Happy 7th Anniversary!

7 years....2 1/2 kids....6 years of school and counting.....5 houses....3 states.....lots of good times!

Steven and I celebrated our 7th anniversary this last Saturday  December, 11th.   We had a nice evening without kiddos.

We went to dinner at  The Standard Diner...Anything BUT standard!   I have the Ahi Tuna roll with Israeli Couscous served with wasabi guacamole and  garlic aoili.  YUM!

You should really check this place out if you live in the area.  Here is a link to their website...they were featured on the TV show Diner, Dives, and Drive In's.   Watch the link!

We didn't take any pictures...I really didn't want to see how old we are looking these days!

Happy Anniversary Steven Wright!

Thanksgiving

This year we were so lucky to have visitors for Thanksgiving.  Justin (Steve's Brother) and Ashlee and their kids came from Salt Lake City, UT for 4 days and our family friends Rick and Michelle Bradshaw and thier kiddos came from Las Cruces, NM for 2 days.

We had fun the night before going out for dinner at Dion's even though it was pretty chaotic with 6 kids! 

Ryan, Bennett, Makella and Elizabeth

This is our Funny Faces picture.

Gavin with his "U" blanket, HUGE fan, no kidding!

Thanksgiving Day was so fun.  The girls did Zumba in the morning and then started in on getting dinner ready. 
We had a great dinner with Ham, Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Rolls, Ashlee's Frog eye Salad, Green Bean Casserole, Stuffing, Cranberries...and probably some more.   I had a blast doing most of the cooking.....especially when I enlisted the help of the guys peeling potatoes!

Ashlee making her Frog Eye salad with Beckham.

Michelle, looking awesome at 5 mos pregnant cutting potatoes.

Hired help.

Rick acting crazy...like usual.

We had Pumpkin Chiffon Pie, Berry Pie and Pecan Pie all with your choice of whipped cream and ice cream.   (Then I'm surprised when I'm only 13 weeks pregnant and show already!)

We spent most of the day going through the Black Friday Ad's and planning our shopping trip that started at 10PM that night.   But ended just as quick when we saw the lines at Toys R Us!  We went home and slept til 2:30 am then tried again with more success.   The girls hit Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, and Target.  Pretty Crazy and fun.

We had a super hero dress up party that night too!

Ryan, Kella, Bennett and Elizabeth

Elizabeth as Spiderman with TuTu?

Kella and Bennett

Gavin and Elizabeth, cute couple!

Thanks to both families for making our Holiday so great.  We love you.

Baby number 3 on the way.

I realized that we didn't post about our newest addition, Baby Wright 3 on the way.  Due June 1st, and very happy to be a Gemini!

We are blessed!

Michelle came to visit!

My friend Michelle came out from Washington DC to visit us for a few days!   We got to spend time with her shopping, eating, and just talking.   It was so fun to be able to see her.  Bennett and Michelle love to bake together and made mini cupcakes, Bennett LOVED it!

Then she headed off to SLC to visit another friend up there.   But the kids and I headed up too (we drove and she flew) so we got to go to Cafe Rio with her before she left to go back home to Washington DC.  Her first Cafe Rio EVER.....what an honor to be there with her!  I wish I took more pictures when she was here though.

We had a great time with her here!

Short UPdate

So this is an exciting week in Albuquerque, NM!  We have had our friends The Brueseke's in town and its the Annual Balloon Fiesta.   We got to spend a week with Amber, TJ, Kate, and Ethan and it was a lot of fun....Zumba, Date Night at El Pinto, lounging around, kiddos sick with croup, a tram ride up the Sandia mountains, more exercise, McCall's Pumpkin Patch, Old Town ABQ, shopping and lots of good times hanging out at home just talking. 

It almost looks natural for Steve???!!!?!?!

McCall's Pumpkin Patch

Kate and Bennett on our hayride to the pumpkin patch

More pics from the Balloon Fiesta to come, sooo cool!

After our dinner at El Pinto, a cool restaurant that used to be the Governor's Mansion that has been visited by a lot of famous people!

