HH Vacation

Come on. You knew it was coming! Pictures from our annual trek to Hilton Head Island with Brett's side of the family. Only this year these are the only pictures I have from our week. Kinda surprising... then again not. It was a busy week and we all loved our time together! And the beach :)

July 4th

We LOVE where we live! We took in the Montgomery Parade on the 4th of July and had a great time at the party in the park afterward, too. Perfect day--even cool outside. (Unheard of around here in July!) We had a really fun day together as a family before packing up the car and heading south for vacation the next morning.

My Trip Out West

 

To celebrate my mom's big birthday (I won't say which one!) my sisters and I took her to the Grand Canyon just recently. This was one of the places (if not the one place) mom has always wanted to visit and until now she hasn't ever had the opportunity or company to do so. So, enter the three of us. And with a lot of careful planning from Laura we made it happen. Brett was awesome about letting me go and the girls (of course) did great while I was gone. They were busy with friends and family, doing all kinds of fun things here. I did make a simple calendar, of sorts, to help keep track of the time while I was gone. They had some cut-out shapes to put up on each day I was away and I filled in what I knew of the plans for each day as well.

Sedona, AZ

Our first stop out west was Sedona, Arizona, where we stayed at Enchantment Resort for two nights. The resort was surrounded by gorgeous red rocks and our stay there was all about relaxing and enjoying a leisurely pace of life. It was quite wonderful! We did some short hikes and the rest of the time we ate delicious food and hung out together at the pool playing cards or reading.

Grand Canyon

We had a great stay in Sedona but of course we left for the main event of our trip: visiting the Grand Canyon. It was every bit as overwhelming and amazing as you read or hear about, and yet pictures don't do it justice. The top picture was taken when we first arrived at the South Rim of the Canyon. We went to a lookout point for our first view...breath- taking! Then we checked into our cabin where we stayed for the next two nights (middle picture) and the next morning we woke up to the view in the third picture. And yes, you are seeing that correctly. Our cabin was just steps from the rim of the Canyon and we had a front row seat to a spectacular sunrise. Almost too beautiful to describe!

More Canyon

It really is an unbelievable sight. The first morning we did a hike along the South Rim, stopped at a small museum along the way, and later took in a beautiful sunset (last photo). Dinner was at El Tovar our first evening there, which is an important piece of history in learning about the beginning of the Grand Canyon as a national park and tourist attraction in the early 1900's. The time we spent at the Grand Canyon was so worth it and so memorable. I am so thankful for the chance I had to spend time there with my mom and sisters. And I cannot wait to take Brett and the girls so they can experience the same magnitude and beauty of God's creation when they take in the Grand Canyon for the first time themselves.