What a weekend!

And it is only Saturday night. :)
We picked up Eric and Dustin from the airport. We headed straight to Chico's Tacos. I posted about this place a month or so ago. Eric and Dustin really liked it. JoyAnna is not a fan, so we stopped for her to get Wendy's on our way to the airport.

We came by the house so Eric could see Ranger. Ranger has really missed him. We had closed the blinds on the back of the house. We had Eric go in the living room. When we let Ranger in, Eric whistled and Ranger went nuts. He found him and Dustin and was so excited. He could not quit playing with him. Last time he went away for a couple of weeks, Ranger was mad at him and wouldn't have anything to do with him. This time he was just too happy to be mad.

After a while, we got out and ran some errands, showed the guys around town and then met Uncle Jiggs, Aunt Anne, Jeff and Natalie for supper at the Little Diner- another must eat place in the EP area. After that, we really started having fun. Eric wanted to go to a ceratin store. Dustin had looked it up in the I phone. He told me where it was and we headed that way, even though I was fairly certain that area didn't have any store where we would want to shop. I was right- the I phone was wrong. I had an idea where it might be, so I used the old fashioned way of calling 411 and yep- that was it. We made it to the mall and were overwhelmed by the numer of people there. The mall on our side of town is not nearly that crazy. We managed to find the store and enjoyed that little shopping excusrion.

When we got home, the guys headed to Eric's room or the living room- not sure- just know it was not where Ranger could see when he came in. Usually, when I open the door, he loves on me. Not this time. He went on a dead run looking for Eric. He was so glad he had not left again.

We watched some of the olympics and headed to bed.

This morning we decided to head for Mexico. We got up really early and went to the international bakery for breakfast. Then we loaded up in the ban with Jeff and Natalie and off we went. Palomas is a very small town just over the border, but you have to drive about an hour to get there. There has not been nearly as much violence there. There is one really cool store there called the Pink Store. We shopped a couple of other smaller places before we got to the pink store. It is so much fun to go there. They have drinks for you as you walk around. The Mexican items are really bright and colorful and very nicely priced. JoyAnna got another little carved animal. Eric and Dustin got bull whips. Eric also got some things with Dustin for the 708 house. They are excited about that. We had lunch at the diner there. It was really good and cheap.

We stopped at the pharmacy/liquor store and bought Kinder eggs. JoyAnna loves them. They are more expensive than they are in germany, but it is cheaper to get Palomas.

The ride home was interesting. Everytime JoyAnna hiccuped, the boys would imitate her and she would hit them. I think Natalie was probably thinking how nice not to have brothers.

While the boys napped, JoyAnna, Dean and I went to the local King Tut Exhibit. We were really disapointed. I twas supposed to be a reproduction of his tomb. It was just not what we were expecting. We will see the real exhibit in October :)

When we got back, we watched the rain. some of the olympics, and I got Eric's phone switched over. JoyAnna wanted them to experience Capetto's since it is her favorite. We all had enough food to feed at least another person each. Maybe two. We'll eat it later on this weekned I guess. We headed back to the mall on the east side so they could look at running shoes. There is a shoe made in El Paso. They happened to be having a great sale. And no tax. Dean, Eric and JoyAnna each found a pair. Dean, always the bargainer, asked for an even bigger discount since we were buying 3 pair. The guy said sure, but he gave Dustin the 10.00 off an not Dean. LOL. It was so funny.

Tonight we watched more olympics. We plan to sleep late and then head to Carlsbad to tour the caves.