The Real LC

Move over, housewives of Orange County. Las Cruces (LC) is THE place to be these days. I got to fly down there over MLKJ weekend to see both the Moog family and my brother Lance and his family. What a treat. I didn't miss my kids at all for the first 24 hours. I promise I did after that, though. My mom flew with me out there and I couldn't believe how quickly that flight went by. She and I never stopped talking for like the entire 2+ hours. I loved being one on one with her, we never get that!

I sure am proud of Lance, KT and their family. I know it wasn't easy for them to up and move somewhere they had never been, but they did, and they have embraced it and adjusted really well!! Lance entertained us with some crazy stories and flashed his badge at me a few times. Our first night in, they had Lori, Nick and Noah over and they had smoked a pork roast all day. It wasn't done to eat then, but I had some later that night, and it was really tasty! KT has totally redone much of their house and it is beautiful!
The kids have this big yard to play in, not gonne lie: TOTALLY JEALOUS! We ran around a bit outside and they taught me how to play cops and robbers on scooters and I taught them a little mix up of hide and seek/kick the can! I couldn't believe the weather: it was snowing when we boarded the plane in Utah and two hours later, we sat in 70 degree sunshine.

Pretty Autumn

Elijah, who cracked me up with his 3 year old antics because I saw my little Reagan all day in him!!!

Lance busted out his gear for Easton to try on, here he is placing the helmet.

I got to see the new addition: BROWNIE the dog!

That is totally a real gun Easton is holding, but not loaded. Good kid, too, he held it for the picture, then immediately handed it back to dad, saying he was done with it. That gear looked so heavy, I don't know how Lance does it!

I spent the next day on the other side of the LC with my high school BFF Lori and her husband and newborn son Noah! He was such a cutie!

He had on his Charger gear for the game, but they still lost. Boo. His room was sure decorated cute, between Lori and KT's homes, I left with more decorating ideas than a PB catalog. Hopefully someday soon I can put them to use.

We ate true southwestern food for lunch at La Posta in Old Mesilla. No ill effects were had on my stomach, it was a tasty success.

Oh, the cuteness of this little guy.My last night there, Lori cooked a delish meal, toasted ravioli. It was amazing, I must have ate like half those raviolis. She understands, though, because I eat a lot! ;)

Hopefully 2 years won't pass again before I can head back to the LC!