Christmas in Santa Fe

We were lucky enough to be able to go out to Santa Fe this Christmas to celebrate with my mom and dad. It is the most beautiful, magical place. We were two days delayed getting out there due to the horrible weather all over the country, but luckily, our delay was in Indy so we were able to stay in our own beds! The biggest bummer of that all was the fact that we couldn't tack two days on at the end of the trip!

Traveling with two little kids and everything required for them is a huge pain in the you know what. However, this was our second time in about a month and we seemed to have it all under control. Getting through security takes FOREVER. Thank goodness the new Indy airport has a family lane! Abel was INSISTENT on carrying his own bag - which made the walking and getting through security that much longer, but he was awfully cute!




Once we got out there, Abel was all into helping out and having everybody participate in everything. He helped take out the trash, helped himself to a huge bowl of guacamole (made right in front of us!), he wanted to brush teeth with everyone, and he and my mom baked cookies together. Abel really couldn't get enough of togetherness!






The first night we were there, it snowed 12 inches. Santa Fe has the most beautiful snowfalls.


These are a couple of shots right outside the house. The house is surrounded by the mountains and the view is amazing.




On Christmas Eve, the tradition in the area is to light faralijtas (I really have no idea how to spell that!) outside. You are supposed to line your house with them and Santa will find your house with help of them. Lots of people have plastic ones. Mom and Dad found a school that was pre-making them (sand, candles, in paper bags) for a fundraiser. We bought 3 dozen and we all lit some. It was so pretty. Abel LOVED them. He ran up and down the front of the house and did EVERYTHING he could to not touch them!



Adelyn was a rock star. She was such an easy baby to travel with, went everywhere with us, ate her own food, and just chilled out. She had a great time opening her presents on Christmas morning. I swear she actually understood what she was doing! She got some really cute clothes for Christmas and had a great time modeling them with her daddy!





So much excitement made it very hard for Abel to settle down to pose for a picture. But, we managed to snap a couple of him and Adelyn and a quick shot of the family - of course, Adelyn was super distracted by his antics! These pictures were taken on Christmas Day.