Date in Santa Fe: On Friday Rob and I took the car and drove up to Santa Fe. It snowed the whole time. Wet but pretty. We saw the cathedral on the square, then went shopping! I bought a small nativity from Peru. The Mexican and South American nativities are Continue Reading
Holidays
New Mexico, part 4
Christmas Day!Christmas morning we woke up and once everyone was ready and dressed we opened the presents from Santa. It’s so nice to know he found us in New Mexico. I got moccasins and Mary gave me some silver bangles that had belonged to Rob’s grandmothers. Rob got a vest Continue Reading
New Mexico, part 3.2
When the sun started to set on Christmas Eve, we drove into Albuquerque to see the illuminarias. The tradition in New Mexico is that there was no room for Mary and Joseph and baby Jesus; so if your home is open to the Christ then illuminarias are lit. These are Continue Reading
New Mexico, part 3.1
Christmas Eve: This is the first Christmas I’ve spent away from my family. It was a whole new experience to find some new traditions with my new family. We spent a relaxing morning and of course some hot chocolate before heading up the mountain. Mary and Ahad took Rob and Continue Reading
Goddess of Cocoa and Chocolate
Aunt Mary has decided that I should be called the Goddess of Cocoa. Probably because every other sentence out of my mouth was “You know, chocolate / cocoa / sugar _______ would go really great with this. I made candy, pudding, hot cocoa, and cake. We had a bit of Continue Reading