A day in Midland

I had a few free minutes so I thought I'd post an update.  As of the last entry we were waiting to hear if Todd got his internship.  He did!  We're living in Midland right now as a matter of fact.  He started a few weeks ago and is loving it.  The people here are incredibly nice and the company he's working for seems great.  We're just having trouble finding things to do when he's not working.  It's really hot here in Midland and it's not a large town so it seems like we have to drive a couple of hours to find family entertainment.
We still had a lease to fulfill in NM so we left most of our belongings there and just moved the minimum needed.  I'm able to use internet at the clubhouse and we didn't hook up cable.  I had this crazy idea that it would be fun in a kind-of romantic way to go without as much as possible, kind-of like a very long vacation.  Unfortunately it just feels like living inconviently.
Overall though it's been nice to have Todd around more and to be able to play house mommy for the summer.  We can't wait for the next year to go by so we can get back to living like adults- not students.

Quick update

Just thought I'd give those of you who don't use FaceBook a quick update.
Todd had one last interview for a summer internship a couple of weeks ago.  He did great and earlier this week they made him an offer.  We are so excited, I actually started screaming.  I am so proud of him, his hard work is starting to pay off already!
The internship will be in Midland, Texas with Mewbourne Oil.  It seems like a great company, they're a small independent company that's been around since the mid 60's. 

The interview was in Oklahoma so we made a little road trip out of it.  
Also, this week we moved Joseph into the bigboy bed.  When the mattress was delivered we realized the crib made into a full size bed not a twin.

These last couple I took earlier today.  They were so cute I had to post them!

December in New Mexico 2010

Todd and I have a tradition of cutting down our own Christmas tree every year.  It hasn't always worked out quite as planned, luckily this years traditional went down without a hitch.

While we were waiting for Santa to finish feeding the reindeer we went through the museum.  They even have a Gila monster.

Todd assembling Josephs toys

The tree turned out pretty nice

Christmas morning

Thanksgiving 2010

My version of Christmas enchiladas (green sauce inside,  red out).

And both red and green homemade salsas!

My first attempt at Grandma Bee Rolls- not perfect but pretty good

My pumpkin roll was perfect though!

Thanksgiving dinner

Grandma Parr making a gingerbread train with Joseph

 We were lucky to have Belva and Randy visit for Thanksgiving! 

We took our visitors to see some of the sights they didn't have a chance to see when they helped us move, we didn't get to everything but this was a good start.

Todd attempting to sled on the sand using a sign- it didn't work, we'll bring snow sleds next time.

Farmers Market

We had been looking for a chair for Joseph since his birthday and finally found a good one on a Black Friday Sale.

 Sorry I've been so bad about keeping this up to date I'd like to say I'll be better, but that would just be lying.  Working full time and the holidays have really thrown me through a loop as far as keeping up with everything.  Now things are settling back in I think we're just about as adjusted as we're going to get.

The University has an amazing geologic museum.  Joseph and Belva are checking out some petrified wood.

Hueco Tanks