Sandia Peak Tramway

It's one of the biggest tourist attractions in Albuquerque - second only to the annual Balloon Fiesta in October. We took the Grandmas and the kids up the mountain for an afternoon adventure this past week while my mom was in town.


Is anyone else keeping track of how many pictures we have of John in this shirt? I hate this damn shirt!!!!! Actually, I picked it out for him, so it's not that I don't like the shirt, but enough already! By some miracle I had convinced John that it was time to let it go, but then I made the mistake of leaving the "Give Away" pile in an accessible spot. Then somehow it came to his attention that we have a picture of the two of us at the Peak years ago and he is in this very shirt. So Mr. Funny Guy dug it out of the pile and donned it just for this occasion. Granted, this brown sweatshirt has been around the block, but it's certainly not 10 years old!




The girls were so excited when they found some plants at the top covered in ladybugs! We let them use the camera to take a few pictures. I love to see what they think is photo-worthy....such a different perspective from their little eyes.

Smart Cookie!

John has taken to the crossword puzzle in the paper, and Katie loves to help. She got 3 words on Saturday - Elf, Cake, and I can't remember the last one.

Napa Valley

John and I were lucky enough to steal away for a few days to celebrate our 10 year anniversary while John's mom stayed with the girls. God bless that woman! John had a conference in San Francisco starting Monday and I joined him on Wednesday evening. I had the pleasure of attending the conference with him on Wednesday night. The planning committe had a great way to nurture business relationships between attendees.....open bar! We did not partake of the merriment as we had a gigantic run planned for the next morning. By the way, running at sea level was AWESOME!!! There's so much oxygen:)

Cuvaison was the first of four wineries we visited with Platypus Tours. It's a good idea to have a designated and knowledgable driver when you start tasting wine at 11am! There were 6 couples on the tour with us and we had a wonderful time with the group. As much as I love love love wine, one day of wine tasting was plenty.

One of the best sandwiches I have ever had came from Foccacia's - a shop a block or two from our hotel in San Francisco. Lamb, roasted red peppers and eggplant on fancy bread (actually NOT foccaccia) with fancy sauce.

John picked me up from the airport in this convertable - so fun! It was almost like biking except without the funny shoes and hard work.



Ahhh....water! We ran by an area with lanes set up for an open water swim. If only I'd known to bring my wetsuit.