Oceanside Continued

Like I said, and Tyler so kindly pointed out. Small obsession with feet and foot prints.

These belong to Josh and Keegan. So cute

This my be one of my new favorites.

By far is FAVORITE thing to do. Run into and then away from the waves. He was so sad that our last day there was going to be spent at Sea World and not the beach. He actually cried that he didn't want to go to SW.

Here is a pic of the beach that we were at 3 years ago. FULL of rocks. Last time ( yes I know it was a long time ago) there were no rocks. And while the ones you see here are all smooth and round, just as you get into the water there are tons of pointy painfull ones.

Just running

The Oceanside Pier. Ruby's restaruant on the end. Keegan walked the ENTIRE way. (A task I never thought he would do, and stay dry at the same time) It took us over an hour but since we knew it would take a while for us, we left early.

A big blob of sea weed. I don't know why I was so intrigued, maybe because it kind of looks like my hair...I don't know

Here we are petting the HUGE horse at Sea World

Checking out the star fish.

He loves maps. He always wants to know where we are and for us to show him were we are going. So here is Keegs navagating his way through Sea World.

There is a little section that is devoted to Seasame Street. Here are the boys riding the Elmo's Flying Fish ride.

Meeting Elmo.

Not afraid of characters at all I guess.

Here are the boys in the polar bear cave. Keegan was very scared of it the first day. He thought that there were actually bears in there. But on our return trip he was much braver.

And then on our LONG, LONG, LONG drive home we saw this......AGAIN

Our Hike to....Well Nowhere

Well the other day we decided to go hiking. Josh had heard about a place from people at work and it sounded like a lot of fun. Waterfalls with pools to swim in, thermally heated pools to swim in as well. Sounds fun right. Since we are not from the area I made sure to look it up online and find out as much as I could. I found out where we had to drive to and what picnic ground to park in and that there were many trails so even if some proved to be too long for Keegan there were still options.

After looking online we decided on one that said it was .2 miles (yes 2 tenths of a mile) sounds perfect right, short hike and you get to a couple of places to swim. Well we get up the canyon and find the ranger station. It says that it is 2 miles not 2 tenths of a mile. Way too long for the little man, especially since he still demands on being carried to the car when we leave a grocery store. Knowing that I read about other places to hike to right at that same spot we still head up. We get to the map at the trail head and sure enough, the pools are way too far for K. So instead we decide to go to the waterfall that looks to be just about 1 mile in.

So we set out. Keegan with his hiking stick that he made with Grandma Sue

He was a real trooper, never asked to be carried just kept going.
After we had been hiking for a little while Keegan decided he needed lunch. So he and I stopped and ate. Josh ran ahead to see where the turnoff for the water fall was. We had to be close but Keegan was sure he would starve if we didn't stop. So here is the view from where we ate lunch.

His hiking stick is equiped with a feather and a bell to scare bears. He now thinks that bears are everywhere. Including our shower and closets. Don't worry though, he scares them away before they can do any damage.

After waiting for Josh for what seemed like forever, we were losing our shade so we moved about 50 feet up the trail to a much shadier spot. The whole while wondering what kind of boy scout leaves his group. Apparently our move made us hidden from Josh's view cause somehow he couldn't see us. So this was our view from our new "hidden" rock. After waiting for an hour we decided to go back down the trail and see if he was somehow down there.

Sure enough after playing in the water for a minute Josh came back up the trail to find us coming down. After a minute of minor disagreeing we discovered that he never found the turnoff anyway. So our hike to a waterfall turned into a hike to nowhere really. We all had a good time anyway, Keegan turned out to be quite the little hiker. Maybe we will try again and who knows maybe we will actually find that waterfall.

Oh and after coming home I got back on-line and found that many people have complained that the trails are poorly marked and that there are many trails that just end up looping you back around. Glad I found that out after we made one of those loops.

The Eyes of Keegan

Squinty eyes

Mean Eyes

BIG Eyes

Shify Eyes

This is what happens when I try to get pics of the little man. Such a stinker, but so cute at the same time.

