Auntie Grace turned 40!!!! What an old Auntie! And, for her birthday she wanted us sisters to take a trip to the Chiricahua Mountains to hike them. She has been planning long before she turned 40. In fact, I remember when she was here for the birth of Quincey and she was talking about it. It seemed like it was such a far ways off but, before we knew it, the time to head to Arizona was among us. First, the Logan's arrived for a night. We had such a great evening. I just can't get enough of my family. I absolutely love hosting them and I love it when they come. We had a great time visiting. And, although it was months after Grace's actual birthday, I got her a cake.
The next morning we hit the road. Quincey was such a trooper. She didn't cry once the whole way there. We stopped in Hatch, New Mexico for lunch and I must say, that stop was probably one of my favorite parts of the whole trip. We all stood in a long line outside in the stifling heat to order famous green chili cheeseburgers from the most popular joint in town. And, it was worth it! I just loved being with my family on, what felt like, our first real family vacation. I mean, we were wearing ABSOLUTELY NO MASKS!!!! It was like the world was normal again. Auntie Dessa met us at our Airbnb and we had another birthday celebration.
Quincey got her fill of snuggles, that's for sure! Those aunties and uncles of hers sure do love her!
And then we were off to our big hike! It was so fun and such an adventure. Quincey fell asleep in her hiking pack but only for like a half hour. Besides that, she was wide awake the entire time and was such a good girl! I was one proud mama. We were tired. Like really tired after the hike and Joe and I didn't even do the whole thing because we had Quincey. We ventured back to the airbnb and were quickly asleep.
Our last day there Joe found a beautiful waterfall for us to play in. Everyone else went back up the mountain to hike some more but we thought Quincey would enjoy playing in the woods instead. It was such a great little spot that we brought the rest of the crew back that night.
Another of my favorites was hanging outside our Airbnb with the kids each night. I just love these three so darn much.
It was all over so quick! I could spend weeks on end with my family. In fact, wouldn't it be great to all just live in a cul de sac together! One can dream. :)
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