Shamless Snapshot Showoff

Giving your bushes a haircut

I thought this was so funny I took a picture. I am glad I happened to have my camera in the car with me.



They gave their hedge a mohawk!

The Soup's On

Because the air has a chill to it I've been in the mood for soup. I haven't made soup for years, I think, because it's always been too hot to let a pot boil for an extended period of time indoors.

Soups I've made so far:

Cream of Potato Soup
Corn Chowder
Pea Soup
Chili
Jambalaya
Saurkraut (which is really just soup-ish)

The really good thing about this is that my kids have loved all of the soups. They actually eat them and haven't complained! Most of my recipes just come out of my "Better Homes and Garden's New Cookbook" and they are yummy!

Family Pictures

So the family picture currently on our wall, although cute, is way outdated. In it we only have two children and the youngest was six months old. For the record we have three, and our youngest is currently eleven monthds old. So it's been 2 1/2 years. So I asked my SIL to take some pictures of us to update our wall. We went out on Saturday to find a beautiful cloudless day. This means there is a little too much sun, and we were in danger of squinty eyes. So we did the best we could with the little bit of shade there was.


These are the best two we got. I've ordered them from Costco and soon we will be all set!

Balloon Glowdeo

One of Gordon's co-workers gave us two tickets to the Balloon Fiesta. So we got to go again! We went to the night show and we loved that too. We sat on a blanket in the middle of the field and watched as they filled the balloons around us. Then as the sun went down they would count down and all the balloonists would turn on the gas at once and the effect was beautiful. Later we had a wonderful fireworks show.

Balloon Fiesta!

Wow! This was really cool to see. We got up at five in the morning and took breakfast with us to eat there. We basically milled around and watched the hundreds of balloons around us. Just an awesome sight. We found a used balloon for sale, only $6000, wouldn't that be a great hobby?

A Preview

I know they are just little dots, but those are hot air balloons. The Balloon Fiesta is the biggest celebration I think Albuquerque puts on. We are going tomorrow morning, we'll be on the field walking in between the ballons and watching them lift off. Imagine seeing hundreds of balloons all around you! We're really looking forward to it. So after tomorrow, I should have some much better (at least closer) pictures of the balloons.