Santa Fe, New Mexico

We spent the day in Santa Fe and went to the oldest church and house in the US.

Here is another church with the infamous stairs as seen on unsolved mysteries.

We had lunch at The Shedd.

Albuquerque Trip

My Mom, Cousin Mia (she lives in New York) and I went to Albuquerque to visit my Aunt Denise (Mia's Mom). Last year we started our annual girls weekend in Chicago and this year we decided to go to New Mexico. I think next year we are going somewhere tropical.

We were in ABQ from Thurs - Mon and had the best time. The first day we went to Old Town and had lunch at La Placita. The food was great.

There was a tree in the middle of the restaurant.

We went to two wineries in Albuquerque. The first one was Anderson Winery.

I really miss my cousin Mia. She lives in New York with her awesome boyfriend Alex. I hope they get married soon :)

The daughters and mothers...

My momma and I

The second winery was Casa De Roble. It was a beautiful winery and we all loved the Meritage and bought a bottle.

Dessert at Graham's

We took the kids to dinner at a Mexican restaurant on Sun night in Geneva and then we went to Graham's for ice cream. I know that sounds crazy, but that's what they wanted to do. Craig and Ethan had peppermint, Julia had chocolate, and I had a hot chocolate (the only smart one :).

There was a snow sculpture outside of the place so we stopped to take a picture.

Mom & Dad in Chicago

My parents were in town from Wed - Sat. It was so cold that we stayed indoors as much as possible. One night my Mom, Dad, brother Bryan, Craig, & I went to PJ Clarke's for dinner and saw The Wrestler. I fell asleep for more than half the movie and did not really like it, but everyone else seemed to like it - Craig loved it. We bought tickets to the musical Grease for my parents anniv so they went to the show and had a nice time. Thanks for coming, Mom & Dad. We had a great time with you!

Out for drinks with Scott, Allison, Natalie, & Dana

We went over to Scott & Allison's house on the 2nd for dinner and then out for drinks at a local bar.

Bella goes "Bye Bye"

New Year's Eve

We celebrated New Year's Eve with Allison, Scott, Natalie, & Bjourn. We had drinks and appetizers at Allison & Scott's house and then went to Japonais for dinner and more drinks. We had a great time. Happy New Year!