Santa Fe, Baby!

So...this post is a little out of order, it should have been before the last one, but

I just realized that I didn't post pictures from Santa Fe...what an AMAZING trip!

Flying in to Albuquerque, NM...

Just a slightly different look from South Georgia...

On our drive from Albuquerque to Santa Fe, we ran up on this
neat little place called Jezebel's. A little art gallery/bakery/soda fountain shop.

Barton & Brad "bellied up to the bar" for ice cream...

Brad with his Jezebel hat on....Brad & Jezebel...now that has the

makings of a story...but no worries, he had cell phone service so all

was right with the world!

Just a little art work...

Downtown Santa Fe...

All of the businesses in the square had fresh garlands wrapped around

their poles...Right up my decorative alley, nobody else would care.

Burro Alley....or in mine, Brad & Caitlin's world, "it's Dominique the dUnkey" :-)

The Loretto Chapel....where Barton and Andrea

were married, 10 years ago.

The Miraculous Staircase...makes 2 separate 360 degree turns with no visible

sign of support. See history of the Loretto Chapel here: http://www.lorettochapel.com/history.html

Barton and Andrea

Brad, Andrea, Barton and Me at the Chapel

We got an education on Ristras, which are arrangements of drying chile pepper pods.

We also had dinner at the restaurant named Ristra....FABULOUS!

Check it out here: http://www.ristrarestaurant.com/

El Santuario de Chimayo...

Apparantly, this is a famous place in Chimayo, NM...

Check it out a little further

here: http://www.archdiocesesantafe.org/AboutASF/Chimayo.html

And then we moved on to a great lunch at the Rancho de Chimayo...

http://www.ranchodechimayo.com/

Looking off of the patio outside our rooms...

Such a wonderful trip, and even a better time with friends!

Let's Catch up REAL FAST!

We've got to breeze through a couple of months to get back on track. Then, I'll do

better, I promise this time, ha. I have always wanted to go to NYC at Christmas, and

just said I couldn't because it was my busy season, but I just DID. The only

down side was I ended up being sick as a dog. This is how I survived....

In the Subway, headed to Times Square... A whole day of fun... begins with lunch, then headed to the Rockettes...

Me and Brent - Ashley and Savannah A little sight seeing, and a stop by the Plaza.... LOVED the Rockettes.... May be THE most beautiful nativity I have ever seen... Brent knew somebody who knew a Rockette, so we got a backstage tour....

and met the star camel in the nativity scene :-)

Standing on the stage at Radio City Music Hall...Impressive to look out and

see what the Rockettes see, or in Brent's mind, what it looks

like to be at the NFL Draft.
A stop in Times Square after dinner but before the Lion King...

Rock of Ages on Saturday...Me, Ashley and Brent saw Rock of Ages...

Great show! Kinda the 80's version of Jersey Boys.

Then there was a little thing called the National Championship....which deserved a party!

Good food and friends, Auburn friends, at Funny Girl!

Since we weren't in Auburn, we rolled a tree on OUR Magnolia Street in Blakely. It just happened to be in the Mayor's yard....

Then we moved on to January....and another heavenly moment...He's still got it!

Heather, Sloppy, Mama & Daddy...on the other side

of this photo was Me, Sue, Lisa & Diane

And "Miss" Reba....

It's been a fun couple of months...moving on!