Visitor Part III

Sunday Mom came to church with us...and then we went home to Roast Dinner. We must have been so hungry (and it probably smelled so dang good) that we didn't get any pictures of any of it! BUT, Mom and I had a special V-Day treat planned but ran out of time, so we made it for sunday. Can you guess what it is? It was SO delicious!

Don't let this picture fool you, we ALL licked our bowls. I just happened to be the one with the camera.

Then, we went for a trip up the Sandia Peak Tram. The worlds LONGEST Tram...and boy is it long! We got a really pretty view of the city and hoped to show Mom one of Albuquerque's finest sunsets, but it just so happened to be a little clowdy this day (unusual) so we sort of missed out on that one. The tram is for sure a must for anyone who visits Albuquerque. There is also a restaurant up at the top but A) We had just stuffed ourselves with dinner B) It was Sunday C) You can't do EVERYTHING in one weekend!

Behind is is Albuquerque. It's not quite dark enough to see the pretyt lights and everything...but by then, my battery was dead. UGH.

Then we went home and ate the rest of our dessert. Yeah, we just couldn't help ourselves!

Visitor Part II

Gary and I celebrated Valentine's day with my Mom here. What a treat for us! First thing in the morning we got up and met some friends at the Bosque School to run the Sweetheart 5K run. It was quite cold...but still SO SO fun!

Then it was home for some buttermilk pancakes for breakfast! YUMMERS! Notice the extent of my Valentine's Day decor. Lame, I know.

Then we got ready and headed out to Old Town. Another place I'd love to take anyone else who should decide to come visit!!!! It's got tons of shops and stores. It's fun to just walk around and look at everything. AND, every other store sells Turquoise Jewelry which is always fun to look at and now I'm on the hunt for some cute earrings with a specific type of Turquoise called Sleeping Beauty Turquoise.Since we had gone out for dinner the night before, we decided to avoid the crowds and stay home and make dinner. My Mom brought me a sourdough start, so we made Sourdough Pizza and it was fabulous!Then we decided to go to a movie. We couldn't decide which one to go see so we voted. It didn't really work out so well since the only one who actually picked a movie didn't even know the name of the movie. We all got a good laugh over this one. She (Mom) meant "Taken" but it was sold out, so we actually ended up seeing "Bride Wars" I thought it was cute...enough. There was a good 5 minutes during this show where I was laughing so hard my stomach hurt and I couldn't stop! LOVE it when that happens! :)Gary is very proud of the practical gifts he gives me for V-Day (secretly, I love it too). Our first V-Day was a butter dish, then last V-Day it was a pitcher...this year...a recipe book. I was really excited because I saw this recipe book a while ago and told him I wanted it. He remembered! -I guess you wouldn't really know which recipe book I'm talking about since it's actually wrapped in this picture. Trust me, it's a good one and I'm sure I'll be posting some recipes from it on the recipe blog!

We have a visitor! (Part I)

So, my Mom flew into town. No, she wasn't passing through...she came to stay and visit! It was fun! We did a lot of things that I haven't even done yet, so it was quite adventurous! First thing: Rode the brand new train up to Santa Fe. HIGHLY recommend doing this. In fact, I can't wait to take Gary! (He was working) - And YES, that, my friends, is a double decker train! It was AWESOME! We walked around and window shopped our way up to the Plaza (about a mile from the Train Station). Low and behold, the first thing I saw! A whole long row of Turquoise! Yummy! These are all Native Americans who sell their 'stuff' each day. They told us that there are strict rules to who can sell along this building. 1) They HAVE to be Native American 2) They HAVE to hand make their own stuff that they sell. Pretty sure everyone filled #1, but my Mom and I doubt that they ALL hand made everything they sold. Sure, someone did...just not them! Either way, there was some fabulous stuff there.

Here's a better view. There were TONS of them just chillin and trying to sell. don't worry, we bartered deals from everyone we bought from! :)We went into a few museums (there are all over Santa Fe) with some discount passes that got us in for free! But there were others we had to pay, this one in particular was one we wanted to visit, but we would have spent about 45 minutes in there walking through, and they were charging about the price of my big toe. I decided I'd rather keep my toe, so here is our picture of the only painting we saw at this one.

Then we rode home and met Gary for dinner at one of our favorite New Mexico/Albuquerque restaurants called El Pinto. Come visit us and we'll take YOU there too! It was yummy...well, you should probably ask my Mom what SHE thought to get a better (unbiased) opinion.

More tomorrow on all the fun we had while Mom was here!

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