Memorial Day

Ben had the day off yesterday for Memorial Day so we planned a day trip to Ruidoso, NM.  We Had a blast driving through the mountains and seeing some of the sights.  Apparently this area was the stomping ground for the infamous Billy the Kid. Anyway, on our way back we saw a little place on the side of the road with a petting zoo/horse rides/fishing and decided to stop.

Here we are.... Jill the llama, Holdyn the piggy, Kimber the sheep, and Ben the horse.

Holdyn loving on a goat.

Here are the two fish Holdyn caught.

Here is Kimber riding on "Little Buddy."

Holydn couldn't get the grin off of her face the whole time she was on the pony.

and here is a cool old bridge we saw on the drive.  Anyway, we definitely were able to enjoy the day together as a family. 

We hope you all enjoyed your memorial day.  Even though we weren't home to take flowers to our loved ones who've passed on, we do have them in our thoughts continually. 

The Reese's house

This is where the girls and I spend most of our time :) Thanks again to Jared and Whitni for letting us stay with them!  The weather has been perfect for playing outside... and since Holdyn has her new bike that is where she wants to be...alllll day :)    

Kimber is just happy to be here.... wherever she is.  SHe has been doing great and can't wait to be able to keep up with her sister... she sure tries, but usually gets left in Holdyn's dust.    As for Ben, he is doing AWESOME at the clinic.  He even got to go with the cardiologist this week for some extra training.  He really LOVES it here! 

Hip Hip Hooray for Holdyn!

We are happy and proud to announce that Holdyn is officially potty trained!  We are soo excited to only have to buy sz 2 diapers for kimber :)  It all started on my Birthday over a week ago.  She disappeared and I thought she was hiding in a corner pooping.... well, when I found her she was sitting on the potty doin her business :)  and she's been going there ever since!  We haven't tried to really push her training because of all of our moving around and extra stress.  I was ready to kick the potty training in to gear when we finally got settled in Bakersfield, BUT now it is all taken care of!  Katie made her the chart and we told her when it was filled we'd take her to pick out a bike.  Whelp, she filled it up this afternoon and when Ben got home this evening he took her and got the bike!!! It is obvious from the picture that she is VERY excited to have her bike :)

More fun in Roswell, NM

We are still having a great time in Roswell, NM.  This past weekend Ben worked half a day on Saturday and the other half we walked to the city zoo and had a blast!  Holdyn especially LOVED it. 

Here is one of the baby mini-horses....sooo cute!

Here is Holdyn chasing the ducks.

On the path home we were trying to get Holdyn to climb a tree... we figured the best way to do it was to show her.... needless to say Ben made it up the tree and Holdyn didn't :)


We then had a great dinner out at Denny's.  They had these awesome alien cups for kids that we all had a blast with :)

Bottomless Lakes, NM

Last weekend we went out to the Bottomless Lakes, about 20 minutes from Roswell.  We had a Blast and the girls absolutely loved it!  

This is Whitni and Jared.  They are getting married this Friday in St. George and we have been staying at their house in Roswell for our 4 weeks here.  They have been GREAT to let us take over their place while they are gone for the wedding/honeymoon.  Thanks guys!!

You know you're in Roswell when...

Between L.A. and Roswell (2 weeks)

We've had a busy couple of weeks between places.  We got to visit both families and unpack and pack again and again.  Here are some picts of the fun!  Holdyn LOVES horses and here she is on Gretta.  
You can't have horses without learning how to do the chores that come with them.  Here is Holdyn with the pitchfork grabbing the hay to feed the horses.Holdyn also got a haircut from Kandice.  She was quite nervous...hence the thumb in her mouth. But she held still and did a great job.

Here is the new hair-do.  She looks older!

Here is Holdyn and Bella at the fishing ponds.  We had a blast on our 2 weeks off.

No, I didn't forget Kimber.  She was along on all of our adventures too.  She is crawling like

 a champ and doing great!

  

We also went through our storage unit during our time off and we got everything ready for the BIG MOVE to Bakersfield, CA. It has been 3 years since I've seen all of my stuff!  We are moving to Bakersfield in June for at least a year and a half....finally a chance to rest! We are VERY excited to have a place to call our own and to be able to get a schedule for our kids :)

We made it to Roswell, NM yesterday after a 12 1/2 hour drive.  We left at 4am and drove all of the way through.  We are lucky enough to have friends who live in Roswell just a mile from the hospital.  So we took over their spare room for our 4 weeks here.  I'll try to do better about taking pictures and keeping ya'll updated on our adventures in Roswell, NM.