Fun times in Albuquerque

  Getting out the door to go to the park is quite the process with four little ones.  It's always worth it in the end though.  The girls always have fun riding their bikes up ahead of me and then waiting for me to catch up.  Gerald, of course, joins us now and loves tagging along next to big ol' Duke.

At this park a neighborhood dog decided to jump up onto his wall to say hi and keep a watchful eye on us.  I was very impressed with both his ability to hop up onto the fence but also having the discipline to not jump down and run over to us.

 Little dare devil Ellie climbing to the top of the ladder, something that took a lot of coaxing to get her older sisters to do. 

 Kate just "hanging" out.

 Duke and Gerald chased a gopher back into its hole.  Gerald had no idea what Duke was running for but wanted to be a part of the chase.  I think he might have smelt something because he was definitely interested in the hole, but then lost interest after a few seconds. 

 Duke, however, was determined to get that gopher.  I eventually called him off.

 Ellie loves chillin' with Baby Becca in the stroller.

 Here we are enjoying dinner at Blake's Lotaburger. Great food for a great price. 

 McDonalds on base is right next to a big outdoor park.  Often we would go play for a little while and then head over to McD's for some ice cream if the girls were well behaved.  

This day that we went Ellie was happy to sit in a highchair if it meant sitting next to Becca Boo.

 Becca loves chilling in our laps the most out of all our girls.  She especially loves chillin' with Daddy.

 One evening Kate asked to help prep dinner.  She was reading the directions out loud for frozen pizza but Andrew told her she needed to read with an Italian accent and hand motions.  I got a good kick out of it.  Kate did too, kinda.  She's good at masking her emotions.