One Year!!

I know this is kind of a late post but that's because my life has been super busy and exciting!! A couple of great things have happened in my life since I last posted. The first is my wife Jenelle and I just celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary on 07/07/08!! It was so awesome! I had just gotten a new job that I had been waiting for and they granted me a week off even though I had just started! Praise God! So yeah, we took that time to just enjoy each other on a wonderful road trip to New Mexico....that's right...New Mexico. Now, I grew up in NM so when my wife suggested this trip I thought, "I've tried for years to get out of there, why would I want to go vacation there!?" The fact is I really love NM....I love the beautiful sunsets, and the scorching hot weather (well....maybe not the hot weather)...and I love the people there. So, Jenelle and I packed our bags and headed out on Saturday, July 5th.

Our first stop was the Grand Canyon. It was magical going back there because the Grand Canyon is where I had proposed to Jenelle on January 5th, 2007!! We got to go to the exact spot where I got down and one knee in the snow and waited for about 10 minutes for Jenelle to say "yes"....Haha! (I'll always remember that...hehe...I love you Jenelle!) We got to look out into the Canyon and just enjoy the amazing views and just remenisce of our amazing first year together.

We stayed at a few motels and hotels on our way that were nice and cozy, and we arrived to Santa Fe on the day of our anniversary. We spent our anniversary at the Old Santa Fe Inn....and oh my goodness...this place was so romantic! Jenelle is the one who found it so I give her mad props for doing that for us. She's just amazing like that! But yeah....we had a stand alone suite. There was a little staircase that led up to our room, and inside the room there was a Kiva fireplace and beautiful Old Santa Fe Decor. It was absolutely amazing! Then dinner at Tomasita's!!....man, that was so yummy!! I think we enjoyed the Sangria the most though...lol

The rest of the week was just checking out some of the local tourist sites like Bandelier National Forest, The Spanish Museum in Santa Fe, etc....what kind of stunk though was we went to several museums that needed a drive out to them, and when we got there they were closed!!! Haha! But it was all good because we were driving a Toyota Prius Hybrid, which got an average of 60+ mpg. :)

Overall, it was a great trip. If you've never been to NM you should definitely road trip out there...it's worth the time and money.

Alright, well that's it for now, but I'll be back soon!

-Greg Romero II