The Lee Family: Santa Fe!!

We woke up early so we could get a jump on our trip to Santa Fe and enjoy our first day with Aunt and Uncle. We actually dropped Buddy off at Marco and Stacy's house at 8am and Stacy wondered what happened to the real Lee family, since we never get out of the house on time! Poor Buddy was not happy to walk into Marco and Stacy's house and watch as we drove off. Of course, I know he has a great time at their house eating Goose and, Mia and Lelu's food and sleeping on their couch. After dropping Buddy off, we drove to the airport, loaded up and took off for Santa Fe. Everyone, except CK, slept en route and we arrived around 11am. One great thing about flying to Santa Fe is that we always gain an hour, so the 3 hour flight seems even shorter. Either way, it went by quickly.

We landed and laughed when the jet center crew brought out a "red carpet" (it was actually blue to match the jet center's colors) and laid it down for us to walk on once we got out of the airplane! Of course, I had to get a picture of CK on the red carpet! We loaded up out rental car - which is delivered directly to us - one of the best perks of CK flying us places - and called Aunt and Uncle to let them know we'd arrived. We agreed to pick up Bumble Bee for lunch and head to their hacienda. Bumble Bee is one of my all-time favorite places to eat and I always look forward to a visit when we are in Santa Fe. The food is so delicious and easy!

We arrived at the hacienda and loved the great weather! It's sunny and "hot" but not Texas hot! It's just perfect in the shade. We said our hellos, unloaded our bags and set up on the back patio for lunch. It's such a luxury to sit outside and feel comfortable in July. We ate our Bumble Bee lunch and caught up and soon the girls were out playing in the arroyo. It's one of their absolute favorite things to do and they love to explore the coyote trails and make up stories (mainly about dragons). We relaxed and talked for a while and then headed to Meow Wolf. Sofia was super excited to explore Meow Wolf again and I was interested to see what we could find this time. The first time we visited, it was super fun and interesting but also slightly overwhelming. We found parking and stood in line to get in, just like our last visit. Meow Wolf must be busy all the time! We headed inside and started our adventure. Sofia wanted to read every letter and postcard in the mailbox and we very soon found it hard to stay together. Also, Olivia needed to go to the bathroom within 15 minutes so she and I headed out. Once we made it back inside, we stuck together and just explored. I basically let Olivia go and I followed her. It's such a crazy place that even though we visited a few rooms several times, there is always something new and interesting to see. We also found a few rooms that I know we never found during our last visit. The place is just crazy! We ended out running into Aunt, Uncle, Papa and Sofia and then tried to stay together. There were several new characters this visit, including the Captain, who was this woman in a crazy "captains" outfit who was in charge of the Universe and Foxmillian, who was half fox and half chameleon from a planet which had crystals. Now he is the only one left of his kind. He really did help fill in a lot of the mystery and loved talking to Sofia!

We found a couch and took a break and told the girls we would be there so they could explore on their own. It was 4:30pm and the crowds seemed to be thinning out and it didn't feel so full of people. The girls loved it and took off, checking back with us every 15 or so minutes. Finally, the girls were getting tired and hungry, so we headed out. Sofia could probably stay all day and visit with Foxmillian! We headed to Maria's, another huge Santa Fe favorite of ours! We enjoyed our dinner and conversation and then headed back to the hacienda. We sat outside for a while talking and the girls headed back to the arroyo for a bit before we headed off to bed. What a fun day!

LOVE this picture!!