New Mexico

We went to New Mexico for one of my niece's baptisms. We left Friday when Brian got done with school at 3 and drove to Monticello, UT and stayed in the worst hotel I've EVER stayed in, which is saying something after a trip to Utah when the man in the room next to us tried to commit suicide and the cops were there for hours talking him out of his room with all my siblings and parents in the room next door to his. Needless to say we go in at Midnight, the baby screamed til 2 or 2:30 and we were gone from the hotel by 6:15. We made it to New Mexico by about 9, but Brian insisted on going to the Army surplus store when we were all just ready to be done but we made it to my brother's house about 10 am, in time to shower, get ready and go to lunch with everyone. I have no pictures of most of the events, like the baptism, but Sunday after church we got all girly. I painted all the toes you see in 4th of July theme (since it was the 4th of July weekend after all). Yeah took me a couple hours but got stars stripes or other red, white, and blue themes painted on them all. These are Bailey's toes, I didn't think she'd hold still so I did hers later,

after she grabbed the nail polish bag and

sat herself and it in my lap and put her toes in my face.

I'm afraid she's going to be much girlier than I ever was.

Now I warned you we went all girly.....

the kids thought it was fun to decorate daddy/uncle Brian

My dad and Brian left on the 4th of July to go home because they both had school Tuesday morning. My sister's best friend's parents (follow that) have a nice pool in their backyard and had invited all of us and a few other church friends over for a BBQ and swim. I got ZERO pictures of this also but my sister and her friend took a lot, so maybe eventually I'll get them too.

My kids had a BLAST and loved every second of swimming and eating and swimming and eating. My mom kept the baby at my brother's house until she woke up from her nap then she came too and LOVED it.