Family visits New Mexico!

From Dec 29 thru Jan 4, my sister and Jeremy and Rachel came to visit me and Tim here in New Mexico! It was so fun to have them here, for my friends here to meet my family and my family to meet my friends! Actually, the 31st was Rachel's FIRST birthday (!!) so we had a nice family party in the evening following a larger party I hosted for my friends that day. All in all, it was a great week!

Here's Rachel digging into her home-made cake (she started taking off her own shirt before we brought the cake to her, so we thought we'd go with that - she enjoyed destroying and eating that cake!)

My puppies and Rachel spent a lot of time together - I'm sure they miss all the Cheerios she provided! Here is my new little guy, Oscar, helping to clean up the cake - it was like a bomb went off in the cake. :)

Below, I am offering Rachel a beer at the party. Just so you know, she didn't say "No". That concerns me a little. I think I'll have to have a chat with Rachel once she starts talking.