Trip Overview Day 5 (weds)

We didn't make it very far, We had hoped to make it to Tuscon but we stopped somewhere between Las Cruses and Tuscon and crashed for the night! Woke up, had a great breakfast at the hotel and then headed out to see if Olga was home in Tuscon. Ken called to let her know we were coming, she had her son pick up the kids and meet us there! It was great meeting Olga's grand kids! Kaitlyn and Kassel had fun and of course they had to feed us yet again! lol








And that was it! Long drive home and we all crashed! Nice to have our own beds again
Thank you everyone for met us along the way! We enjoyed spending time with you! Thank you Alicia and Bonnie that text'd me or Im'd with me out on that long open freeway!

Trip Overview Day 4 (tuesday)

Wake up! Wake up! Rolled out of bed and headed outside to take in the view again! The Rio Grande is visable from their patio and man just such a great view!

LaDonna and Joe showed us some sites of Las Cruses! Breakfast first! Great breakfast even tho the kids were being a PITA! lol

Some of the cool sites... an old Indian fort... darn fort and museum was closed on Tuesday! Always our luck! lol




Then he hit up the Hobby Lobby! Since I didn't get a picture at the first Hobby Lobby here we are leaving from the second one! and YES i bought stuff! We were actually walking back from putting the cart back but I got a bunch of albums and page protectors and lots of other goodies!

Museum! We went to this really cool museum in Las Cruses. Kids had a great time! They were also filming a video for the museum and we were filmed in a few shots around the museum. I was playing with the camera too!









Some pictures along the Rio Grande, across the river and up the hill a bit is where LaDonna and Joes house is. Lastly is the cute bug that Kaitlyn was playing with.... until she staked it! lol I'll save you from that picture!




After our tour around LasCruses we headed back to house finished packing up and headed out towards home!

Trip Overview Day 3 (monday)

We woke up and headed down the I10! Not much to see but desert, dirt and some cactus! We made it to Las Cruses in the evening.


My Aunt LaDonna and Uncle Joe live in Las Cruses and I haven't been to their house in..... shoot I think I was like 11 years old when I was there! the house wasn't even completely done at that time! This place is amazing! Just getting there we hung out o the front patio and took in the view and just relaxed a bit! Let the kids run around a little!



Kaitlyn didn't listen and touched the cactus and told me theres no pokeys on it! HAHA, just a few minutes later I see her picking at her hands, trying to hide it from me! They were those tiny ones you cant realy see but oh my they hurt! So here we are picking them out of her hand, I *think* she learned! lol



It was a LONG day and kids were getting into everything so they got a shower and went to bed. Then I stayed up a bit and had some tequilla shots with LaDonna and Joe and talked about this and that. It was great!

Trip Overview Day 2 (sunday)

Today we spent the whole day at Ken's Cousin Toni's house! They fed us like we were starving! Such great food and great company! There was alot of family there to meet us! There was Aunt Gloria and Uncle Juan, Cousin Toni, Art and Olga and Olga's husband Tony, their daughter... we forgot her name.. I'm sorry! Olga's granddaughter Anhelica (sorry if I'm spelling any ones name wrong!)Whew... I *think* that was everyone! We had a wonderful breakfast and then soon after a scrumptious lunch. Lots of chit chat and just hanging out enjoying every ones company!
I LOVE this picture of Gloria!

Here's just a few other pics from the day at Toni's!





We headed back to the hotel and Kassel fell asleep on the way and never woke up until morning so we didnt make it out for dinner. Thank goodness they sent us home with a few leftovers! lol

Trip Overview Day 1 (Sat)

Here's some pics of the kids right before we left, all buckled up and ready to roll!! LOOK at those pictures! I could never had gotten thos with the ole P&S!! Have I mentioned how happy I am for getting the new camera?!?!?



Here's just some random ones playing with the camera along the freeway. Here's a great shot of a train that was going along the freeway, look you can even see the engineer in it! We were flying down the freeway at about 85, I'm SO impressed! And then HORRIBLE stretch of the I10 with ALL the WINDMILLS!!! AAGHHHHH!!!! I HATE this section of the freeway! I really have no idea why but it freaks me out! Even when I was little going on road trips I remember hiding under my blanket until we were thru this! They are everywhere! Both sides of the freeway! AAGGHHHHH!!


This was one of our many diaper stops! Kassel has recently starting telling us when he goes potty so were trying to reward him by changing him right away, on a LONG road trip it was difficult but this was one o the many stop in the middle of nowhere to change him.


Bonnie and I met at Hobby Lobby and OMG I want one SO bad! I'm thinking a 5 hour drive isn't too bad for a Hobby Lobby! lol Bonnie and I had joked about taking pictures of me kicking and screaming and holding onto the doors as she pulled me out. But we didn't! We got kicked out instead! lol It was closing time and I didnt wanna leave!!
Here we are at dinner with Bonnie, Meghan, Kaden and Nate. The kids were SO cute together having fun and they were all sad to say goodbye!





Then we finally went to the hotel and crashed!