Bunches of Fun with The Berry's

Yahoo! The Berry Family came up to see us last
weekend! We haven't seen them since Thanksgiving.
We were especially excited to see Evan, since his
now 7 months old. They got here LATE Thursday
night (like 1:30 am Fri morn) and played hard with
us until Sunday morning. We were privileged to get
to spend Amy's first Mother's Day with her. :) We
went to the zoo, the aquarium, Sandia Mountain and
one of the neighborhood parks. Amy, Allen and Evan,
thanks for making the drive and seeing our temporary
home! We had a great time! See you in a month!!




Ian and Jenna at the Albuquerque zoo. The coolest
feature of this zoo is that you are so close to the
animals. I took a million pictures (only posted a few)
because you could see the animals so well.


Aunt Amo took a tip from Jenna's
hiking techniques and got a piggy back
ride from Allen while we toured the zoo.

Ian and Jenna climbed into this throne

and immediately started shouting orders.

I told them the sign said, Do Not Feed The Animals,

but they are rebels and fed him any way. :)

Aren't eels creepy?

How cool are these jellyfish?

Scuba diving with the sharks, no thanks. I would

rather be on the dry side of the glass.

Despite the vast amount of things to

do and see at the zoo and aquarium,

Ian and Allen still took time to stop

and smell the roses.

Ian and Evan (with a little help from Allen),

we were riding on the train that connects the

aquarium and the zoo. It is about a 20 minute

ride and you get to go through two tunnels.

If I am not mistaken, this looks a little like John.

The seals and sea lions were Ian's favorite. Jenna

walked all around this exhibit barking like a seal

and was just sure they were answering her.

Saturday night, we went took The Berry Family

to the park where we were meeting The Gang for

a picnic/bbq. Despite the chilly winds, we all had

a good time.

We rocked the park with our cool kites. The plus

side to our windy days is that they are perfect

for flying kites. This one belongs to Noah.

Tori's kite

Lucas' kite

Ian's kite

Ian, master of the kite.

I just love this little man. I must have taken a

million pictures of just him. He was so tired from

the long drive from TX but was still so fun. He is a

sweet, sweet boy.

Jenna couldn't wait for baby Evan to

get here. She kept talking about helping

to feed him and take care of him.

We tried to ride the tram to the top of

Sandia Mountain but the winds were too

high. We found some cool trails and hiked

for an hour and a half or so instead.

I am pretty sure that is what Jenna really was

thinking.

Awww...they do love each other.

We found some wild animals while

hiking on the mountain.

Queen of the Really Small Rock

Thank goodness John was there to roll

that big boulder off the path.

What a nice lookin' family.

Poor Amo was pooped by the end

of our hike but Evan LOVED it. His

favorite part was when his Momma

lost her footing and did the 'gravel

slide'. He would swing his feet and

laugh out loud. If he liked that, he is

gonna love roller coasters when he is

bigger.