Category Archives: Hiking & Walking

Biking, Building, and Balloons

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Stephanie

Where have we been, you may be wondering? I don’t have anything exciting to report except that we’ve been here all along, up to our usual activities. OK, maybe a few kind of new things: Someone turned four years old! … Continue reading →

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Catching Up

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Stephanie

Sometimes I feel like I am always catching up! It is impossible to document every amazing moment we have with this small person but, rest assured, we do our best to enjoy all of it. And, for the sake of our loved … Continue reading →

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Our Solstice Celebration

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Stephanie

We celebrated the Summer Solstice with a hike in the Jemez Mountains, along the East Fork of the Jemez River. (The Summer Solstice was on June 21st, so this post is a wee bit tardy.) This year, one of the … Continue reading →

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Balance, Dragonflies and Butterflies

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Stephanie

Our spring days are slowly starting to look like summer. A few days ago, it was cold and windy at our local park (and snowing on our local mountain!). We still had a lovely time, climbing all over everything. Perhaps surprisingly, the … Continue reading →

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Spring Recap

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Stephanie

We’ve been having our usual windy, New Mexican spring here in Albuquerque. The weather has been alternating between warm, cold, warm, cold with periodic WINDY days since February. El Niño is in effect right now, which means NM will get more than … Continue reading →

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Here we are again

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Stephanie

Where have we been? Right now, I can honestly say we have been pretty much in the same (physical) place for almost exactly one year. That’s right, it is almost exactly one year — to the day — that we … Continue reading →

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Getting Away and Going Home

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Stephanie

Sometimes you only need to drive a few hours to feel like you are in a completely different world. The lake house did that for us this weekend. Perhaps it was the sense of isolation, and the lack of work and … Continue reading →

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This is how we do Halloween and more random Fall pics

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Stephanie

I almost forgot it was Halloween! How is it possible that I could forget it was Halloween, you ask? The main reason is that we did a disappearing act for Halloween this year. That’s right, we just left town and headed … Continue reading →

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Time for School!

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Stephanie

Fall is here and someone just started preschool! Up until now, she has been home with one or both of us. So this is a big transition for everyone. As with most (all?) of the big transitions she has been … Continue reading →

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Cooking and swimming the summer away

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Stephanie

How have we been spending our summer?  Cooking and swimming have been at the top of our list.  And reading happens year round, of course. Abrazos!

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