Pie Town, New Mexico

Cute kitties we are house sitting. The fourth cat is off playing...she is a young one!

This is one of many cool wood carving we have seen in Pie Town. There is a huge big foot he is facing. ;-)

 We are house sitting in Pie Town, New Mexico for a few months in a cozy little house on over 150 acres. We are in a very remote area and it is very peaceful here. Shadow is loving the homeowner's dog as well. I will add more blog posts as I get the chance. It ties up the phone line to use the dial up internet. And as it is we are expecting a few phone calls. So I am going to end this here for now!

No, we don't know where we are going next and no we are not worried.

Much love and peace to all!
~Heather

P.S. Kids and Cliff are well, but wish we had more friends or family out here. 

Galisteo, New Mexico

 After Sandra's symposium we went to house sit in Galisteo, NM (25 minutes south of Santa Fe). We house sat a lovely cat named, Kitty and an old golden named, Peanut. We were there three weeks in a lovely passive solar house. I don't have good access to all my photos at the moment, but these are a few.

James, Adam and Julie Daniels from England were still in town and came over for lunch and we had a really nice visit with them.

My brother, Kris also came to New Mexico to look for work and visited with us for a bit. We went on some awesome hikes and had a very nice visit with him for about a week.

The homeowners were very awesome and we loved the pets a lot!!! Camden cried when we had to say goodbye to Kitty. She was a wonderful and friendly cat.

Adam and Holden

Galisteo mountains

Sandra Dodd's Always Learning LIVE! 2011- III

Holden and Adam quietly playing hide and seek during one of the talks

One of the last nights just hanging out with their new buds.

Sandra Dodd's Always Learning LIVE! 2011- II

Daniels from England and Sandra Dodd on the right

Melissa from Wisconsin and one of her beautiful babies

Half of the music circle. It was a great time!

The people in the music circle changed every 30 minutes or so. We took turns picking songs to sing and Sandra played the guitar and Milo and a dad from Mississippi took turns playing.

Renee from Oregon and one of her twins. ;-)

Adorable girl dancing to our singing.

Young adult teen panel on Friday afternoon. That was one of my favorite parts! I loved the young adults and teens!!!

Sandra Dodd's Always Learning LIVE! 2011

Adam D, Holden, and Xander C.

The second day and all the kids were very interested in playing Minecraft together.

Zoe S, Meg P, and Luke D (Luke made these cool hats)

Cam and Adam D from England

Pam S and Rose S (mother and grown daughter) on the right

Jill P--her first time speaking and she was awesome!!!

Carlsbad Caverns Photos

Yes, we went and YES, we LOVED it!!! We went on December 28 on our way to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Thank you for all the input about our pending trip! It was very cool there and very simple to get around since we opted to ride the elevator down to the caverns and the walkway is very simple and safe. The kids loved it just as much and will never forget it. ;-)

~Heather

Christmas of the Sock Monkey

Christmas of 2011 will always be the Christmas I will remember as the time all Camden asked for was a sock monkey. And that was practically all he got since part of our family Christmas was going to Sandra Dodd's conference from Dec. 27-31st and paying for the 5 nights in a hotel (one of the nights was a stop at Ft. Stockton, TX to get to ABQ, NM). It was still a really good Christmas since we were with family. ;-)

Carlsbad Caverns

We have a travel dilemma. Should we go to Carlsbad Caverns next week on the way to Albuquerque, NM? It is a 13 hour drive to ABQ from where we are in Texas. We could stay in a motel in western Texas and get up and go to the caverns the next day. It is kinda on the way for us to go to the caverns. I really wanted to hit White Sands and Carlsbad, but if I am not sure that is doable. Anyone out there have any suggestions on any of this?

Thanks for any advice or thoughts. It is going to be out of the way for us to go there later. We will be staying about 5 or more hours away at another date and then heading west or north from those locations. It is almost too much thinking for me. LOL. I hate to add more expense to our trip, but I think it may be a fun side trip worth considering.

~Heather

A good weekend

 It was a busy weekend but it ended with a visit with my special Aunt and cousin. We hang out at a park in Spring which had nutria rats, which are are like beavers and are from South America. The weather was very nice and Santa even showed up to say hello!

More horsing around photos

All is going fine here in Texas, as you can see. We went off roading on on our mountain bikes a few times and have been soaking in the fresh air at least a little bit each day. Our time with family is coming to an end soon and we are keeping Christmas very basic, as always.

Love to all!
~Heather