Roadtrip with the Neals

This past weekend we went to Ruidoso, NM with some of our friends from church, Matt and Aren. We all 5 rode in the Neal's Honda. It was a tight squeeze but sure saved a lot by just taking one vehicle. The trunk was completely full....it was like a jigsaw puzzle trying to get everything to fit. It was Weston's first trip to Ruidoso and I think he liked it pretty well. He did great considering it was a 9 hour drive. On the way on Friday it was mostly night time so he slept a lot, but on the way back yesterday it was daytime the entire trip. He took a few little naps but mostly it was the great entertainment of his parents in the backseat that kept him from losing it. It's amazing what you'll do and how dumb you'll act to keep your child entertained for 9 hours! Logan was pretty good at it. We did a lot of relaxing at the cabin most of the weekend....watched movies, read, took naps, and ate. We went hiking for a little while on Sunday afternoon. Weston loved it. Most of the pictures are from that day. He couldn't have been happier riding on his dad's back and looking at all the trees and scenery. It was pretty cute to watch him be that happy outside. We hiked up to a river and let him crawl around for awhile. He got to put his little toes in the cold river and found a stick to chew on. He was happy.

We had a great time with the Neals....they are great friends. Fun memories from the weekend.....almost running out of gas, shouldn't have stopped at McDonalds, pasta in water, "would you rather", hot tub, honking at the 2 kids, jolly ranchers, "bonjour", seeing big deer, Matt's sliced thumb, annoying waitress, packing the trunk, and hiking to the river. Our hope was that we wouldn't scare them away from having kids by spending a weekend with us and Weston. I don't think we did :)