Garrett's step family live out in Phoenix, so before we headed on to Sedona, we stopped to stay the night with Brian and Thithi and their three children, Vanessa, Ian and Emma. Here are the girls along with a neighborhood friend.
Garrett's step sister Ann and husband John along with their two sons Creed and Collin were there as well. Both Tatum and Ty were in heaven! All the kids had a great time together and Ty loved being one of the boys. :) We also got to visit with Grandma Dini and Papa Jerry since they flew into Phoenix that morning. What a fun family reunion!
The next day, we drove up and checked into our time share. We stayed at the Arroyo Robble and it was perfect. A two story condo with kitchen, washer dryer, 2 rooms, 2 1/2 baths, everything you could want. And the resort is located in the center of town, just below all the shops. After getting settled, we headed up the street for some lunch and a beer overlooking the beautiful red rocks of Sedona.
The next day we headed to The Chapel of the Holy Cross, a church built into the side of the red rocks. Absolutely breathtaking.
The children weren't too impressed by the church, but more interested with the flower pots. I love the sign here.
The colors are so rich and the mountains and just amazing, everywhere you look.
Then we headed to Montezuma's Castle, a 20 room cliff dwelling left by the Sinagua Indians 600 years ago. They populated this area for 400 years and then disappeared without a trace. Being up close to the structure, it's just amazing that it's still here.
The kids enjoyed walking the trail to the structure and all the nature in between.
Then we stopped for a picnic lunch and just gazed at the dwelling, as we imagined sitting in the very spot that Sinagua children would play while their parents would gather food or make pots 400 years ago. Such amazing history.
That evening, we walked up the street to Oaxaca, a delicious Mexican restaurant with beautiful views.
Our table sat out on the patio over looking these mountains, beautiful. The mountains behind our house at home definitely don't look like this. :)
Nadine and Jerry came up the next day and Garrett and I joined them for a jeep ride. We took the Extreme Diamond Back ride and wow, it was extreme!
Our trail guide, Kelley, was very educated and stopped to give us lots of history and interesting facts. Beautiful trees and plants, we even caught sight of a road runner!
We drove through some pretty crazy terrain. At some points I wasn't sure we would make it up the trail!
Kelley, our awesome tour guide.
We had a rainy day where we spent most of it indoors. But the next day was beautiful so we headed to Red Rock State Park where we hiked a few trails and found some beautiful wildlife and scenery. These bridges over the red river were beautiful.
Ty and Tatum both loved the hike, look at his face. We'll have to make time for some hikes back at home.
No wonder our son is so into guns, he learns from his father. :)
After our hike and picnic lunch, we headed to a few local wineries. This one had a play table with toys, Ty loved it.
Then we headed back to our resort where they had an indoor pool, jacuzzi, sauna and steam room. Wonderful after a busy day of hiking.
The kids loved hiking so much that they requested we go on another hike on our last day. So we walked out back behind our resort and followed a stream. Beautiful scenery everywhere.
We dared to brave the water but wow, was it cold! Tatum and I only lasted seconds, long enough for this picture...
but Ty and Daddy stuck it out and enjoyed a stop on a rock. I love this photo, the way Ty is gripping on to Garrett for dear life. He looks like a little baby monkey, so sweet.
On our hike, we ran into this beautiful resort with a restaurant right out on the stream. Mom and I came back for one last glass of wine to toast a wonderful trip. This time share business is pretty great, maybe we'll have to look into it. We'll be enjoying another week in Tahoe next February so we'll see if we enjoying it after that trip as well.
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