Santa Fe Wedding

What a beautiful wedding! I really love her dress and bouquet!

Photography Credit: Jackie Wonders

From Gina's Weight Watchers Blog

*I made this the other day and it is wonderful!! You can eat it as it is or add brown rice or a whole wheat tortilla to make a wrap, just make sure to factor in those calories*

Crock Pot Santa Fe Chicken
Servings: 8 servings • Size: 9.85 oz • Prep Time: 5 minutes • Points: 3 ww points
Calories: 171.9 • Fat: 1.6g • Fiber: 3.8g

• 24 oz (1 1/2) lbs chicken breast
• 14.4 oz can diced tomatoes with mild green chilies
• 15 oz can black beans
• 8 oz frozen corn
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 14.4 oz can fat free chicken broth
• 3 scallions, chopped
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper (to taste)
  
• salt to taste

Combine chicken broth, beans, corn, tomatoes, cilantro, scallions, garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, cayenne pepper and salt in the crock pot. Season chicken breast with salt and lay on top. Cook on low for 10 hours or on high for 6 hours. Half hour before serving, remove chicken and shred. Return chicken to slow cooker and stir in. Adjust salt and seasoning.

So we are looking for a U.S. honeymoon.  We live in Alabama so we go to Florida, Tennessee and Savannah (surrounding islands) all the time.  We are also going to a destination wedding in Tulum less than 2 months after our wedding so we aren't wanting tropical.  We are getting married in January and I just wanted to know if anyone has been to Santa Fe, NM or has any other ideas about U.S. Honeymoons.

Thanks!

I just booked my venue the Clarke Estate in Santa Fe Springs for next year.  Only problem is there is really slim pickings for where to have the rehearsal dinner. Any ideas from people that know the area or restaurants around there.  The only thing I have heard of is Geezer's.  Just the name alone scares me, but I'm sure its a fine restaurant.  

It will be for about 35 people. And we want an open bar, but we are paying for everything ourselves, so...possibly something for not that expensive.

Thanks!

Jillian

Hi ladies,

I know that some of us do not or cannot afford the caribbean dream honeymoons. And some simply prefer a city trip over the beach. I know we are all coming from so many different places and thought it would be nice if each girl presentend her own city as a possible honeymoon destination. It maybe inspiring for some who are still looking for the right place to go. On a honeymoon or just a holiday.

Let's go

I am originally from Berlin  , Germany. Since I was little I loved the city. It is pulsating with life, young, vivid, artistic and colorful. It offers sth for everyone: museumlovers,art freaks, clubbers, romancers, ecc

it has a number of intersting very affordable clubs, lots of museums,art galleries, green sites, theaters, operas, lovely buildings and castles.

It is such a lovely city and I strongly recommend it:-)))

here are some pics

the castle behind our home

the dome

the city center

I have to buy a new vehicle. :( I am very very sad I have a Ford Explorer that I looove but it is having issues and my mechanic said its time to get rid of it..

I cant believe im sad that I have to buy a new vehicle I should be happy about it but I dont know what I even what. FI wants me to get a car so I have to start looking.

Any ideas on some cars.. Not sports cars not grammy cars but just a decent 4door car that can fit two kids in the back... :) IDK im looking at the new chevy malibus they look pretty HAHAHA

*Tear* I have come to the conclusion that my small 2-door coupe is just not going to be baby friendly once our little one arrives. DH and I have been looking into new cars, and I wanted to get some advice from other moms/moms to be on what are the best baby friendly cars out there. We are thinking a small SUV... any recommendations?

I like the Honda CRV and the Hyundai Tuscon. Anyone have either?

Hi, my name is Jaimi and my wedding is coming up May 30th in Santa Fe, NM.  We are getting down to the details, which is what brought me here.  I'm still hunting for decorations, flowers and favors!  Ah...so much to do..so little time!

We never had our "BIG" wedding so after some life altering health events, we figured, why not NOW!

given that our reception theme is "texas dancehall", i want to take the time to give some appreciation to our great state!

Texas As Told By Jeff Foxworthy

"Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about folks from Texas ...

If someone in a Lowe's store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you may live in Texas ;

If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Texas ;

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you may live in Texas ;

If 'Vacation' means going anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend, you may live in Texas ;

If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Texas ;

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in Texas ;

If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you may live in Texas ;

If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use  them, you may live in Texas ;

If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph -- you're going 80 and everybody's passing you, you may live in Texas ;

If you find 60 degrees 'a little chilly,' you may live in Texas ;

If you actually understand these jokes, and share them with all your Texas  friends, you definitely live in Texas or at one time or another lived in Texas or have or hadTexas friends.

Need to be cheered up?

Happy, Texas 79042
Pep , Texas 79353
Smiley , Texas 78159
Paradise , Texas 76073
Rainbow , Texas 76077
Sweet Home ,=2 0Texas 77987
Comfort , Texas 78013
Friendship, Texas 76530

Love the Sun?

