On a bit of a whim, we found an air bnb in Albuquerque and took a little family trip. Between the rescue dogs and the foreign exchange student our summer was certainly not our own at all, and we wanted to do something just as a FAMILY.
Our Air bnb was a super sweet place with a garden out back. The kids loved playing and exploring and I liked relaxing with a book or my Bible. Chris unfortunately still had to work quite a bit, but he got some fun and relaxation in too.
Chris and I went to the Albuquerque airport to have our Global Entry interviews to make our upcoming anniversary trip to Mexico that much easier...
Unfortunately there was a bomb scare in the airport that morning...right after I dropped Chris off for his appointment.
So the kids and I were stuck without keys to the Air bnb while Chris was stranded at the airport until they released everybody after the scare.
The kids and I found a few parks to explore.
More garden
This weird thing was on a bookshelf in our Air bnb
One evening we took a nice sunset hike
On the way home, we made a stop at the Great Sand Dunes National Park
It's so surreal to see a bunch of sand in the middle of no where in Colorado.
It was SO windy. Not something one thinks about everyday, but when it's windy with sand it feels like little shards of glass are pricking you all over. The kids didn't love that.
But they liked sliding down the dunes
Family selfie.
Sophie IS actually barely visible. Her hair and forehead are in front of Chris between Ava and Kayla. haha.
Do you see how random these dunes are?
Just in the middle of nowhere. And all of a sudden a bunch of HUGE sand dunes.
We took a different route home to catch some fall colors in the mountains.
And that wraps up a fun little weekend getaway with our crew. So glad we took that time this fall to invest in some FAMILY time. I'm positive that's a decision we'll never regret.
