Our Home Away From Home.. Texas

Yes we made another trip to Texas haha we just can't go very long without visiting! I miss Texas so much! We were there for only a week, but that week flew by! I don't have any idea what we did, well mostly shopped, but I know we were busy the whole time. Paxton got spoiled beyond spoiled that's for sure haha lucky him for being the first grandchild, and being the first boy!

Mom and Jessica so excited to have their little boy back :) 

I know Abby has crazy eyes in this picture, but Paxton was very interested in her this trip. More than usual now that he is crawling. When we first got there he would try to follow her around but she didn't like it. Then one day she decided to lick his face and he did NOT like that! Abby had won and Paxton left her alone for the most part haha 

Jessica being a good aunt and reading to Paxton :) 

One of the days we took a trip over to the new George W. Bush Presidential Library. It was actually really cool! They had a whole exhibit about 9/11 which brought back a lot of sad memories. He talked a lot about his faith and God throughout the exhibit, makes you miss have a president like that. Paxton was pretty tired and a little bit crabby during the trip so I didn't get to experience it as much as I would have liked, but I'm sure we will be back again! haha 

After the library, we went to the North Park mall. Paxton took a nice long nap so that I could shop ;) When he woke up we took him to try on shoes. He wasn't very happy to be taking pictures and wrestling him to get shoes on his feet, but that didn't stop us from buying him the cutest little Sperry's!! Just like grandpa haha 

Doing some bedtime reading. Loves the Hungry Caterpillar book :) 

The first few days in Texas Paxton was attached to my leg, and would not leave my side. After a couple days he got use to grandma's house and we soon learned it was not very baby proof... haha 

My mom's best friend Marie :) we love them!! 

Tormenting Abby because she was stuck outside haha 

Like I said, such a quick trip but so fun! We always have a blast in Texas. 

Sedona

We finally took a trip to Sedona on Memorial Day! Austin was wishing we could take a fun family vacation, but with boards coming up again, and then a trip to Utah we settled on a small getaway to Sedona. I'm so glad we went because it is beautiful up there!

None of the pictures even do justice of how red the rocks are there..

We left Monday morning and drove straight to the canyon to hike. We got there around noon. It was so fun, not a very hard hike and the weather was perfect. It felt nice being outside and with no cell phone service :)

A couple times we had to cross over a small river, and at one point it really opened up so we took a break and let Paxton dip his toes in the cold water. He was in heaven :) 

After hiking for a few hours, we headed back to the main street where our hotel was. We got cleaned up, and ate at this great placed called the Cowboy Club. I don't know if I was just really hungry, but I swear it was the best cheeseburger I'd had in a while! We walked around the different shops a little bit longer, then headed back to the hotel for a swim in the pool. 

The next day we headed south to a place in Camp Verde called Out of Africa. Our friends were nice enough to give us a coupon because the place is a little pricy. It was another fun day riding around to see different animals. 

They gave us all carrots to feed the giraffe. Well during the bus ride I think Pax got a little hungry cause we looked down to see him chewing on a carrot! haha 

This picture cracks me up!! haha 

After that it was back to Phoenix. Just a quick little getaway but so fun creating memories together as a family :)