Monday, January 11, 2021

The Last Days of 2020

December 30 - Skyler's birthday dinner

December 30 - The exact second Skyler turned 8 (adjusted two hours for the time zone change)

December 30 - White Sands National Park


December 30 - White Sands National Park

December 30 - White Sands National Park

December 30 - White Sands National Park

December 30 - White Sands National Park

December 30 - White Sands National Park

December 30 - White Sands National Park

December 30 - White Sands National Park

December 30 - White Sands National Park

December 30 - White Sands National Park

December 30 - White Sands National Park


December 30 - White Sands National Park

December 30 - White Sands National Park

December 30 - Skyler's birthday breakfast

December 29 - The night before Skyler's 8th birthday

December 29 - Skyler's pre-birthday take-out dinner

December 29 - Skyler got the art set she really wanted

December 29 - Funfetti cake with rainbow chip icing was her cake choice

December 29 - Sharing our celebration with a Zoom call

December 29 - We started celebrating a night early so we would have more time to eat cake before our drive home

December 29 - About to blow out all the candles

December 29 - It was a good, clean blow 

December 29 - We hiked to a cave (the photos below are in backwards order of the hike)

December 29 - The inside of the cave

December 29 - See the cave in the top corner of photo

December 29 - Taking a break

December 29 - Look closely in the top center of the photo for the caves

December 29 - Moments later, the trail got challenging

December 29 - Enjoying a break on a rock

December 29 - I was tired today and wanted lots of breaks

December 28 - A hike at Tortugas Mountain

December 28 - Our first visit to White Sands National Park(don't be fooled, the sand was very cold)

December 28 - White Sands National Park

December 28 - White Sands National Park

December 28 - White Sands National Park

December 28 - White Sands National Park

Organ Mountains and Porter's 10th Birthday

 All the photos below were taken on December 27.  We went on a hike at the Organ Mountains in New Mexico and then celebrated Porter's 10th birthday.