New Mexico

We went to New Mexico after Thanksgiving which I know sounds wierd. Most people go over Thanksgiving vacation to see family we went the week after. We were not going just to see family Mark drew out for an Ibex hunt and that was the best week to go. It was the opening week and Mark likes to hunt the opening week. I am not a hunter I don't understand what the difference in what week you go makes. He asked our brother-in-law to help him with this hunt which apparently it is an extremely hard hunt to do by yourself. It is up in the florita mountains and they are extremely rocky. So the first day they take Austin with them and I am expecting to go and pick him up the next morning. They were going to camp. Well they didn't set up camp when they got there, they got lost and the wind was blowing to hard to put a tent up and start a fire when they found there camp site again. Mark told me later the only thing they feed Austin all day was a couple of Granola bars. Well as you can guess Austin did not want to go the next day.
So the next day Mark and now our brother-in-laws, Conrad and Jess go with Mark. Mark did get an Ibex in the morning so they were back later in the afternoon. It was on an angle so when he shot it the bullet went in his side and come out through the spine. The also had quite the hike to get up to it.
I am really greatful that we have brother in laws who will help Mark out with things like this on both sides of the family.
We ended up staying the rest of the week in Las Cruces to celebrate a German Holiday with Mark's family calle St. Nicholas eve. We as a family have celebrated this holiday scince Mark and I got married his family has celebrated it scince the late 1970's when they lived in Germany. It is a fun holiday to celebrate. We have a big meal and then Jackie, Mark's mom, explains what and who St. nick is. That night the kids put there shoes in front of the door and the next morning they have candy and a few little wood toys in them. The one thing they alwasy get is a horse decoration because that is what pulls St. Nicks sleigh. Of course my camera died the morning of shoe opening so I only got a picture of Austin.
All in all it was a great trip. Mark's family did get the throwing up bug again while we were there but we managed to avoid it so far.