Memorial Day Weekend

This Saturday Pete and Lena came to visit us. We went out to eat at a little restaurant near the ocean.

Pete and Lena both ordered lobster. Lena did a great job!

We visited a little beach up the road from the restaurant. Who's that pregnant lady? Oh, yeah, that's my mommy.




Later that day Jane stopped by.

And Lucy too!

Classics

Today we went to the Vineyard in Portland Maine which ended up being a mini worship band reunion. Daddy got invited to play drums on the worship team with Josh and Luke, and then they posed for a picture with us kids. All three kids shown were born within 2 months of each other. (Missing from the picture is Josh's older son, Jacob. Too busy being a three year old...)

This is Brucie's mommy, Bridgette. Due tomorrow!

Here is a picture of Bruce. Last time we got together, mommy only managed to photograph Bruce from behind.

A very lovely hug from Bruce. I don't look too sure about this whole hug thing, but inside I secretly like it.

Doodles

I ate some doodles today at snack time. I just happened to have a sock on my hand at the time and I thought it was neat to pick up the noodles with my sock-hand. Would you like a bite of my doodle?

You can even have the whole bowl

This is the face I make right before I do something naughty. Right after mommy took this picture I threw my bowl on the floor.

Fishy face.

Who me? Naughty?

Home Sweet Home

We are back in Maine now. It's lovely that the trees all sprouted leaves while we are gone, and the lilac tree is blossoming. Now we just have lots of good memories from our lovely trip out West!

Last days and Nights

On our last night in Albuquerque, Dawn showed us how she ran with her dogs on an AGILITY course. Mommy thought this was very cool. Someday I may even get my very own Australian Shepard doggy.

Roxie poses for her close up.

Before I went to bed, Daddy showed me Elmo on a Google Image Search. There was one Elmo with a twisty head, and I thought it was funny.

Mic and Dawn made us breakfast (again) This time we had waffles. MMM-mmm.

Daddy shared with me.

Before we left Albuquerque we paused for a photo of the group. That's Daddy, Mommy, Me, Dawn, Mic, Roxie, Tazzie, Streaker, and Lexie.

In honor of the late Uncle Bus, we ate at Blake's Lotaburger for lunch. Good fresh food and green chilis on our burgers. A New Mexican tradition.

We stopped at this trading post along route 40 in Arizona. Pretty neat stuff inside!

That is my Great Grandma Cousins. I had fun at her house playing with all her breakable items.

And here I am getting a lift from Daddy. Mommy and Daddy say that I am quite the good little traveler. I love riding the planes, and when we take off, land, or turn I say "WEEEE". Now, I just have to adjust back to East coast time zone. Ahhh, but it is nice to be home.

Frontier and Jemez

This morning we got to go out to eat at Frontier Restaurant. Mommy and Daddy said it was really tasty and now I believe them!

MM-hmm soooo tasty... A breakfast burrito with green chilies, a buttery cinnamon roll, and fresh squeezed OJ. Scrumtrillescent!

Sharing with Daddy.

After Breakfast we went for a ride in the Jemez mountains where we enjoyed driving through tunnels, gazing at rivers, and taking pictures of red rocks.

Santa Fe

On Friday we visited the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe.

The chapel has a cool staircase in it.


And after that? Surprise! I took a nap in the car.

Mic and Dawn's

We have been staying with Mic and Dawn in Albuquerque since Wednesday. They have put us up in their very lovely camper, which is just super.

Dawn's lovely flowers.

On Wednesday we just sat around and did nothing. It was a lovely day and my parents kept me busy playing with water.

I also got to eat a lollipop. Mmmm Grape tonuge.

I enjoyed swimming in this pool. I called it the bath, and I didn't want to get out even though I was cold!

So the reason I haven't posted in awhile is because we are on vacation. We left for Phoenix last Friday (May 4th) to see my Great Grandma. (Pics of her will come later). Our first day was waking up at 4:00 in the morning to catch our plane out of Portland. Which by the way, if you ever have to catch a 6:00 flight out of Portland get there before 5:00 in the morning, if you want to avoid some stress... anyhow, that's another story...

We had a layover in Michigan airport, where I loved riding up and down the escalators and the speed walking thingies.


After the hard work of playing at the airport combined with waking up at 4:00 in the morning, I was able to catch some ZZZZ's. Our plane hadn't even left the ground when I fell asleep in Daddy's arms.

Wow, the cactus are really big here!

After a long day I got to have a bath in Grandma's sink, and then it was off to bed to rest up for our week of adventures.

Zoo and Whatnot

On Saturday we visited the zoo. The weather was perfect. Not too hot, and there was a nice breeze. It was a good thing, because mommy doesn't really like the heat, especially being six months pregnant. We saw all sorts of cool animals.




The goats in the petting zoo were the best!



Daddy and me. Notice the Mountain Sheep up on the rock behind us?

Sitting on a rock next to a cactus. Yikes!

See the bees up on that cactus flower?

Those are bees not birds! Buzzzzz...

Koi and turtles.

Our cool rental car.


I loved playing with the sand. I even tasted it to see if it was any good. Nope, not good for eating.

The Fam!