by BeckFreckle | May 29, 2022 | Museums
They have a virtual Archeological dig system set up in the children’s adventure room at the Verde Valley Archeological Center in Camp Verde, AZ. The kids loved moving the sand around to see artifacts being uncovered.
by BeckFreckle | May 29, 2022 | Pet Training / Care
We went to the Verde Valley Archeological Center and they were doing a demonstration about scarlet macaws because they were found to have been brought to the US and kept in the ancient Native American villages in Verde Valley. Tyler was in heaven watching their...
by BeckFreckle | May 28, 2022 | Makeup
They had an artist doing face painting at the Archeological Center in Camp Verde. Josh decided to get a scorpion…don’t ask me why, hehe.
by BeckFreckle | May 28, 2022 | Swimming
The Sedona public pool had their grand opening today so we got to go swim for free. The kids met some new friends and had a blast jumping in and going down the water slide.
by BeckFreckle | May 27, 2022 | Gardening
While we waited for an oil change, we wandered around the garden section of Walmart to see what kinds of plants and flowers we should get when we get our gardens set up.
by BeckFreckle | May 27, 2022 | Design & Build Structures
I was able to let the kids jump into one of the helicopters today. They were sooo excited to see all of the controls, to get to sit inside and put on the headsets. It was fun to see how excited they were.
by BeckFreckle | May 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
The door that I designed for our entryway is finally done! It has sidelights as well (not pictured). We’ll change the knob to a satin nickel look one as well. Super excited to get it installed 🙂
by BeckFreckle | May 25, 2022 | Rowing / Kayaking
Tubing down Verde River is one of our new favorite activities. Most of the river is pretty tame but there are several spots with mild rapids to float through that make it fun. We park one car at the end and then drive to the beginning.
by BeckFreckle | May 25, 2022 | Library or Book Store
The teen loft area at the Cottonwood Library is awesome – great space to hang out and cool views and plenty of natural light.
by BeckFreckle | May 25, 2022 | Off-Roading
I had an opportunity to take a helicopter tour over Sedona and got to see some really neat Indian dwellings and the beautiful red rock formations of our unique area.
by BeckFreckle | May 25, 2022 | Hiking
We took the long dirt road to get to Parson’s trail head and hiked down and found a great swimming hole. The bottom was very fine sand and soft plants. The water was clear until we stirred it up with our feet. The water was chilly but tolerable.
by BeckFreckle | Jan 23, 2022 | Board Games
They offer a drop-in Chess club at our local library so the kids have fun attending that and learning from the very skilled leader. It was so good for him to learn to slow down, take his time to look through his options, and make an informed decision. For someone with...
by BeckFreckle | Jan 23, 2022 | Blocks
The younger two had a fun time building this wooden block structure together in the kitchen… in front of the fridge… for some reason. They had cars and characters and a whole story line going. It was cute to watch.
by BeckFreckle | Jan 17, 2022 | Origami
My 8-year old loves Batman and bats in general so he asked if I could look up how to create an origami bat. He did most of the first steps but it got pretty complicated when he had to push certain edges in or tuck a point into a pocket, so he had some help. This is...
by BeckFreckle | Jan 12, 2022 | Grooming
Colton and I decided to have a silly night and do “Hulk Masks” together 😁
by BeckFreckle | Jan 11, 2022 | Museums
After my kids had had a chance to play on the playground for a while, I took them over to the veteran memorial area. There was a few different areas in memory of different people involved in service to their country, including one for service K9s who gave the ultimate...
by BeckFreckle | Jan 11, 2022 | Graphic Design
I had some 4×12″ tiles that the previous owner of our house left to us and I bought 4×4″ tiles for each person in the family. I hot-glued the small tiles to the back of the large tiles and added vinyl lettering for each person’s name. Next...
by BeckFreckle | Jan 10, 2022 | Origami
I followed this tutorial to create this origami...
by BeckFreckle | Jan 6, 2022 | Rock Climbing
We had a great time at Flagstaff Climbing Gym. They had a great variety of difficulties and styles to fit everyone’s needs. Colton was a beast and did much better than I expected. Josh did awesome and felt much better about himself than after our bouldering...
by BeckFreckle | Jan 5, 2022 | Dissemble Electronics
My computer started making a squeaky sound that sort of sounded like classic movie aliens. After two days, I asked Kevin to help me blow it out with the air compressor…but it still made noise. So I opened it up while it was running so I could figure out exactly...
by BeckFreckle | Jan 5, 2022 | Chemistry
Josh was sooo excited to jump into the Discovery Science Kit that he got for Christmas and his first activity of choice was the geology block with gemstones hidden inside, similar to a fossil kit.
by BeckFreckle | Jan 5, 2022 | Cooking
When the store ran out of green cabbage, instead of staring at the empty shelf and sadly calling my loved one to tell them about the problem, I just grabbed a red cabbage. It turned the onions and kielbasa a funky shade of purple so we decided to add yellow, orange...
by BeckFreckle | Jan 5, 2022 | Bouldering
I took my 11 year old to a bouldering gym in Flagstaff to see what he thought, if he would like to join a team. It was quite a bit harder than he expected so we decided to try rock climbing first and come back to bouldering when he’s a bit stronger. It was a fun...
by BeckFreckle | Dec 28, 2021 | Sedona View Trail
We decided to hike Sedona View Trail from the airport one day and it was pretty easy although it’s rocky & the views were pretty. It’s much easier to get to the Vortex hill from the lower parking lot, but we wanted some exercise.