3 Sleeps Came and Went

We spent last weekend up in Utah for a quick trip to register the car and do some visiting. On the ride up Keegan did really well, he did start to loose his marbles toward the end but thankfully we were in the Salt Lake Valley so we didn't have listen to it for too long. He wasn't being whiney or naughty just full of energy and ready to get out.

On the ride up we stopped in Green River and had dinner. We ended up at BK and Keegs got a crown. He really didn't know if he wanted to wear it but here he is Keegan King of the burgers that he won't eat.

He wouldn't smile, just silly faces.

Jumping on the trampoline at "Pa's" house. It really wan't that warm out but I guess the red cheeks are something he inherited from his mom.

Like I said it was a SHORT trip home, so this next pic is my very favorite of the trip..... Keegan asleep in the car on the ride home. He hadn't been sleeping well over the weekend so he ended up sleeping a lot in the car. Fine by me.

Today as Josh was driving home from work, he heard on the radio that it was free to get into the Museum of Natural History. So Keegan and I set out for some historic entertainment. And boy was he entertained. Dinosaurs EVERYWHERE.

Keegan and the T-REX, his favorite. Pardon the 80's turned up collar, I was trying to keep the sun off of his neck on the walk from where we parked the car.

They had a couple of big metal dinos outside.

A huge Sizemosaurous inside. It was found right here in NM, just outside of ABQ.

The museum was a lot of fun. They had a volcano ( or balltato, if you are Keegan) that had walls and flooring that looked like running lava. He was actually kinda creeped out by that one but once he realized it wasn't real he wanted to stay in there.

There was a lot to see, it was really kind of fun, I hope we can go back again and see it all with Josh. We left him home to take a nap.

In Just 2 More Sleeps

We will be looking at this!!

Yay!! As Keegan went to bed tonight he told me that in just "2 more sleeps and 1 nap and then we will go to Utah."

Can't wait to see this view from my sisters house.

See you all soon.

Our 4th Of July

So normally our 4th of July consists of a BBQ at Josh's grandparents, with YUMMY food and a visit with all of the cousins. But not this year, we stayed in Albuquerque and tried to have fun anyway. I do have to say that the burgers just were not the same.

This is Keegs early in the day, getting ready to go to see fireworks.

We headed to Balloon Fiesta Park for the show. The boys are patiently waiting.

After arriving in 90 degree heat, the clouds and the rain came and we had to add layers to stay warm.

Just a pic of the clouds and rain.

A quick moving storm came through early on, cooling everything down nicely.

Mr. no smile

Our friends Val and Jenny. They are the travelers who worked with Josh at St. Marks and talked him into traveling. Thanks Guys.

And Finally, the show started!! It was AMAZING

We had a blast, the show was one of the best I have ever seen. The weather was great. Keegan loved it. So just one more thing we like about ABQ!!

Nothing new to report.

Not much to tell, we have just been enjoying the weather and our time in Albuquerque. Keegan and I go walking almost everynight that Josh works. Even if it isn't something I can consider as exercise. Keegan still has fun. Everynight at about 7:30 the sprinklers come on around the complex. He then gets to run through sprinklers or better yet....jump in the puddles. He usually endes up SOAKED and then demands a "nice warm bath"

We are still waiting to hear wether or not Josh's extension has been approved. We hope so, we have really liked ABQ. If we do extend that would put us here during the Balloon Festival. I am hoping that we get to see it.

"Pa" and Grandma come to Albuquerque

We had visitors again. Only 2 weeks after the previous ones. Keegan had a great time with "Pa" and Grandma. He kept them busy the entire time they were here. Constantly wanting them to go and play in his closet. For the record it is a decent sized walk-in and that is where I have all his toys as well as his Crayola magic light board.

Another visit to Old Towne

I am sure this is some well known guy on the horse, but I haven't really read the sign.

Tari found a hat she just couldn't resist.


I swear Keegan is under that hat.

Cowboy Keegan. He wasn't so sure if he wanted to do this but, his mean old mom made him.

