Happy Hour!
As if Amanda doesn't have enough to do...she brought a whole meal for us to the hotel room, complete with dinner plates and real silverware!
Swimming in the hotel pool. 
We brought back David a super fancy rock (a geode) for his treasure chest/collection box and a postcard of Route 66.
Mikko got a Route 66 metal shot glass to practice drinking out of. Damon's idea which was brilliant. I'll assure you that it will only be used for Mikko's milk and water.
Lunch in Old Town - super yummy quesadillas.
Walking around the Plaza
We went on a "Journey of Discovery" around Albuquerque. That is what the tour guide kept calling the tour and I couldn't get enough of it. It was a pretty "interesting" tour. One stop was the Fruit Basket of Albuquerque.
Chili peppers everywhere.
Overlooking Albquerque and the Sandia mountains.
We went up the longest tram in the world to the top of a mountain - 2.7 miles up. A little "courage" was needed to make it up.
Beautiful sunset on our way up, up, up.
The view from the top was unbelievable.
Watching a storm cloud pass over Albuquerque from the mountain top - one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
Damon went on a tour of Acoma/Sky City - a Pueblo town built up on a mesa. The oldest continuously inhabited community in North America.
View from on top of the mesa.
He took a hike down the mesa. 
We all whipped out our cameras for this moment. David and Greta were both sitting still and listening to instructions at the same time. 
Bobby was such a good big cousin helping Mikko.
I think David went down the slide 100 times.
Silly cousins/best friends.
Another amazing cake by Carrie. She even made that amazing crown out of gum paste. Seriously amazing. Besides making Greta's cake this weekend, she made some cupcakes for my work friend's daughters party.
Greta loved the Hello Kitty headphones we gave her.
Mikko was covered in pink frosting!
Today David moved to a different class at Preschool - he is now a Cool Cat - the oldest of the Pre-schoolers! 
We actually got a family picture amongst the chaos!
We scored an awesome "Cart In" site. A little bit of work but a lot of reward for a camp site. While Damon loaded the cart I assigned David the task of finding twigs to help start the fire.
Setting up camp. It was a beautiful site right on the lake. David loves to help Dad set up the tent. Mikko just wandered around picking up rocks.
We took a short hike and found a playground. The tire swing was a big hit.
David insisted on wearing his tie-dyed shirt he made at 4th of July weekend - he is super proud of it.
Mikko the monkey. Modern Family reference if you watch that show!
Heading back to camp to start dinner. David wanted to catch bugs - luckily there weren't many this weekend!
Helping daddy make the campfire.
Again...Don't Blink - that is how long Mikko sat in his camp chair.
I told them they could each bring one truck along to play with. Predictably - they both wanted to play with the same one at the same time. Damon ended up sneaking it back to the van to avoid the ongoing conflict.
Best dollar ever spent at the $1 section at Target. The little capsules you put in water and a sponge animal emerges. We spent a half hour of of pure amazement of which animal was going to morph from the gel-covered capsule. They EVEN took turns pretty well.
Hot dogs for dinner with corn and pringles. I also brought cantelope to which David exclaimed..."Mommy, my favorite, you are the best". He actually ate more cantelope than Pringles - a healthy victory.
Snuggles by the campfire. Mikko started to get really tired. Of course, when I WANTED them to nap in the van on the way to camping, they wouldn't. So typical.
David loves super burnt marshmellows. Probably because it is really cool to start fires : )
I covered his big face scabs with bandaids so he wouldn't pick at them. Looks pretty rough. All boy! Our stockpile of bandaids at our house has really grown.
We enjoyed a beautiful sunset across the lake. It was a great lake for canoeing. Next summer we are going to bring the canoe along.
Mikko loved his glow-in-the-dark bracelets.
Morningtime. We all snuggled into one room of the tent because it was so chilly. We were all so tired we didn't even change into our PJs before be. Not a great night of sleep. Mikko slept between us for warmth and he was like a little kicking furnace between us. He woke up crying in the middle of the night at one point. Luckily our nearest neighbors weren't too close, but I'm sure they heard him.
Coffee by the fire in the morning - my FAVORITE. We watched the fog lift off the lake and watched some duck hunters hiding in the weeds calling for ducks.
I absolutely destroyed the pancake breakfast I had planned. So, Mikko had Pringles for breakfast while we packed up tent. Not my best Mommy moment, but I made up for them with pancakes for lunch when we got home.
Mikko LOVES orange juice and mini-pancakes. He opens the fridge over and over wanting OJ.
Damon made David look like a super silly pirate the other night. He wanted to look like "Jake and the Neverland Pirates".
Again, David wanted to craft. We went to the dollar store today so he could pick out his own craft supplies. I told him he could pick out 3 things - a very tough decision for him. The first thing he picked out was GLITTER, which I quickly put back on the shelf and gave him a stern "No Glitter".
