Red River New Mexico

After January things were kinda uneventful. We had our normal routine of work, school, daycare, home, dinner, baths, bed, and then repeat. They finally finished repairing our bedroom damage from IKE and we able to once again able to sleep in our bed instead of on our matress in the gameroom.

In March we decided to take a trip to Red River New Mexico for some snow and skiing. Unfortunately when we got there most of the snow had melted from the surrounding area but there were still a few patches left over. They keep the mountain pretty packed down with ice for the late season skiers.

Now, this was Josh's and my first time skiing. Brent had already been. I thought it would have been easier than it was. Everyone kept saying, "If you can water ski then snow skiing will be a piece of cake." I really didn't find this to be true! I can water ski just fine, but snow skiing made me realize that I don't have the sense of balance that I once thought I did. Josh didn't really enjoy the skiing part too much either. We were all supposed to have full day snow lessons. We were done in half a day. Josh was doing fine until he found out his class was going on the lifts. He was done from that point on. No way was anyone getting him to jump from a chair down to the ground. So of course, when he was done so was I. Someone had to watch him, right? Then Brent didn't want to continue if I wasn't going to continue, so that about sums up our skiing day! We did have fun though during the trip. We went tubing down the hill, walking along the "strip" of Red River, they had a huge gameroom full of fun things to do, the food, the small patches of snow to play in. It was a nice trip and better yet, it was just nice to get away. We didn't take Jacob with us. He stayed at Debra and Glenn's. This trip was about getting away and spending time with Joshua. He has been so good with Jacob since he's been born and the poor thing doesn't get as much attention as he did before Jacob was born. Don't get me wrong. We don't ignore him or anything... it's just he's not the only one anymore and sometimes it's just not as easy to spread the attention out equally when Jacob is still so needy. Anyway, enjoy the pics of New Mexico!