July 4th Weekend

We had a fun 4th of July weekend...on Saturday, we decided that we needed to get out of town and head up to the mountains. So we went to Taos, a little tourist-y town about 2.5 hours away from here. It is a quaint little town and we had a really good time. We drove up to Eagle Nest (right near a ski resort) so we could take a little hike around the lake there. But when we got there, this is what we saw:
Yes, SNOW on July 2nd in New Mexico. Maia keeps saying, "remember how it was snowing on the first of July" and laughing about it. So the hike didn't happen, seeing how we were all in t-shirts and shorts, but it was a pretty drive nonetheless!
We came back into Taos and went to this little shopping/play area. They had little shops and restaurants and then an area for kids to play in. The girls loved it. There were this cheesy little 25 cent rides there that Elsie kept begging to go on. I finally paid the quarter so she could have her excitement for the day. It turned out to be the LAMEST ride ever and barely even moved back and forth. She thought it was the greatest thing on earth:
Maia thought so too:
Then we went to the Rio Grande Gorge. I'm getting wimpy in my older years and I was actually kind of scared walking on the bridge and looking over the edge! It is sooo high! And I was even more paranoid watching the girls walk out there! This was the only picture that (kind of) turned out:Then on July 4th, we had intentions of running in our ward's Annual 5k Family Fun run, but didn't quite make the 7am start time:) So we just headed to Rio Rancho for the parade instead.
Here they are waiting for the show to begin:
The girls were soooo excited about getting candyDo they look like sisters here??
This was the most interesting float. It was a place called Enchanted Music. I told David I was signing the girls up:)
And pictures like this (below) just make me smile:)
After the parade, we set out for a whole day of shopping for living room furniture. It was exhausting but we finally found one we liked (back at the first place we had looked, go figure). It is being delivered on Wednesday and I am soooo excited to finally have it!
Then we went over to some friends house for a yummy BBQ and ended the night back at our place with fireworks with the Cardon's. It was a busy but fun, fun day! P.S. Do you love Elsie's outfit in the last picture? She loves putting socks on and loves those Crocs too (and always puts them on the wrong feet!). Makes for a serious fashion statement.