a day on the farm

We have made such precious friends while living here in Cortez. One of those families have been the Yates. Bradey runs xc and track and Rob and Tonya have really adopted us as family! We love them! The latest thing we have done with them, is Uncle Rob picked out some carhartt over-alls for Abs at the state stock show. So they said she needed to come help Bradey feed. So sat morning after her nap we headed out to their farm and "helped" feed the cows. In these pictures it looks like abs is not having fun, but I think she was so intent on watching and touching the animals she couldn't be bothered smiling for mom and the camera=0)
We love you Yates fam! Thanks for the fun morning on the farm!


I love her face in this one!!


Abs and Uncle Rob=0)

Chicken Creek

We spent Saturday out xc skiing!! It was so beautiful and snowed on us the whole time! Abs loved it... till the end cause I think her little hands were getting cold.

Run for Feuille weekend!!

We had such a wonderful weekend in Phoenix this weekend!! It was SO nice and warm and we even had a day with warm rain, with the wonderful creosote smell (the bestest smell in the whole world!)
Anyway we got to visit one of my best friends from college Sara and Eric Channing and their two precious offspring Will and Claire! That was so fun and such wonderful fellowship with a precious family!

The reason for the weekend was to run a half marathon in support for Robert Fueille and his family! Another friend from college Robert was diagnosed with testicular cancer and has been fighting the cancer battle!! His sweet wife Aimee and their three children and fighting along side him and SO many people are praying for his COMPLETE healing!! A group of us got together to run this race and raise money to help his family financially! If you are able and willing to help them in anyway here is the link to his website. Please pray with us and also be INSPIRED by his amazing fight!! Fight for Feuille!!
http://fightforfeuille.com/

Here are a couple pics from the race! And I was pretty happy with a time of 1:28 for my first half marathon!! Even though my chip apparently didn't work... that was my watch time. Cody and Abs cheered along the route and it got me all pumped to try to break 3 hrs in the marathon this summer!




We also got to take Abs to the ZOO! And everyone that knows Abs knows that she LOVES LOVES LOVES animals, so the Zoo was pretty much heaven for her..... Abs and Will checked out all the animals and worked on their animal sounds. While Claire took a sweet little nap=0) by the way Claire is the best most precious baby in the whole world, she was such a sweet happy content little thing (while Abs was trying to grab and kiss her and Will all weekend...)

Precious baby Claire!!
Abs and Will taking on the ZOO!
Checking out the Antelopes...




Abs' 1st carousel ride! As you can see she was very intent and focused...
My precious friend Sara and I.

So we are back is snowy C-town where it has been snowing since we got back! Cody didn't get the Durango job, so we are waiting once again and trusting that God has us where He wants us (sometimes easier said then truely felt and believed) Even though I am looking forward to the warm summer, warm weather, a change in scenery for now I will enjoy a warm bowl of veggie soup tonight with my precious little family and watch the snow come down!!

Happy 2010!!

Thinking back to this time last year, I had a brand new baby!! Cody and I had NO idea how much our lives were about to change! Abigail has been one of the most precious blessings in my life. Her little life has already taught me a whole different kind of love and how precious each moment of our life is! I can't believe it has been a year!! This past year came with not much sleep, a HUGE learning curve, and learning everyday to put my trust and faith in my precious Savior. Praise God for his tender kindness and his mercies!
To celebrate this wonderful 1 year occasion we took a trip to Las Cruces/ Alamogordo to spend Christmas, New Years, and Abs' 1st birthday with family and friends! We had such a wonderful trip and made so many wonderful memories and alot of 1sts for Abigail!

I have to start with this photo- cause I think it might be the sweetest photo EVER! We went to cheer on Aunt Lizzy during her LAST NMSU home swim meet! Lizzy has been swimming for over 15 year- so this is a bitter sweet season. She did awesome and the whole gang was there to cheer her on!
We had a wonderful Christmas Eve celebration at my Grandparents house! Where Abigail had a wonderful time eating lemons and having everyone dote on her!



Christmas Day was spend with the Robertson side of the fam in Alamogordo, it was a great day filled with yummy food, tons of great gifts and Abigail trying to play with her new little cousin Addison.... (Addison not so happy with Abigail's attempts to "play")



Abigail wanted to play with little Addi so much! They are going to be the best of buddies someday!

