Such is life. . .

We have had some pleasant surprises lately, none that we have really wanted to happen. First off ABQ got lots of snow, a whole 3 inches where we live. That is a BIG deal here. Anywho by the end of the day all the snow was gone. Well Ty and I were getting ready for the temple and just about to walk out the door when we saw this. . . right?

Lucky for us we are just renting and called up the land lady to let her know. Sad day for the land lady. . . when we called to let her know about this she was on a plane to NY because her father was dying, oops. We felt bad about putting this on her and all. She told us that it was okay and that her father was 95 years old and had lived a good life. . . ya we still felt bad.

Then that same week I discovered poor poor Bingo in the garage like this on my way out to work. So when Ty moved into this house about 3 years ago he saw how the door, sheet rock, up into the garage was kind of hanging there. He informed the land lady and nothing was done. Well the wind must have caught it just right and it fell down and cracked the windshield. Awesome.

So instead of calling her up again we sent an e-mail letting her know what happened to Bingo. She offered to pay for the whole thing which was way nice. We even offered to pay for half and she said that her insurance would cover it all. She's a nice gal.

So that was our exciting week we hope to not experience again.

Randomness

Alrighty. . . here are some pics I have on my I-pod. Enjoy:)

pics of driving to work during the balloon fiesta. I only tried to take pictures when off the freeway. . . tried.

Our wedding present comforter. Love the colors and the design of the stitching. And yes we do lay on top of the comforter to some dismays:)

So this is how I get around town, still. I take pics on my I-pod and use it as a trusty map. Brilliant I think.

The guest bathroom needed some decor and these are workin' great. They are calendar pics from my family exchange student from Japan. It was a Christmas gift a couple years ago.

This past christmas in Utah at the Forgotten Carols. Aren't my brothers just so cute?:)

Bowling night!

yep another map. . . Confession my I-pod is full of these maps, I am going to spare you the others. . . your're welcome.

French bread in this house is encouraged. We love to dip the bread in olive oil and balsamic vinegar, YUM! we also like to make our own pizza's for dinner.

This is our new favorite game, Ticket to Ride. So much fun. We love to play it with just the two of us and with friends. Although anxiety levels increase with more than two because our space on the boards are taken, go figure right:)

A couple Sundays ago the weather was Beautfiul, low 60's. We went for a walk and then I found Ty here. . . I guess the warm weather means fishing:) 

This was a good little dump in ABQ, 3 inches baby!!!

Long hair meet . . . 

Short hair

11 inches gone to Locks of Love

Lovin' the new style. . . LOVING IT!!!!

Bottomless Lakes

On our way back from the caverns we decided to make some stops at lakes to get out and walk around, to make the drive a little more bearable. Ty found some bottomless lakes on the map and that is where we went. These lakes are just east of Roswell. We were a little surprised at how little it was and disappointed. We were hoping for a little bit more.

Not very big right, and we could see the bottom of the little pond too. We decided to keep driving in hopes that the pond was the lakes. Sure enough the pond wasn't the lakes! The Bottomless lakes are BEAUTIFUL! If I remember right there are 4-5 of these lakes surrounded by red rock. These lakes were formed from water running underground and then breaking through with erosion. They are not very wide but man are they deep.

Inside the visitor center

A diagram of all the lakes

Showing the depths of the lakes

We found some of these pecos 'diamonds', these would make some of my siblings go hog wild trying to 'collect' as many as they could as sneaking them into the van without my parents noticing and getting in trouble:)

The sun was starting to set so we took off running trying to get pics and views of all the lakes

This place is next to the campground and pretty awesome.

It has a nice beach to go swimming and let kids play in the water, not too deep here obviously. Then you can also fish in this lake too.

Naturally we brought our fishing poles and took a couple minutes to fish:) The picture is once again not the best quality. By this point it was pretty dark and we wanted a picture of us fishing. Anywho, It was pretty tricky because you had to cast down over the cliff and try to avoid trees. It was a pretty good drop, it would make me nervous to have kiddos there. The ranger warned us to be careful and not fall in because it's hard to rescue people:)

The sun going down on another great day:) We hope to go back and do some camping there in either early spring or fall, when the temperature is bearable, we will see.