Lost her first tooth FINALLY!

Marisol was so happy that she finally lost her first tooth!! She was so excited the next morning that she had $5.00 under her pillow from the tooth fairy. She told me she has a dream that night that the tooth fairy left her $100.00! ya right.....

USS New Mexico SSN779

WASHINGTON - The US Navy christened its newest attack submarine,New Mexico on Dec. 13 during a ceremony at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va.

U.S. Rep. Heather A. Wilson of New Mexico delivered the ceremony’s principal address.

Designated SSN 779, New Mexico is named in recognition of the people of the ‘Land of Enchantment’. The submarine began construction under a unique teaming arrangement between Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding and General Dynamics Electric Boat in 2004. The battleship New Mexico (BB-40)(1918-1946), the only other ship named after the 47th state, earned six battle stars for World War II service, which included providing shore bombardment support for landings in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, and at Guam, Tinian, Saipan, the Philippines and Okinawa.

 

Short article from the New Mexican

Lady Horsemen rout Valencia When Martin Romero said the Lady Horsemen of St. Michael's High School were "effective with everything" Monday night, he need only bring up the final score. St. Michael's 58, Valencia 18. It was 40-4 at halftime of the nondistrict girls basketball game in Los Lunas. "We gave up a three-point play and one free throw," Romero said of the first quarter, which ended 23-4. "Other than that, they hardly took a shot." Sarah Hattis finished with 16 points and Mariah Gonzales added 10 for the Lady Horsemen (6-2). The blowout was not benefits. "You work on execution," Romero said. "We've been trying to run. The last two games we've gotten quite a few easy points off the fastbreak." Romero praised Capital. "Those coaches are getting the girls to play hard for them and I see the program moving in the right direction," he said.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I just wanted to wish everyone a merry belated Christmas and an early happy new year! We love you guys and miss you already. We had a wonderful Christmas and were blessed again this year with a visit from Santa. We even had a white Christmas with snow falling sporadically throughout the day. I had to sit back among the mess of wrapping paper and toys and just enjoy the happiness in my children. It truly was a blessed day. I hope that all of you had an equally great day! Can't wait to get together again. Love you all, Carly

Thanksgiving 2008

We gathered at the Sachs' home in Gilbert, AZ, with all of the family members present. 16 grandchildren altogether!! Can you just imagine what it was like at the photo session??? One of the employees was actually throwing balls in the air and making funny faces trying to get the little ones to smile and be a part of the photo. Most just continued to look at the one child that was throwing a tantrum!! It was really funny!!!

This is the first year in a long time that all of the Sachs' children were together and all of the grandchildren. We miss Lula and know she is waiting for us to return!

Tables and chairs were borrowed. A spare refrigerator was purchased from craigslist!! Sleeping bags were unrolled!! A tent was deployed!! Food was everywhere!!!! WOW!!! I can't believe we even survived!! We actually enjoyed one anothers' company playing cards, watching DVD's, and just sitting around reliving, remembering, and rehashing past events and family situations!! It was all done in love!!!!

We pray for the world's leaders, our nation's new leaders, and the people of the earth to find ways to accept our differences and live in peace and harmony, using the earth's resources wisely and sparingly!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our friends and family. We hope this greeting finds you surrounded by family and friends. May you have sufficient prosperity to provide the necessities of life and the health to enjoy them!!!

Happy Halloween

Hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween. We got to do Halloween two nights in a row, so my children are hyped up on candy. GREAT! We had our Church Trunk or Treat Thursday night. Here is a picture of the kids costumes this year. I had a lot of fun making them, and I can't believe I only spent $3.00 on them, and then Caleb had to have a light saber for $7.50. I think this was the cheapest Halloween costumes I have ever made....The candy cost me more than the costumes. Something is wrong with that. For those of you who might not know who they are Parker is Darth Maul, Caleb is Anikan, Kailei is Queen Amadala, Payton is Princess Leia and Presley is R2D2. We miss you all and can't wait for THANKSGIVING!!!!

Slave Labor

I finally went and bought some green chile before it was all gone for the year. I bought 3 bags with the intention of trying to can them. I had all of the big people helping peel and rinse chile. It was a lot of work and I am glad that it only happens once a year!! The last pic is of the finished product. Now all I want is to hear the cans go "ping" so that I know they sealed. We finished peeling all of the chile at 11pm and I will do some more canning of the chiles tomorrow. Manuel said, "now you better not give any of this to your mom!" The nerve. This was the first time that Manuel helped out with the chile, so you can imagine how much more he will appreciate it now, because it really is a lot of work.

Car