A visit from Aunt Em

Emily came to play the second week of March. She started off her visit by being so nice and letting Stan and I have a night out.

We started off with a delicious time at Cheesecake factory. It's one of my favorite restaurants and not even for the cheesecake.

I texted and asked how the kids were doing and this was Em's response:

Sterling had been so good but at one point close to bed time he disappeared behind a couch, picked up my jacket and laid down next to our door. He promptly fell asleep. Tugged at my heart strings a little. He is a mama's boy

We stayed at this neat bed and breakfast in Old Towne. There were some neat decorative things, like this rotunda in the garden!

Loved my get-away with this handsome man. It was so relaxing!

Friday we just took the day easy, hanging out and running errands. Saturday we headed out on an adventure! We met up with our friend Avram and drove out to Tent Rocks National Monument. It was a good hike and a beautiful day!

Scott has become quite the hiker and loves to walk on his own when we let him. It usually takes a little longer and he gets a little distracted sometimes, but it does make for a lighter load! :)

The rocks were so neat. I should study up on my geology so that I talk in smarter terms, but for now I'll just say the layers of rock looked so cool!

Scott climber under here and said he was going to hide :)

This tree and it's root system were crazy! Talk about the ground being washed out from beneath you! Guess here in New Mexico with out sand we could sing "The wise tree grew not upon the sand"

Aren't those layers cool??

Parts of the hike were slot canyon-esque.

Some Tent Rocks, with a little ball on top

Handsome Happy Hikers

So beautiful

Scott thinks Avram is a fun friend. We are grateful for good friends that are great examples and patient with our boys.

Sterling loves the water bladders.

And he is adorable

Checking out a little cave

Scott insisted on taking a little break right here in the sand.

There is a little cave/ruin that we headed to towards the end of the hike

Swinging with the guys

Only the boys climbed up into the cave. Sterling was asleep and I wasn't about to wake him up just to climb up there.

Scott liked looking out the "window" though.

It was such a fun hike and day!

Back at home after our hike, Sterling contently sat on Emily's lap while she played the piano. I was completely jealous because he never does that for me! I had to document it.

Sadly Emily got sick on Sunday so she slept most of the day away.

A yummy blackberry pie!

She felt better on Monday though so we got busy having fun again!

Facetiming with Jenni...he is just cute.

Playing piano with Aunt Em

We went on a walk down to the park:

Far across the way are Scott and Emily riding the horses. Scott loved playing with Emily.

Sterling likes to just lay on the floor and play sometimes.

There were laughing and playing. For every picture, one of the boys wouldn't hold still :)

Sterling is also so funny with blankets, stuffed animals, and pillows. He will just go lay on them and stay there for a minute.

We love Aunt Em!!