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.

A New Addition....FINALLY

One month late to the day!! We finally have a new baby horse. She was supposed to be born on April,23 and here is is finally on May,23. Can you imagine being pregnant for a whole year??

Brand new, just hours old with her sweet momma

I wish I could be there, they are soooo cute when they are little!!

It is amazing to see how light she is. The baby's daddy is a gorgeous cream colored Morgan(SUPER RARE). Almost all Morgan horses are a redish brown or dark brown like Emma. Because of the color of the dad there was the possibility of a Palimino like she is or a Buckskin (light color with black mane and tail) or a small chance she would have been a blackish color


So light she almost matches the hay

Such long legs!! Mimi is hoping she is taller than her momma

I just have to say I am SOOOO Jealous that Mimi and my Mom get to go see her on Monday. It was so much fun when Emma was a baby, wish I could be there!!!

"Mom look at that fast Chicken"

So here in Albuquerque we have roadrunners. They are all over and we see them almost everyday. Well, the other day as we were parking the car he yelled out "Mom, look at that fast chicken." When I look up, sure enough there is one running right outside the car.

Tell me, does this look like a chicken?

Lets Go Fly A Kite

So last week we decided that since it is always windy here we needed a kite. Keegan loved the idea so we made a trip to the local Wal-Mart and quickly found the kites in the toys section. On one end display there was 2 different kinds. One package had a 24" kite and the other package, for the same price, had 2 kites measuring 22''. So logically we chose the package with 2 kites. Well, we let Keegan choose, he chose Iron Man over Transformers. (We were pushing for Transformers) So we buy the kites and head off to a school to fly them. We get there and Josh opens the package and just starts laughing. One kite is as listed 22'' and looks good

Here is the other Iron Man kites

Now you will see why Josh started laughing.

The 2nd kite is smaller than my hand.



So needless to say, the packaging was very misleading.... I mean really, if I would have known that this was the second kite I would have said No Way!! We would have bought the bigger one. I mean serously, do you think this is even going to fly??


Anyhow, Keegan loves to run around the hose with the little one. So I guess there is some entertainment value in it. We have taken him out to fly the big one and loses intrest after about 5 min. Aparently throwing rocks is more fun.