Parentals

My parents came to visit this weekend. I haven't seen them in a couple weeks and with my new schedule it will make it hard to go down to Socorro on the weekends and visit. So while my mom is still on vacation for summer break (a teachers vacation), my parents came to visit me. :) They met me at work on Saturday and got to look around the visitor center where I work. Afterwards we headed out to eat to my favorite restaurant in Grants and then headed back to our house and watched a movie (Baby Momma).

Yesterday we ALL went to church... which was an amazing feat in itself because my Dad NEVER goes to church. After a relaxing afternoon and a delicious dinner, (Steak, homemade sweet potato fries, a salad and my mom's famous cheese cake) my mom wanted to see a pretty sunset so we took them and Bailey to the top of Mt. Taylor to watch the sunset. Mt Taylor is 11,000 feet and it was 64 degrees up there, quite a change from the 90 degree weather we have had in Grants! It was soo beautiful. We saw a beautiful young buck on the way up to the top and some sort of wild cat on the way back down. (I thought it was a bob cat, but my dad said its tail was too long... so now I am convinced it was a baby Mt Lion.)

Here are some pictures!

Week

Well it has been a whole week since I've blogged. I don't think that has ever happened before... or at least it is very rare.I just don't have anything interesting to blog about. I am in a blogging rut.

One thing is that there really isn't anything exciting going on.

My job has been going ok. I work with some really interesting people...to say the least. It is like a real life comic strip with one looney toon after another. Lol, but at least it keeps me on my toes. I am enjoying getting back to work with the public and our visitors at the visitor center I work at. I LOVE talking with people, hearing their stories and giving them information. As far as my schedule goes, I decided to go with the Sunday and Monday off schedule. This was my first week having to work Saturday... it wasn't horrible. :)

Today I went to lunch with 2 of my very best girls. I had a really great time. It wasn't anything exciting, just lunch, But it made me realize how important it is to have girlfriends. I think they are there to help you maintain your sanity some days and to keep you grounded. I love my girls! :)

My new neighbors are nice. They have a really cute and mean dog. It is the same dog, a really cute white lab mix, but she growls and barks very ferociously when Bailey and I are playing outside. Today I learned that the new neighbor lady and Bailey have a nice bond. I was playing ball with Bailey and their mean/cute dog was barking all crazy. The neighbor lady came to the fence to say hello and try to calm down her mean dog. Just as she did, Bailey ran as fast as she could to the fence and jumped up to get petted. The lady started talking to Bailey all cute and you could tell it wasn't the first time she had gotten attention from her... I guess that is pretty cool.

Umm... Ryan is gone for the week. He has some training in Wyoming. I dropped him off at the airport this morning and I miss him already :(.

And... that is all I got. See, NOTHING exciting. :)

Birthday

Well, I am Officially 24!

Yesterday was my 24th birthday, but like most of my birthdays, we celebrated for the entire weekend! (Thanks to the Independence Holiday!) We headed to Socorro on Friday and that was probably my favorite day of the entire weekend. Ryan's dad and sisters were in town!! It has only been a couple weeks since we've seen the girls, but it felt like forever. I don't know when we will be able to see them again, but we both really enjoyed spending time with them! We had BBQ with my parents and Ryan's family and had a delish cake, for me! :)

Saturday we got up and headed to Ryan's grandparents house again and had breakfast with everyone before Ryan's dad and sisters hit the road, heading back to Dallas.
The fourth of July in Socorro consists of the entire town getting together, gathering at New Mexico tech for a big ole party. Complete with music, food and a TON of fireworks. We went for awhile in the afternoon, but it was SOO hot that Ryan and I about died. Socorro is at least 10 degrees warmer than Grants... if not more. Whew I was dying. We went back in the evening and got to see the amazing fireworks. I ran into a bunch of people I knew, but the best was seeing Traci! (Hi Traci!) After the fireworks Ryan and I headed to the local bar to have a couple birthday drinks and then we met back up with Traci before heading home. It was a really great evening.

Sunday was an average day. We got up late, went to church, had lunch, relaxed and then drove back to Grants. When we got home we took Bailey on a walk around the block and then played with Eric Cartman. Just a nice chill day.

I wanted to thank all my friends and family for making my day... and weekend very special! :) I am a lucky girl.