Halloween!

I have a ton of catching up to do on posts but these pictures were just to cute I had to do them first! We 3 days of Halloween this year. Friday afternoon we went to SkyWest, Friday evening Trunk or Treat, Saturday afternoon the mall, Saturday evening Panorama neighborhood, and then a tiny bit when we got back to Albuquerque on Sunday.

Levi was a dragon, Lucas was a monkey (Curious George), Brian was a demon on Friday (due to his costume delayed arrival) and then on Saturday he was The Man in the Yellow Hat.

SG Visit - Goncalves Fam

Time flies when you're having fun! This time we went to SG Raquel was finally able to go at the same time, making this the first time we saw her and her little family since Christmas! It was lots of fun because we both got there the same night and the kids were super excited to see each other that bed time came a few hours late. The blessing was an awesome excuse to get the family together, although we never were able to get the entire family together at the same time to take a family picture (maybe next time?).

Now I can't remember if it was Cai or Dez who kept on saying that Levi had "Crraazzy Eyes", but then I kept on watching for it and sometimes he totally does! Every once in a while he opens his eyes up super big and it does make them look a little crazy. Lucas loved playing with Cai and Dez so much that the kids slept at my moms and my sister and her husband stayed at her in-laws. The cousins thought it was pretty fun to ask Lucas for hugs since he is such a fantastic hugger. Although for poor Cai who is 2 years older but still weighs the same as Lucas 2 of the hugs turned out to be tackles.

Lucas liked asking his cousin Raini for concerts, since he is learning to play the viola. When Raini would finish a song Lucas would look all happy and clap and clap for him! It would be nice to be a kid and so easy entertained. On Saturday morning he was playing with my mom and she was just throwing these little playing cards down on him and he thought it was the ultimate!

SG Visit - Brian's fam

It was really nice this visit to have more time to do family things. Julie (Brian's mom) even flew his sister who is living in Memphis home so we could have the whole family together. We snapped a quick family pic at the "after blessing" party since there are now 4 1/2 new family members since the last picture.

We also had to run over to Rose Crest to see Brian's Great Grandma, Rose Blackwell. This November she turns 99. Amazing that my kids will have seen her, although in a few years they may not remember her if she doesn't stick around. I wish I could have known my grandparents better let alone Great's and Great-Great's. They will for sure remember their Great Grandma because Carole is amazing, I think that she will live healthily for a long time to come! Five generations of healthy family on Brian's side, lets hope my kids get those genes!

For those family who want these pictures double click on the slide show and it should bring up a new window into Picasa Web Albums. If you use picasa you can download the entire album to Picasa, if not then just right click on the photo and "Save As". If you have problems let me know and I can just email them to you :)

SG Visit - Friends

It was great to see so many friends on this visit! I wasn't very good at taking pics with everyone but at least I got these :)

SG Visit - Kids fun

Having 10 days vacation this time was a lot more fun. This time it was not only a vacation to see family and friends, but Lucas actually got to do some fun some with his daddy, and mommy and Levi got to tag along too.

Lucas got to go riding on a 4-wheeler (borrowed from my good friends the Colmeneros) twice, got to go Jumpin Jacks, in addition to all the fun with family and friends. He had a blast going riding and quickly learned how to start the bike. Brian convinced me that I had to ride the 4-wheeler at least for a second since I had never been on one, and I should have ridden it alone and not with Lucas! However, if anyone even sat on the bike (with it off) without him, he would start crying saying that he wanted to ride. The second time we went out we took my dad with us and it was fun seeing him ride, he was way more cautious than Lucas! He barely gave it any throttle and only wanted to ride for a minute, but he still had fun :)

Not sure if it will work but I uploaded a video of Lucas riding on YouTube.

SG Visit - Family Pics

While we were in SG my sister Raquel took us out to try and take some pics of my little family. Although the wind and Lucas were difficult to get to cooperate, we got a few shots that I liked.

Camping

This was such a fun adventure! Since we had this fun new toy, we had to take it out! After loading up a ton of stuff and the kids we hit the road. We ended up on Manzano Mountain (Cibola National Forest) right outside of the Red Canyon Campground. There was this little pull off that had a great little camping spot where we didn't have to pay (WooHoo!) and Gus could roam free without bothering anyone, not to mention we wouldn't have to worry if the kids cried.

As soon as we got there Brian unloaded Lucas's little battery 4-wheeler and Lucas took off. He had a blast riding around out there and we didn't mind tagging along after him. Gus loved to have a buddy to explore the woods with! Gus would take off running and Lucas would follow him yelling "Gus get over here". Man that kid cracks me up!

The only thing that made me nervous was that it got down to around 40 degrees at night. Luckily our camper has a heater, but because this was our first time taking it we didn't know how much propane the heater would drain. We kept it warm enough to take the edge off, but not warm enough to feel all nice and toasty. I worried a lot about Lucas since he wasn't that great in the sleeping bag, but other than that it was great! It didn't use much propane so in the morning we cranked that heater all the way up and now the next time we go we know we can keep it warmer.

Overall it was a great trip. Levi was exactly the same as home and Lucas did pretty well considering he skipped his nap. Can't wait to go again and take some friends or family!

Our new (2001) Camper!

This post is mainly for my dad to see...

We bought a 2001 Palomino Filly pop-up camper on Friday and we had to give it a try this weekend! A post on that soon to come, but for now here are the pics of the camper.

Levi 1.75 months

Isn't he cute! And super strong neck muscles...

September comes to an end

Lucas got Gus cornered

Lucas did this completely on his own...such a goof ball

It looks so good on him!

My cute little sleeper

Lucas and Zach

Ok so not good pictures but it was at dusk, they were moving, and they were far away so I was so zoomed in that the flash did no good! This is Lucas's new cute little friend Zach. He lives 2 doors down and Lucas LOVES to play with him! A few nights ago at dinner he kept on yelling "Zach where are you?"
It's so cute because Lucas floors it in this Hummer and Zach isn't used to it, so most of the time he links his arm with Lucas's and holds on to the dash with the other hand :)

Who needs blocks?