Fun in the Sun

This weekend was so sunny and warm here (and by warm I mean 75 degrees).  We spent most of the day at a park/lake on Saturday.  While our friends were playing volleyball I jogged around the lake.  Most of us got sunburned (oops).  We then got food and relaxed at a friend's place while watching the Sounders game.  This weekend also included watching the Avengers and Skyping with my mom on Mother's Day.

Cinco de Mayo

We decided to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.  We had some friends over at our place for tacos, beer, and margaritas.  Then we headed to a block party in Seattle, followed by more fun and a pinata at our friend's place.

Here are some photos:

Megan and I at the block party.

Spinning Carlos before he swings at the pinata.

Earth day weekend (Apr 20-22) was very nice!  Friday evening we met up with some friends for some drinks and snacks.  Saturday several of us all headed down to a park to do some clean-up for Earth Day.  We spent about four hours pulling out weeds and grass.  Other people at our location were removing other invasive plants (like blackberry plants), placed mulch, and removed a fence that was no longer needed (the fence previously kept geese from eating the newer plants that were placed there).  After we finished up there, we headed to our friends place.  He lives on a popular lake in Seattle, and it was a beautiful day!  We had some seafood, walked around the lake (which was very active with people, it was so fun people watching), and then enjoyed some ice cream and a movie.

This past weekend was fairly uneventful, but very nice.  We met up with friends for sushi and a movie on Friday.  We watched Puss 'N Boots... Carlos and I were having trouble staying awake, so we had to leave before we got to see the movie we really wanted to see (the latest Mission Impossible film).

We are in the process of house hunting, so Saturday we spent some time doing that.  We didn't really find anything that stood out for us though.  Unfortunately, around here, the market has already become more of a seller's market, although prices still haven't gone up much yet.  So wish us luck and blessings during our hunt!  :)

March Through April

I know, I know, it's been too long since my last post.  So I'll have to sum up.

The time with my husband's family in town was a lot of fun.

A couple of weeks later we celebrated Carlos' 28th birthday by, once again, playing laser tag.  This year I made a tiramisu layer cake.

The weekend after that we went camping/backbacking!  It was my first time camping out of NM, and my first time ever backpacking into the camp site.

Last weekend we went to a party in the space needle and then went to the Seattle Sounders game (soccer game, for those who don't know).  The party was neat, particularly because of it's location.  The game was a lot of fun, and the crowd had so much energy!

 This Sunday is Earth Day, so we will be volunteering on some rehab/cleanup down in the Seattle on Saturday!

Family Coming to Town

There hasn't really been much of interest going on over here lately.  This past week we had a couple of days of beautiful snow.  It snowed thick and fast enough to accumulate, but since the temperature was above freezing, as soon as it stopped snowing it all melted.  It was wonderful to watch though.

Next week we have some family coming to town!  It is going to be very fun and interesting.  My husband's mom, aunt, grandma, and 3 year old cousin are all coming.  I don't think I've ever had so many people stay in my home at once, and I've never really had to provide meals for so many people.  So, this will be a new and perhaps challenging experience, but definitely fun!

Where have I been??

I know it's been a while since I posted.  So... time to get back into the swing of things!  A couple of days after we got back from NM, we left again for the UAE and India!  It was an incredible and overwhelming experience.  My husband and I decided that the best way to describe the trip in one word is: WHOA!  So, that's it.  It would take far too many posts to describe all the things we saw, did, tasted, smelled, etc.  I will soon be putting together a dvd of photos and video from the trip.  I will try to upload what I can to youtube.  If it works out then I'll make another post with a link to the video(s).  Until then, here are a few of my favorite pictures.

At the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

At the Burj Khalifa

The Persian Gulf with the Burj Al Arab in the background.

Taj Mahal

Animals were abundant in India.

We have been home for about a month now.  The jet lag of a 13.5 hour time difference took me almost 2 weeks to get over.  So, like I said, we're getting back into the swing of things.

Christmas 2011

I was very pleased that my husband and I were able to make it down to our home state of New Mexico for the Christmas break.  My parents and sister picked us up at the airport, dressed to impress and complete with blinking lights.  They even made it on the local news with their garb.

We spent Christmas with them for a total of 3 nights in at my sister's place.  We then went to my mother-in-law's house for a night.  Then we took a 2 night trip up to Albuquerque to see more family, and then back to the southern part of the state for another 2 nights to see friends.  It was fun trying to fit in visits to so many people.  I'm pleased with all the people we got to see and look forward to seeing those who we didn't get to see next time.

Video footage of our trip can be seen here.