Calvin

Grandap and Calvin
Originally uploaded by dons5

David and I are in Utah this week for my dearly loved oldest nephews funeral. It was highly unexpected and our family is in shock. We loved Calvin for his wonderful sweet spirit and we will miss him. Please pray for our family in this time of trial.

Our Week in a Nutshell

David and I tried twice this week to go to the balloon festival for the night glows, but thursday night we left to late and got stuck in traffic and then on friday, we got to the park early and it was cancelled due to the winds. I was sad they cancelled it but glad they were being safe. Earlier on Friday during the mass ascension, a hot air balloon caught on fire and then got twisted in utility wires and one person died and another was seriously injured. It was slightly upsetting hearing about it.

On Saturday, David and I took the dogs to the dog park. It had been a while since we had taken them and moose is getting a little out of shape because he isn't running as much. They had a lot of fun and ran and ran. We are going to start trying to take them 2 to 3 times a week.

My accounting class is going good. I have only about 1 1/2 weeks left and then I start my second class. I can't believe 7 1/2 weeks went so fast. I have a 103% right now and hope to keep it up at high. I'm very hard on myself when it comes to grading and stuff.

This weekend, david and I bought a WII. We are so excited. We are both sore today from playing last night. David enjoys his boxing while I enjoy the tennis.

I am hoping to get a WII fit for my birthday. But even without it, I'm getting a good workout at home with it.

Other than that, our week has been normal, nothing to exciting, just staying afloat with lots of fun!

balloon fiesta

balloon fiesta
Originally uploaded by denverallens

This past weekend my 2nd oldest sister and her family came to visit. We had so much fun. First I got off work early for family! That just made me weekend to start off. Then us adults went out to Rudy's...way good BB-Q. Unfortunantely, David had drill weekend this past weekend, but he got off at 4-4:30 everyday! On Saturday morning, Jeni and her family and I went to the Hot Air Balloon festival. Amazing! Over 700 hot air balloons took off in an hour and we could walk through them. They had tons of different shapes and styles. We got to sample free spam, eat roasted almonds...yummy, and see lots of different things. Then we went up and met David at his work for lunch and a picnic.
That evening us adults went out to Old Town and had some really, really yummy mexican. We were serenade by a guitarist and then David played his guitar.
On Sunday morning, the kids, Jeni, and I went up Sandia Tramway. At the top of the mountain we ate at High Finance, which I thought would be super expensive, but thankfully the lunch menu isn't. It was only 30 degrees at the top, it was cloudy so we couldn't see anything, and we had snow and ice. It wasn't a lot, but now I've seen my first thing of snow and ice. That evening we had our friends the Meyers over for dinner with us, carne asada tacos...that we made ourselves, played guitar hero and sand sing star.
I was sad to see my sister and her family to go, but we had so much fun. I can't wait for next year for us to do it again. This weekend David and I are going to the Balloon Festival again and will take lots of pictures to post!

Fiesta

This weekend my sister Jeni and her kids and hubby are coming into town. I'm so excited and David is way jealous because he has drill all weekend. We are planning on going to the balloon festival and just having tons of fun! I can't believe it's october all ready. Where has this year gone to? I can't believe also that I have lived in Albuquerque for almost a whole year. It's way crazy!

10 million things

Tagged
10 years ago I ...
1- Was in middle school - horrible years
2- Living with mom and dad in bloomington
3- slept with Strider at nights
4- was super insecure of myself
5- was boy crazy!

5 Things on my "to do" list today ...
1- Eat dinner
2- Clean up the kitchen
3- Clean the bathrooms (maybe just the master)
4- sleep
5- sleep some more

5 Snacks that I enjoy ...
1- Chocolate
2- Diet Soda
3- Cookies
4- Brownies
5- Mallow Popcorn

5 Things I would do if I were a millionaire ...
1- Pay all debt off
2- Buy a house on the beach for vacations
3- quit my job
4- travel the world..for sure africa and the down under
5- invest

5 Places I have lived ...
1- Cedar Rapids, IA
2- Bloomington & Terre Haute, IN
3- Rexburg, ID
4- Harrogate England
5- Jacksonville, NC
6- Denver, CO
7- Albuquerque, NM (I know it was more than 5!)

5 Jobs I have had ...
1- Server
2- Telephone survey person
3- Power Hour Coordinator
4- Travel Agent
5- Legal Secretary/ Paralegal Assistant

Concert Time

Tuesday Night David and I went to an awesome concert! We saw Augustana, County Crows and Maroon 5!



All three bands were completely awesome and we had a blast! Augustana is really good and they played my favorite song Boston. It's such a good song. The County Crows are just amazing, and they have been around forever, it was great to hear them.



Maroon five was jst so good. I loved it and the set was so simple yet so entertaining. Overall, we had a ton of fun, until we had to leave and deal with people who don't know how to drive.

Back to School

Yesterday I started school again. It's that time again. New school and new teachers. I am pretty excited for this. I am only taking two classes, one after the other. The are both 7 1/2 weeks. I am excited and a little nervous with how fast paced they are going to be. I am sure I'm going to be just fine. Wish me luck!