While they were here we had to try a couple of Guy Fieri's Diners, Drive-ins or Dives. They were both sooooo yummy!!!

Of course we made a trip over to the zoo.

We also went to Santa Fe, but we all forgot camera's. We did a chocolate walking tour of the city. It told us where all the fancy chocolate shops were. It was fun and very tasty too. All in all it was a great visit. Keegan can't wait to see them again. Thanks for coming down to the land of the chilies.

Just a funny little story

So, some of you know that my kid is a picky eater. He will eat most any fruit or veggie and bread products but NO meat. And well he is truly part Viehweg cause he LOVES ice cream like the rest of them. But tonight while "Pa" and Grandma were in town we went to the mall to kill some time. While we were there we decided to hit up the food court for a late dinner (we had an amazing lunch and weren't too hungry) They decided that they were going to eat at Edo. We asked Keegs multiple times if he was hungry, he was adamant that he was not. Well, since "Pa" was here he got a snow cone instead. Once they got there food they came and joined us were I was sitting with Keegan who was happily eating his snow cone. After a few bites "Pa" asks if Keegs wants some broccoli, to which he replies "Yes'' he then proceeds to eat all of the broccoli in the dish that they were sharing and then requested more. I had to go buy a side of broccoli for him. He ate the whole thing!!! Meanwhile, his snow cone, once pushed aside, sat there melting. Now tell me....what 3 year old chooses BROCCOLI over a SNOW CONE. Probably only mine. Oh well, I guess I don't mind too much. :)

Just Stuff

Not too much has gone on since our visitors have left. We have just enjoyed the weather, not too warm and a nice set of clouds rolls in by the afternoon to keep the heat down.

Keegan and I did make it over to the botanical gardens. They have an amazing play garden for the kids. Keegan had a great time.

Here he is inside a GIANT carrott.

The huge ants were all over.
Here he is next to the GIANT watering can.

Later in the week we all went to a place called ITZ. Kind of a nicer Chuck-e-cheese. It was sooo cheap but soo good. We got there before 3:00 pm so the buffett was 3.99 a person and Keegs was free!! How sweet is that!! Instead of tokens this place uses a point system and it was crazy expensive to buy points to play but for 14.95 you could buy a card with unlimited points that worked for 90 min. PERFECT!! Keegan had a great time and so did we. We found a couple of games that were so easy/stupid but gave out TONS of tickets. I mean how hard is it to cheat at wack-a-mole. with all three of us hitting them down......tickets out the wazooo.

This place also had to bounce house things. Keegs loved it. Here he is on the dinosaur that was in the bounce area.

This was a thing you lay on that moves and goes with the rollercoaster movie that you watch. Keegan had so much fun!! Josh liked it too. It reminded me a lot of the polar ride at Sea World. So much fun!!

Now less than 24 hrs until our next visitors!! more pics to come of the visit!!

Visitors

Last week we had visitors. Jacey and Jon came down to visit. We had a great week!! The first day they were here we wen to Old Town and looked around. We found a shop with MANY different varieties of HOT SAUCE WE all got a kick out of this one!

Colon Cleaner.

YIKES!!

Jon and Keegan in seriously cool cowboy hats

On the second day we went to the Rio Grande Zoo. This giraffe was just 1 wk old.


Somehow this is out of order. This is one of the churches in Santa Fe.

Outside the church there was a BIG tree. Granted if we were in Northern Cali, it would look tiny but Jon was amazed at how big the trunk was. I tried to get him to hug the tree, but aparently he isn't a "tree hugger"

And now back to the zoo. This baby was just so cute!

This was the previous chapel. It has a spiral staircase that has quite a history. The story of the staircase has actually been on Unsolved Mysteries. We wanted to go in but...time was almost up on our meter and so we had to head back to the car. Next time we will go check it out.

This is the big church in the middle of town. So pretty.

And I just can't get enough of this guy.

Him too. So cool.

We had a wonderful week with our visitors. We wish they could have stayed longer. Can't wait till the next wave of visitors gets here. Pa and grandma will be here next week.