A LITTLE Hike?

Our house is in the perfect spot. We live right on the edge of a canyon, it's just beautiful! Well, we've always wondered what was down in the canyon, so today we ventured out, tennis shoes and all, to explore our surroundings.

I just thought of this as I started to write, but we went out our front door when we left......? Why? Who knows...Anyway so we had to climb over the wire fence to start out, that was a little difficult, but we made it. The hike started out being very mellow. A little hill here and there.

Stopping for a pic

Grey loved being outside.

Then we ran into a little problem, or should I say Grey did. Notice the small stick bush thing. Instead of walking around it Grey chose to go over it and got stuck on it. Silly girl. Making situations harder than need be.

So after this picture the hike got much harder. We (Ryan) decided to take the path less followed. Lets just say there wasn't really much of a path. We had to make our own. We went through tree branches, tall grass that felt like branches, mud, loads of mud. We all fell at least once. I got wacked in the face with a branch. Grey slipped on the only piece of ice out there.

But we had a blast! It was so fun being able to get outside and feel the fresh air.

See what I mean?

Mommy? Do I have too?

Poor Grey got a stick stuck in her hat.

We finally made it to the bottom and it was really cool. I guess there's a river that runs through there, but obviously, it was empty.

Yay! We made it!

Cheese

Wow! You're up so high!

I saw some great views on our little hike.

But I like this one the best!

After we played around in dirt for a while, we decided to start our trek back home. We found a much nicer path to take on our way back. Grey started cheering when she could see our house. She was ready to be home.

Yay! Our house. We are going the right way!

Isn't this the coolest picture! This was on our way back home. I just thought it looked so cool.

I hope you enjoyed hearing about our hike today. If you ever come visit us, we'll take you out there too! Come on...I know you wanna!

Projects

Just wait 'til I'm done working my magic on these chairs. They're gonna look great!

Antiqued this old window and put together this vine for the center. I love it!

It's February?

Wow. Time flies!

It feels like Christmas was just last week. Crazy! Well, we are still in New Mexico! Woohoo. Maybe we'll set a new record for living in the same place for more than 6 months. (we still have a ways to go for that one.) Anyway, we like it so far. We are beginning to make friends and explore our surroundings. New Mexico is a beautiful state. Best sunsets I've ever seen!

I recently took a babysitting job. I watch a 10 month old girl, Chloe. I love it. She's such an easy baby and Grey loves to play with her. She just doesn't understand why Chloe can't move as fast as she can. I have to admit, I love having a little one in the house again. It's so fun. Ok, ok, it's nice to have a little extra cash too.

I started potty training Grey last week. It's goin ok. She's finally understanding when she needs to go, we just can't seem to make it there fast enough. But, we'll get it soon enough. She's growing up so fast. She likes to pick out her own clothes in the morning. She thinks she has to wear a "dess" (dress) everyday. She loves to play with her dolls. It's the cutest thing. She rocks them, shooshes them, lays them in their bed, bathes them. She will be a great big sister someday. She also loves to dance around and sing songs. I can't wait to put her in a little dance class. She loves cereal for breakfast, lunch and she'd probably eat it for dinner to if I'd let her. She's very choosy! I don't mind though. I like that she has her own opinion.....sometimes.

Ryan works 4 days a week. He enjoys what he does. He also likes to work on his bike and he can't wait to ride it as soon as it warms up around here. He's taken it out a few times and then regretted it once he got back home. Way too cold for that sort of thing! Ryan loves playin with Grey. They are so funny together. He's trying to get her interested in toy cars and trucks. He sets up all the race tracks and they just have so much fun racing their cars and jumping them and whatever else it is they do.

All in all, we are doin great. We are so thankful to be where we are in our lives right now and to have such great friends and family.

I hope you all are having a great year so far!