No More Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Holly sure had fun playing with Grandpa Mitton. Little did I know when things got quiet in the house they were up to trouble. This is what I found.

Weekend in Utah

We got to go home to Idaho over Mother's Day weekend and as a special treat we got to spend time with Tiffany's grandma. We spent the night and went shopping together too. Holly and her dad went to the Teddy Bear Workshop and made a bear to remind her of her daddy. His name is Hercules after the plane that Justin works on and he's decked out in camoflauge , just like Justin's uniform.
Holly relaxing.
Holly and Great-Grandma Thomas watching tv together.

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Time Out For Women

So I had the privilege of attending Time Out For Women again this year. Such an inspirational weekend and a nice time out with the girls.


The Primary President and I. It was nice to see her there.
Me and two best friends, Jia and Sabrina.
Sharon G. Larsen, Elia Gourgouris, Emily Watts, S. Michael Wilcox, Mary Ellen Edmunds, Kenneth Cope, Cherie Call.

Cherie Call singing He Gives Flowers to Everyone.

Easter Egg Hunt

Our Wing(a group of squadrons) had a Children's Easter Egg Hunt party last weekend. I'm a member of the Spouses' Group and was privileged to help plan. I also got to have dinner with a bunch of Commanders' wives and fill all the Easter eggs for the hunt. We had over 75 plastic eggs filled. It was insane. The kids got to prance around in a basket parade with the Easter Bunny. Justin's Commander was voted to be the Easter Bunny. Holly would only say hello to him and shake his hand, but refused to take a picture with him. Below you can see the fun she had.



Daddy helping out.
Look Mom, I got lots of eggs!
Already has a chocolate mustache.
Justin's Commander.
Face painting time.
Finding more eggs with Dad.
Having so much fun finding eggs.
Daddy helping her out.

Oh and a side note, I spent that whole morning help put out all the eggs for the different age groups. We had the entire park covered in eggs. What a blast!

Park Pleasures

So I have a daughter, whom is fearless. She loves to go on slides and at our park here on base, we have two playgrounds. One is for kids 6 and above, the other is for 5 and under. So Holly is so tall that she tends to get bored on the little ones' playground and she has braved to go on the big kids' slides. But, alas, we kept her from doing so one day. She hadn't been to the park in a while and she certainly enjoyed herself. She got to play for a bit until it was time for our Easter Egg Hunt party with the squadron.


Side sliding.
Checking to make sure no one is pressuring her.
She loves the curly slide.
Going up the stairs to find fulfillment.

Sledding Sandia Crest

So our friends Randy and Sabrina took us up to the Sandia Crest here in ABQ. We found a nice little area to do some sledding. The girls didn't last long. Holly didn't like falling out of the sled too well. Justin had too much fun and ended up bruising his leg on a rock. Genius! Randy hurt his hip at one point. Us gals took the pictures to document our husbands' stupidity. Ha ha ha. Holly got tired and decided to play with snow instead. At one point I crashed and burned trying to avoid a tree. Enjoy the best photos below.



Here Randy and Callista, Justin and Holly are waiting to race down the slope.
The ride to an adventure.
Woah Dad! Slow down!
I slid backwards.

Holly and I taking off down the hill.