Trip to Sedona

Well, the family took a trip to Sedona, AZ this week. I fun filled 2 days and 2 nights. We started the trip out by forgetting our camera and video camera. Fortunately Rian was tagging along and remembered his. I'll load some pictures when I get them from him. Davis was none too happy on the ride down. He screamed for 1 1/2 hours straight. It made for a very frustrating drive. Thank Goodness for the IPOD:)

When we finally got into Sedona it was so nice, not only was the weather around 80 degrees, but Davis finally calmed down and gave mommy and daddy a break. Oh, btw. Drew slept through most of the screaming. Not sure how that kid does it.

So after about 5 hours of sleep we woke up and headed to Flagstaff. Kami kept telling me about this place that is actually called "The Place" that had the best inexpensive breakfast. I wasn't all that impressed, but I'm not sure if it's like a movie that someone tells you is great and then you see it and it's ok, but since you were expecting the best movie you ever saw it was a tad disappointing.

Once we ate breakfast we went up to Snow Bowl and walked around the slopes. I was a little paranoid because I thought I kept hearing rattlesnakes. The view was beautiful though. It was the first time the kids had ever seen that much green. The mountains were awesome and Drew entertained himself by taking his Thomas the train and throwing it around as he said "Catch".. His fun and games finally ended as I looked over and saw him chuck his train into a hole dug into the ground by some sort of animal. Rian had to stick his entire arm in to finally grab poor Thomas. I just kept picturing a rabid animal taking a chunck out of his hand.

We let Rian drive us around since he knew the area well.. I think I saw every residence he stayed in while he was in college there. I was suprised they were all still standing.

I almost forgot, as we were driving up to Snow Bowl we saw some trains. Now for those of you that don't know Drew very well, he is fixated with trains. So we made sure to stop on the way back down the mountain. Of course Drew was asleep when we got back to the train. Now normally nothing could wake Drew up, but all we had to say was "Drew look, a Train." His head slowly stirred from one side to the other and then straight up focused on the train out the window. Kami and Rian took him out to take some pictures, but I don't think Drew realized just how big the train was from a distance. Once he got up close and personal he didn't want anything else to do with that bad train.

The next morning, we checked out around 7:30 and began the journey home.. At 7:45 my cell rang and the service wouldn't allow me to pick it up.. It was Rian who got about a 2 minute head start back home. Once I missed the call I noticed a DPS officer sitting at the bottom of a hill. Of course he decided to start following us and eventually pulled us over. This is how bored he must have been.. He pulled over our gangsta minivan and told us the tinting on our windows was too dark. He had a guage and everything to measure the darkness. After all was said and done, he wasted 20 minutes of our time and gave us an order of repair that we need to send in within 5 days saying we had the problem corrected. The catch is that we didn't have to have it looked at by anyone.. We just have to sign it and send it in saying the work was completed? I wonder if Phoenix PD would even care? I DON'T THINK SO!!! BTW, Rian left a message on my phone which I checked while the officer had us pulled over. Rian was just calling to let us know there was a cop shooting radar.. lol. Freakin' cell phone service.

We're glad to be back home though.. We missed our own bed. Man this is long. I'm going to bed.