Saying Goodbye

Saying goodbye is never an easy thing to do. Most like to see it as a "see you later". The kids and I flew back to New Mexico to do just that. Saying goodbye to my grandparents.

My Poppy was told that he had 3-6 months to live. He just found out he had cancer. I really contemplated just flying down by myself and having a nice trip but Poppy, Gigi, my mother and sister really wanted me to bring the boys also. So 5 months pregnant and with 3 kids we made the 32+ hour trip back home. On the fifth flight a lady even dropped her laptop on my head. It didn't just land flat on my head the corner got me. It was the kind of pain that makes your eyes water without even crying. I was exhausted and so mentally tired.

Once we landed I rented a car and drove an hour to Las Cruces. I wanted to do a bit of shopping before heading back to small Alamogordo NM. After a few days shopping my sister drove to Las Cruces and picked us up then took us back to Alamo.

We had a good visit. We were able to spend some good quality time with Gigi and Poppy. The boys and I ate at our favorite restaurants and we were able to hang out with all my siblings. My good friend Lindsey drove down from Socorro to see me and I got to spend some time with another friend Christina. Each of them giving me lots of baby clothes for our little princess.

I even got the chance to take some cute photos of my little niece Taylor. I will have to post some of those. They are adorable, she was all dolled up in 4th of July attire.

The trip was a good one but bitter sweet. Seeing someone for the last time knowing there will never be a next time is hard.

I took over 600 photos during this trip. Way to many to try and post. The two links below go to my Facebook page and you can see 400 of the 600 :)


http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3567668151470.2167347.1265911562&type=3


http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3567731313049.2167350.1265911562&type=1

Dogwood Festival and once again another BIRTHDAY!

I will start off with the birthday. Today my grandfather(Poppy) turned 80. Though a few girls have said that he doens't look a day over 65. He still plays golf every week day and continues to make Gigi swoon. Every time we visit Gigi and Poppy he takes the boys on a golf cart ride and he even lets them drive. I learned how to drive the golf cart at a very young age as did my sister and brothers and now he is teaching my boys.


Yesterday was Fayetteville's Dogwood Festival. We went last year and had a blast so it was only fitting to attend again this year. Upon arriving we cought some belly dancers about to start their show so we decided to watch.
The boys actually paid attention and Carter giggled and said "I see their bellies."

After the show we walked over to the kid area and saw the sea lions and rode some rides.





After piddling around in the kid area we were getting hungry and walked to the food area, and as tempting it was to eat a funnel cake with chocolate we left. It was actually pretty hot outside so we thought going to a resturant would be a lot more fun.

Here is a video of Bryson and Carter going through the fun house. We had so much fun with the last fun house we went through we had to do it again.

And then here is the video from last year. At the very end Carter hits the glass hard.