Las Cruces!

Our visit to Las Cruces, NM was so wonderful. It was so good to see Tami, Jeremy and theeir family again. We don't get to see them that often, he is in the Air Force and the move every 2.5 years or so. We missed the best opportunity to visit them when they lived in China, but money and such limited us. They are moving to AL in the summer so we took advantage of them while they are some what close. And yes we drove there. It took us 3 days to get there, granted we stopped and visited other family members on the way to and fro. So we took longer to get there then what really we should have, but it was fun to see cousins and friends that we have not seen in years. The boys did amazing! Grandma Gwen was traveling with us and what a life saver! She read them books, gave them treats, helped them color, watched movies with them and sang songs with them. She made the trip so much easier.
While we were done in Las Cruces we went to few different "hot" spots. They weren't really hot, but they were amazing. We went to White Sands National Park which is NM version of snow. It is white sand (hence the name) that you can sled down and play in just like real snow. The kids, big and little had way too much fun. We also went to Carlsbad Caverns which is the most amazing thing that I have seen in a long time. It a a huge cave that puts Timpanogas Caves to shame, (those are amazing yes but, ) Carlsbad could fit Timp in just one of its smallest room. It is huge down in that cave, it takes an hour to hike down there, then another hour wo tour the big room! I will never forget how ahh struck I was. This cave during certain months of the year has bats there, how amazing would it have been to see the bats flying out of the cave.
We also ate at a local Mexican resturant and did some shopping and had way too much fun. Not to mention we got to play outside, go on walks/runs, bike rides and bbq! Love it! The kids were not ready to come home, they loved playing with their cousins and now miss them terribly!

Tami, Dave, Grandma Gwen


Playing around wiith cousins

White Sand National Park (doesn't it look like snow!)

Carlsbad Caverns