Wordless Wednesday ~ Andrew in a Hole

El Paso Trip Part II

Here are some more pictures from our trip. On our way to White Sands (those pictures to follow soon) we stopped at the Air and Space Museum in Alamogordo, NM. Andrew was so cute following James around the whole time. He liked looking at all the rockets and spaceships. He even got to land the Space Shuttle in a simulator.

Here he is in front of the Mercury Capsule

Andrew and his new bff, Jame in a mock up of the

inside of the shuttle

He really liked this "rocket"


Here he is with "The People" (left to right Eileen,
James, Joseph and Elise)

Here they are in front of a US rocket

Andrew and "The People" inside the Mercury Capsule

El Paso Trip Part I

I have a ton of pictures and stories from our El Paso trip so I decided to separate then into several posts instead of just one long one. First off, Andrew had the time of his life and I don't know how he is going to get back to his normal boring life now that we are home. He just thought Grandad was awesome!!! Andrew followed him around like a little puppy. He walked right behind him every time he came home asking "Grandad, where were you? Where are you going? What are you doing?...........". He wouldn't even leave the house to come with me and my mom. He told us "no, I want to stay with Grandad". This was in part to the fact that Grandad took him to the park to play baseball and golf on more than one occasion. He also had a good time seeing all his cousins. Firsts, he got to visit with "My Friends" (Elizabeth's family) on the way up there, then he got to see "The People" (Kathrine's family) and "John Michael" (He refers to Michael's entire family as John Michael) during his visit. Which was great for me, I didn't have to entertain him for a second. He replaced "Mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy" with "Grandad, grandad, grandad.".

Our firsts activity was a visit to Western Playland. For those of you who don't know, Western Playland is a little amusement park in El Paso. It has been there "forever". I have pictures of me as a baby on some of the same rides you will see Andrew on. He had a great time. First, with Joseph and Elise, and then the rest of "The People" came later on. They have lots of rides just right for a kid his age there. But, typical Andrew, he wanted to do some big kid rides and cried when he couldn't go on the bumper cars.

Grandma also has a HUGE water slide that she can put up in the backyard. He liked playing and splashing everyone. Then he decided that he was going to hit golf balls on the top and then climb up to get them down. After playing in the water he and "The People" decided that they were going to play in the mud. I think they ended up playing longer in the mud than in the water slide. Typical, "you buy a kid a toy and they play with the paper". So this ends the first 2 days we were there. More posts and pictures to come in the next couple of days, so check back.

Hee-haw!

One of Marc's coworkers has been inviting us to bring Andrew to come visit her horse "Maggie". So, the other day we finally make it out there. Let just say Andrew had a blast! Not so sure "Maggie" would agree. First, Andrew got to take a little trot together with Dana. Next, Dana, was going to let Andrew sit up on the horse and lead them around the paddock. Well, I don't think "Maggie" liked the idea and she started dancing around and getting a little spooked. All the while Andrew is sitting on the horse hanging on for all he's worth. Marc and I are looking on from the other side of the fence frozen in place. Dana meanwhile is trying to hold on to the horse and Andrew at the same time all while yelling for Andrew to jump off. The look on his face was like "you told me to hold on". Well, she finally pulled him off and he got a little face full of dust. No harm no foul. He thought that was the best thing ever! When I asked him if he was scared he looked at me like I was from Mars and said "I wasn't scared, it was fun". Future equestrian perhaps??? Anyway, while we were there he got to help give the horse a "bath" and see a donkey and a colt. Not to mention like 8 barn kittens who kept following him around. I'm surprised he didn't come home covered in fleas. He just really had a good time and keeps telling me "remember that time I jumped off that horse? I want to do that again.". I even got up on the horse for a bit. I probably haven't been on a horse in close to 20 years!!!! I must say I still can do it. Though, "Maggie" didn't seem any happier to have me up there.

Wordless Wednesday ~ The Headstand

Thursday Thirteen ~ Books I Can't Believe I Haven't Read Yet!!

Here are 13 books that I am shocked to say I haven't read. I always say I am going to, but just haven't. Most of these I just love the movie version, which is probably why I haven't read the book yet. Then there are those that seems like I should have read in high school, but we read other books instead. One day I will finally read these.

1. Anne of Green Gables
2. Gone with the Wind
3. Little Women
4. Dune
5. The Color Purple
6. Great Expectations
7. The Grapes or Wrath
8. Bram Stoker's Dracula
9. Watership Down
10. Catcher in the Rye
11. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
12. The Great Gatsby
13. A Christmas Carol

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