Sedona and Oak Creek

   We decided to head on over to Sedona and Oak Creek for a Spring Break camping trip.  We’ve done it two years in a row now and both times have been really beautiful to visit—Here’s a few highlights from our trip in randomness:

 

Jack made me take this picture like five times or something to get him in the air.  Now you can all be impressed with his coolness, including his ultra cool shirt custom made by his daughters.  They actually designed it for our ward’s Bishop’s Breakfast where the bishopric cooks breakfast for the ward—they wanted Dad to look sharp!

Here’s the reason we were able to go camping—a pop up camper!!!  It is a “new to us” wonderful purchase that we recently got off Craig’s list.  Mom loves it!

Conner’s first camping trip!  He was a happy camper (get it? happy camper…), but nights were a bit of a challenge for him.  Being that there were only two nights though made it not so bad, and he really seemed to enjoy being outdoors a lot.

Preparing foil dinners in our fancy kitchen

Partying in the camper because, yeah, it was warm in there and nights were CHILLY.  Actually, we had some trouble figuring out how to work the heat and lighting, but Corey and Jack finally got it—yeah!  It was a learning experience in many ways going with our camper the first time.

 

We hiked up to this spot with all the kids—Corey and Dallin and Bryant came too.  We thought it would be a perfect “little” hike of only 0.7 miles to the top.  But man, it was tough!  The kids did really well though—Ella actually didn’t want to be in her backpack for a lot of the hike and wanted to do it “by myself.” 

Here’s our attempted group shot—Conner is in there in the depths of my coat and held in place by his Moby Wrap.  

 

Ella loves her Daddy.:)

Angie the super nanny and super helper! 

It was fun to find little patches of snow here and there.

 

Corey ended up coming with us with just his bigger boys because Kari got sick and stayed with Asher.  I told him he should have gotten Dad of the Year Award for all his great work with his sons.  It was fun to have them along.

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Logan with a hatchet and Sunny with fire…..greaaaate…..

Okay, so look closely down below and you will see a bunch of bikes…and bike trailers…and no people on them….because we brought all these bikes…and trailers…to bike on some trails….but the trails didn’t turn out like we thought….and it was way too rocky and hard for kids…and, uh, bike trailers…..however, luckily….we have fun adventurous children….who found something else that was WAY fun…..and had a great time anyway….so much for the bikes!

    

We had fun..and showers are so very nice when you come back.:)