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!

Elizabeth

Elizabeth LOVES dogs.  When we were in Colorado this last weekend she wanted to play with Dixie, our cousin's dog the entire time.  She only says a few words that anyone could understand and now one of them is "Dixie".   Here at the lake she was giving Dixie kisses through the door of the kennel. 

Here's one with her cousin Samantha, she loved the baby.

She's such a nut, she always is wearing my shoes and Dad's hat.  She is our crazy one, I love her free spirit!

Bennett's 1st trip to the Dentist

LOOK at this COOL kiddo, he was so good at the dentist.  He wanted me to get lots of pictures (or at least thats what I say so I don't look like a sappy Mom!) so here are a few of his first CAVITY FREE dentist visit.

He loved the X-Ray's, thought it was pretty cool.

The dentist is getting pretty fancy these days, he had the choice of like a hundred flavors for his cleaning.  He choose Bubble Gum.  Yummy!

You can laugh at me....I guess I'm that Mom.  Even the dentist laughed at me.  I wanted a picture with the Dentist and the hygienist, Veronica (she was awesome!).  I asked them if they ever get people wanting a picture.....maybe twice a year.  I just look on the bright side, I'm not the only one!

Bennett got to enter his name into a drawing to pick out a big toy they have on display for being in the
"Cavity Free Club."