Grand Canyon Day 1

Day 1 started with an early morning start at the airport. We arrived in Phoenix, found our Jeep for the week and headed out! We took several detours in the 3 hour drive towards Flagstaff. Our first stop was at Montezuma Castle National Monument. These ancient ruins are over 700 years old. It’s amazing to think this was once a vibrant community of people. 

Our second stop was in Sedona. As we were driving in we could see the beautiful colors of Sedona from far off. It was breathtaking!  We found a short 2 mile hike called Chimney Rock Pass to shake off the jet lag and acclimate to the elevation. Just driving around the town we could tell that it was pretty boogie and in all our sweat and hiking gear we decided to make our way to Flagstaff to clean up and rest. We had a full day! 

Texas State Graduate

Baylee has graduated from Texas State. It was fun to go watch her walk across the stage and get her diploma. Next she will be starting her career at China Spring as a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher. 

Mother’s Day at the lake

We spent the day at the lake with the family for Mother’s Day. It was nice to be back out on the boat and getting some sun and just relaxing!  The lake is always one of my favorite places! 

Girls weekend

Kelly and I spent the weekend hiking and enjoying the hill country. We started in Fredericksburg then to Comfort and then to Kerrville and back to Fredericksburg. We hiked and ate and shopped and ate and hiked some more!

The bluebonnet capital of Texas

We started at Cross Mountain after Enchanted Rock told us we could come in because they were full for the day. Cross Mountain only had a trail that was a little over a mile so we just did it over and over to get 4 miles in. 

Then we shopped and went to check in to our cute little Air BnB treehouse!! 

The place we went to eat in Kerrville had a 45 minute wait so we were able make a quick trip to the Empty Cross and I think it was my favorite!! There were tons of rocks with prayers on them but I spied one with Meleah’s name on it. I could t believe it! We watched the sunset and it was gorgeous! 

Last, we went back to Enchanted Rock and hiked 8 miles. This terrain was definitely challenging and gave us a good idea of how prepared we are for the real thing. We are so ready to get to the Grand Canyon and I’m so thankful for this weekend away to unwind and end our training with some gorgeous views and scenery! 

Party Day

This year Teague wanted to take a few friends to Urban Air and then we tried the ultimate milkshake place!! Later that evening another friend was turning 13 and his party was at the local dancehall so we made a visit there, too! Happy birthday, Teague!