A couple other noteworthy things that happened in May

In May 2014 we visited the Natural History Museum in Albuquerque.  The best part was the computer room, an amazing place to spend an hour learning about the history or our "brains", I mean computers.  Even though this is where we spent a majority of our time there were many more things to see.

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This is the boys playing pong against each other on a huge screen while we waited for the video to start.

  This would be the very first laptop.

This is Maggie's first recital after we moved. 

Singing and playing the piano.

Homeschooling is going awesome.  We are back on our 3 week projects, I thought I would share some.

This is Spencer who was curious about what lynching was.  He studied, he pondered and he picketed.

Maggie produced this magnificent diorama after studying about medieval times.

Kendal has been making a lot of fun books.

First Trip to Santa Fe

Our first trip to Santa Fe was all telling, this place is magnificent.  The weather was perfect and all around us was green.  It even smelled wonderful!  The hike we took was a loop, little did we know that the way we were going down, was the easy way up.  The hike out of the canyon was a killer. Come on Mecham's do your homework.  It was especially bad for the boys that were carrying packs for conditioning, yikes.  Pleasantly at the bottom we found a stream.  A great family day that ended with supper yummy burgers and fries.

                                                                       May 2014

Girls Weekend

The girls and I had a weekend all to ourselves.  The first night found us out to dinner and shopping the mall.  Shopping the mall for my girls is Claires and Bath and Body Works.  With our new accessories and smelling like 100 bucks we decided to go the Temple for a picnic the following day. We love to see the Temple, it is the perfect place to visit on girls weekend.

This is me TOTALLY ruining Maggie's selfie.

No worries, all was well. She got a good one and she is such a beautiful girl.

And the boys were doing their camping thing.

May 2014

Soda Dam

The day after we got the news that Toby died we decided that we needed to get out of the house.  Our hearts and minds were sad and we needed a pick me up.  We decided to take a drive through Jemez and go to Soda Dam (a natural mineral deposit from hot springs).  The drive was so beautiful, it was the first time us non-scouters had been to Jemez.   We drove through the rock bridge!

  The dam was quite the site to see.  It was taller than I expected and it was fun to find little hot pools all around.  Of course we all had to climb to the top and explore the other side.  We had a great time exploring, splashing and spending time together.  We didn't forget Toby but we found a reprieve from our grief.

May 2014

Tent Rock

This was our first homeschool outing with other homeschool families here in the Albuquerque area.  Tent rock is such a beautiful place, which is good because it is a heck of a hike.  Matthew went ahead with some kids his age while we trucked along at our own pace. When we got to the lookout I just about died thinking he was up there with three other teenage boys doing teenage boy things. You could see all around for miles and it was straight down...down... down.

Our favorite part was walking through the rocks. It was so fantastic, I have never experienced anything like it before.  God has so many fantastic treasures waiting to be explored.

                                                                               March 2014