Sedona

We spent the rest of our anniversary and the weekend in Sedona and left the boys to play with their grandparents. 

We had so much fun together just the two of us and I didn't freak out too much about being away from the kiddos, (this is the first time we have ever left them for more than 24 hours and only the second time anyone but the two of us has put them to sleep, what can I say I love my boys too much). 

Our hotel was amazing with a fire place and hot tub and the area was absolutely beautiful.

I made Patrick explore all over with me and on Saturday I made him hike all day.  We did over 12 miles hiking/climbing but the views were spectacular.

 

 Patrick is a really good climber and I think his ease at running up mountains and climbing over ledges kind of freaked some of the other hikers out. 

 This was a great hike out to a natural arch.  It wasn't as fantastic as the arches in Arches National Park but it was really beautiful.  I was laughing at how polite all the tourists were.  We each stood in a nice polite line to take pictures at the arch and traded off taking pictures of each other so we could all have nice shots standing over the arch.  It was really funny.

Our last hike was the cathedral and it was beautiful.  It involved more climbing and elevation but it gave us the best views of the red rocks.

Luckily each night we enjoyed some truly spectacular and yummy food so we had enough energy to hike more the next day.

It was a really great trip and the boys had so much fun with their grandparents that I am thinking we will need to do this again soon.