Granny's Visit

On Easter Sunday, my mom, aka "Granny", flew in from California for a very fun visit. After getting on the scale today, I realized that we may have had a little too much fun. 5 lbs worth of fun. Oh well...it was worth it.
The kids had their first Easter egg hunt at my in-laws new retirement community. I consider hunting for brightly colored eggs hidden among rocks cheating. Not quite as hard to spot as a California backyard. But it was great fun for AJ who, despite carrying a bucket with him, decided that the more effective way of gathering up all the eggs would be to see how many he could fit in his hands and under his armpits.


Cienna & Mimi







After eating lots of candy my mom decided that it would be a good idea to make Easter basket cupcakes. Like two dozen of them. I have a stomach ache just thinking about it. But they were adorable and very fun to make!


Cienna & Granny

The highlight of the trip was going to the Turquoise Museum in ABQ. We learned more than we ever needed to know about turquoise, most importantly that there is so much to know about turquoise that one can never be an expert on it. I brought in a necklace that Tony got from a hauling job, which was bound by string and wrapped in a leather pouch. Based on the look of it I assumed that it must be a precious Native American artifact...but it was really only worth about $85. Oh well...

I loved having my mom here for the week. And I can't wait to have her back!

Little League

Our baby girl is officially in little league! Last Saturday, Cienna had her first game with team "Storm" as #11. After spending 5 hours out at the ball fields enduring high winds and what someone threw together as an "opening day ceremony", I discovered a new found respect for my parents that I never had before. I realized how much fun it is as the player....involved in the game, hanging with your friends, excited about who brought what for snack time...but for the parents, well it can be torture.
Tee ball is the cutest thing that I have ever seen. Cienna was drawing petroglyphs in the dirt while the "game" was going on around her. After several attempts at hitting the ball, when she finally did get the ball off the tee she stood there until her coach took her hand and slightly jogged to 1st base. At one point, as she was running to 2nd, one of the infielders threw her the ball and she caught it...as the runner! Total comedy!
If it weren't for buying her a pink bat, pink glove and pink tee ball I don't think that I would have even gotten her to try the sport. The 1st time she put on her uniform she complained that her "outfit was horrible!" and that "today was going to be a disaster!" I am not sure where she gets this fussiness. I never had a problem putting on my uniform and getting dirty. In fact, I loved it. I did recognize one similarity to Tony though...she was super stoked when she discovered that after every game she gets a snack that consists of sugar, sugar and some sugar to wash it down with! She just may try tee ball again!
AJ is a little hard to handle but in general he is happy to be outdoors so that is good. And as long as Cienna shares some of her snacks with him I think that we all will survive the season!