Birthday in the 'Burque

We took a quick jaunt to New Mexico for Miranda's birthday weekend, which happened to fall at the same time as Easter this year. It was such a lovely weekend, we celebrated with all the family in Albuquerque and Grandma and Grandpa Moore came down from Farmington for Miranda's birthday bar-b-que. We had lots of fun! Of course we left our digital camera in Arizona so these were all taken with a crummy disposable...at least we got to preserve the memories on film. :S

Grandma Gayle and Mimi


Three Moores


Michael discovered Auntie Amy's old scooter and Grandma Gayle's helmet - a fascinating combination that he couldn't get enough of!! He loves having Grandpa Mike zoom him around the back yard - it's hilarious.


Our first night in town, Dan and I took both sets of grandparents out to El Pinto - yum!! Michael wanted to pretend he was asleep after having his quesadilla, and of course Daddy had to do it too!


For Miranda's celebration, Auntie Amy made the *cutest* cake!


Hard to see, but of course here's the obligatory cake face...


Playing in the back yard - how'd Rulon get so big so quick?!?


On Easter Sunday, the kids all had Easter buckets full of fun toys.




Michael and Rulon had an Easter egg hunt in the front yard, and Michael couldn't have been having a better time until he dropped his bucket, several eggs broke open, and he realized it got even better - there was STUFF IN THE EGGS!!! He dropped everything right there to open them all! Bonus!


One last picture in the backyard, Grandma Gayle had great tulips this year.

Springtime in the Jardin

The weather's been so lovely up until this weekend and we have spent all the time outside that we can, enjoying the cool days before it got hot. Miranda has really been wanting to explore on her own, so we've started letting her toodle around the patio and back yard a bit. It makes for some very dirty knees in her jeans, but she loves it so much!







Mister Michael still loves running around naked after bath time, and the other night he donned his cowboy hat and started running around playing soccer with his dad. It was so cute!! We think we might save this picture for his first prom date or maybe his senior yearbook. :O)))

Jump Up!

Michael and I won tickets from a local radio station to go see Dan Zanes, a really fun musician who makes music for the whole family.

That's Dan Zanes in the purple suit. He wore a lime green suit for our concert! In the group photo, you can see Father Goose, the Jamaican reggae rapper who raps Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and The ABC's - it's awesome!

We had been to a radio promo with Dan Zanes a couple days before and since Michael was brave enough to get up and dance in front of everyone there, and to lead the conga line, I knew we'd have fun at the full concert. Michael had a ball and I must admit I enjoyed myself too!



Afterwards Michael and I cooled off at a bus stop near the concert hall before we got in the car to go home. While we were looking at all the cars going by, he told me his first knock-knock joke!! We still can't deviate the punch lines and he's very specific on how he wants us to respond (when to yell a line, when to laugh) but it was still very exciting. I caught him on camera saying "Knock knock!"



We had SO much fun, and the next time Dan Zanes comes to town we're all going.