barn boys....

Hello girls....and occasional boy readers....


Let me just start off by saying hello..


...how are you?


I'm good......


and it's August.....whew.{good bye July}......


I don't know if i told you...but this last week.....after i got home from California, my little girl headed to her grandmothers home in New Mexico with her.........


so i had the boys all week......


they had their dental appt's.......and luckily no cavities.......


{i don't know if i ever told you that cavities cost the kids money....ALL of their money..........bryan and i do TOTAL liquidation on the piggy banks for cavities....}


cavities=bankruptcy


no cavities = dollar bills


Bryan and i look forward to dental visits for the kids because it means a night out for us if the kids have cavities......i mean really........the kids actually pay for our date night ..........

{or i tell bryan that the kids had no cavities and pocket the money......

never mind.....

i don't do that.....

i promise.

pinky swear}


but that's just how we look at it......


anyways.....


where was i?


oh yeah.....


i had the boys all to myself this last week......and on the way home from the dentist, we stopped


so i could take some pic's......

I flew out Friday evening and headed to the wonderful state of New Mexico. .....

No....i did not grow up there.....but my parents retired to a little town right outside of Taos... after i graduated high school.

Did i ever mention that my father was an undercover narcotics officer with L.A.P.D while i was growing up?

no...i didn't think so.

Now he's a judge.......

and i'm constantly asking him for favors...........

because parking tickets are my husbands BEST FRIEND....

but.......

it seems like the JUDGE can't do much about that.......

o.k., seems like i got off track again.......

sorry.......

so i flew down Friday night......spent 2 nights......

mingled with the family in Albuquerque........

took a tram up a LARGE mountain.....had lunch....

took a tram back down a LARGE mountain.....

{did not vomit due to fear of heights}......

had a fabulous facial {i'm telling you this off the record.....don't tell Bryan}...

peeked at my sister in law's belly { she's only 16 weeks}....

talked about baby names......

got on the subject of how my family got together and had a "family meeting" to VETO the name LOLA.....

i then asked for another glass of wine.....

and gave my LOLA a hug........

...and brought her home ........

...I'm sure.......

actually.......I'm positive......

her brothers are thrilled to have her home......

i know i am.

xo