Day #5- We left the Valley of the Sun in the morning and headed back up to Bagdad to see Chad's sister Sally and her kids (Grandma Donna again too! Papa was having surgery in Showlow) First thing we did was walk to the park. The kids had so much fun! After getting back from the park, Grandma Donna took the kids on a buggy ride. Even Lydia came over with her buggy and kids! It was great to see her and her family! Such a fun day with our cousins :)
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| Mollie and Grandma Donna |
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| Grandma, Sally, Me, and Lydia (This ones for you Lydia!! hehe) |
Day #6- After spending the night with the Torbets and Grandma, we got up early to head to Sedona for some camping! Some of our friends from Fruita came down to go camping too and also mountain bike. It was a great camping spot and the kids enjoyed getting really, really dirty! This first day, the boys went on a ride first thing and us girls let the kids play and got things set up/organized. When the guys returned, they took the kids (and Chrissy) to see some hieroglyphs located close by where we were camping while us girls went for a ride. It was so great! The trails were absolutely beautiful! We found out that there is a whole network of trails to ride, you can lose track of time pretty easily :) It gets pretty cold in the evenings, so we all enjoyed the campfire that evening. It was super fun!!
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| After the ride. This picture was taken by a "professional" who posed us and took pictures from various angles...yeah, we totally made fun of her :) |
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| Self portrait taken on the trail |
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| Yeah, we're awesome! :) |
Day #7- It was a good morning! The kids got started early with the hula hoops (fun item to take camping btw) and we laughed pretty hard at Mollie. She wanted to show us how she can hula hoop with only one hand :) She looked like Michael Jackson putting her hand in her crotch! Regan spent most of her time making flower soup and hanging out in a "fort" they found/created. Carli also enjoyed the hula hoops with her friends and all the kids spent a while working on building steps for the ditch by our camp. They love the outdoors!
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| Best Friends- Aubree and Regan with their flower soup |
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| 3 Hula Hoop Girls...they can go forever! |
The girls went on another ride in the morning, so the guys took the kids on a mountain bike ride too! Apparently it was a little too hard for most of their ability levels, but Chad said that our girls were so tough! They never give up! Love these girls :)
When the guys went on their afternoon ride, us girls (and Monroe) took all the kids to the Cottonwood Rec Center to swim. The shower alone was worth the entry fee! It had a great water slide, lazy river, giant hot tub (for adults only), and lots of other fun water things for the kids. Even though they had TONS of rules and super strict lifeguards, the kids had a blast!!
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| Pirate pose...Arrr! |
On our girls ride we found the "7 Sacred Pools", which was really just 7 little holes full of water. We talked to a local tour guide who told us that they don't know why they are sacred but apparently there is a "vortex" here where you can get spiritual and physical energy. There were literally people randomly doing yoga around Sedona, so we decided to do some yoga too! Personally I think it was pretty weird :)
2 comments:
I'm so jealous that you got to hang out with Lydia!!! Looks like you all had a fun trip!
It was awesome seeing you and spending time with you and the kids. Please come back again soon, it was so much fun!
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