Monday, December 28, 2009

New Mexico

We were in New Mexico for about ten days and had a wonderful time!

We visited with friends:

Kathy and Hector:



Their son Tristan with Sasha:



Stephen, Neda, and their daughter Sophia:






Caroline and Patrick, though I only got a picture of their beautiful daughters:



And of course, the family:

The Pyburns:





The Los Alamos extended Pyburn family, (this is Pat's step-mother, sisters, kids, and nieces)



The McKinney-Caldwell family:









We took Sasha roller-skating:



Bowling:





Ice-Skating:




Up to a snowy crest: (James is showing us ocean fossils at the top of this mountain!!)





The Children's Museum:







These were taken before we left:


Sasha and James building a cabinet for Sasha's thousands of books!



Ice-skating in Houston!



Sasha wanted to help me with the laundry, so I asked her if she could put the clothes in the dryer. She couldn't reach all the clothes, and this is what I found when I checked on her:



We had an amazing time in New Mexico, and Patti and Pat fixed up our room so beautifully. Thank you!!

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Birthday Party and others...

We celebrated Sasha's birthday a week earlier than her actual birthday. She had a great time!

Sasha helped us prepare her birthday cake: my Mom's famous "Maria Cake," (made with "Maria" cookies).

Here she is making the lemon juice: (also in the picture are the beautiful flowers James got me for our anniversary-five years!)




Layering cookies:



Spreading the cream mixture: (then it gets refrigerated over night, and then topped with whipped cream and strawberries)



Her party:











Her favorite part, getting ready to blow out the candles:



She helped us serve all the guests:




The next are from Thanksgiving with James' aunt Adrienne, some time spent with Jane and Brad, and some other random pictures: