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Sunday, January 12, 2014

Our Quick Trip to Sedona

This weekend we took a quick trip to Sedona and had a BLAST! 

Thankfully David has his confidence back at work, but he's been working really hard and was feeling stressed, so we decided it was time to escape for a bit.  We both had Sunday off from serving at Church, so it was the perfect weekend to go! 

We left of Saturday morning to head up to Sedona.  And by morning, I mean 11:00.  On our way up we drove past a sign for Out of Africa zoo and decided to go.  It was a lot of fun!!  It is not very accessible, as there are no paved paths, but the girls (and their wheelchairs) did well and we made it through.  They were very accommodating and went above and beyond to try to make sure we had the right busses for the tours and the such and could see all the shows. 




 
On the tour you got to feed a giraffe celery.  The tour guide suggested feeding with your mouth for a big giraffe kiss.  Conner decided that was a great idea and gave it a shot.  The girls were not quite so adventurous. 




 
 

After the zoo we headed to the hotel.  After eating dinner, we just laid in bed and watched some tv.  It felt great to be vegetables for a bit!  The next morning we grabbed breakfast and then headed out for a hike.  The girls rode in style in their ToddlerHawks, of course.  It was a beautiful trail and everyone really enjoyed it. 





 
 
Before heading home, we stopped to "fish" at the trout farm.  It's not really fishing, as there are so many trout you catch one within seconds of throwing in the pole, but we haven't taken the kiddos fishing before so they had a blast.  Normally we don't eat farmed fish, but they don't allow catch and release, so tomorrow night, we dine on trout!  I'm not sure if the kiddos will eat it, but we will try!  So far they only eat the breaded gluten-free pan fried cod I make, though they tell me it's chicken and won't accept the truth ;). 
 




 
 And their favorite part.... feeding the fish :)

 
 
It was so nice to get away, even if it was just for a night.  We can't wait to go back to Sedona again one day!
 

 

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Our Little Vacation

We weren't able to get away this year for long (we are saving our money and David's time off for India :)), but we were able to sneak in a little vacation to California to take the kiddos to Seaworld.  It was their first time there, and they loved it!  We stayed in Carlsbad at my parent's timeshare on Thursday  night and Friday night and enjoyed the beach.  On Saturday we headed over to San Diego and on Sunday we went to Seaworld.  We came home Monday, but stopped at Seaport Village on our way out.  It was a really fun weekend (and a good distraction to my wondering how our first India court date went ;)).  Here are some photos:

 
Exploring a cave with momma (he got his cast off on Thursday before we left but needed more time to heal so they splinted him again.  At least now we can swim and bathe again!!)

 
Look mom, I found a snail!



Hanging out with Papa at the beach:
 


 
Sea Lions!

 
Never too big for the Toddlerhawk and cuddle time with momma!  Moments like these don't happen often any more, so I treasure them!

 
Conner's first boogie bording trip!




The beach was COLD!
 

 
Madi made a sand turtle!



Madi was playing her new dollar store guitar and was singing for papa... too cute!!
 

 
Seaworld!

 
Touching the starfish (conner wouldn't hold them)

 
Papa, Grammy, Kyla, Grandad, and Grams all came!

 
Madi loved touching and holding the starfish

 
Madi's new "baby", which she named "Woo Woo Wa Wa Woo Woo Wa Wa", and had to strap in to her wheelchair with her, of course!!

 
SHARKS!




Touching stingrays
 

 
Best of friends!

 
Our new boyfriend

 
Watching dolphins with Grams

 
Dinner with Deana, my birth mom, Lindsay, my half sister, and Nathan, my half brother

 
 
P.S.  As if I wasn't already, I am officially a PRO at cathing on the go!  We were almost never in our room!