Canning and Birthday Presents

Hey everyone, wanted to take a moment and share with you guys our first or my first canning experiance.

Arturo and I canned 50 pounds of tomatos with my friend Sarah Lilly on Sunday. This was my first time canning...it was not as bad as I thought it would be, it just took time. Here are a few pictures and these are taking with my new camera! I got it this afternoon, and have been playing all evening!

Arturo and I with one of our beautiful jars!

Another one...

Three of the 12 we took home!!

I think that we are going to do some peaches and make some pickles...next year Arturo, says we are going to have a HUGE garden so we can can our own produce. What fun!! I think...

My Mom sent me this great mosaic mirrow for my Birthday...I love it. It is so cool. She is a pretty talently lady. LOVE YOU, Mom!

We had a great weekend, it was crazy busy. Saturday we cleaned and got the house ready for our party. We had about 25 folks over Saturday night. It is was great fun! Then Sunday we canned most of the day. Needless to say we are pretty tired today.

My running goal for this week is 9 miles for the week... I did not run this morning so that means I have to catch up tomorrow morning. I think I will do 2 tomorrow, 3 Wednesday, 2 Thursday and 3 on Friday. That will get me 10. Wish me luck!!

Have a great week everyone.

LOVE YOU - the Pacheco's

Home from Vacation :(

Hey Everyone...
We made it home from New Mexico on Sunday. We had such a great time and you know I did not even take my camera. So I do not have any pictures to share. It is always good to go home, NM is really not my home, but I call it home. I love it there. I do not think I would every want to live there but I do enjoy visiting. The skies are just beautiful and the landscape can be breathtaking. It was only 60 degrees on Friday, which was my Birthday, I do not think I have every had to wear a jacket on my Birthday before! I guess there is a first time for everything. Juana made us some amazing red chili enchiladas with homemade sopapillas and beans. Man it was good! I probably gained five pounds! Oh well I guess that is what vacation is for!

For my birthday I got some really cool things. My mom made me this awesome mosaic mirror for our kitchen and Robin got me this cool needle case. Thanks to you both! LOVE YOU! I also got a little cash and I think I am going to get a new camera! The one I have is only like a 3 mega pixel, so it is about time to up-grade. I am thinking about a Nikon Coolpix with 10 mega pixels. I think I am going to order it tonight. I am pretty excited. I will share pictures of my gifts once I get my new camera.

We are planning a get together this weekend...Arturo goes back to school on Monday. Less than a week left of his summer. He is pretty bummed about it! Next summer will be here before we know it though.

I am running with the Little Apple Road Runners tomorrow morning 3 miles...lets hope my shines can stand it! I am thinking that the half marathon is going to come in April or May...before it gets to hot and I can start training after Christmas. I will let you know how it goes tomorrow.

Well that is about it from this home front. I hope you all have a great week. Check back soon for some pics!