Saturday, April 24, 2010

Day Trip to Sedona

My grandmother turned 80 this week and to celebrate her birthday, my mom and I took the boys and Mamaw up to Sedona for the day. It was an unseasonally cool and rainy day, but was fun to get out of town and walk around gorgeous Sedona.


The first thing we did was stop at the Chapel of the Holy Cross. I'd never been there and it was so cool! It was a church built into the Sedona red rock. You had to park at the bottom of the rock and then walk up the very steep road to get to the church. Let me tell you how difficult that was to do pushing 50 pounds of boys plus a heavy stroller!! It was definitely worth it, though.

This is the view of the mountains from in front of the church.
More of the view.

This is the front of the church.

Me and the boys. Look how happy Brandt is!


Mamaw, me and the boys. It was SO windy.


Mom, me and the boys with some of the view.

We were able to go inside the church and sit for a few minutes before the boys started to get restless.

Look at the mansion that was on the same street as the church. It's huge!
Happy Brandt!
Mi madre!

Way down there is where we had to park. It was so steep!
More of me and the boys
Then we went to Tlaquepaque and shopped around for a bit. The shopping center has a really pretty courtyard. It's mandatory to stop and take a picture in front of the fountain.



Later we got lunch at Oaxaca. The chimichangas were phenominal. I think I might need to go back for another! The boys were also being so cute and drawing lots of attention.

Mom and the birthday girl, Mamaw, with her birthday earrings.
Later we walked around Sedona and went to see the Cowboy Club. It's a historic place where many cowboy artists used to come and meet.
Our day was so much fun. Can't wait for the next day trip!

2 comments:

luke and pamela said...

sounds so wonderful. you hit all of the places i would love to go back to. oaxaca even!!!

Nicole said...

Sedona is so pretty! Love the pics. Your boys are so big and so cute! The mention of delicious chimichangas is making me crave mexican food!!! I love how happy your mamaw looks with her new earrings--she is so cute!!