Showing posts with label Vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vacation. Show all posts

Friday, June 4, 2010

Memorial Weekend: Part 4

The plan for Sunday of Memorial Day weekend was to spend all day in Santa Fe.  Russ, Becca and I got an early start that day, but before we could leave, Becca had to a take a picture of us on our porch because my mom had forgotten to take one the day before. Cheese.
Look at the fantastically swept porch. Yep, I did that! :)

We hung out at the rental home for a little while waiting for the rest of the gang to collect themselves. 
 
 I like the blue.

This is the ending pose of an entire song and dance Becca performed for me because she was super hyper.
Off we went to explore the Plaza. James and Russ chose to stay behind because they aren't much on shopping or walking through endless art galleries (it was Russ' birthday so we allowed it).

Yay, Panthers!

I love sunflowers! They make me smile.

This is so much fun!

After wandering around for a while, we stopped to look at St. Francis Cathedral.  It was beautiful!
 
 
Forgive the heavenly glow coming from the open door just below the frame.

We continued to wander around the plaza finding quirky and random things to photograph.

 There's a funny story about this type of hat: When my family went to Disney World in 1991, we brought one of these hats back to James and he loved it!

 These wash clothes cracked me up. Especially, "A clean booty is a happy booty."

After meeting up with everyone for lunch, mom, Becca, Michele and I continued to explore the area. We wanted to look around San Miguel Mission, the oldest church in the United States, but they were closed for lunch.  So instead, I took pictures of the outside. :)


For dinner that night, my daddy and Larry grilled steaks.  Since it was Russ' b-day, red meat was definitely a home run! Afterward, some of us played Clue and I won the first game. :)

Winning cards!

Blessings on your Friday afternoon!

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Memorial Weekend: Part 3

Saturday night we ate dinner at the Cowgirl BBQ restaurant in the plaza district of Santa Fe.


They played awesome girly country music (Sara Evans, Miranda Lambert and Brad Paisley) and had the walls covered in memorabilia.


Becca was wonderful company across the table from me.... She was typing out a text message every few minutes. :)  Love you!


After dinner, we did some window shopping around the plaza. Santa Fe is known for being artsy and quirky and there are lots of stores that offer just that. 


Please notice that Becca was my constant model.  She's just so cute!


The entire area is filled with fun things to see. There was a waterfall in the middle of the city...


And a beautiful image of Our Lady.


The final weekend recap is coming soon. Blessings!

Monday, May 24, 2010

Fresh off the Scanner

Ten months after we returned from our honeymoon, I have finally scanned in the pictures from our swim with the dolphins at Discovery Cove. :)

His name is Hutch.

 Russ, the boy who learned to swim before he could walk, was required to wear a PFD because he couldn't wear a swim vest since it was made of neoprene, which he is very allergic to... haha.

I can wear a swim vest. :)

MWAH!

Despite the pleasant looks on our faces, we were both very anxious to get these birds and their long, scary talons off of our arms.