Day 2 in RR, New Mexico

RIO GRAND GORGE, TAOS NM

PUEBLO INDIAN RESERVATIONS

FISH HATCHERY (LARGEST IN THE STATE NM)

KIDS FEEDING THE FISH...

Had a great day today. We did a lot of traveling, we drove the Enchanted Circle, which consisted Red River, Taos, Angle Fire, & Eagle Nest. It was very long w/four kids ALL under the age of 6... all you moms out there can related. Of course Mom & I had to sit in the back w/all the kids while Dad & Botos had the front to themselves. But right before we left Taos we had to take one last potty break... of course I was the chosen one to take all three little ones to go pee... I mean poop! Of course it was Jantz who needed to poop; u know how long it takes men to do their business. I had Kennedy & Cora doing the Pee-Pee dance so I looked at the sink..... no I didn't.... YES I DID! I simply picked up Cora and told her to pee, of course she looked at me like I was crazy but my patient was running thin and there was a long long line in the gas station. So Cora went, then Kennedy and BAM surprise Jantz finally got done. Then I gladly got to go in the toilet. LOL!

We finally made it back to our condo and we decided to fish & swim. Now we are cooking up our fish! Smells soooo good. Now I leave u.

Until next time.... Mamabotos.

Day 2 in RR, New Mexico

1st Day n Red River, New Mexico

First day in Red River was awesome! We slept in and woke up had a great breakfast from Mom & Dad. Then off to the pond we went, we spent all Morning FISHING! Oh man I haven't had that much fun fishing in a long time. Enjoy the pics!



The first fish (biggest) is mine, that is right. Then follows Botos, Vernon, Cora (again), Arron, Kennedy, & Jantz. A great day of fishing! Looks like we are having FISH for supper....

Until Next time.. MamaBotos.

Life at the Firework Stand.

A year of just sitting around. Love the smell of dirt!

Unload the fireworks and set up. Botos had to unload all of these boxes off of the truck by HIMSELF! What a man!

Days of sitting in the sun, our first pet... H-T!
H-T in his new Home. I don't think he likes it. That calls for bodyguards.

Meet Rex & Farrett.

THE ESCAPE.

U want to leave?! I don't think so Mr. H-T.

F-Man trying to calm things down.

F-Man just about lost his life. Ahhhh... Mr. H to the T is wanting F-Man to get his arm out of his face!

What's all this ruckus? Settle down, Settle down. (New neighbor, Madea.)

As you can see all these Animals ended up to be one of our favorite snacks. ANIMAL CRACKERS! LOL

So I end up w/a Blackeye! Where are my bodyguards?

Here we are Momma!

Until next time... Mamabotos.

Hard wood Floors, whew.

PROJECTS! The first week of summer for me consisted of removing carpet and refinishing hardwood floors. Since the storm a year ago, we had to pull carpet up in Cora’s room and noticed hardwood floors. Luckily it runs through out the entire house! So Botos and I were tired of staring at each other, so we jumped up and started pulling carpet. To our surprise the floor was in excellent condition. So I started pulling staples, staples, staples & more staples. He then began the sanding, started off w/the wrong kind of sander but thanks to Polo, he brought us one and the magic started working. Take a look at the pics to see the finish product.

Here we just pulled up the carpet.

Before pictures, this is what we found under our carpet.

Ohhh the carpet glue was the worst part & pulling staples.

SAND THE FLOOR! VACUUM w/great help. I do have to give the kids credit. They couldn’t walk on the floor or be in the room, they were always wanting to help, pull staples, vacuum, but if you have noticed, Miss Thing is wearing her swimsuit, yea, cause they would go outside and play in the sprinkler to cool off and come back to help. Love those kids!

VERY up close, so beautiful!

DONE!

Firework Stand

Well folks we are working at our first firework stand. Yes, we are crazy but it will be fun. So far we have done nothing but set it up, man that is a job in itself. But today we get to decorate. GRAND OPENING IS WEDNESDAY til the 4th of the July.

Come check us out at 183 & Prison Road (can't think of the FM rd number, 146? ) IDK.

Until next time... Mamabotos

6 years of Marriage

On June 21, 2003 I said the two amazing words to an amazing man, "I DO." I can remember the day so well, like it was yesterday. We held the wedding in my parents back yard, yes on the basketball court, imagine that. We had beautiful flowers hanging and planted in awesome pots. Since we didn't have the 7ft cinder block fence that Dad has now, we used lattice. So pretty.

We got married at 10:30 in the morning, the reason for this was Botos found out that is good luck to get married on the hour going up. For instance, 10 would be going down to 10:30 but 10:30 is the up half of the hour. I just said ok, whatever and so we did it. Of course the night before we were hit w/a thunderstorm that blew every decoration down! Horrible, but we were up at 6:30 getting things ready and put back up.

One moment I will never forget was the moment he saw me for the first time in my dress. Of course we arrange to do that before the ceremony. But the best part is its caught on camera... I walk by that picture every morning and every night. He had tears in his eye and we just held each other, oh what a feeling.

The Ceremony was short and sweet. A little muggy/humid but it was perfect. Lori stepped in the only mud hole right before she walked out, so we laughed, hard. Then there was a wasp flying around my dad & I as we were standing listening to "Butterfly Kisses", which in the song were he sings, Today I will give her away, that was when my dad gave my hand to Botos.... tear jerking moment there. I cried. Then after we said I do we kissed and walked out to "I Got You Babe" by Sonny & Cher.

After the ceremony, we had a small reception and then all of his friends & family were able to come back to the house and just hang out. BUT since we didn't have our first dance in front of everyone, we were the first ones back to the house and I pushed play on the CD player, music that my brother made and the the song that came on was "Your the Most beautiful woman in the world. " It was perfect, just he and I dancing on the court w/no one else around!

I love you Babe so very much! WE have two beautiful children. Today will watch the wedding on tape and show the kids.

Oh... Babe you will NEVER get rid of me no matter how hard you try or how bad things get!!! lol. LOVE YOU SDWB!