this is my kind of weather forecast

Tomorrow....
Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. I'm wondering if those snow piles in the parking lots will finally completely go away!!

And in other news, here is Bee at the Fairy Tale Ball at her school last friday. Doesnt she look cute!!

pass the butter please

here is the birthday cake we made this morning for Bee's birthday party with her friends. Lets just say it took us forever, and Cho Cho helped every step of the way! We bought one of those silver little squirty things that you can stick at the end of a plastic bag make frosting decorations with. We cut the hearts out of a larger cake. We ended up make a triple batch of batter. There was a lot of butter and sugar going down on Beech street...

Signs of spring

So it might snow next week, but at least we have had our first glimpses of spring! The crocuses are in bloom and tasty twist is open!! Yesterday was 65 and perfectly sunny! We even spotted some of the students in our neighborhood out sun bathing. That's going a bit too far we think, but still we did play outside without jackets!

Go Green!

We had to laugh as we were leaving Sandia Point on Tuesday evening. After an exciting trip up the tram to the top of Sandia Point (10,378ft) in the evening as the city lights started to appear, we were driving out on Tramway Road (or something like that). And what do we see? Check out the top pic below! (I will proudly tell you that the road looked nice and clean! I did jump out of the car to pick up some litter to contribute to the cause, but there was none there!).

pics coming

We had a great time in New Mexico. We'll post some pics of the trip but first we'll start with a pic from the way home. Here is a rainbow we saw as we were landing in Dallas on Thursday evening. Bee took the pic from her window seat. Let's just say being in Dallas was not part of the planned trip home. But 36 hours later we made it home! We were thrilled to see all of the snow melted and our crocuses, daffodils and tulips starting to poke through the ground!! Last year our crocuses bloomed on March 12 so we're a little behind this year but we're guessing they will bloom this week, hopefully in time for the official start of spring!

Cho Cho's long lost cousin

We found Cho Cho's long lost cousin in the albuquerque airport!!

Happy 3-2-1-0 Day!

Today is 3-2-10.

Cool, huh!