Creative Jason

My kids have these toys called Zoobmobile (they snap together and you can make cars with them) Last week I came down stairs and found that Jason had made these two "designs" with them. Can you guess what they are of ???? Put your guesses in the comments!

Family Pictures

I still have so many reunion pictures that I haven't posted... and to be honest I probably won't post them at this point, but I did like these family pictures!

Here is the Ortega/Schmidt/Cannon Clan (My parents & Sister, with our families)

Grandma and Bapa Cannon with all their grand kids (yep, this was the best picture of everyone!)

If you don't know who this family is... you probably shouldn't be reading this blog!

Hikes in Beautiful Los Alamos

There are amazing hikes around Los Alamos and we took full advantage of them. And since I have about 7 million pictures of our trip (no, I'm not exaggerating... okay, maybe just a little) I am trying to narrow them down by a common theme. These first two pictures give you a good idea what Los Alamos looks like, lots of mesa with mountains in the background. It's pretty in a way that I didn't realizes till I moved away!


Tsankawi:

This is one of my favorite hikes, Tsankawi is a hike that takes you along ancient an American Indian village (they lived in caves in mountains). There are caves, pottery and petroglyphs! As a child I always enjoyed playing in the caves, but it's really impressive that so much history is preserved for us to enjoy. Again, I don't think I appreciated it's uniqueness till I got older! Man, what else am I missing (I guess I'll find out when I'm older) Did I mention this hike is like 2 min away from where I grew up (no, I didn't live in a cave!)

Bandelier National Monument:

It's a Cannon tradition to hike down the mesa to Bandelier and have french pancakes at the camp grounds! There are more amazing artifacts (but the view really makes this hike great!) Sadly we got a little rained out, but I know we'll do this one again!

Ski Hill :

Here are just a couple more pictures of our Ski Hill hike, I love these pictures, doesn't Jason look happy to have his picture taken! :)