The new addition to our family

I've been out of New Mexico for almost two weeks ... in Texas where my first grandson was born on November 24. He weighed 8 lb. 8 oz. and was 19 3/4 inches long. His name is Alessandro. He is welcomed by his Mommy and Papa and his big sister Victoria, who thinks her little brother is pretty neat.







We returned to New Mexico today. It's good to be home, but I sure do miss those little kids, and already can't wait to see them again.

Back home again

We are back from our ten day road trip to Texas and Missouri to see our kids.

It was a wonderful time, surrounded by some of the people we love the most in this world.

As it always does, the time went by too fast, and the goodbyes were as tough as they always are.

We logged 2100 miles through New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and Colorado.

The picture below was taken yesterday morning in Trinidad, Colorado, where the mountains in the distance are already covered with a blanket of snow.



Time to get back into our routine here in Santa Fe, and time to make the rounds of all your blogs to catch up on my reading that I missed while I was gone.

I am adding a new blog to my list of New Mexico favorites, Seattle to New Mexico, which is written by one of my friends at City-Data Forum website. Be sure to click the link in the column at the right and read about her move to Bernalillo, NM.