Sedona Style

This past weekend we took a quick trip up to Sedona with Alice & Jay Dewitt (Glenn's cousin). It was just WONDERFUL to escape the 103+ temps this weekend - it was around 85 in Sedona, but so much cooler in the evenings (55+)!

But... Before we could "hit the road" and get out of Mesa, Emma and I took a quick trip to the Urgent Care Center. As I was talking to Alice and getting directions, Emma was in the pantry trying to get the "fishy crackers!" She climbed onto the shelving (the first step) and with her hands grabbed an upper shelf with the crackers. The shelf slid out, took her to the ground and put a gash across the bridge of her nose! The gash is about 1/2 inch long and the blood began to flow.



I picked her up and applied pressure and told Nick and Chris to get into the van. I put Emma in her carseat and Nicholas took hold of the papertowel and we flew over to Gilbert & Brown (nice and close). They got us right in and within an hour we were walking out with two stitches and a band-aid. The stitches will come out on Wednesday. She's a trooper! (Glenn was out and about with Ben and Zach running a few errands. They met us at the UCC.)

We got home, continued packing the truck and took off. Where do we begin... we all had a GREAT time...

SLIDING AT SLIDE ROCK - the water was cool but it did not stop us!

(Glenn, Collin, Zach, Emma, Ben, Chris & Nick)

SWIMMING & HIKING - All that the boys wanted to do was go hiking and go swimming in the lake - they did not have much desire to do the zip line or play ping pong. Boys loves to hike by the stream and that's that!

ZIP LINE - This is always a treat, as long as Glenn and Jay can get the rope high enough!



BIKING - We haven't biked down in Mesa for the past few months. It's just been way to hot! So, it was GREAT to get the bikes out and go for a ride.



PING-PONG and SWINGING - just being together was fun for EVERYONE!




(Chris, Jack, Emma Lee & Mary)

If I could have taken just ONE MORE PICTURE, it would have been of Christopher. Screaming Bloody Murder! This is our only child that is TOTALLY TERRIFIED of any type of insect. The Great Outdoors - you said it - it's packed with insects!

Poor Christopher, even sitting on the toilet he was scanning the walls, watching for any movement of moths, daddy long-legs, beetles, bugs. Screaming at ANYTHING that moved! And at night, terrible dreams of bugs in his bed... on and on and on I could go with this one! :)