The Zoo

Yesterday was such a beautiful day in ABQ so Jess and I decided to take the kids to the zoo. As usual they had a great time. We had a picnic in the grass, well the mom's did and the kids ran around, then we went off to see the animals. Of all the animals we saw yesterday, Owen & Abby loved the Polar Bears. Just like Mommy, that was always my favorite animal. Owen was waving to them telling them, "Hi, I love you". So cute. There are some great pics of the kids yesterday so I compiled them into a slide show. It includes Owen and Abby playing tug-o-war with a sippy cup, which they found very hilarious. Also, Abby warning Owen not to touch the cactus by telling him OUCH repeatedly, yes she learned by experience. And last but not least Owen and Abby kissing. Sorry Dad's there is no stopping these two.

Peeling Chile

Every year Brandon, Me and my parents all go in together and buy a huge box of Chile to split. We buy it Pre roasted and then we have a get together and make green Chile stew while we peel the Chile we bought. This past Sunday was our get together to peel Chile! Unfortunately I spent the whole day in the ER so it didn't quite go like it normally does. No worries, I am doing fine. It was very minor. I had two pretty large cysts on my ovaries that ruptured. Cysts are very normal in women, mine just unfortunately got bigger than normal and burst. All they can really do for you is put you on bed rest for a couple days and give you some pain meds. Well needless to say, Brandon played Mr. Mom the past couple days, and of course Owen had a blast with his Daddy. Anyway, the Chile peeling still had to go on since we had bought it the day before. If you don't peel it and freeze it right away it will go bad. My Dad and Brandon made excellent Chile peelers. While my poor mom was stuck taking care of me and Owen. Yummy, nice roasted unpeeled Chile

Here are the guys peeling Chile and watching football. What more could a guy want?Seriously, look how happy they are.Here is the nice peeled Chile.

And here is poor sick Mommy on bed rest with her little sweetie pie. Owen did a great job hepling Nana take care of me. I think kids really know when your not feeling good cause he was so sweet and cuddled with me which is not very normal but I loved it.

Chocolate Pudding Dessert

After dinner a few nights ago Owen got some chocolate pudding as dessert. His face was too cute so I decided to blog about his reaction. I think his face pretty much says how he felt about it...

Here he is pondering weather or not he liked it...Okay the verdict is in, he LOVED it.

Casting Crowns Concert

Last night, Brandon & I went to the Casting Crowns concert with a couple of our friends. It was nice to have a night away without Owen. He couldn't have cared less that we were even gone since we left him at home with Nana and Pampo. I think he practically pushed us out the door waving and saying "buh-bye". Yes, we can feel the love. Casting Crowns is one of Brandon and I's favorite christian bands and they were even better live! Matt Redman opened for them and wow he was awesome too! We will definitely go see them again. Here are a couple pic's of the concert.

We will first start off with a picture of what we left at home. Here is Owen playing with Nana when we left. O' yes, he wasn't quite satisfied playing outside of his toy box so Nana decided to just put him in it. And we wonder why he likes them more...

They are seriously such an amazing band. If anyone is looking for some good wholesome music you should check them out!

Us & Our Friends @ the Concert...

Here are a few pic's of us and our friends at the Casting Crown's concert. We had a blast...

Brittany & TravisCollette, Zack & PaulMe & the ladies; Brittany, Me & ColletteReally, I have nothing to say about these two...I am pretty sure the picture says it all.

Owen & Abby's Movie Date...

Last night Brandon and I had the pleasure of Babysitting Miss Abby. We knew she would have a blast and no separation anxiety since her and Owen are together every week. Even though they fight, they really do LOVE being around each other! Brandon and I let the kids play for a bit after dinner and then we took them on a walk around the neighborhood and let them eat Popsicles. Once we got home, there was about 20 minutes until bedtime so we put them in their Jammie's and put on a movie for them. I pulled out Owen's timeout chair from the corner and his Handy Manny chair and they sat in them to watch Toy Story. They loved the movie and looked so adorable. I felt like I should have served them a bowl of popcorn! Here are a few pics of the cuties on their date...

At one point, Owen reached over to hold Abby's hand during the movie! OMG, it was too darn cute!!!!!

Here they are about 10 minutes into the movie. There attention spans are still lacking a little.