Since our summer has been a little hectic with moving and getting settled in Amarillo, we decided to take an easy, relaxing vacation to somewhere pretty close so we headed to Glorieta, NM, just a little east of Santa Fe, in the beautiful NM mountains. James and I had both been to the Glorieta Conference Center before, but this was the first trip there for the boys. FBC Amarillo has an incredible lodge that we were able to stay in for the week and we had it all to ourselves. (The lodge can sleep 100!) The boys were immediately enamoured with the lodge itself, complete with ping-pong tables and an upstairs loft area.
On our first day after we unloaded our stuff, we drove in to Santa Fe to get groceries and just show the boys a little of the town. Once we got into town, we realized neither one of us really knew where we were going, but we managed alright and were glad to get back to Glorieta.
Here are the Booth boys standing in front of the FBC Amarillo lodge. 
On our second day, the boys were ready to play and explore. The boys chose baseball for our first activity. We had a great time playing baseball as a family-James pitched, I fielded, and the boys took turns batting and running the bases. After our game of baseball, we set off to play a round of miniature golf .
We brought the boys bikes from home, so after lunch and a little down time, the boys took a bike ride while we walked to the game room at New Mexico Hall. They enjoyed a game of air hockey before we were off on what William liked to call "Our Next Adventure."
We took turns taking the boys out in paddle boats. James paddled William around the little lake, and then Jeffery and I had our turn. Fun time!
On our third day, we started the day shooting some hoops, but then decided to go for a hike before it warmed up too much. We hiked up to Glorieta point. I was so impressed with the boys on their first ever hiked. They never complained, and William was a great little encourager, just like his daddy. We made it to the top and enjoyed the views before we headed back down.
The boys wanted to try their hands at tennis, so we headed to the tennis courts for our next adventure. Afterwards, we decided to play our daily round of miniature golf.
We brought the boys bikes from home, so after lunch and a little down time, the boys took a bike ride while we walked to the game room at New Mexico Hall. They enjoyed a game of air hockey before we were off on what William liked to call "Our Next Adventure."
We took turns taking the boys out in paddle boats. James paddled William around the little lake, and then Jeffery and I had our turn. Fun time!
On our third day, we started the day shooting some hoops, but then decided to go for a hike before it warmed up too much. We hiked up to Glorieta point. I was so impressed with the boys on their first ever hiked. They never complained, and William was a great little encourager, just like his daddy. We made it to the top and enjoyed the views before we headed back down.
The boys wanted to try their hands at tennis, so we headed to the tennis courts for our next adventure. Afterwards, we decided to play our daily round of miniature golf.
(I think this is one of my favorite pictures from the trip!)
Our last full day we went on another hike on a different trail that wound up lasting a lot longer than we had hoped but we made it back down four very hungry hikers. We played another round of miniature golf, just me and the boys. After supper that evening, we took some bread to the lake to field the ducks, but the fish liked it as well as the ducks! 
After feeding the ducks, we joined the first part of the Centrifuge camp's worship service. Singing along with Mighty to Save and How Great is our God, we enjoyed some great worship!
Our last full day we went on another hike on a different trail that wound up lasting a lot longer than we had hoped but we made it back down four very hungry hikers. We played another round of miniature golf, just me and the boys. After supper that evening, we took some bread to the lake to field the ducks, but the fish liked it as well as the ducks!
Here James and the boys are on the dock with a great view of the worship center across the lake.
After feeding the ducks, we joined the first part of the Centrifuge camp's worship service. Singing along with Mighty to Save and How Great is our God, we enjoyed some great worship!
We completed our night, as we had every night, with a trip to the Chuckwagon (Snack Bar). The boys enjoyed riding their bikes around while James and I sat and enjoyed the relaxing atmosphere.
Our last day we packed up and cleaned the lodge before heading out. We took this picture on our way out. We had a great week relaxing and playing together.
Our last day we packed up and cleaned the lodge before heading out. We took this picture on our way out. We had a great week relaxing and playing together.
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