Colorado!

What a great trip! We got home last night after a long car ride, but everyone did great and we made it! :D In case you ever wondered, you can get from Santa Fe to McKinney with three children and a husband in just under 14 hours.
I am going to add posts with pictures a little at a time so that this doesn't turn into a War and Peace post.

We left early on Thursday, July 2 for our adventure. Ken drove Holly's Expedition, loaded to the roof with two families' worth of stuff and two boys. The girls (Holly, myself, Libby, Caroline and Audrey) were all in the mini-van following behind.
The girls spent most of the trip reading, listening to audiobooks and watching movies on their individual dvd players. The first day, we drove to Albuquerque which was also a very long drive. Holly's husband flew in late in the afternoon and arrived at the hotel within 5 minutes of our little caravan.
After dinner, a swim and a good nights sleep, we were off to Pagosa Springs. We made a quick stop in Chama to pick up some groceries that wouldn't have made the long drive the day before and then the rest of the way into the basin below Pagosa Springs where the cabin is located.

Could we have ever imagined a year ago....

That our little girl who could not identify all of the letters and the sounds that went with them, would be reading a Roald Dahl book today?
Amazing! :D

Dog Hotel Slide Show

Dog and Cat Hotel Production

What a fun show! The girls absolutely had a blast! I am going to add the pictures as a slide show because there are just too many to get on here.
We also have a video of the production, but that may take a few days to figure out how to cram it on here. :p

Here is the link to slideshow if it didn't come through in the previous post.
Dog Hotel

Dog and Cat Hotel Drama Camp

The girls have been in drama camp all this week and today is the BIG SHOW.
They are doing an original play based on Dog Hotel (loosely based ;)).
Libby is Tramp



Caroline is Lady (I told you it was loosely based!)


Joseph, not wanting to be left out today, put on his Underdog costume. ;)


Stay tuned for pictures from the actual show. The girls are supposed to do make-up when they get there today.

Volleyball!

The girls had their first Volleyball game today. This is even more interesting when you know that there are no practices with this league because it is summertime. The girls had a great time and really liked being with the "big girl" (most of the girls are Joseph's age).
Caroline picked right up on the swaying-back-and-forth-while-you-wait-for-a-serve thing


Check out those knee pads!




Go Funky Monkeys! They won their first game!

You have heard of the Princess and the Pea....

but, did you know that she lives here?

Today, we picked up a quick lunch from Taco Bueno and brought it home to eat after our library trip. Libby ordered a bean burrito. She took one bite and said, "there is salad in this burrito." (which is, of course, a deal breaker) I told her to bring it to me so I could remove the offending vegetation, but there was nothing there but beans and tortilla. So, she went back to the table and continued eating until she got about two bites from the end.
"AHA! I TOLD you there was salad in this burrito!" she says to me.