Carlsbad Caverns & Ruidoso for Thanksgiving

This year the schools here were out the entire week of Thanksgiving.  So we decided to go to Ruidoso.  Melody had an idea of going to Carlsbad Caverns on the way so we joined in the fun too!

All the kids filled out their booklets and became Junior Rangers :)

Ruidoso was fun....not too cold and great to be outside and play.  They have a huge wooden park in town so we went there several times.

We even got EVERYONE on a hike!!!!  It was fun...some didn't last too long but it was still fun to be out and be active together :)

my little hiker :)

Pops is the only one that will brave the hot tub with ALL those crazies!!!

waiting to feed the deer with Pops!

even a piece of gutter becomes a gun for this kid!!

hilarious game....almost wet my pants and I'm not sure we even played it right.

Melody got them all to make turkeys out of chocolate and pretzel sticks....really cute!

The crew in their Ruidoso shirts!

It was a great Thanksgiving with my family and great time away for a few days!