Arizona

Our family trip to Arizona was thrown together a little last minute. We’ve only been saying that we were going to take a trip out to visit my uncle (my mom’s oldest brother) for 10 years now. Finally, the stars aligned and it happened. Mike could only get a week away from work, but the rest of us were there for 10 days.

We spent the beginning of our time two hours north of Phoenix in Cottonwood, where my uncle lives. He was out personal tour guide for the trip. Everyday we had something planned.

We ventured up to Jerome, more than 5,000 feet above sea level.

We dedicated a day to the Grand Canyon. The drive up through Old Creek Canyon and Sedona was beautiful.

We spent an afternoon with my Uncle in Sedona, and went on a hike.

For Easter we went back down to Phoenix to spend the holiday with my cousins. The weather the beautiful. We hid eggs for a hunt for the kids. There were lots of card games to be had.

We went to the hole in the rock.

We saw the Diamondbacks play.

And, we went out to Canyon Lake.

Overall it was an A+ family vacation. Only ten more years until the next one...