My Mom and Katie

This is what my Mom and Katie do when they have the night together. Build cool towers and play dress up. Katie loved it.

Christy's Birthday 2011

We went to celebrate Christy's birthday by having dinner at Tokyo Steak House. Katie was happy to play with Annabelle.

Afterwards we went over to Christy and Bobby's house to have cake and open presents.

A Meanie Stopped By My House...

Seriously? I'm walking to my car outside, and notice someone did THIS to my window?! How rude. How sick. How expensive =/

 

I'm pretty sure my house wasn't the only one this happened to, my gardener told me he knew of a few others. Hopefully it never happens again.

Easter at the Zoo

Desiree had found, or knew about, a zoo in Albuquerque, NM. We thought that would be a good place to wander around on Easter for the kids. Especially since we didn't really know the town too well to begin with.

 

 

Pretty fun day for the kids. Katie, David, and Sam all enjoyed themselves and had a good day. Saw lots of animals. Had lunch. Got snacks. A+

Easter Morning

When the kids woke up, their Easter baskets were waiting for them. Thank goodness the Easter Bunny knew we were in Albuquerque, right? 

  

The kids loved their baskets, of course. Only greedy kids could not like Easter Baskets. 

 

 After they opened all their goodies, Mary had hidden eggs outside for them to hunt.

 

Of course there was a golden egg to be found. I'm pretty sure there were even TWO golden eggs to be found, so Katie and David could each have one :p

So many eggs!

Their prize from finding the golden egg.

 

I think it's safe to say they had a good morning. Katie changed into a dress she found in her Easter Basket. I think she looks lovely. 

New Mexico Park

After the tram, the parents still wanted to do something fun with the kids, so we all hustled over to the park for a few hours. The kids had a blast!

Katie got jokes. She took David's shoe and threw it off the play area, haha. And then she filled it with wood chips :p Good thing he was wearing sandals!

Sandia Peak Skyline

My family wanted to ride the World's Longest Tram since they found out it was close to Desiree's. So we tried to go once, and found it was closed. This time we made sure it was open =)

The ride itself was pretty cool, but I think walking around at the top taking pictures was pretty cool too.

Afterwards we had lunch at Olive Garden since Desiree doesn't get to go often anymore since it's so far from her new house. It was so yummy!

Driving To New Mexico

Katie is a good kid, there's no doubt about it. Even on our long 14 hour drive to New Mexico, she was amazing. She nicely plays on her games, takes naps, and eats snacks while we make the long trip. What a good kid. I feel so lucky to have her.

By the time we arrived at the hotel, she was happy to be out of the car though =) She was able to see her cousins for a few minutes, then we tucked everyone in bed!

Poppy Field

I love pictures. I love flowers. I love Katie. Seemed like the perfect combo =) Took the girls for a photo session at the poppy field! They came out beautiful in my Expert Motherly Opinion!

Searching For A Poppy Outfit

Katherine got Izzy's Easter pictures taken, and we searched the mall for an outfit for the girls to wear at the poppy field the next day. We took them on the Carousel and poor Izzy was so scared that Katherine had to sit on the bench with her instead of animal :p

California Poppy Festival

I love the Poppy Festival. It's always too hot, and too expensive, but so fun! And I love any place I can take Katie to have fun for the day! So this is a winner in my book! My friend Kiera invited us to tag along with her and her daughter, so we went.

She picked Blue for her face painting =)

She picked strawberries as her snack =)

Haha, I love her face. Feeding the animals at the petting zoo.