Find JOY in the JOURNEY!: Summer Vacation

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Summer Vacation

We started our trip out by adding an extra 2 hours taking the kids to the catwalk a hour outside of Silver City New Mexico. As kids Keith and I both went and we've always wanted to take our kids so we did. We had a great time being together and hiking! It was a 2 mile hike...1 mile up and 1 mile down.

We made it all the way!!!

After we got to the top we headed back down and spent a little time cooling off in the water! The kids had so much fun getting wet & throwing rocks in the water to try and splash each other!

2 comments:

It's Just Us said...: It looks like they've made a lot of improvements since the last time I've been there. Now I want to take my kids too!
~Denise; July 9, 2009 at 2:31 PM
Misty Selvidge said...: Cute pics! It looks like you guys had a blast as usual!!; July 9, 2009 at 5:02 PM

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