Going on a little Christmas Day walk.

Grammy Sherry with both her little grand daughters!
Over the break Abs decided that crawling was too slow.. so she is walking everywhere now! And exploring everything- this is such a fun age! She does about five different animal sounds, says mom, dad, wow, hi, and sings and dances to any music.

And to finish off a wonderful trip we got to celebrate her birthday!! She loved cake...




Check out a few more photos from Abigail's 1st birthday party at our photography site
www.riverbendphotos.blogspot.com

Thanks everybody for checking in!! Happy 2010! May the Lord bless you during this next year!!

God is good!!

Well it's cold outside, Abs is taking her afternoon nap, and I just sat down with a yummy mug of hot apple cider.... I have to start with God is SO good. He is SO faithful even when I am not, and He has blessed me with a life that in so many aspects I don't deserve. Isn't that what makes Him so good? Giving us blessing that we don't deserve and NEVER giving up on us. My prayer today is that He would make me a mom that shows that kind of love. Giving with no thought of receiving, forgiving with never looking back, and loving even when it hurts us the most. This holiday season I have SO much to be thankful for! And God's love and forgives towards me is on the top of the list!!

Thanksgiving this year was a week full of fun and craziness (wait thats every week with the Thomson clan...) anyway, we spent the week down in Las Cruces and Alamogordo. All my sibling were in town so it was so fun having everyone around.
I did work some over the week doing photo shoots, but I enjoy it so much it wasn't really "work" My photo business is going great and I am always busy with shoots and editing! I love it!

Unfortunately we had to cancel (postpone) our trip to Jamaica. We didn't know Abs needed a passport and we would have had to pay a ton of money to get one on such late notice. And after looking at all the options we decided to save out money and plan another trip at a better time.

Cody has applied for four different jobs so we are just waiting to see if God wants us to move. But for the time being we are very happy and content in little Cortez. This place has really grown on us and has become out home.

Abigail is 11 months old tomorrow!! Almost the 1 year mark! I can't believe how fast 11 months have gone!! She has just started taking steps this past week and is the most precious bundle of joy and energy a parent could ask for. With six teeth finally in, we are back to 12 hours at night, and two really good nap!! YAY! She is eating almost everything and loves to eat, however her new favorite thing to do is open the dog cage and let Ringo out to play....
She also loves to sing and dance to just about anything, crawl in the dishwasher and take all the silverware out, howl like a coyote, drink water like a big girl, and her Grams taught her how to play peek-a-boo. SO fun!!

I have so many pictures... of course over the last couple of weeks, so here are just a few!
Also check out our new photos at www.riverbendphotos.blogspot.com

tons of love and kisses from her Grams.
She got the tour of GGma's backyard (aka... disney land!!)




Her first trip to the zoo with Grammy Sherry.




Her new favorite hang out place. She hears me open it from the other side of the house!Abs went on her first tractor ride with Caption Wally! She loved it, and a little while later she fell sound asleep in the pick-up checking on the lettuce with Mr. Hill.

Have a blessed day!!

in the spirit of the season!

This is one of my favorite times of year, fall! I love fall, I love the weather changing, the leaving falling, the cold morning runs, and the plans for Thanksgiving and then Christmas right around the corner!! Another thing I love about this time of year is FOOTBALL! Not that I have a certain team that I am into, but more I just enjoy the yummy food and the afternoons with family and friends cheering on the players.
I have this tradition, every year I pick an NFL team to cheer for. And it changes every year, so last year was Arizona (who just so happened to make it to the superbowl) and this year... well I guess you can say I have jumped back on the Cowboys band-wagon. My family is hard core Dallas fans, and being the sweet kind daughter that I am, I always cheering for ANY team BUT dallas, just to make things fun..... but this year Abs and I are rooting for the Cowboys! So her gramps already got her suited up in spirit of the "BOYS"!

We are not huge fans of Halloween, but GG got Abs this super cute giraffe outfit, so we went to the church carnival and had some friends over for hot chocolate!

too-da-loo! Enjoy another beautiful fall day!!