Easter Lemon Bars

Easter Lemon Bars

We got lemons from a neighbor and decided to make lemon bars out of them. Placed cookie cutters upside down on the bars before sprinkling powdered sugar.
Camping in Camp Verde

Camping in Camp Verde

We had the opportunity to go to Camp Verde to go camping (a little too chilly in Sedona) and found an awesome spot with a nice open view of the Mingus Mountains, a fire ring with some extra wood left, and a great flat spot for the tent. Camping with a hybrid vehicle...
Javelina Using the Path in our Yard

Javelina Using the Path in our Yard

We were going to leave one day and saw that there were two javelina in the yard eating the weeds. After a minute, one started walking up our steep hill using the path that I had dug out a couple of years ago, which we’ll pave eventually. It’s always fun to...
Let’s Go Fly a Kite

Let’s Go Fly a Kite

We went camping and brought along the kite. The wind made it much more challenging to set up and take down the tents, but it was super for flying the kite!
Archery practice

Archery practice

We went camping and brought along the bow & arrows. The kids wanted to practice, so I let them shoot at a cactus that already had a bunch of holes in it (probably from gun shots).
Building the Titanic

Building the Titanic

Josh has been earning money from selling his alcohol ink jewelry and he was super excited to buy this Titanic model built out of very tiny Lego-looking bricks.
Antelope Canyon tour

Antelope Canyon tour

I had the opportunity to take a First Class Charter tour of Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona. It’s about 3.5 hrs from Sedona. Such a beautiful slot Canyon cut into curvy walls
Snow Day

Snow Day

When you have a snow day, it’s a good time to get caught up on chores, work on your business or personal hobbies, or catch up with friends & family.
Javelinas – not cute piggies

Javelinas – not cute piggies

I saw movement out of the corner of my eye as a pack of javelinas decided to roam through our yard. It was fun to watch them eating weeds and interacting with each other. Just stay away from them – they don’t have very good vision and are pretty...
Antelope Canyon X

Antelope Canyon X

I had the opportunity to go to Antelope Canyon with some friends. It was so gorgeous – everywhere you went, every angle you looked at was so beautiful. There was a big walk to get down to it (and back up on the way out)
Horseshoe Bend

Horseshoe Bend

I got a chance to go see Horseshoe Bend and it was much larger than it looks in pictures, with little bitty boats at the bottom, hehe. Easy pay, park & walk a bit to a lookout point.
Surfing at the lake

Surfing at the lake

We went for an awesome weekend with Kevin’s friends to go surfing on the lake. It was a good challenge to figure out how to position yourself, to balance, etc. It took me quite a few times to figure it out and I still only stayed up for maybe 15 seconds, lol....
Sycamore Creek

Sycamore Creek

We took a long, rocky dirt road to Parson’s Trailhead and hiked down to Sycamore Creek. We found an awesome swimming hole with a sandy beach.
Learning to Change a Tire

Learning to Change a Tire

I had to replace my brakes, so I took the opportunity to teach the kids, especially the almost 17 year old, how to change a tire using the car’s jack as well as a hydraulic one. They had fun taking turns removing the bolts and lifting the jacks. All along the...
Gelly Ball Wars

Gelly Ball Wars

Our kids had been playing with Orbeez (knockoffs) the whole week and our oldest had mentioned that she wanted to try paintball so when I found out they had Gelly ball wars at Be Wild in Cottonwood, we had to try it out. They had a great time. The 8 year old got hit...
Rock Climbing at Be Wild

Rock Climbing at Be Wild

At Be Wild in Cottonwood, AZ they have a rock climbing wall (and all sorts of other fun stuff). So Josh (left) got to feed his rock climbing bug again for a minute. It’s so fun to watch him because he almost looks like he’s made for it.

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