Life Is Good

My grandkids are growing right up so fast. I miss them sooo much. Thankfully Nikki keeps me updated with pictures. Kellie's got that crooked little smile. Tyler just loves his sister. He also has a great time on his 4 wheeler with his cousin Chase.

Our Grandkids

This is what life is all about.........

Great 2009 Christmas

Dan and I spend a week in Atlanta, Ga with my daughter, Nikki and her husband Joey and their two kids. Tyler is such a wonderful child, and Kellie is just as sweet as can be. She has adjusted very well to the outside world, and Tyler has also adjusted being a Big Brother.

He is such a great kid and just loves everybody. Nikki made us a great Christmas dinner of honey baked ham and potatoes and all that good stuff. Nikki is such a wonderful mother, she adores her kids with so much that all that love is passed on to Tyler & Kellie .

Shannon, Derek and DC all came to visit on Saturday & Sunday from Pensacola. We were all very happy to see them. I miss my kids so much that I love every minute that we can all get together.

On Sunday Shannon and I went wedding dress shopping. She found the perfect dress that really makes her look like a georgeous bride to be. Of course I cried when she stepped out of the dressing room in that gown. My daughter, and best friend is getting married, she just looked so grown up.. Don't know how I am going to get through this wedding without flooding all of Florida.

Also you will see a picture of our Anual Tradition of lottery tickets scratch off. Joey gets lottery tickets for all of us every year and we all have fun scratching. There were a few winners, but no big bucks this year. There 's always next year!

My family is just growing up in front of me. Wish I knew of a way to stop time!

Spankey brings home a surprise

All's well here in Santa Fe. Still enjoying it emensly. Dan however, is ready to head somewhere that the wind don't blow EVERYDAY, and the sun shines more than 2 minutes a day. We had our first snowfall this week. Woke up Monday morning (October 25th)with about an 1" of snow on the ground. Then another snowfall shut the job down on Wednesday. There was about 4" this go round and it stayed on the ground for 3 days. It was really pretty. All the ski resorts are preparing for an early Grand Opening to the ski season.

Spankey was out exploring one afternoon and she brought back a souvineer. A skelaton of a coyote. It was huge. She dragged it into Dan's office. Needless to say, she dragged it back outside real fast! She had a great time with it. YUCK.

Tyler is also growing up fast. Here are some recent photos of him.. He is ansiously waiting for his sister to arrive...Nikki is too!

Shannon is activly planning her "wedding of a lifetime". She is super busy between moving into her new house that her and DC just bought, and planning a wedding.

Derek is doing great in College. Made the top grade in his economics class. Still working and going to school. Busy, busy busy!

Dan's 51st birthday party

Dan turned 51 today. We went to Red Lobster for dinner.

We had a pretty nice day.

Last night we had some of our friends over for a little birthday celabration at our place.

We drank, danced, ate(Potts roasted some chili's over the grill along with hambergers and hot dogs.) and drank some more. We all had a great time and we are very thankful for having such nice friends here in Santa Fe to spend Dan's special day with .

Road Trip

Dan and I spent the weekend in Carlsbad,NM last weekend and we had a great time. We drove 3 hours to Roswell,NM and spent the night with the Aliens. In 1947 there was an alien sighting, so this town of Roswell had a reputation of having aliens. All the lamp posts had alien heads on them with the dark black oval eyes. We went to the Alien Musuem in town. All the buildings had lilttle green men on them or in them or both. It was very fun.

The next day we got up and drove another 2 hours to Carlsbad Caverns. We spent about 3 hours going down 800 ft inside a cave. It was amazing. The path down was narrow and slippery. I was sure to hold on to the railing very tightly because I am not very graceful, and I didn't want to be apart of the stalagmites on the bottom of the cave.

We had fun on our little trip

Barney's Party Zone

Well it is finally finished....The Barney's Party Zone". Dan and Joe (our neighboor) installed a ceiling fan for our camp. Dan insisted on blue light baulbs to make the place look cool. It is so relaxing just to sit out there and have a beer from time to time. Now that the nights are getting cooler, the campfire feels so comfy.

Also here are a few pictures of Spankey. Now 5 months old and already bigger than what the animal shelter told me that she would be full grown. She weighs 28 lbs and still climbing....

We have such fun with her. She has learned tons of tricks, and she loves to play in the concrete washout hole that we have on the job. Its just a big hole where the concrete trucks wash out their trucks. She splashes around that washout like it was a freshwater lake. Then she comes home with concrete all over her and when she dries, she looks white.