It was the longest drive we've ever done with the kiddos. Preston slept only about forty five minutes out of the whole eight hour day. Making a few pit stops seemed to help get his wiggles out and sort of "reset" his mood for a bit. Considering, he did really well.
Since we arrived at almost dinner time, we just hung out and got the kiddos to bed early. We were to have Preston's party the following morning at our family's home. I'm really happy with all of our decisions - that a) our family was kind enough to let us use their home for the party that we didn't have to go anywhere, that b) they let us use their backyard for it (the weather was perfect!), that c) we just ordered trays for food (no baking and prepping) and, d) that we hired my sister-in-law's friend to take pictures for us. I was also grateful for my sisters and their spouses who also lent helping hands in getting the party ready since we still had kids to watch and take care of.
Didn't the pictures turn out cute?! Needless to say we went with a Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar/ Eric Carle theme. I even brought the cakes from home! We purposely had the frosting be fondant so it wouldn't smudge on the way. We thought the party went well. Pretty chill. Our family has a nice deck out in their backyard so it was really nice just to enjoy sitting and socializing.
We otherwise just cleaned up and let babies have their naps before it was time to move on to the next birthday party! That evening we went out to dinner to celebrate my older sister's birthday.
While my sisters went home the following day, we stayed one more to spend more quality time with our family. It was really nice for all the babies and cousins to have time together. I don't have pictures, but Josh took the older boys out to hike and ride a tram on a nearby mountain while the babes slept. We picked up pizza and had it out on their deck. It is still a nice 90-100 degrees here, so it was nice to enjoy the 70-80's there! A taste of Fall.
Another nice weekend in NM!
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