Snow in New Mexico!

We woke up today to beautiful snow and nice cold air! Mary Lou and I went for a walk this afternoon in the sun and the cold and it reminded me of walking in the snow in Manitoba. I had to squint it was so bright. The pictures aren't great but they give you a sense of what it was like. The last picture is of our backyard just as the sun was rising. The first picture is out of our current bedroom (soon to be guest bedroom) window. The other pictures are from our walk. They are taken right by a place called "Resurrection Rock" by the Rehoboth cemetery. This will mean something to our kids and to the others that have been here but perhaps not so much to the rest of you. No we did not get a dog by the way we simply had a tag along from Rehoboth that wanted to join us in our walk.

French doors - before and after

So we are getting closer to having our darn house remodel done! Here are some pictures of the current dining area before we put the french doors in and then after we put the doors in. We are getting close!

Hockey lives in New mexico!

Lest you all think that Hockey does not exist down here.............

Here we are at the new Mexico Scorpions game. They lost 2 - 1. It is the last night before Katy leaves for Ontario. It is colder down here than it is in Ontario or Vancouver! Tonight it will go down to -10 C.

It was fun!!

NM Canucks Christmas

It seems appropriate that we start our Blog with a group picture of the Donkersloots that were in New Mexico this past Christmas. It was a smaller group than we are used to but we were grateful to have Katy, Nick and Becca with us!

This picture is taken in our new (soon to be finished) family room. We are standing in front of the fireplace hearth that will hold our wood Pellet stove.

As time goes on we will post more pictures of the house and the remodel. For now you will have to simply wait! We are very excited to have the house done as it has taken much longer than we had hoped. People work here in New Mexico at a very different pace than one might be used to in other parts of the world. I do think it is realistic to expect that it will be done by the end of this month, however.

Our Christmas break was very relaxing as we did not travel at all during the break. Our kids got sick during the Christmas break but we managed to avoid the plague ourselves. There are some other pictures of our Christmas at the end of this. More later!