Where the Wild Things Are

(JC speaking) Once in a while, my dad takes us on long walks to the middle of no where.  This time he stopped at the end of a road in the Barranca Mesa area (note guardrail) and we started our walk.

At first there was a nice trail.  I guess a few people had headed this way...

Soon the trail faded and we went into the wild.

Whoa!  All of  a sudden I had to go.  My dad gave me some pointers.  SM is a disinterested observer.  Bonus!  The tree turned green with my watering!

Finally we reached the end of the Mesa.  I am uncomfortable with heights, cliffs, and spumoni ice cream.  My big sis, M, realized this and helped me feel safer.

We started on our way back.  SM was very patient and here's why...CRACKERS!

My beautiful momma photographed this experience.  Thanks!

Daisies are Fall Flowers?

M joined a Daisy troop.  Here she is at her first bridging ceremony.

She is having a great time learning about her world every week.  Why do they call it a bridging ceremony?  Now you know...

She also got to march in the homecoming parade uptown.  She passed out candy to everyone except JC - she gave him a hug instead.

We love suckers!  Thanks for being a Daisy, big sister M.

Look out Below. It's Fall Foods!

Oh!  My beautiful momma is a kitchen extraordinaire.  I hear Kitchen-Aid is coming out with a new edition named after her.  We live in the LOE where donuts are not easily obtainable.  Therefore, the county sponsors a donut contest every year.  My beautiful momma entered for the first time.  Here are pictures of her pumpkin donuts.

Here are pictures of her apple cider donuts.  Her apple cider donuts took seventh place in the 'beginner' category.  The winner used green chile (of course!).

We also collected ~ 10% of the apples off of our tree and ended up with this many.

Here is her stove during the apple-vaganza.

And here is JC's closet.  We also have jars in every cupboard/closet we own.  If you like apple sauce, than our house is your Gimle (gratuitous Pops-centric reference).

We are nuts for fall foods!

  

We couldn't afford a trip to Europe...

...so we had our kids play soccer instead.  Here is M at her first practice.

She also had a few games.  Her team was the Fireballs - so, of course, they were the color white. 

Here is M attempting a throw-in.

What does SM do during all of this?  Ride the slides!

JC also played soccer this year.  This blog post is so late, he had his last game of the season tonight.  He scored a few goals and stole a few hearts.  Look at that hair!

Another victory for the White Lightning (hey at least their team name made sense).

Buh-Buh-Bowling!

My beautiful momma says that to consider yourself a successful human being, you must be able to bowl.

For my sixth birthday we went bowling on Labor day.  JC refused to use a pink ball and so ended up pitching a ball two pounds heavier than mine!

These eight lanes serve the entire state of New Mexico.  You can see bowling is likely not the official state sport.  Here is my beautiful momma tossing another strike!

Where is SM?  She rode shotgun with my dad.  Believe it or not - but he is a terrible bowler.

Watch out for my dad's backswing.  If you get in the way, this can happen to you!

I might as well take up hockey, because at this point I have nothing to lose!

Happy Birthday M!

It's not every day that you turn six. You know it's the critical day, when my beautiful momma makes you a pancake in the shape of a number. 

An hour later, it was time for the cake! 

Everyone thought my oreo, strawberry ice cream cake was delicious except for one eater who displayed her feelings perspicuously...

I opened some presents next!  Look I got a doll!

SM quickly repossessed the doll.  She tried to sneak off with it!

Thanks for all the gifts everyone!

Gram and Pops Love the LOE!

Hola Amigos!  Our new internet hideout is here.  To celebrate Gram and Pops came to visit the LOE...

They did all sorts of fun things with us.  We went to Cliff's Amusement Park.

 M and Gram rode the log flume...

 We all enjoyed the Water Park, but SM especially...

M had her first day of school and Gram and Pops went along...

What did everyone else do while M was at school?  Pops repaired Pablo enabling the dancing to continue...

Also, SM learned that when Pops reads the alphabet, it is not nearly as droll as when her beautiful momma does...

Thanks for visiting Gram and Pops....