The Prez Comes to Town

We were very excited to learn that President Obama was going to be in Rio Rancho for a Town Hall Meeting in May. Stu & I tried to get tickets to the event, but we weren't successful. As an alternative, we were able to hike to the top of the overlook in our neighborhood & watch the presidential motorcade as it arrived at Rio Rancho High School. A very neat thing to see & share with the boys!


A helicopter surveying the area before the motorcade arrives.


The procession begins.


President Obama's limo arrives at RRHS. Demonstrators got in the way of our photo!


The full motorcade in the RRHS parking lot.

The End of an Era (sniff, sniff)

As they say, all good things must come to an end, and so it was with Bryce's preschool experience. After being a "lifer" that attended for three years, he had his final end of the year program in May. His class was studying animals at the time, so they each go to choose what kind of animal they wanted to be in the play. Bryce was a cheetah, and he delivered his lines perfectly! After the play was over, each student got an award from the teachers. Bryce had quite simply the best preschool experience I could have ever imagined. We were so blessed to find a wonderful school with truly amazing teachers. Thanks for all you have done for us...Mrs. Lindsey, Mrs. Aragon & Mrs. Kissane...YOU ROCK!!!

Bryce tries to wait patiently for his part in the play.


Bryce delivers his lines perfectly.


Mrs. Lindsey tells us how awesome Bryce is! :)

ROAD TRIP!!!

Well, in preparation for our big two-week adventure to Montana this summer, we decided to take a short road trip to Denver in mid-May. Stu was ending his compressed schedule at work at the end of May, so we took advantage of one of his 4 day weekends and hit the road. We were fortunate to have my cousin Sarah & her husband Peter as our gracious hosts, along with their "babies" Guinness the Mastiff & Roscoe the Black Lab. Guinness is truly one of the biggest animals I have ever seen up close, but Bryce & Drew loved him! The boys were thrilled to have dogs around to play with! (Little do they know that we are YEARS away from having one of our own!)

While in Denver we ate at the legendary Casa Bonita (complete with caves to explore & a cliff-diving show while you eat), hit Elitch Gardens amusement park for some rides, and explored the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. We were also thrilled to discover during this trip that Drew is totally able to climb out of his travel crib (& now the crib at home), so that opened another can of worms! Ah, life with a two & a half year-old.

Here are some highlights of our trip...


Drew takes a spin on the bumper cars.


Bryce doesn't like to brag, but he's pretty much a bumper car expert!


Drew had a blast in the foam ball play area.


Ridin' the rails.


According to Stu, I'm on this roller coaster somewhere. I think I was in the last car...


Love the carousel! (Although it's not as cool as the one in Missoula...)


Cool dinosaur in the lobby of the museum.


Houston, we have an astronaut-in-training.


Bryce poses near the moonscape.


Liftoff in 5...4...3...2...1...BLAST OFF!