Family adventures

These are some of our adventures.

Grandma's piano

We were so lucky to inhierit my Grandmothers piano. My great grandfather saved money through the depression so that his only daughter would have the opportunity to play the piano. As my mother grew up she was taught to play and sing by this piano. We are so excited to have this beautiful piece in our home. I missed my opportunity to learn to play so now that I have a piano I can fix that and my children can learn. What a wonderful thing to have in our house.

Natural swimmer

Isaac and Evie started swimming lessons this week. Both of them are natural swimmers. Today I was watching Evie hold her breath underwater. I was amazed at how long she can be underwater. With as much time as we spend in the pool I am glad to see that neither one of my kids have an fear. I know that I haven't posted in a while so my update is this, I'm 34 weeks pregnant and it's really hot here. That is what is going on with us. Sorry it's nothing more exciting than that.

Embudito Hike

A friend of mine and I took our kids on an afternoon hike in the foothills of the Sandia Mountain. It was wonderful and surprisingly green for the desert. We even found a very small waterfall. Albuquerque was voted the best city for outdoor recreation a couple of years ago. We had to climb over some really big boulders to get the end and I had to have some help given my current condition but I made it. As the summer progresses we will have to make morning hikes instead of the afternoon as it is getting very warm here.

Isaac's soccer game

Isaac is really enjoying soccer. He is not super competative and just enjoys running around with the other kids. Greg is the coach for his team which makes it a little hard for Isaac to listen. Greg does such a great job with them. I wanted to post some videos so Grandparents could see Isaac in action. It was a little rainy during the game so everyone is wearing coats.

Albuquerque Temple Tour

On Saturday our primary got the opportunity to take a tour of the temple. We are so lucky to live so close to one. The temple worker walked around the grounds with the children and talked about all the special features of the temple. I was such a nice day outside although it was awefully "breezy" as the weatherman says. This time of year we have alot of wind. All of the kids really enjoyed the tour.

Happy Earth Day

We went to Lowe's today to check out the plants. There were so many to pick from. I let each of the kids pick a flower. Evie picked a dark pink snapdragon and Isaac picked orange marigolds. I just wanted to have a tomato plant and Greg got 6 different herbs. I am really excited to dry the herbs and store them for the winter. It's not a garden but it will have to do for now. Isaac is my little waterer and keeps checking the plants to make sure they don't get thirsty. The kids are so excited about watching them grow. It was never my favorite thing to work in the garden as I was growing up (sorry Mom) but I am glad that I have a love of it now.

Easter festivities

We had a wonderful easter. The kids couldn't wait to color eggs and 2 dozen hard boiled eggs just weren't enough but how many eggs can you acually eat within a week? We were all excited about being able to do an easter egg hunt in warm weather instead of the snow and wouldn't you know it rained all day. So another year passes with an easter egg hunt in the living room. Luckly the kids had too much fun to notice. It's nice to spend our holidays together as our little family although we do miss our extended family very much. We were able to have the sister missionaries over for easter dinner and ended the night with wonderful conversations.

Disneyland 2009

Greg had mentioned that we needed to take a family vacation this summer and I thought that Disneyland would be fun. Within two weeks of talking about it we were on our way to California and to make it even more fun my parents and Chad and Lacey came as well. My Dad raised us to make fun a family affair. We had a most wonderful time. Greg said that with Isaac being 5 and Evie 3 "this was the most magical time for Disneyland".

Isaac's soccer game

Isaac started soccer this year and this is his first game. Greg is his soccer coach and both are having alot of fun. I know that I am his Mom but I think that he has alot of talent for sports. This is a fun new chapter for our family. I am sure we have many, many more years of sporting events before us. Go Fullmers!!

"Doing Time"

My two adorable children thought that it was a good idea to draw all over my couch, the wall, the table, and the tv with a piece of chalk. Now, I know that this is really a small offense except that this is the third time this week. Mom was done. Their punishment was a series of unpleasant chores around the house which included picking up their rooms, cleaning in the bathroom, washing off all of the chalk in the house and outside, washing windows, and swiping the back porch as you can see in the photo. They thought that it was kind of fun which works out well for both parties. Now, you might be thinking that I am a "mean mommy" but hopefully they learned a lesson about where is it ok to color and where it is not. All in all the Fullmer household is a happy home once again.

Evie is ready for her nap after all of the "hard labor" she and her brother had to do. She is not being punished in the corner that is just where she decided to lay her head.