Move Successful

I'm writing you from New Mexico and can't write more than that because I've got a BUSY day ahead of me and half of it is already over! We're here, we love it so far...and I'll tell you more later!

The Niece

Meet Haley...

In preparation for our Ragnar Relay coming up in June, Gary and I went and bought a reflective vest. That same night we dropped by my parent's house for a bit and my brother and his family were there...Haley is his daughter. Well, she saw the vest and HAD to wear it. I told her it was for running and that started a snowball of questions which included "Tara, where is your running watch?" "Tara, do you have that thing that counts your steps?" "Tara, what is this for?" while holding the head lamp to my face. After she put on the reflective vest, running watch, headlamp, and pedometer she was ready to race!
So we went out to the side walk and had a race around the cul-de-sac. There she is ready to hit START on the watch as soon as Uncle Gary gave the signal!
Here were the contestants. I'm sure glad I wasn't TOO far behind Haley because I didn't have any of that safety gear on and something bad could have happened!

On your mark...

Oh wait! One race was just not enough! She marched right in that house after the first run and made EVERYONE come outside for another race... "...except pregnant people. Mom, you don't have to race." she says to Shannon. To which Shannon THANKED her graciously.

It was fun! She's cute...we'll sure miss her when we move to New Mexico in TWO days! And yes, I carry my running stuff around with me pretty much everywhere...it's in my car right now! You never know when you might want to go for a run. (lame, eh?)

Did you know that?

1) According to Weather Bureau records going back over 50 years, Albuquerque receives 78% of all available sunshine.

2) That we're moving to Albuquerque, NM? Yes, you read right! This happy little couple is moving to New Mexico. Is it possible to be totally excited and totally sad at the same time? I'm really excited for a new fun adventure and a big change in life, but totally sad to be moving so far away from my family.

3) Albuquerque is located at the junction of two interstate highways: East- West Interstate 40 and North-South Interstate 25, better known as the "Pan American Highway." (so there will be NO excuses for not coming to visit us)

4) Within a day's drive from Albuquerque are nine national monuments (Aztec Ruins, Bandelier, Capulin Mountain, Salinas, Ft. Union, El Morro, Pecos, White Sands, and Gila Cliff Dwellings), and a national park (Carlsbad Caverns National Park).

5) Petroglyph Park, 9.2 miles northwest of Albuquerque, contains the world's oldest art form and is a fascinating art gallery of an ancient civilization.

6) Golf is played year-round in Albuquerque. It is one of the few cities in the nation in which you can play tennis in the middle of winter in the city, or ski on excellent mountain slopes less than 30 minutes away.

7) Albuquerque is equidistant from Los Angeles to Kansas City, from New Orleans to San Francisco, from Phoenix to Denver, and from Salt Lake City to Dallas.

8) Albuquerque's Rio Grande zoo is one of the most attractive in the southwest. In addition to elephants, monkeys, cats, giraffes, and seals, it has a children's zoo, fowls, reptiles, and a world famous exhibit of hoofed animals, including a rare herd of Greater Kudu.

9) Albuquerque is the Hot Air Balloon Capital of the U.S. The city hosts the largest international hot air balloon competition in the world and draws crowds of more than 1.5 million people.

10) The most important question that many "New Mexicans" need to answer each day is "Red or Green?" This refers to their love of red and green chile. The Rio Grande Valley is the only location in the world that Green Chile is grown. This is truly the flavor of the Southwest. With the Hatch Chile Festival on Labor Day weekend and the New Mexico Wine and Chile Festival on Memorial Weekend, there are plenty of opportunities to explore the love of this highly addictive vegetable. (I'm sure I'll be posting more about this one later!)

11) That the company that Gary will be working for "Heads Up Landscaping" is the company that landscaped the Albuquerque Temple?

I woke up to this yesterday

Hope you all had a Happy Mother's Day!