Christmas Time

My house is not only looking festive on the inside but on the outside too. We got like 7 inches of snow yesterday and it's been COLD! I've almost finished all the shopping and wrapping but I had one more craft to finish tonight. I'm making these cute little flower earrings for all my young women babies. By make I mean glueing earring backs onto these flowers I bought on etsy. I'm so crafty.

Good Eaters

We had these 2 brothers over for dinner on Sunday and it was lively. We got them some new Santa hats and some Pepsi and they were more than thrilled. We sung almost every Christmas song in the hymn book and calling the radio station to request more 60s music. Classic.
We really are blessed to know these two brothers though. They are the sweetest, nicest, funniest people ever. Terry can talk sports with Dylan (we are talking memorized stats back to 1970) and jimmy is always telling me I'm a good eater:) we can't wait to have them over again on the 3rd Sunday in January. (they like to plan ahead and they get booked FAST!)

We had a snow day today

And it was awesome. UNM was cancelled and work was delayed for me then dismissed early.
Days like this bring lots of napping, cuddling, studying (for Dyls), the gym, panda express, and freezing our buns off. It's like 8 degrees outside but it feels like -3. That's cold for New Mexico people.
We don't like to use our heater because we are cheap so we use lots of blankets and even resort to beanies while indoors.
We can't wait for our vacation in a few weeks.

Snow Time

My Saturday morning run was quite chilly since it SNOWED! It snows in Albuquerque but usually not this early in December. I know what you guys are thinking, me running again? It's nothing intense but I am working out with an online personal trainer/nutritionist and I'm seeing some great results. I'll post more later.

But our Saturday was super cold and cuddly. I love those days. We went on the most gorgeous walk in the mountains sine we live like 5 minutes away. It was breathtaking. Barkley loved her life and so did Dyls. (He loves running around on the rocks acting like he's 5). The hike came to an end when Barkley jumped right into a cactus! It was bad but being the good mom that I am, I nursed her back to health within 2 minutes of the needle encounter.
Our day was finished with a trip to the groomers for Barkley and a trip to the temple for us.

The first pic is my view on my morning run. We have this great little path behind our house. The others are of our walk in the mountains.

Oh and you are probably wondering what's up with my blogging activity. I got an iPhone and it has blogger and a sweet camera on it. Plus instagram is life changing for photos.
And it's true, if you don't have an iPhone... Well you don't have an iPhone. Yeah I'm one of those people.

Terrible Twos

Barkley has decided it’s time to start acting like a two year old, literally. They say that babies are at their worst during their “terrible twos”, and I think that hits Barkley spot on right now. Our once angelic dog has turned into a little demon overnight. In the past week, she has gone to the bathroom in the house not once, but two times! In the entire time we’ve had her (almost 2 years), she’s gone to the bathroom in the house only a few times, so this is not like her at all. She has learned to tip over the trash can and eat whatever she can find inside of it this week, which is so fun to clean up. And, she thinks that Christmas ornaments are chew toys. Our normally well behaved dog is on probation right now, and if she keeps it up, we’re going to put her little bottom in the kennel when we leave the house. I mean it.

Other than that, we’re going on a little vacation in just a few short weeks. Think sandy beaches, lots of sun, and some well needed relaxation before things in our life get crazy (school for Dylan next year and a possibility of children in the near future. No, this is not a subtle announcement, we’re just thinking on it. We’ve kept Barkley alive for almost 2 years, so we might try a kid out sometime). Dylan has his UNM interview in a few weeks also, so keep your fingers crossed that one.

Other than that, we’re just getting geared up for the holidays. We had a fabulous Thanksgiving, and no, I did not take any pictures.