Tuesday afternoon, my neighbor and I took our total of 6 kids and left town! We finally left the other side of Phoenix about 5, and headed north to cooler country. Trying to make 6 kids happy with dinner would have been impossible, so we made an executive decision and stopped in Cottonwood at Casa Bonita Family restaurant. We got everyone fed and then drove the short distance to the resort. The kids had fun in the pool and then the jacuzzi tubs, we played some games and got everyone to bed.
We kind of lazed around in the morning.. had some breakfast then headed out! Our destination was http://www.pr.state.az.us/Parks/parkhtml/sliderock.html. I haven't been there in probably 17 years, when I went with my brother and 3 other guys! (Woo! What a trip!) I don't know if the state park was established back then.. I just remember hiking down to the creek from the road! We got there by 10 am, and the kids promptly went for the slide!
Brennan was the first to get in - they were too cute with their goggles!
Mallory was a little more hesitant! Overall, she didn't like the slipperiness of it all, and she didn't get in the water too much after her slide!
Jessica just went for it!
And as cold as it was, even I took a trip!
Here we are with the famous red rocks of Sedona as our background!
We went back to the resort, and everyone got cleaned up, we had some lunch, and were headed out of town by 3 pm! Made it back home about 5:15pm - so it was a quick turnaround, but it was really nice to get out of the hot valley, and up where the air was a little bit cooler! We love our neighbors!
Oh, and we made it to the Weight Watchers meeting, and I lost another 5 pounds ! Yeay me!!
