Last of our trip

On the way home from Vegas, we had to stop at Joshua Tree Forest.  I never knew it even existed but it was just FILLED with Joshua Trees.  Pretty cool!!

F zonked out on the plane (in style, of course)

 Another thing we did in Sioux Falls was make leather bracelets.  I should have taken one of the finished products but we made neat bracelets out of leather with varies stamps and then some of us stained them while others left then natural.  Nice summer keepsake.

A loves his hot rods.

J collects flattened pennies so the other two are always trying to think of things to collect on our trips.  A loves Harleys and has an amazing Harley Davidson jacket from Aunt D so he's decided to collect pins from all of the places we visit.  He loves his new collection.

Well, we flew back to El Paso but before we drove back home we stopped and had lunch with some friends of ours.  It was such a great lunch and we laughed so hard and had a great visit.  Can you tell my boys, love M???  (he's a Sockers player and they totally look up to him)  

We had an amazing summer visiting friends and family and have created memories to last a lifetime.  We're so fortunate to be able to do these long trips and I really appreciate R working so hard while we're gone so we can afford them.  Next week F and I head to Nashville to visit my new niece and the next week they're back to school and we're back to the grind.  Thanks for sharing in our summer travels.