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here is the birthday cake we made this morning for Bee’s birthday party with her friends. Lets just say it took us forever, and Cho Cho helped every step of the way! We bought one of those silver little squirty things that you can stick at the end of a plastic bag make frosting decorations with. We cut the hearts out of a larger cake. We ended up make a triple batch of batter. There was a lot of butter and sugar going down on Beech street…
>So it might snow next week, but at least we have had our first glimpses of spring! The crocuses are in bloom and tasty twist is open!! Yesterday was 65 and perfectly sunny! We even spotted some of the students in our neighborhood out sun bathing. That’s going a bit too far we think, but still we did play outside without jackets!
>We had to laugh as we were leaving Sandia Point on Tuesday evening. After an exciting trip up the tram to the top of Sandia Point (10,378ft) in the evening as the city lights started to appear, we were driving out on Tramway Road (or something like that). And what do we see? Check out the top pic below! (I will proudly tell you that the road looked nice and clean! I did jump out of the car to pick up some litter to contribute to the cause, but there was none there!).
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We had a great time in New Mexico. We’ll post some pics of the trip but first we’ll start with a pic from the way home. Here is a rainbow we saw as we were landing in Dallas on Thursday evening. Bee took the pic from her window seat. Let’s just say being in Dallas was not part of the planned trip home. But 36 hours later we made it home! We were thrilled to see all of the snow melted and our crocuses, daffodils and tulips starting to poke through the ground!! Last year our crocuses bloomed on March 12 so we’re a little behind this year but we’re guessing they will bloom this week, hopefully in time for the official start of spring!
>We found Cho Cho’s long lost cousin in the albuquerque airport!!
>Today is 3-2-10.
Cool, huh!
>The hill looks more impressive in real life…We’re taking wagers on when on the snow will melt. While we haven’t gotten hit with the same big storms as the winchester crew, 3 inches a day, everyday adds up.
>Happy Birthday Scott! We love you!!
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Not much happening here… but isnt cho cho cute?
>the sun officially rose before 8am this morning and we are now gaining over 2 minutes of sun a day!!! Our solar noon altitude will hit 30 degrees by sunday (from a low of 23.9) on dec 21… I always notice the sun seems higher on the horizon about Feb 1, so i think that 30 degrees makes a difference. Long way to go to 70.7 (june 21) but we’ll take it.