Colorado here we come

This is the sign as we enter into CO

What is this falling from the sky

We went into some very interesting weather..lots of rain, ( that will be why it is so green), lightening forking down and very wet roads...we are not use to this anymore.

lunch time

This is a plate of fries covered in green chilli sauce with cheese, lettuce and toms on top

We are about to enter Colorado!! first for all of us, flying through the airport does not count..

we are now leaving, shots of NM

The reason you need to see these are so you get a feel for the terrain in NM, because as we headed north on HWY 84, towards Colorado, the view from our windows changed .

Santa Fe part of the trip

The house have a very distinctive look to them. Flat roofs, low and in natural colous

This was a beautiful church we found in The old part of town, so charming

This is more houses

Old town Santa Fe was so charming, I would love to go and stay there for a few days and explore

We went and drove around the old town, actually we went to Starbucks to try and get me a mug, as i collect them from all over the world. But fell in love with the quaintness of it, the small boutiques, and other assortment of stores. If you visit us, a trip to Santa Fe should be fitted in at some point ( it is only 12 hours away!!)

Still in santa Fe

My boys..but you are meant to be looking at the huge planters...I want some that size!

My boys..

isn't this brass works beuatiful

This is the boys and i helping the boys and girls of days past play pulling..

We had fun going around the Capitol, the boys run off some energy..Allan and I did not need too as we had gotten up early and run 3 miles that day already. So meandering around the building was fine for us. I of course got my Capitol building Christmas decoration, so my Texas tree on the decking this Christmas will have more decorations...and of course I am hoping I will have the shot gun cartridge lights done as well. Only been waiting 2 years. I have the cartridges. I have the lights, now I need allan to make them work. I of course could buy them, but this seemed more sensible to make them. I am prodding him along now so i might have them who knows

Santa Fe part of the trip

These are some pictures of the Capitol building, it was round and looked very beautiful. the amount of artwork inside was lovely to see, well maybe not for the younger two, but Allan and i enjoyed it.

We have been on a road trip

Hello all, we have been away on a  roadtrip again. This time we drove to Salt Lake city, in Utah. The mileage is about 1500 miles each way, and getting here we did two 12 hour days, driving to Santa Fe, in New Mexico the first day and all the way to SLC the next. i leave to get us home today, but without Allan as he has to fly on business to the South of France. So the boys and I are driving home over 3 days, today i will drive to Denver and Monday to Amarillo and then home to Jack and the pets on Tuesday. One reason, and the main reason we are going home that route is because I will cross the Rockies and Alex is desperate for us to do that. He has been since we got here, and although he has ahd sightings of them...to him the Rockies and Colorado are one and  the same. So we will have three days of 500 miles a day, about 8 hour drivings.
We are as you know trying to visit all 50 States and visit there Capitol buildings, so Santa Fe is the capital of NM, and SLC is the capital of UT and Denver is the capital of CO, so this trip we have ticked off ( and in America you do not tick, you check) ..well by mid-morning Monday we will, as we will have walked around the Capitol.

What have we been doing here in UT ..well I have been at the Stampin'Up convention and Allan and the boys have been sight seeing. So i will blog smaller posts with photo's now so you can see some of the things we have all been doing. But the high light, and I think I can say for all of us, was that I won he  Stampin' Up competition to have my craft room made over by Stampin' Up co-founder and CEO Shelli Gardner with her two daughters. I do not have the full details yet, but I will keep you all in the loop about this amazing prize.