El Paso Trip

I felt like we should go for a little bit of spring break and see my mom since she has been sick.  Kylee couldn't take much time off since the requests for spring break vacation at Chick fil a were already filled.  So I flew on Friday during the day and Matt drove the family early Saturday morning.  He got there right after Bert and Kara's family made it to my parents house traveling back from Mexico City.  We were able to spend a few hours with his family as Rebecca shared about her mission.  The kids, especially Brayden, like to go to Charcoaler when we are in town.  It had closed down, but luckily it had reopened with new owners and we wanted to check it out.  So, we took the kids to have dinner at Charcoaler and it was pretty good.  They have added some new items to the menu, but have also kept all the original items. 

It was nice to be able to go to church with my parents.  It was nice to see Mom go and be able to stay through the sacrament meeting.  Afterwards we went home and had a really yummy dinner.  Mamaquel was able to eat more than she had eaten in a long time.  

After church, dinner, and hanging out at my house for a bit.   We went and drove around a little bit and showed the kids some places that were a part of our childhood.  Matt showed them his first home in El Paso, we drove by our old church building, and drove past my old homes.  GraMindy showed us this cool sign that we took pictures by.

Brayden was checking things out in the closet in the room that we were staying in and found some boots that fit him.  He put them on and really liked them and was walking around.  He went and showed Grandpa and he told him that he could have them. He told him that he cant wear them anymore and was willing to pass them on.  Brayden was so excited to inherit the boots from Grandpa. He said that they were alligator skin.

Grandpa enjoyed giving a tour of all the artifacts that he has and the kids enjoyed listening about them, especially Brayden.  

The last time we were in El Paso we did not get to go to Hot Dog on a Stick. I introduced them a while back and they like it as much as I do.  So, we spent a fortune to have some hot dog on a stick snacks.  The prices have definitely gone up since the days of my childhood when my mom would buy them for us at the price of $1.  The mall that it was in was really sad.  It has really gone down hill since we lived in El Paso and there aren't very many stores left in there.