Albuquerque Baloon Fiesta

We were able to go to the Balloon Fiesta a couple of weekends ago, and it was awesome! We all had so much fun, and will definitely make a tradition out of it! I was surprised at all of the different shapes of balloons there were.  And we really loved to watch them heat up the balloons, the fire felt nice and warm too.  Even though we had to wake up so early, everyone had such a great time, it was worth it!

We woke up super early!  and got to see them light up in the dark!

Quincey and Randy

They look so excited to be up so early!

Most of The Tea Clan (Affy was sleeping away like a sane person.)

We got to watch them set up the Bee Balloons right from the very beginning. There were 3 of them. 'Joey', 'Lilly', and their baby, 'Joely'.

Do you see 'Spider Pig' in the background, he was one of my favorites.

I LOVED seeing all of the hundreds of balloons in the sky all at once.

Fire Hydrant balloon

Heating it up!

Here is a shot from underneath the Bee Balloon.

Joely is on her way up!

Joey and Lilly, up up and away!

It was cool how Joey and Lilly stayed together so well! 

We LOVED this Elvis Balloon. :)

Cool Cactus

Aftyn finally woke up toward the end, and she loved seeing all of the balloons too!  Success!

7 years ago today.......

Today is our 7 year wedding anniversary. It is so amazing to look back at these pictures and to see how far we've come. Time really does have a way of passing us by.  In our 7 years we have lived in 6 different apartments/homes.  We have both graduated from college and changed jobs several times. Geren has been Bishop for almost half of that 7 years. We have had 3 beautiful children. Definitely a lot accomplished together! I definitely would not change a thing.  I am so looking forward to the ups and downs of an eternity more. 

Before a hiking group date to the Y

Engagement Picture. 

Wedding Day!  Oakland Temple

Family of 3

Family of 4

Family of 5

10 months!!!!

Man! This is all going really fast!!!! My little baby is not so little! ( not that she has ever been very little! ) at her 9 month appt. (2 weeks ago) she was 29 inches long and 22.6 lbs. She sure has taken off with her eating 'real' food. And she loves to crawl everywhere! She is starting to stand up on things too, so we will see! We love our beautiful, happy girl!

I wanna be famous!!!

Quincey loves reading the Lego Magazine that he gets in the mail. And after seeing the section where the kids show off what they make, and have their pictures in the magazine, he of course wants the same thing!!!! So he made this Lego Creation and made Me take a picture and wants me to send it in. I definitely will because he is so cute. I have to ask him again what he called it... I don't remember, but it was a cool name.

Painting pumpkins!

It is so crazy just having my girls during the day. We have so much fun just us girls. :) Here is a day we went painting pumpkins at the park with our Moms Group. Maiya loves painting. She painted for a good hour. Long after the toddlers lost interests. We love the fall.

Help! There's a big hole over here!

It's funny to watch Aftyn try to get over this crack in our floor (a side effect of remodeling). She will stay like this for several minutes!!! Playing London Bridges ;)

Finished Floors

I woke up on conference Sunday to the fresh smell of newly finished floors. We worked hard and sanded off the golden finish and just went with a clear coat. It has really opened up the living room!

Remodel update!

Hello! We have been busy here.
We got our washer and dryer out of the kitchen, and into the old bathroom.  And we are loving our new laundry room!

Before

 

After
 

Unfortunately I don't have any before pictures of this entry way, but it looks great nonetheless.  G stained the doors, I love the look of the dark wood. 

 

We also ripped out our old carpet to  reveal beautiful wood floors. :)

More Pictures to come!