"oh, what do you do in the summertime?"

Thanks grandpa for the fun slip n slide! Even Spencer couldn't resist sliding away (although he was pretty sore the next couple days, what an old man!) The box said it is for ages 5-12...hmmm...we have nobody that fits in that category. Andrew loved it the most. Spencer would hold him and run and slide him across. He thought it was hilarious and as soon as he got up he would get back into sliding position and try to slide himself again.

more of Albuquerque

The Petroglyphs

Cross of the Martyrs Monument in Sante Fe

The Loretto Chapel, home of the "miraculous staircase". It has no supports holding it up. It was also a miracle that we actually paid $2.50 to see it.

The oldest house in the U.S.

The oldest church in the U.S., the San Miguel Mission

By now you should be thinking to yourself, "gee, Albuquerque looks like a great place to live!", or "I thought the Grange's were crazy when I heard they were moving to New Mexico, but it looks pretty cool".

(these posts are helping to convince MYSELF that Albuquerque is great.)

Happy 4th of July

Ryan got to participate in a bike parade at church. He was too lazy to ride by himself, so I got to be in the parade too!

"Why you should all want to be a New Mexican"

I think my next couple posts will be dedicated to convincing all of our family and friends that Albuquerque is an awesome place and with the hope that you will all want to visit us...or even better yet, decide that it is such a great place that you just have to live here. My parents are in town so we have been getting in lots of the tourists hot spots. We rode the Sandia Peak Tramway (the longest tramway in the world I might add) the other night. It was a beautiful view and it was nice to leave the desert behind to get up into the woods. Spencer met us right after work, which should explain why he was dressed in dockers and dress shoes on a hike.