Our backyard adventures

Our backyard isn't like the ones we are used to. Instead of grass and trees we have dirt, weeds, prairie dogs and grasshoppers. It isn't what we are used to but the kids still love it. We built a sand box and we have a big patio for bikes and push cars. The most entertaining part about our backyard are the grasshoppers. Carter and Lauren chase them throughout our backyard and Preston encourages them from a distance :)

The Spud-man Triathlon

For the past 10 years, I have been "training for a triathlon". Thanks to my overly ambitious sisters, I finally did one! And believe it or not - it really wasn't that bad! My goal was to finish and finish I did! Kennan and the kids made this cute sign for me and my sisters (Brenchley is my maiden name).

Hike at Taos Ski Valley

Last week we took the kids hiking up to Taos ski valley and went on a really fun hike. The kids did great as long as I told them “Alice the Mouse” stories (an ongoing story about a little mouse and her adventures that include other characters usually named Preston and Lauren). We hiked up a fairly steep, very beautiful trail for about 45 minutes and stopped at a stream. Carter was ready to get out of the Kelty back-pack. He happily threw rocks in the stream for about 30 minutes. Preston, Lauren and I played hide-and-go-seek. Not to hard to seek Lauren when she is wearing a bright red sweater…Preston was a bit harder to find since he was in a navy blue sweatshirt. Lauren decided she was just “too tiwed” to hike back down the mountain so her nice dad put her in the back pack…but not for too long. She is a lot heavier then Carter. It was so fun.

Taos Sunsets

We are here in Taos and loving our lives here. Just check out this sunset (that wasn't edited at all in Photoshop).

My first blog

I was feeling a bit left out and quite left behind because so many of my friends have blog spots and I didn't. So in an attempt to keep up with the Jones's, here we are. Actually, I thought it would be a great way to show people just what a fun (come visit) and exciting (come visit) place Taos is (come visit) to live. So now I am going to try and figure out how to get pictures on this thing...