This is us— The night before December 1st!!! We officially decorated for Christmas 😆 so late, I know but spent a few hours yesterday to get it all done, so extra mess in the living room. As parents, really there’s so much effort that goes into Christmas family traditions that begin on this day… on top of all of our daily parental responsibilities, but we do it because we see the magic in our kiddos eyes every year & we get so excited watching them🎄(worth it💯) Giving them the best childhood we

Wandering through Wupatki National Monument felt like stepping into a 900-year-old desert city. 🌵🏜️ Long before Phoenix or Flagstaff existed, people built multi-story pueblos here — over 100 rooms, open plazas, and even a ballcourt. Imagine that… a ballcourt in the middle of the high desert. 🤯 After the Sunset Crater Volcano erupted around 1085 CE, volcanic ash actually made the soil MORE fertile. That’s what brought hundreds of people here — farmers, traders, families — turning Wupatki into