Thanksgiving fun

Thanksgiving was a lot of fun because Mom was able to come in. Paul and I have joked we've only been married for 5 months and in those five months we've seen my two sisters in September, my Dad in October, my Mom in November, and now in December we'll be in Dallas for Christmas where we'll see everyone. Not that I'm complaining I love seeing family we just find it funny! ;-)


So we had a low key Thanksgiving with turkey, fruit salad, green bean cassarole (I made it! lol), and of course pecan pie! After watching the cute dog show on NBC Mom and I decided to take a nap. Paul, being the mischievous guy he is, took a picture. Revenge is sweet my friend...just wait! Mwahahaha!

Later that day we decided to go out the "volcanoes" (they're not real volcanoes just mounds of dried lava flow) to look out over the city. Paul took some great pictures here's just a few:

Thank you Becca and Katie for the scarves! They have come in very handy considering how crazy cold it is here!!! Yesterday the low was 12 degrees and the high was only 32! :-(

Day two of Mom's visit consisted of going to the Jemez Mountains and Bandiler (indian ruins) since it was a little warmer and sunny.

At a rest stop Paul found a huge tree!!! I know the trees in the Sequoia National Park are way bigger, but it was just cool.

After a picnic lunch at Battleship Rock in the the Jemez Mountains (thanks to the picnic pack mom got us that has everything we need from a bottle opener to plastic plates and utensils!!) we traveled on to Bandiler. The wait to get parking was 30 minutes because everyone had the same idea we did since it was such a nice day, but it wait was worth it! It was so much fun just jumping in and out of the cave ruins.



Day two we don't have any pictures of cause we went up to Santa Fe but it was way too cold to stay outside long! We saw the New Mexico History Museum which was really awesome. We also ate yummy New Mexican food at a restaurant near the capital Paul had been to before. We took the train up to Santa Fe and on the way back the three cars we standing room only for 90 min. which was crazy!


Thanksgiving was such a fun visit with Mom and I'm glad we went everywhere we did even if it was crazy cold in Santa Fe!