Our June Family Adventure

After we got back from visiting with Kevin in New Mexico (what a trip that was), we had 2 weeks to get everything together for another fun family adventure.

Hubby had a work conference in Duck Key, Fl.  He asked if we wanted to go.  I asked the boys if they wanted to go back to the Keys.  They immediately said YES!!!!

We packed and off we went on our 5 hour car ride :(

Thankfully, Netflix has a cool feature where you can download movies and shows to your device and watch them offline :) 

We get to the resort in Duck Key, Fl and were greeted by:

 A giant fish tank- so cool :)

The boys were really great for the long car ride and just wanted to get our room, change and get in the pool :)  I must admit, the pool did sound so refreshing.

We ate dinner and off to the pool we went:

There were 5 pools- oh my :)  This one was closest to our room and was the popular pool.  We had a great time and were able to see this gorgeous sunset :)

The next day, we went to breakfast.  It was super overpriced.  $25 per adult and $12 per kid buffet.  I didn't want the buffet, all I wanted was oatmeal.  They made me a wonderful banana oatmeal that was $14- YIKES :(  After breakfast, we hopped in the car and went to the nearest grocery store and purchased breakfast and lunch for the remainder of our stay :)

Hubby had his meeting that afternoon.  The boys and I spent the day in the pool having a blast while daddy was working :) 

The following day, I was so sunburnt :(  I didn't want to go in the pool and found out that the resort had a scavenger hunt.  So, while daddy worked, we went on a very hard scavenger hunt.  It took us all day to complete but so glad we did.  The prize was ice cream :)

The scavenger hunt took us all over the resort, I got some great pictures:

I was so excited- they had 5 dolphins.  I could have sat all day watching them :)

The boys not so excited about the dolphins

View from the resort

Love the lovely red flowers on this tree

These banyan trees are all over the place

The Lagoon

The cute Villas that you can rent

The Marina

We took a break from the scavenger hunt for a nice game of mini golf :)

Look who came to watch our game :)

We had such a great time.  The resort was nice and the pool was so relaxing :)  I would love to rent a Villa if we decided to come back.  The Villas have a full kitchen.  The only problem with renting a Villa is that the nightly cost is $$$$ :(  I think we will stick with tagging along on hubby's work trips :)

I can't wait to see where you next family adventure takes us :)

Our May Family Adventure

The boys didn't have a clue of where we were going.  They asked for a clue.  The clue they were given was this: We have to drive 4 hours to the airport, get on a plane, land in 1 state, get a rental car and drive to a different state.  This kept them stumped for quite some time.

We got to the airport and they had a blast trying to figure out where we were going by looking at the signs at the gates :)

When we stopped at our gate, they figured out part of the clue.  We would be landing in El Paso, TX.  But we didn't know anybody in Texas, so they still tried to figure out why in the world we would be flying to Texas.

We landed in El Paso and were greeted by:

Our son and his girlfriend :)

The boys were super excited to see their brother.  Little Michael had mentioned a few times how much he missed Kevin and wished we could go see him.  What an amazing surprise :)

We had a wonderful time visiting, exploring New Mexico and getting to know Kevin's girlfriend :)  She is such a lovely young lady.  I enjoyed spending the week with them and going shopping :)  They are so cute together :)

I took a lot of pictures and have narrowed them down to our favorites.  Which is still a lot of pictures :)

Here is our home away from home- a cute cabin in the woods :)

View from a lookout

Driving down the mountain

Osha Trail

View from the top of the Osha Trail

View from the top of the Osha Trail from a different lookout

Same trail different lookout

Cocoon :)  These were all over all the trails we went on.

Trestle Trail

Lookout from the Trestle trail

Love this view from the Tunnel lookout

View from a lookout

Side of the mountain.

White Sands National Park

I love waterfalls so we HAD to go on the Bridal Veil Falls trail

Car on our way to the falls

Storm is coming

While at white sands, we had to climb up a HUGE sand dune

We had so much fun exploring New Mexico, Holloman Air Force Base and visiting with Kevin and Jeanette.  I am so glad that they were able to stay with us at the cabin. 

I can't wait until we visit with them again :)  If everything goes the way we planned, we will be going on another adventure with them in 7 months :)