Taos Day Six

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We woke up early and breakfasted and all the cousins commenced to playin'. They played and played and played. It was very cold outside and raining, but everyone except for grandma and gramp decided to go out to the Taos Convention center for the Arts and crafts christmas show. As we drove there, the rain turned into huge, fat, perfectly formed snowflakes. The kids were so excited when we pulled into the parking lot and let them out of the car.
The show was kind of lame so Marcie and Ann and the kids went back to the house and Mom and Dad and my family went out to lunch at Graham's Grill. The food was absolutely delicious there and I bought mom and dad a cookbook from them as a housewarming present.
After lunch we walked half a block to a fabulous toy store called Twirl. They were having a Christmas party with live music, cookies, crafts, face painting and a chance to meet Santa. The kids had a great time and each got some face time with the man.
Michael and I bought them a couple of toys and then we headed home.
The terrible finger accident happened shortly after we got home and we spent the rest of the day at Urgent Care. After we put the kids to bed, we poured lots of drinks and sat around the table with Mom, Dad, Marcie and Ann and played our new favorite game, Things. We laughed so hard for two solid hours. It was great.
Saturday morning we woke early and cleaned and packed and were on the road by 10AM. We drove and drove and drove. We had a nice lunch in Las Vegas, NM and then kept driving. We got to Fort Stockton about 9PM and fell over. We drove from 8:30AM this morning, had lunch in Kerrville and got home today around 3PM. We are glad to be home, but we miss Taos already. We'll be back though in a month, and that keeps me cheerful.
Sam's finger seems to be doing okay, though he freaks out when we change the dressing. When I take him to his five year old well check tomorrow, I'll have the doctor look at it.
I need to go look through the pantry and see what I can find to feed the family. XOXO, Amber

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