Sedona 2014

Every October we head to the beautiful red rocks of Sedona. This annual family trip is one of the highlights of our year. Afton has already made lots of memories, and is always eager to do activities he recalls doing from the year before. Hiking, tennis, the toy store, and swimming were on the agenda....and we did them all and more. We even caught a talented and awesome flutist name Jesse Kalu at the resort. A truly talented human being.

Out mornings started with breakfast on the balcony. 

And our nights would end with amazing sunsets.

There is always lots of yummy food cooked up.

And this year we added fishing to the list of activities! The Oak Creek Trout Farm was the perfect place for us to fish, especially since it was Afton's first time....no full day of waiting for a bite, these fishes were nibbling A LOT! That doesn't mean it didn't take some skill to get them on the hooks though. 

Rowan has so much fun running around and telling us where to fish.

Afton was over the moon when he pulled the first one out!

So proud of my boy. 

Afton caught two trout (with a little bit of help) and had lots of fun watching them flip and and wiggle as they slowly died. Ok, that was a little heavy. He was sad when we had to go. Apparently he wanted to catch ALL the fish. We took back our gutted and ready-to-cook trout back to the suite and cook them up for a delicious dinner. 

The rest of these pictures show the amazingness of Sedona. We hiked Sugarloaf and Coffee Pot Rock and Wilson Canyon. 

Wilson Canyon lead us down to Oak Creek where I let the kids dip their toes in and get muddy, much to Nippon's dismay. Ha! I did keep their shorts and shoes from getting wet so that they didn't have to walk back uncomfortable. So there's that. ;)

I took endless pictures of the sky. It was exceptionally beautiful the entire time we were there. The sunsets were killer. I can't remember the last time the sky was this vibrant and active. Clouds made wispy fun designs on a bright blue backdrop during the day, and caught the sun just right in the evenings to set the sky on fire.

We had another amazing stay in Sedona and anxiously await next years visit.