Showing posts with label thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thanksgiving. Show all posts

Sunday, November 25, 2012

thanksgiving in Sedona

it's been years since i've been to Sedona, and it had been way too long.  it is really just the most beautiful place.  it is so fun to visit the different areas of this great state.  it's easy to just associate Arizona with the desert, there is just so much to see and Sedona is definitely a must-see!
 we got here on Thanksgiving day and got right to cooking and eating.  after the deliciousness, we headed out for a self-guided jeep tour of Sedona!
 each vista and view was greater then the last.  and the girls had so much fun on the little hikes/walks we took here and there.  (i forgot my camera on our jaunt and thought i'd make up for it the rest of the weekend, thank goodness Tara snapped these pics.)










this should have been a sign of things to come, Colin was not a happy camper, but i chalked it up to the bumpy ride and lack of nap:

 


but later that night, and ALL night long, this poor boy threw up.  and there should really be another name for the sick he was, it was poltergeist.  we had to call the front desk and request a clean up in the morning.  and so, as the exhausted, sick and oh yeah, exhausted mom, i made the executive decision for us to spend the rest of the weekend at home in our home beds.  

so sadly, we called it quits on our Sedona weekend and headed home.  here is my one picture.  the girls call these trees the "fire trees" as the yellow crops up in the middle of the of these little valleys, they think it looks like fire in the distance.  
it is really beautiful.  goodbye Sedona!

Thursday, November 22, 2012

did you know that the tallest Christmas tree in the country is here in Arizona.  
the girls and i heard on the radio a few weeks ago that the tree was coming to the outlets in Anthem, and i thought, "i think we can go there on the way to Sedona at Thanksgiving."

sure enough, that's just what we did.  early Thanksgiving morning, we made our way to Sedona and saw this tree in the distance and the kids got so excited.  it was kind of cool to see the tree almost all by our selves.  

 


 we had fun walking around it, looking up at it, walking around it again, looking up at it again.  it was really amazing.  


see, look how big the tree is even compared to Daddy!


i'm glad we made the stop.  it was a fun adventure seeing the biggest Christmas tree in America.  

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Thanksgiving Day


on thanksgiving day, we had a quaint family gathering of about 50 people for dinner.  as usual, my mom set up a beautiful evening and delicious food. 
 big cousins ate and played right-center-left,
 little cousins huddled around the tv watching cartoons,
 and had a craft night making turkeys.  this was Anna's idea, and it was a hit.  even the boys liked sticking googly eyes on their hand tracings!


i am so grateful for my huge, wonderful family!