Meet the Gleason Kids: Cinch, Missy, and Doc!
Yes we have 3 dogs, yes I tend to think it's too many, no I won't give any of them up!
This is Cinch. Cinch is Dan's dog and sometimes I think Cinch is smarter than Dan is, not slamming Dan but this dog is insanely smart. Dan got him from a friend quite a few years ago. He is extremely protective, very smart, very hardworking, and likes to just keep to himself, but ask him to show you his belly and you just made a friend for life!
This is Doc, also Dan's dog. We just got him about 2 weeks ago and he is definitely a puppy. He chews EVERYTHING, doesn't know anything but his name yet, and is pretty much a pain! But he's really cuddly and pretty cute so I guess we will keep him!
This is the lady of the group, Missy. Dan got Missy for me as a birthday gift a year ago. She is EXTREMELY hyper, loves to run, used to like picking on Cinch but has now changed to picking on Doc, and very much an attention lover. She loves running laps around the garage or racing Cinch to get his toy before he can. She's quite the little whippersnapper!
This is Doc, also Dan's dog. We just got him about 2 weeks ago and he is definitely a puppy. He chews EVERYTHING, doesn't know anything but his name yet, and is pretty much a pain! But he's really cuddly and pretty cute so I guess we will keep him!This is the lady of the group, Missy. Dan got Missy for me as a birthday gift a year ago. She is EXTREMELY hyper, loves to run, used to like picking on Cinch but has now changed to picking on Doc, and very much an attention lover. She loves running laps around the garage or racing Cinch to get his toy before he can. She's quite the little whippersnapper!
This is my Bruna Family!
It wasn't even really so much about the Chapel, but more the staircase in the chapel. I was somewhat skeptical at first because I didn't understand how a spiral staircase could really be that interesting. I was wrong, it was really interesting once you got the history on it. This chapel is tiny and doesn't hold a very big congregation. When the chapel was completed in 1878, there was no way to get to the choir loft, aside from a ladder because it caused the least interference with seating. The Sisters of the Chapel sent up a novena, and their prayers were answered. Some mysterious man showed up with a carpenters square, a handsaw, and a hammer. For no pay or thanks, with no nails, he built this magnificent staircase that makes 2 360 degree turns, and still baffles architects and engineers today. It really is something to see. 
The Catholic faith is strong in Santa Fe. We also toured this church, while we were there, The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi. There has been a Catholic church on this site for over 400 years. It really is a beautiful church.
This was also a very interesting part of Santa Fe. The Indians sit down on the square and roll out blankets to sell their BEAUTIFUL handmade jewelry. It's awesome to just walk up and down to see everything they have made. Dan, being the AMAZING husband he is, bought me a ring and the indian we bought it from showed us pictures of the mine that he got the turqouise from. It was very neat to see them with all their goods. I could have dropped some very serious cash!
We ate lunch and felt like we were running out of things to do. So we started grabbing more pamphlets. Dan found one with this picture on it. It was for a Trading Post. He thought it sounded neat, I thought it sounded neat, so we decided to check it out. WE WERE WRONG!Very Very Wrong. We went to the Wheelwright Museum and the Trading Post was in the basement. This is what was in the Wheelwright Museum.
Yep, rugs. They were pretty, but they were still just rugs. That's it walls and walls and walls of rugs. Sure didn't take us long to walk through that Museum. We get down to the basement and almost immediately ran out. The Trading Post was actually just their gift shop and EVERYTHING was expensive. Like handmade rope baskets for over 2 grand. "Dan put your hands in your pockets, don't bump into anything, and let's get out of here."
After a long long failed search for a steak that didn't cost us a small fortune, we did find somewhere to eat but weren't quite ready to call it a night. So we decided to head out to the Casino. We wound up at Camel Rock Casino. Of course, I lost money FAST, but I always do. I pulled out another $5 more than I wanted to spend and Dan and I started playing Blackjack. And we both won all of our money back. It was a good time and a great way to end the evening.
We took an hour long balloon flight of these ravines and it was absolutely breathtaking. Dan loved it, I loved it, and Johnny was the best pilot in the world. He even let us run the controls. The flight was definitely the best part of our quick little Honeymoon!
This is what I want. An island, beautiful cabinets that go all the way to the ceiling so you don't have to dust the tops of them, ceilings tall enough to have a hanging pot rack, WOOD FLOORS. The whole thing I am in love with!