Eleven Years in Santa Fe, Ten Years @ La Casa Sena

I passed my ten year anniversary with 'La Casa Sena', July 1st. The company gave me a generous gift. See photos, now we can camp with one car!

Summertime in the City

It's Friday night, the week is over. My insane two days of working/studying for 9-15 hours are over. Tomorrow begins my weekend. Patrick's insane two days of working 9-15 hours are just beginning with Spanish Market this weekend. Ah... so it goes. In one week as of Sunday, we are disappearing into the forests of New Mexico. We made it a point this year to take time to camp for at least 3 days and 2 nights. We are definitely needing the family time. Patrick and I are confused as to what day it is and the kids are discombobulated. But not to worry, we will find ourselves and reconnect again shortly. I just can't believe how fast the summer is passing us by!

On Monday, the kids and I met up with Claire (my other, other half), the twins, and Grandpa Guy to listen to music on the plaza. Patrick joined us briefly but Chad was too far away at work this time to partake in the adventures.

Gotta love it :) We actually attemped to sit down and have lunch at a restaurant after, but as you can imagine with 4 very small children outnumbering us 3 adults, it was a little... well um... quick :). But we gotta do it. Without the insanity, there is no fun to life. No stories. No laughter. Gotta have the laughs!

Marley In Action

These are from Marley's game on Saturday. I swear the kid's a natural.

Maybe he'll be the next David Beckham :-)

In other news, we have lots going on this week. Patrick is doing a beer dinner on Tuesday night in Albuquerque. Spanish Market is this weekend, a huge weekend in Santa Fe, so of course Patrick will be preparing and working all weekend for that. I am starting to get ready for finals (already!) and so since Patrick will be working a lot, its up to me to keep the kids occupied. Wish me luck!

Summertime

It seems like summer is going so incrediblely fast! Here are a few pictures to show what we've been up to...

...I know you can't really see, but that's Marley and I at the left at one of his soccer games. Patrick and I are coaching his team, and it's tons of fun! I will post more when we get them...

...Hanging out in the wilderness as much as possible (which isn't as much as we like but we take what we can get)...

...and of course our garden is in full swing. Pumpkins, squash, watermelon, tomatoes, green beans, green chile, carrots, broccoli, lettuce, spinach, radishes, and corn. And in true chef fashion, lots o' herbs. Can't wait till harvest time!