul & leisa.....all come out to see us. it makes me feel so special. anyway here are some pics of when they were here. oh and yes it's not easy being friends with eva longoria. i mean jessie. ;)

 

october has been the visitor month

we've had three different families stay with us this month. it has been so nice. our first visitors were matt, jessica, kaden and beckham. matt is traci's oldest. traci is married to dave (grant's dad). so that makes matt and grant step brothers. anyway i was so excited for them to come. they came and made it for the first mass ascension, opening day for the balloon fiesta 2011. it was crazy!!! i forget how many people come from all over the world. we left our house at like 5:15 a.m. because it started at 7, even though the grounds that they lift from are only 2.5 miles from our house! while we were there, jessica surprised trudy with a handmade beanie. it is adorable and trudy loves it.

after that we spent the next two days just hanging out and taking it easy. we played games and just talked and talked. i always feel bad when people come over because we don't really have a "family room", since it's small... i decorated the main living room like a living room. as in the place where you just visit with your home teachers. not really fit for hosting friends and watching movies and whatever else. BUT i'm not complaining! i'd much rather live here than in one of our old yucky apartments.

jessica and i were definitely friends in heaven, she is soooo amazing and i just love her so much. i don't feel like i can adequately express how amazing she is through words so i'm not even going to try (especially since my vocabulary is limited due to the absence of reading in my life). i bought stuff to do friendship bracelets but then ran out of motivation for that. maybe another time? matt is so funny and has quite the sense of humor ("trudy baby, don't be such a baby!!"... IS NOT FUNNY MATT!!!). kaden said the funniest things all weekend and beckham is just a ham. one of the funny things kaden said was while he was playing in trudy's room- "mama, trudy has a little bike, and a big giraffe to play with, and a nice bed, and books for her mommy to read to her, and look at all those blankets for her! ahh, her mommy and daddy love her, they are taking such good care of her." how cute is that? what a sweetheart.

we were sad to see them go, they were a blast to have here. you can see their blog here. cutest little family. oh and jessica... don't critique my pictures okay?