Hiking

The Goff boys new favorite pasttime is hiking. So far, they have hiked up to Mundy's Gap and the Indian caves in the Franklin Mountain State Park and Hueco Tanks in the Hueco Tanks State Park. Last year, I was able to go with them, but this year due to the sprained/fractured ankle I am on the sidelines (well, getting my nails done and going to a "thirty-one party.") I am so proud of all of them!  Clay said they all had moments of bravado and moments of doubt, but they each made it to the top!!!

Happy Hour

Allison had "Army Friends" come in to town from Ft. Hood:  "Little Kari" who is an Army spouse and her adorable 3 yr old little girl, Emory; Nannette, whose son was killed in the Iraq war and a part of the Woodward's unit at the time, and Brandie who lives on the NE side of EP now.  Myself, Heather, and Bita rounded out the happy.  Lots of conversations about military life, deployments, pain, heartache, etc and lots of laughs over gummy bears and cocktails.  We had a great time!!!

 

Rain in El Paso?!?!?

Cold and rainy(?!?!?!) day in El Paso...makes me want to do nothing!
I finally got some of my Christmas decorations down.  Not finished yet, but at least I started!!!

My eyes are swollen underneath, making the bags that reside there larger than normal.  Yep, I am looking pretty!!!

The boys made a new neighborhood friend that rode bikes and scooters with them outisde.  Caden was very happy. 

Going to grill steaks tonight...Caleb asked if he could fix himself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.  I said as long as he did it himself I didn't care what he made. 

One of my new years resolutions is to sit when my family is sitting.  I don't know how long I can keep up with that one.  I have been on the couch or chair for over 48 hours now.  My butt is hurting. 

First trip to ER

Well today was my first trip to the ER in 2012. I fell while having a GREAT time snow tubing in Ruidoso, NM. After going back to school this week, my ankle began hurting even worse and my fear was that I had broken it. I decided to just go get it checked out. It ends up that it is just a small hairline fracture, but they are treating it like a sprain! Yay!!! That meant no cast for me!!!

Clay and I made a bet as to what time I would be back home...and he won. I figured I would be there all day, but lucky for me, I was in and out pretty quickly. I was back home within 3 hours from the time I left. Now that was a record!!!

I took a picture of my ankle to document the swelling and bruising, but after seeing what my foot and ankle looked like, I have decided it was diet time. Again. Ugh.

So here is to 2012, big ankles and all!!!

Boy Scout camping trip

Clay took the boys camping with their boy scout pack. I missed them terribly and promised to go with them next time. ;)
Here are a few pics...

Military Ball

One serious picture...

...one crazy picture.

The boys had a blast with Mary Ann.

Super Bowl - 2010

As always, we are looking for an excuse to party with our Borderland Friends. The super bowl seemed to be just the ticket. The Mobbs - John, Bita, Ian, and Brent - hosted us all for a great time. The kids had plenty of friends to play with, Clay had plenty of men to bet on the game with (and LOSE), and I loved having my girlfriends to drink too much, eat too much, and get waaaaaaay to competitive playing liverpool with. Needless to say, it was a blast!!!!!
Viva El Paso!!!!