Happy Chinese New Year!

Welcome the year of the OX!

5th anniversary

This year marks Fred and my fifth wedding anniversary. We celebrated with a day trip to SF where we had a fabulous spa experience at Ten Thousand Waves and a yummy dinner at The Railyard. Anywho...the traditional gift for a 5 year anniversary is wood and Fred made a bed. I have not had a bed frame in a long time and it is very nice to have one made especially for me. It is not quite done (needs drapes and to be painted black) but it is amazing and I love it! Thanks Fred :)

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Family trip to...the gate?

Well, Sunday morning we set off in Grandpa's van to visit Nambe falls, a waterfall/park just north of Santa Fe, where we were planning to hike around and have a nice picnic. Mind you, there has been a bit of build-up to this event with discussions of the waterfall, etc. We get our picnic lunch in Espanola (yummy fried chicken) and make our way to the park. Making the turn, we see a hand-written sign saying the falls are closed for the season...hmmm...wait...what? In disbelief we keep driving and sure enough the gate is closed and the park is in fact NOT OPEN. No problem for the Leisher, Sargert, Redfield clan :) we hopped out of the van and played at the gate. We slid down the dirt, swung on the gate, and had our picnic. It was a lot of fun. We then went to Chimayo and saw the sacred dirt.










We finished off the day with a stop at the playground in Velarde.



We had a great adventure. Check back for part II when we try for the actual falls in the summer.

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Rocky Mountain High

Don't Fred and I do a great job of looking at the camera ;)

Sunday drive

It all started Saturday morning with Fred making the announcement that he had a dream about Big R (a western, ranching, farming, catch-all type store) and that we should go there. The only Big R that I remember is in Redmond, OR, so I laughed and said "whatever"...Fred reminded me that there was one in Alamosa, CO and thus, the Leisher family gathered in the car on Sunday morning heading off to Big R. It was a nice drive and we looked at the cow shaped trees which Lukey says are "silly" and admired the mountains. We stopped at the old train yard and were well covered in black soot. Then for the big event...Big R...we admired the cute western wear, found a kettle for our wood stove and Luke and Logan picked out Thomas stickers (what else) and gumballs (of course). After this, we decided to drive a little further and visit the Great Sand Dunes. I was not thinking that we were going to see much other then snow capped hills but it turned out to be a perfect day; not too cold and the sand was actually warm in spots. We finished out the day with more trains, some pizza and a quiet ride home. All in all a nice Sunday event.