Future Mechanic

Frank has decided that MacKenzie should help him rebuild his ATV. He bought this thing completely stripped. It does not have a motor and who knows what elese it is missing. As he is getting parts ready, Mack goes out to the garage to help him. Right now I think she has only bolted some things on. Who knows, she may get into this car rebuilding thing. She has been willing to go out and help. I think she just wants to drive it and if she can help the process go faster she is up for it.

Silly Silly Girls

Bailey loves to make her specialty salsa "Boo's Hot Stuff". She has gotten to the point of wanting to do everything herself. I still like to cut the jalepenos for her so she doesn't burn her skin. Since onions is one of the key ingredients, and we all know how onions affect our eyes, just look at Bailey's way of dealing with it. She just gets her goggles out and no problem.



MacKenzie has no desire to make salsa. She would rather sit on the couch and wait for the salsa to be done so she can eat it. She was not happy when I was taking this picture.

Birthday at the Wine Festival.

Frank and I celebrated his birthday Sunday at the Wine Festival. This is our 12th year to attend. We actually had our first date (blind date) here 13 years ago and we have been coming back every since. The girls were at grandmas so we were able to enjoy the day all alone.

Happy Birthday Handsome... I Love you.

Matt and Reina joined us for the fun.

First Day of School 2008

My babies started school once again. MacKenzie started 7th grade three days before Bailey started 5th. Here are pictures of Mack walking to school. We sure did give her a hard time. And, a picture of Bailey the morning she started school.

They are both off to a great start. MacKenzie made the volleyball team. She had to try out. And, out of 45 girls she was one of 20 girls chosen. Bailey starts soccer practice tonight and is in a new age division. Bigger field, more running, more complaining.

End of summer trip

The summer is coming to a close and, it has been a busy one. I think this summer the girls went to more camps than ever. Not only did they go to Girl Scout camp, but they went to a horse camp for a week and learned how to vault. They also did a couple of parks and rec camps as well as dancing camps.

We just came back from visiting our very close friends Mike and Chris Chavez (no relation) in Winsor Colorado. It is very close to Fort Collins. We were excited to see the house they just built and I must say, it is BEAUTIFUL. We stayed with them for almost a week and had a blast. We went to the county fair and saw the Bobcat rodeo and the all the 4-H kids showing off thier livestock. We were able to see the barrel racers and of course Bailey wants to do it. We went to the river and spent the whole day just chilling. The kids were able to use two rafts and tubes to float and play. They jumped off rocks and splashed and just had fun playing. We did run into an afternoon rain and all nine of us huddled under a make shift tent. Yes, we looked like a bunch of rednecks.

We spent a day at WaterWorld and again... had a blast. One night Mike got a fire going and we did smores. I think I had more mojitos on this trip than I can remember. It is almost 500 miles exactly from our front door to theirs. Only 7.5 hours of driving time. It was worth it. Thanks guys for making us feel at home in your new place. We can't wait to see you again at Thanksgiving. XOXO