by BeckFreckle | Mar 19, 2023 | Camping
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...
by BeckFreckle | May 29, 2022 | Paintball
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...
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 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 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 | 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 | 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.
by BeckFreckle | Dec 28, 2021 | Costumes
You really never know what you’re going to get with this kid, haha.
by BeckFreckle | Dec 28, 2021 | Sledding
When we drove over Mingus Mountain to get to Prescott, we found a little patch of snow near the road that leads to camping, so we had to stop for a bit of fun 🙂
by BeckFreckle | Dec 27, 2021 | Amusement Park
We decided to let the kids choose which experience they wanted to do for Christmas this year, to create fun memories with the family and cut down on materialism. We had so much fun together.
by BeckFreckle | Dec 25, 2021 | Dessert
My mom loves to set up gingerbread houses for the kids for Christmas. She had a whole cooler full of candy, cereal, marshmallows and pretzels, new and old, to use for decorations. She even offered to break out the cake decorating stuff too but it was already...
by BeckFreckle | Dec 19, 2021 | Chain & Pendant
You can purchase pendant trays on Amazon to create necklace pendants from your artwork! My son creates beautiful alcohol ink artwork so I grabbed a set for him and he is so excited to start selling them, and to give them away for Christmas presents.
by BeckFreckle | Nov 21, 2021 | Camping
When we had a free night and day to go visit my parents, we asked if we could campout in the backyard, just for fun. The teenager slept on the couch inside, the middle two shared a tent, and I shared with the youngest. It was a fun, silly little adventure. The rooster...
by BeckFreckle | Nov 21, 2021 | Swimming
The kids always love water slides. They got a chance to go on the water slides after swimming lessons one day at the Sedona Community Pool.
by BeckFreckle | Nov 13, 2021 | Archery
Colton wanted to do some archery so, since we live on a hill, we set up the football on a duct tape roll target against the hill. He could only pull the bow back about twice before he had to take a quick break to build up his muscles again, but he was...
by BeckFreckle | Nov 9, 2021 | Watercolor Painting
I showed Colton how to do bubble painting with a bit of water, dish soap, & food coloring. The result was a cool pattern but much more subtle than he was expecting even after we added more food coloring. Maybe next time we’ll try less water and add a bit of...
by BeckFreckle | Nov 9, 2021 | Board Games
Colton wanted to play Wizard’s Chess so I made him ask his brother, to be respectful, since it was his game. He let us play. Colton is so imaginative, half of the game involved pretending to be the characters, lol. The other half was teaching him the way the...
