Orange You Smiles @ I Heart Faces

So innocent looking as she is picking.  Makes me smile.

Tough Enough to Wear PINK

My handsome husband is "Tough Enough to Wear PINK"

Reflection of Beauty

One of the gorgeous picture take at

Vallacito Lake in Colorado.

Yellow & Last Day of School

My girls on their last day of school...

Photo entered in the http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/ photo contest.

Fear Less

Hope More

eaT less

Chew moRe

Whine less

breath more

talk less

say more

Love more and all

good things will be

Yours.

swedishproverb

Serious Nerds

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My first entry in the http://iheartfaces.com/ photo challenge. I am by no means in the same category of some of these great ladies, but I have fun taking pictures none the less.

{ Randomness }

What's happened to the past two months? As a kid I remember that time seemed to stand still. I felt school would never end and I would never grow up. Now, as a grown up time seems to go by in a flash. I need another 2 hours a day to do what I want and another 2 hours to sleep more.

I wish the cold would go away. I know we are spoiled out here with blue skies... but I am ready for some HOT sun. I think it is funny when we get a dusting of snow and the schools go on a two hour delay... the roads are only wet! My girls love that they can stay in bed for another couple of hours, but don't like that I make them walk to school.

I have had lots of complications from my knee surgery at the end of December. According to my doctor, I tried to do to much too soon. I now have lots of fluid in the incision sites and may have to have large needles inserted to drain it. I am not a fan of this. Because I am having a hard time walking, I have not been able to get on my bike and it is really bothering me. This time last year I was riding about 30-40 miles on the weedend. I rode for the first time 2 weeks ago and only went 1o miles because I was hurting. I miss the road and the feeling of freedom I feel when I am out riding. My good friends and riding buddies want to do at least 60 miles of the Santa Fe Century in May, and I don't think I will be ready. My heart is very heavy because of this and I am trying to stay happy and positive. Riding is my solice and I have not found anything to help feel the void.
Patience is not a virture God blessed me with when it comes to myself. I have always been able to heal from injuries quickly. It sucks getting older. That is the only thing I can think of that is holding me back.

MacKenzie now just wants to be called Kenzie since there is a character on TV who uses that name. "Kenzie" is only a half in shorter than me. I always try to wear at least a 1 inch heal around her so I can be taller than her. She loves that she is almost as tall as me. I am hoping she is at least 5'7".

I thought Bailey was going to be my petite one like my mom. She has had a growth spurt and is now 5'3". My baby turns 12 in 2 weeks and has a 4.0 in school. She told me she wants to be an oncologist so she can help cure cancer so others don't lose their moms like I did.

I still like taking pictures.

Above is a b/w pic of one of my Valentine's Day roses.

PINK is one of Bailey's favorite colors, so I kept this one original.

Our beautiful Sandia Mountains after our "dusting" of snow.

XOXO

Sweet

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My friend asked me to take head shots of her daughter who competes in the Cinderella pagents locally. She didn't need anything fancy, just something to include in the program. So, Tori and I had fun at my house for about an hour. I like the way they turned out. She is a sweetie...

Happy Twenty10

While I said goodbye to not just another year, but a decade, I had to reflect on whether it was a good 10 years. Here is my top 10 assessment in no particular order:

1. Besides the last 6 months, I have been healthy
2. My beautiful girls have grown to young ladies who drive me nuts, but who are also healthy
3. My husband puts up with me and is also healthy
4. We have only lost four pets (1 dog, 1 cat and 2 turtles), if you don't count fish
5. I have lost 3 relatives
6. I am employed in this struggling economy
7. I have some great friends who have stuck with me through thick & thin
8. I have been able to get out of NM more and explore the country
10.I have more house, more cars, more clothes and more shoes than I could ever use.

Not too bad of a list. I just know that life is pretty good at our little house.

Good morning twenty10 sunrise.

Where will the road take me in the next 10 years?

1. I hope to be back on my bike and riding 2 centuries a year
2. Successfully graduate my kids so they can be productive in society
3. Become a missionary for 1 year in Mexico with Frank (he doesn't know yet)
4. Successfully retire my husband (only 4 years to go)
5. Ride through Italy on my bike
6. Take lots of pictures wherever I go
7. Convince my husband that I really do NEED that $$$$ camera
8. Continue to foster good relationships with my peeps
9. Become a foster parent
   
10. Continue to know that I can not take anything with me when I die, money, cars, houses, shoes. Except one thing... my kids. So they know to stay close to God so I will see them again heaven. (sorry, kind of morbid).
    

Here are some pictures of one of my favorite animals. The girls and I love to go horseback riding, and in the summer I'm sure they will back with their lessons.






I am not a good new year's resolution maker. I gave up making lists a long time ago. This year as we were saying goodbye to 2009, we went around the room and everyone toasted something from the past and something to look forward to for the new year. The girls were very silly as they were thinking of what they wanted to accomplish for twenty10. Out of 10 of us sitting around, only one made me cry...Frank. He sure does know how to get deep inside me. Brat

"The best things in life aren't things." This is one of my favorite quotes.

I used to be more of a "stuff or things" person. I wanted all the good "stuff". The better car, the better house, the better furniture. Until I saw a person with lots of "stuff". It was too much and I started judging them for having "stuff" they don't use. They had "stuff" new in boxes they didn't even know they had. I think I realized that its just "stuff", and "stuff" is replaceable. It does not replace relationships. Don't get me wrong... I still like "stuff", I just don't need "stuff". Upon my new revelation, me and the girls cleaned our rooms. I had 2 big bags of trash, 3 bags of clothes (that I will get into one day) and 25 pair of shoes. The girls were similar in their purging. Bailey still is the hoarder in our family.

I am rambling. Twenty10 has started out well. I wish the new year and decade is a wonderful journey for you. Thanks for the well wishes on my knee surgery. It went fine. I just want to get back on my bike and ride and ride and ride...