Touring Albuquerque, NM

Tom hadn't done any of the touristy things in NM yet so we took him to Old Town and on the Tramway.

Tom and I at sunset before we went up the Tram. Aint it beautiful!


A beautiful NM sunset


Dad, Cathie, JD, J9, me, and Tom


It was sooooooooo cold once we got to the top of the longest Tram in the world! Ugh, we just had to get some hot chocolate once we got up there. Thank goodness there is a restaurant at the top that could accommodate our need.




Old Town: This is a bad picture because it was just a wee bit cold. We actually saw someone getting married here--in a sleeveless dress no less. She had to be cold!

Thanksgiving in NM

Tom and I flew to NM to spend Thanksgiving with my dad and Cathie. I also got to spend time with my long lost brother Robert, and long lost sister Jeannine (AKA J9) and her son JD. I have not been in contact with them for most of my life for various reasons and I hardly knew them at all. This was a great weekend to get to know them better. I wish that Kim, Andrew, Sarah, and baby Allen had been here to share it with us...then it would have been grand! We are so thankful for all out friends and family! Here are just a few pictures.

Dad and I on Thanksgiving morning.


Eating Turkey...


More Turkey....we had to have 2 tables.


My brother Robert, sister Jeannine, and me after the big feast!


Tom and I trying to figure out the TV so we can watch football.


Grandma fell and broke a few bones right before Thanksgiving so we had to bring the Turkey to her. She insisted that she only have the wing. Dad tried to talk her out of it saying that it would be too messy. Grandma then said, "Well, your messy too sometimes." That's my 96 year old Grandma Ruth...we all love her!


Grandma, Dad, Cathie, J9, Robert, JD, and me at the nursing home.


It snowed while we were in NM so since Jeannine and I are crazy we decided to go in the hot tub while it was snowing. It actually wasn't that bad getting out.


The snow...


Dad and his dog Heidi...

New Car :)

YaY! Tom and I got a new car! We traded our 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer with 100,000 miles on it for this 2008 Honda Accord with 5 miles on it. We love it! I'm excited to finally have a car that is an automatic. The pictures aren't very good...but I still wanted to share our latest excitement!

Bryce Canyon

Tom and I had both never been to Bryce Canyon. We live so close to it, so we decided to take a little trip to do a little hiking. The view there is absolutely gorgeous! I still like Zion National Park better...but this definitely blew me away! I am continually amazed by this beautiful world that we live in.
Today at church (stake conference), Elder Holland was talking about the first pioneers who came to Southern Utah. He read an entry from the journal of one of them. It talked about how they thought this place was so barren and had nothing to offer. The same things that we find so beautiful (lava, sandstone, and red rock) they found to be so harsh and chaotic. They probably never imagined that these crazy people 100 years later would pay money to come and see it.
Anyway, I liked all the pictures we took so I just had to put them on here. Hope you like them too...




This is so pretty...


This bird let me get so close to take a picture. Thank you little bird.


A nice couple took a picture for us. Thank you nice couple...


We took this one ourselves as you can probably tell...


Tom was just a bit scared since there was a huge cliff right behind him.




This is where we took our little hike "Sunset Point".

On our way home...

On the way home from Bryce Canyon we took a few pictures. There was an absolutely gorgeous sunset which I tried to capture with my camera while driving...it doesn't look nearly as good as it did in person, but I hope you enjoy!

Me at the arches as we were leaving the Bryce Canyon area...


Sunset from Cedar City