We celebrated Steve's 31st Birthday last Saturday too.  Happy Birthday to my Hottie Husband!  He decided that instead of another I Touch he was going to spend way too much money on a Remote Control Airplane.  We have a RC Airport near us and some friends that are into it too.  You can play a simulator game on line and thats about all Steve has been up to lately.    Good thing too, I would hate for all $300 of foam airplane to crash on his first try of actually flying it. 

This is his actual plane that he bought....T-28D Trojan

This Saturday my Mom comes to town for five days and we have about the same stuff planned, a tram ride, balloon fiesta, food....ect!  

We have been trying to finish off some home projects, we took down our ceiling fans that were awesome shiny brass and sprayed them with a oil rubbed bronze spray paint and it looks fantastic!  Cheap easy fix!  Steve found a couple of lights at a garage sale and we replaced some hall lights, again they were the yucky brass.  Anyway, its coming along.  Slowly but surely....one garage sale find at a time!

Zumba is also coming along slowly (Albuquerque isn't quite up to speed with the rest of the WORLD when it come to the popularity of Zumba!)  I think I finally have my first regular class at Defined Fitness starting in November, alas a class to call my own!   I do teach every Tuesday at the Church building for an awesome group of gals, but thats all for fun.....now onto paying back those cert fees!  
I have to record my Body Combat routine by Dec. 19th in order to complete my entire certification for Body Combat.  Those 10 tracks are plugging along too.  

Overall, The Wrights are doing great. 

New Moulding too!

Steve is finishing up our floor moulding too!  After we put wood floors down we thought it would look good to put some better floor moulding down too.   Here is a little picture of it....I LOVE IT!

It makes such a difference!

Here is my next project...

The curtains came with the house and the blinds are light blue....hmmmmm we need some help here!

Our New Grass!

                                   


  And now we do fun things like this in our backyard...

Its really great to be able to send the kids outside without them turning into mudballs!  We had someone else do the sprinkler system and we layed the sod, yes, I did a lot of it too, just don't have a picture of it!

Bennett's 1st day of kindergarden!!!

OH MY!  Bennett has grown up so fast!  Here are some pictures of his first day of kindergarden.  He was so excited, I almost didn't even get a hug before he darted into the room.

Right before Dad left for work, Bennett was up bright and early getting ready for school=)

This is before the bell rang playing on the playground.

This is Ms. L.  Bennett got a picture on his way into class.

Our visit to Colorado

****Warning, Lots of Pic's****

A little over a week ago we went to Colorado to stay with Steve's sister Elizabeth and her family for a couple of days and meet his parents there.  His parents brought a car that we bought in Salt Lake City, so it was really nice of them to meet us there so we didn't have to drive all of the way to Salt Lake.   The boys had fun watching a movie the first night.

While we were there we had a lot of fun.  They live in Delta, Co, right outside of Grand Junction.   We went to a lake for a picnic and fishing.  The kids had a lot of fun splashing around in the water and out for a quick boat ride. 

Steve's sister Elizabeth and Samantha

Elizabeth running around like a nut.

Uncle Rob and the boys carrying the boat to the water.

Bennett, Ty, and Weston being silly.

Steve loungin at the lake.

 Ty and Elizabeth in the muddy water.

 Bennett in the mud.

Our cousin Weston.

Elizabeth followed Weston everywhere, he was NOT happy about it!

They also set up a tent that night and ended up having to take it down because it stormed.  The thought was fun and we enjoyed it for a little while until it started raining.  Ty and Bennett got matching PJ's and thought it was really, really cool!

We got to spent time with our new niece, Samantha.  She is getting so big!  She is a cute one, so mellow too.

Samantha and Mom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grandma Jenny and the boys!

Another one of Samantha and Elizabeth playing together.

There was a little surprise on our way home...................

Hi Mr. Police officer....just getting a picture of my husband getting pulled over!

  

Elizabeth riding home with Mom, Cheese Its to keep her happy!

Thats our new car right in front of the police car...hmmmmm...glad it was Steve and not me!  Bennett and Steve drove the Toyota home and Elizabeth and I drove the Ford station wagon home (station wagon, sounds so glam!)  He didn't get a ticket, just a warning, whew!

It was a lot of fun being able to see our cousins Ty and Weston!