Memorial Day Weekend

For Memorial Day weekend my parents were able to come hang out with us. So very happy they were able to come!

Hiking Tent Rocks and finally finishing it! We went with Ty's folks during Thanksgiving and we weren't able to finish it due to the park closing:(

The flowers on the cactus are coming out, LOVE IT!

Look real hard and you can See Ty pointing out Lake Cochiti off in the far distance.

Looking towards the Sandia Mountains

Went to a yard sale and found these beauties for $40!!!  I have been looking for something like these forever! But the ones at Goodwill's and the other thrift stores were like $100 plus. While the boys tackles our fence my mom and I painted these.

Bike ride up Tramway. Went 10 miles total....totally kicked my trash.

The finish project!!!! Totally love them:)

We also got lots of rain....3 days in a row rain that lasted most of the afternoon and evening. So that meant lots and lots of card games which we love. Thanks mom and dad for coming down and helping us out!!!! Love ya

Fishing at Lake Conchas

Ty has always wanted to go to Lake Conchas and when the fishing report was coming in good we jumped on the chance. Our friends Cody and Rachael came with us and we had a great time. Ty and Cody were roomies the last semester for Ty up at USU. Cody and Rachael just moved from Phoenix to start working at Sandia. We are so happy they are in ABQ:)

This trip was especially great..... we each caught a fish!

The Backyard

Can I tell you how excited I am for our backyard! It's our little piece of heaven I tell ya...with grass. GRASS!:) The Skipper and Sue helped us shovel in new dirt for the garden. Sue and I planted peas and carrots. It is so fun to see the peas coming up and I am excited to eat it too:) As for the carrots....I don't think they will come up, the poor things. I was so excited to get out of work a couple hours early and head to pick up more plants to add to the garden.
Picture before the planting....

Got the plants in and all done

The lovely peas coming up

Our giant apricot tree with lots and lots of fruit

One of 3 apple trees. Not sure what type yet.....

number 2 and 3 apple trees

I planted sunflower seeds here against this wall. They are suppose to get 6 feet or taller. I am really excited for them

Another view of the backyard. The old owners left us the picnic table, score! And the 2 chairs are birthday gifts for Ty from his folks.

As I finished this all up Ty had just gotten home from work. He took one look at me and had disgust written all over his face. He asked why I had dirt all over my face. Just bonding with my garden I guess. Actually I was too lazy to walk inside the house for scissors to cut off the plastic labels for the plants. So I used my teeth to rip 'em off:)

Spring chores with the Skipper and Sue

We were excited for Ty's parents to come down and visit us in our new place. They were kind enough to help us get some house spring chores done....BLESS THEM! They helped us haul some nice dirt into our garden plots for planting, Ty and his dad worked on our loverly swap coolers and got them running, and Sue and I planted some carrots and peas. We also had fun feeding our faces with great company, hiking up in the foothills, fishing, basketball games, and oh so much more:)

Love when the cactus bloom here in the desert, they are beautiful!

The view from our short hike up in the foothills. Our house is only a 5 minute walk and we love it!

Admiring the view

I wished I would have taken more pics of the other things we did and got done....oh well, there is always next time right:) Thanks Skipper and Sue for helping us ole New Mexicans out, we sure love ya.