New Mexico Trip - November 27 - 29th, 2010

We went to Farmington for a quick trip.  Ray's brother , Brad, and his wife , Reta, blessed (in the LDS church) and baptized (in the Catholic Church) my newest (and super cute) nephew, Zoilo.  It was a super quick trip.  When we got there in the afternoon, it was sunny and so nice, quite the change from the freezing weather we left here.  The kids had fun playing outside on skateboards and with cousins.

Sunday we went to church at 9 am and the Zoilo was blessed.  Then we came back to Ray's parents and had a little brunch with all of Reta's family.

Then we went to Mass at noon, followed by the baptism at 1 p.m.  Luckily, Louise and Jenny planned a head and realized it would be a lot of "church" = sitting still and being quiet for the grand kids, so we got several young women to come tend all the kids while we went to Mass and baptism.

After the baptism we went back to Ray's parents and ate lunch, yummy soups from the Olive Garden, and to many desserts from the Olive Garden (they were super yummy though).  It was fun to see all of Reta's family again.  We got to spend some time with them when Brad and Reta got married.



Grandma's Christmas Village

 We stayed at a hotel, and we didn't get to swim Saturday or Sunday, so first thing Monday (when it opened at 9 am) we went swimming and had the pool to our selves.  The kids had fun, and it just  might have been their highlight of the trip.  It snowed Sunday night, so it was good to let the roads melt a little before we left.  Then we headed home.  We didn't really run into snow until Cortez and it was pretty snow packed, but we made it home safe.