Momma's latest project

Spent part of the weekend crocheting a "Swing Set Cardigan" for Leah. I found the pattern free online and the yarn on clearance for $2 a skein. I only used about 1.5 skeins. Pretty cute for $3 and a few hours work!

It was hard to get her to stand still long enough for a picture. The sweater has 3/4 length sleeves and a little collar.

Just getting into a little mischief when she didn't think I was looking. The pictures I decided not to post were of her crawling in, turning around, and flipping the carseat over causing her to bump her head on the dresser.

(Sorry about the red eye. iPhoto wasn't fixing it tonight for some reason...)

Albuquerque

Aunt Karen is a great host! She was all ready for us to come. She had borrowed a pack-n-play for Leah so we didn't have to travel with one. She had been to the bookstore and farmer's market to buy books and toys for Rhett & Leah.

She even had 2 chairs just the right size!
Just down the road from Karen's place, the neighbors had decorated their wall with 2 of Rhett's favorite people. For those of you who haven't seen "Cars" 8000 times, Radiator Springs is located on Historic Route 66 which also runs through Albuquerque.
The kids were good on the train and made friends with many of the other travelers. Both enjoyed watching the scenery from our seats and also from the observation car.
Thanks Aunt Karen for a fabulous vacation!!

"Hot balloons!"

We took the train to Albuquerque last weekend to visit my Aunt Karen and see the famous annual Balloon Fiesta. The paper said there were 550 balloons went up the morning we were there. They have volunteers to help choreograph the take-offs and they all went off without incident on opening day. Rhett calls them hot balloons.

In addition to normal hot air balloons, they have ones in different shapes. You can see the pair of bees below. They also had a dairy cow, Smoky the Bear, a flying pig, Pepsi can, and several other animals.
Leah kept saying, "oooooooooo." She was quite impressed.
We were able to stand within about 10 feet of the Farmer's Insurance balloon as it aired up and took off. Rhett was a little frightened when they turned the burner on to heat up the air inside the balloon.

To see all of the pictures from our trip, visit: http://thewertenbergerfamily.shutterfly.com/