Sun City , Texas 78628
Sunrise , Texas 76661
Sunset, Texas 76270
Sundown, Tex as 79372
Sunray , Texas 79086
Sunny Side , Texas 77423

Want something to eat?

Bacon , Texas 76301
Noodle , Texas 79536
Oatmeal , Texas 78605
Turkey , Texas 79261
Trout , Texas 75789
Sugar Land , Texas 77479
Salty, Texas 76567
Rice , Texas 75155
And top it off with:
Sweetwater , Texas 79556

Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all!

Detroit , Texas 75436
Colorado City , Texas 79512
Denver City , Texas 79323
Klondike , Texas 75448
Nevada , Texas 75173
Memphis , Texas 79245
Miami , Texas 79059
Boston , Texas 75570
Santa Fe , Texas 77517
Tennessee Colony , Texas 75861
Reno , Texas 75462

Feel like traveling outside the country? Don't bother buying a plane ticket!

Athens , Texas 75751
Canadian, Texas 79014
China , Texas 77613
Egypt , Texas 77436
Ireland , Texas 76538
Turkey , Texas 79261
London , Texas 76854
New London , Texas 75682
Paris , Texas 75460

No need to travel to Washington D.C.

Whitehouse , Texas 75791

We even have a city named after our planet!

Earth , Texas 79031

And a city named after our State!

Texas City , Texas 77590

Exhausted?

Energy , Texas 76452

Cold?

Blanket , Texas 76432
Winters, Texas

Like to read about History?

Santa Anna , Texas
Goliad , Texas
Alamo , Texas
Gun Barrel City , Texas
Robert Lee, Texas

Need Office Supplies?< br>
Staples, Texas 78670

Men are from Mars, women are from Venus , Texas 76084

You guessed it .. it's on the state line..

Texline , Texas 79087

For the kids...

Kermit , Texas 79745
Elmo , Texas 75118
Nemo , Texas 76070
Tarzan , Texas 79783
Winnie , Texas 77665
Sylvester , Texas 79560

Other city names in Texas , to make you smile.....

Frognot , Texas 75424
Bigfoot , Texas 78005
Hogeye , Texas 75423
Cactus , Texas 79013
Notrees , Texas 79759
Best, Texas 76932
Veribest , Texas 76886
Kickapoo , Texas 75763
Dime Box , Texas 77853
Old Dime Box , Texas 77853
Telephone , Texas 75488
Telegraph , Texas 76883
Whiteface , Texas 79379
Twitty, Texas 79079

And last but not least, the Anti-Al Gore City

Kilgore , Texas 75662

And our favorites...

Cut n Shoot, Texas
Gun Barrell City , Texas
Hoop And Holler, Texas
Ding Dong, Texas and, of course,
Muleshoe , Texas

Here are some little known, very interesting facts about Texas .

1. Beaumont to El Paso : 742 miles

2. Beaumont to Chicago : 770 miles

3. El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas

4. World's first rodeo was in Pecos , July 4, 1883.

5. The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water.

6. The Heisman Trophy ws named after John William Heisman who was the first full-time coach at Rice University in Houston .

7. Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America .

8. Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America 's only remaining flock of whooping cranes.

9. Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978.

10. The worst natural disaster in U.S . history was in 1900, caused by a hurricane, in which over 8,000 lives were lost on Galveston Island .

11. The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was ' Houston .'

12. King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island .

13. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43' in 24 hours in and around Alvin in July of 1979.

14. Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, (known as the Constitution of 1845 by the Republic of Texas to enter the Union ) instead of by annexation. This allows the Texas Flag to fly at the same height as the U.S. Flag, and may divide into 5 states.

15. A Live Oak (known as Big Tree) near Fulton is estimated to be over 1000 years old.

16. Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.

17. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period in Dr Pepper.

18. Texas has had six capital cities: Washington -on- the Brazos, Harrisburg , Galveston , Velasco, West Columbia and Austin .

19. The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington DC (by 7 feet).

20. The name ' Texas ' comes from the Hasini Indian word 'tejas' meaning friends. Tejas is not Spanish for Texas .

21. The State Mascot is the Armadillo (an interesting bit of trivia about the armadillo is they always have four babies. They have one egg, which splits into four, and they either have four males or four females.).

22. The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston .

Cowboy's Ten Commandments posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in  Fairlie , Texas :

 (1) Just one God.

 (2) Honor yer Ma & Pa.

 (3) No tellin' tales or gossipin'.

 (4) Git yourself to Sunday meetin'.

 (5) Put nothin' before God.

 (6) No foolin' around with another fella's gal.

 (7) No killin'.

 (8) Watch yer mouth.

 (9) Don't take what ain't yers.

 (10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff