Sunday

 I am having trouble with the blog today.  It has reverse the order of event and I don't want to mess with changing it so you will have to adjust.  After breakfast we drove out to Country Line BBQ to watch Perry come in from her half marathon.  I hear it was one of the most difficult courses in NM.

 We are waiting

 Rachel with here iPad "camera"

 Here she comes.

 Yeah!!

 a cool building decoration.

 Mario's Pizza for lunch.  Yummy.  It was great.

I had a delicious spinach chicken salad.

 Now we are at breakfast at Wecks.  It was very tasty.  They had very generous portions.  Called everything "bellybusters"  They have not heard of WW portion control..

 Rachel and Andy joined us.  Timothy and Rebecca were sleeping in.

 I started the morning watching several hot air balloons go up.  That was cool.  This should be picture number 1.

Wecks was a fun restaurant with great diner decor.  It was a fun day.  Rebecca did not join us for most of the day because she was packing up and going over to the Menaul School to move in.  We picked her up on our way to the wedding.  I hope my wedding picture load better than these did. 

Rehearsal dinner

 Ross, Steve and Perry

 Jim and Pam

 The cake

 Ashley (the bride to be)

 Table setting.  Steve's backyard looked very festive.

 Gazpacho

 Steve and Jennifer

 Paella being cooked.

 cool clouds

 Perry with her friend Jarred

 Delicious salad

 Ashley and Dave

 Steve, Ross and Perry

 Getting ready to cut the cake - or eat the cake.

 Rebecca and cousin Timothy

Ashley's sister, Lia and her boyfriend, Chance.

Saturday 9-8-2012

 my arty hotel lobby shot

 We took a tour of Rebecca's school.  She will be working in Donaldson Hall.  Funny since she is a Donaldson

 Her apartment is in this building

 Hotel wall art

 Here is where we had lunch.

 JIm and Pam

 Albuquerque Old Town street scene.  After lunch we wandered around and poked in a bunch of little shops.  That was fun.

 We did not go in the museum but it was a cool building.

 A family photo

 Prickly pear is all over

Starbucks is right by our hotel. 

Now we are relaxing before the rehearsal dinner.

Albuquerque, NM 2012

We left for Albuquerque at 8:40am this morning.  Took the MAX to the airport then a non-stop flight to Albuquerque. Arrived a few minutes early.  Steve and his daughter, Perry, met our plane.  We drove to my brother's place and dropped him off and went back to the hotel.  We gathered before going to the Tromboni Bistro.  Very delicious meals.

 The hotel lobby

 our room

 by brother's house

 preparations for the rehearsal dinner

 They will be grilling paella - yummy

 My sister-in-law's place.

 My filet at Tromboni.

 Dessert at the Flying Star.  My cheesecake was good but not great.  Not like Sharon's.  

Rebecca made it in time for dinner.  Wow.  I am glad that she is here safely.  My younger brother and wife are here as well.  After dinner Pam and I went to check out the exercise room. I did the treadmill and she did the elliptical.