Weekend at Lake and Santa Fe trip....

I went with Kim Hill, Donna Monroe, and Tracy Sims on a long 12-14 hour road trip to Santa Fe. Tracy’s parents have a beautiful home there where they entertain some of Santa Fe’s finest. Their home itself is like a museum with all of the different art work present. We went to Jackolopes, the flea market, Milner Plaza(where we went to one of the museums there), toured downtown, drove up some mountain to the ski lift(where we got a bit silly) , and ate delicious food. The weather was so wonderful it was hard to come back to hot Texas. Here are some of the photos from our trip:


















We went down to the lake and Trey fished a little. He caught a couple of fishes, but nothing really worth keeping to clean. Kylie and Kennedy went swimming in the pool.
Kennedy eating her waffle and showing how she freezes!





It's been to long to remember what really was going on in these photos. I think she was running around dancing in the house.

Potty

This morning I didn't go into work until noon, so I thought it would be a great time to try to get Kennedy to go to the potty. She was playing in her room and I brought the toilet in there so she could sit on it. She sat on it and kept saying" I'm going to pooh pooh in it" I said "that's great". But all she did was a little toot. About an hour later she wanted a piece of gum so I told her she needed to use the potty first before getting a piece of gum. Well, she went peed! She wanted to dump it in the toilet and then she needed to go some more so she did. I was so proud of her. We called and left a message on Trey’s phone….she kept saying “daddy, I peed!” I know it’s a long road ahead, but I’m so proud of her.

Pepper, Playtime, and the CTR Parade

Yes, this is a Pepper we picked from our garden that Kennedy decided she needed to take a bite out of. She says " I like peppers"....then after tasting it "I don't like peppers". She continues bitting it.....so does she like it or not?



Olivia came over to visit for a little bit while her dad and Trey talked. Olivia wanted to sit in the chair with Kennedy so Kennedy said just to sit on top of her. Well, when Olivia wanted Kennedy to sit on her, Kennedy said "won't fit".

Kennedy loves to pull everything out of drawers. Apparently, I liked to do the same thing as a kid. Here she is pulling out all the straws and cookie cutters out of the kitchen drawn. Thankfully, after they were spread out all over the floor she said "Everybody Clean Up!" So, she proceeded to put everything back in the drawer.




Joy, Frank, Mel, Kirk, and Gracie came down to the Chislom Trail Roundup Parade. It was so hot! The girls shared a pink umbrella. There was a man who dressed up in a cow outfit giving out candy that scared Kennedy. Well, all day(actually several days), she repeadtly told us how the "Cow" hurt her. When you asked how she would say" he stepped on my foot". Apparently, he somehow stepped on her foot as she was being carried...hummmmm!

Finger paint

I had bought finger paints awhile back thinking one day I would take them out and play with them. Well, today, Kennedy and I fingered painted together. She loved it. I think she liked wiping her little hands all over me better! I looked like a smurf by the time she was done with the paint. Now I am just hoping they are truely washable...so that my clothes aren't stained. Oh, well if they are, we had fun!

Team DUH!

Team DUH! Dodson, Uplinger, and Hill, although that is not how we are standing in the photo. Instead of doing the Danskin Triathlon this year by ourselves we decided to participate as a relay. We quickly realized this was a great way to participate in the event. Overall, our times were: Swimming(erica)25:24, Biking(Kim Hill) 56:37, and Running(Kim D) 33:05. All I really cared about was having fun with friends and my personal goal of beating my run time from last year(which was to be expected since I wasn't as exhausted from doing the two events before). We all had a great time!

Keith and Jordan(Erica's Husband and child) were there to cheer us on. Tracy Sims also participate in the relay. Her team did awesome too. It was so nice being able to hang out together by the bikes awaiting the next persons arrival. Relay is the way to go!