July 1st, 2008
Patton Alley with Friends
We went to Patton Alley Pub with Chris, Kim, Curtis and Jason. Here’s a pic of Chris, Kim and Celeste all laughing about something (probably a TV show we were talking about).
June 30th, 2008
Anton’s with Jason and Janelle
We went to Anton’s with Jason and Janelle for a impromptu late lunch.
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June 10th, 2008
Chris and Kim in Albuquerque
We picked up Chris and Kim from the airport this afternoon and knew the first place we had to take them was the new Nestle Cookie Store in the ABQ Uptown shopping area. We were right… they loved it!
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April 24th, 2008
My First Troop
We went to the UNM Children’s hospital tonight for my first “official” troop! We dressed in conference room, then spent the next hour or so walking around and seeing the kids.
Our “docent” would knock on the door of the child’s room, tell them there were some Star Wars characters here to see them, then, if the they wanted, we would go in and say “hi.” Sometimes the kids had “contact restrictions” in which case we’d wave from the door. Of course some of the kids, or the kids’ parents, didn’t want us to come in for whatever reason, but for the most part everyone wanted to see us.
In fact, the first wing we went through was pretty quick… 10 or 15 minutes to do the whole thing. We would wave, say “hi”, and move along, move along. But the 2nd wing we went through was a Star Wars fan club! Children had Star Wars books, parents had Star Wars tattoos, one young man (probably 15) had a poster of himself someone had made for “Episode VII”. So, needless to say, we spent much more time in that wing taking pictures and just interacting with everyone.
It was as great of an experience as I’d have hoped it would be. The kids (and parents) were all so excited to see us. “You’re the real deal,” one parent said. “You’ve met the Stormtroopers,” another told his son. It was sad in many ways to be there, but the smiles and laughter of the kids made it much easier. What a great first troop!
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April 23rd, 2008
Breakfast at Gold Street Caffe
We took Jason back to the Gold Street Caffe this morning for breakfast on the way to the airport. It was so yummy! Jason and I got a green chili cheese biscuit with salmon, mascarpone cheese, tomatoes and 2 poached eggs. Celeste had some toast (with her own personal jar of jam) and a couple of eggs. It was all so delicious and we decided should be a tradition to take people to eat there on the morning they leave.
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April 22nd, 2008
Eating at Bumble Bee’s
We took Jason to Bumble Bee’s the night before he left. It was good because he had fish tacos, which he had never had before, and which are a very “New Mexican” dish.
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April 13th, 2008
Cari and Jeremy
Our friends Cari and Jeremy Thompson came and saw us this weekend. Even though it was a relatively short trip for them, we had a very full and wonderful weekend! We went to Flying Star (of course) and took them to see Fred and Kristin Wilson (of course), and I put on my Stormtrooper armor… of course. It was a great time!
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April 2nd, 2008
Working at Flying Star
We love Flying Star restaurants here in Albuquerque. Today we went and worked a while from the one on Juan Tabo. It was so wonderful!
