Our Albuquerque Trip!

So Jared has to go back to Albuquerque every month for his Reserves Weekend, and for his December weekend, the kids and I were able to join him! We turned it into a fun little family trip, and we all had a blast! Heidi was also able to go with us, which allowed me to go with Jared to his Reserves Christmas party! It was tons of fun... :)



One of the best parts of the trip was that it snowed for us!! The kids had been asking all December if it was going to snow (which of course is never likely here in Arizona now), and the first morning we were there in Albuquerque, it snowed just for us! It was perfect because the rest of the days we were there, the weather was nice and a lot warmer, letting us have that one fun day of playing in the snow, but also making it possible to play outside for the rest of the days without worrying about the troubles of snow the whole time! :)
This was Timothy's first real experience with snow... He was very intrigued! :)

These kids have an absolute blast with their awesome Aunt Heidi! It's so much fun having her around!! :)

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One of the days we were there, Heidi and I took the kids on a fun little walk, and we were having a little too much fun doing picture shoots! They found this cute little gazebo to play on -- which they decided was their "boat", and that was definitely a fun little memory from the trip.... :)

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Also, while we were there, we decided to do our own little nativity with them (since it was the Sunday before Christmas), and they loved that! (The bottle was the only way to get our little baby Jesus to stay put! And Colette way up high is supposed to be the angel!) :)

We got to stay in the temporary lodging there on the base, which is pretty much like a furnished little house, and the kids call it the "fun hotel"! They remembered it from when we stayed there during our move back in May.... Lots of fun memories! :)