Our trip to Albuquerque

Sorry I've been so late in getting new pictures posted from our vacation last week. It's been a crazy week with Nick leaving extra early for work in the mornings, and not returning home until 8 or 9 pm. And, Gabrielle and I have been taking a "Mommy-toddler" swim class in the evenings too. What a week...good thing a friend is going to watch Gabrielle this morning so that I can go get a haircut--the last one I had was before Christmas break! And, on top of all that, Nick and I are headed out to a Shrimp Dinner "thing" tonight...I don't know all the details, but I do have a babysitter lined up!

So, here's some of my favorite pictures from our New Mexico vacation last week...

Check out the houses in the distance. A lot of the houses were flat on the top...makes me think that they probably don't get much rain here, or they'd probably have lots of roof-leaking-problems.

Gabrielle enjoying a new toy in the car--a little Barbie "junior" that Grandma Reinke had given her at Christmas, and I thought she was finally old enough to enjoy (and it was nice and small to pack in the car!).

A little family pool time before we went to bed. Gabrielle really liked this floaty thing the first night in the pool, which was great because I didn't feel that I had to hold on to her every second. But, sadly after the first few nights, she thought that she was more than capable to get out of it and swim on her own (just like mommy, I guess). So, our other couple of nights in the pool were unfortunately shortened versions of the first night.

Our little girl already wanting to drive. People tell me that your child grows up so quickly, so I'm sure she'll be 16 before I know it! Actually Gabi and I were waiting in the car while Nick went in to a guitar store...cheap entertainment for us, I guess! :)

A picture at dinner...a restaurant at the bottom of a tram that we didn't get to take to the top of the mountain because it was too windy the week that we were there.

Daddy and Gabi with full bellies after our meal...overlooking the city of Albuquerque in the distance below.

Gabrielle enjoying the nice weather and the wonderful mountains around us.