Southern New Mexico

 First stop, the alien museum in Roswell, NM:

 Then on to Carlsbad Caverns, the first night we went to the bat flight, where thousands of bats fly out of the caves at night to hunt:

Then the next day we went down into the caves:

We had met up with an out-of-state friend whose daughter is just a couple weeks younger than Sarah.

Then off to White Sands (at sunset):

The next day we visited some friends in Las Cruces:

Finally a stop at our old stomping grounds, New Mexico Tech:

August

 Both kids enjoying playing at Family Strengths Network, a great place to play and meet other families.

Cheese!

Playing music on their great-grandma's organ

Mommy is proud of this dress she made Sarah:

Sweet siblings!

Backyard campfire:

Playing in the yard:

Back to school!

Fun at the park:

Las Vegas

The M&M store:

Robert's mom watched the kids one night while we went to see David Copperfield.  the show was great!  Here we are after:

Sarah loved the buffets:

The Tournament of Kings.  The kids loved watching the horses and medieval games.

Indoor gardens:

Swimming was a welcome relief from the 100F+ heat

Around town

This was actually inside:

Dessert:

Arcade:

July 2013

Playing in the backyard

Swinging with Amelia

Sarah can climb all the way up by herself now

David sure has a lot of energy these days

More playing in the rain

mmm... brownies

Dessert

And something healthy

First time on a scooter

Playing at the park