Ruidoso, NM

(We left Blayden with my sister (and my mom) to keep because 1) he would NOT have liked that long drive, and 2) he was sick and we felt that the colder air would have made him worse. I missed him like crazy!!!!)

Anyway, we left Christmas Eve and stayed in Abilene for the night, got up and drove the rest of the way to Ruidoso. That is a LONG drive!! We got there, checked into our cabin and took all of our luggage in, then ran to an Allsups (convient store- we don't have them here but they were everywhere else we went! LOL)to get a few groceries for the night and morning.

We barely got back to the cabin and it started to SNOW!!! It was SOO beautiful and was coming down in these thick flakes. I was so glad the boys got to see it! Here are a few pictures of them playing in the snow:

Jace was super exdcited!


Kelton all bundled up:


Daylon- look at that snow coming down!



The next morning:

SNOW ANGELS!!


Sierra Blanca Moutain (Ski Apache is on the very top) This was our view from the side of our cabin.


Wednesday morning we got up, played in the snow some (see pictures above), then went to Wal Mart for food. We actually got a little stuck on the drive back, trying to get up to our cabin. There was a pretty steep hill, and since it was covered in snow and ice, it was NOT easy to get up it! We pulled over to the side though, and just waited until it thawed some.

We then took the boys to a place called Winter Park where they have a huge tubing hill. They had a BLAST (so did Matt and I for that matter though!!) Here are a few pictures of that:

Matt and Kelton


Picture of the hill- they had 4 different things you could go down:


We went shopping on Thursday (the boys actually loved this and wanted to go more on Friday since they had some of their own money. It was actually a pleasent experience!!)

Then on Friday we got up and went Horseback riding. Daylon was a little scared at first (he's our cautious son!) but ended up LOVING it! Jace and Kelton were both led by one of the guides, and Kelton enjoyed his ride so much that he almost fell asleep on the horse! We ended up having to stop and let him on the horse with Matt for a little while. It was so funny and cute!

Anyway, here's a few pictures of us on the horses:

Kelton and Jace (on Poncho and McCree)


All of us:



There are also TONS more pictures of our trip on my Shutterfly account that you can see. Here's the link: http://mkdjkrat.shutterfly.com/action/pictures?a=67b0de21b35fd6b9c4c3

We ended up coming home a day early (we were going to stay until the 30th, then stay the night in Abilene again for a break), but I missed Blayden SOOO much. We actually drove straight through and got here on the 29th. He was excited to see us, but still not feeling great (stuffy nose and allergy junk now), so I was thrilled to be home with him again.

I like vacations and all, but it is just SO nice to be home and finally relax and get things back to normal!!!