We took advantage of the 3 day weekend and made a quick road trip out to AZ to see Wendy, David and the kids.
We also had a chance to meet the newest member of the family...Willow! As soon as we arrived, we took Matt on a tour of the house and then walked up to the town square to look around.
Parker has lost a few teeth since we last saw him too!
Matt was in heaven when both boys jumped up on the couch to sit with him...so sweet!
Sunday morning we headed out early for a day in Prescott. It was about a 2 hour drive up to the mountains. Nolan drove with us and Allison went in their car.
It was such a pretty drive from desert to forest and then spotted just a bit of snow in the parking lot.
Wendy had received recommendations to do the Thumb Butte Trail hike. Thanks to Parker we took a left at the fork in the trail and went the steep way up...and I mean steep!
We mad many stops to catch our breath and take in the scenery.
Once at the top, we first spotted this memorial for the Yarnell "Hot Shots" who died in the firestorm in 2013. The fire killed 19 City of Prescott firefighters. It was a very moving site and we didn't even know about the memorial until we came across it.
We took time for pictures and snacks
I just love that our girls and their boys have such love for each other and will have so many memories from their visits together!
and then went down the mountain the way we probably should have gone up. Oh well, we will all have tighter booties thanks to Parker's path choice!
A view of Thumb Butte from the bottom of the trail.
One last step in the snow
before driving to downtown Prescott.
We had a nice warm lunch at Prescott Brewing Co and ice cream at Marino's just before it started to rain. Perfect timing!
We were back down to their house with plenty of time to watch the Steelers beat the Chiefs!
Taylor and Parker built a fort under the pool table and played rounds and rounds of games!
A few more games Monday morning while the adults
walked down to Verrado Coffee Co. We sure love our time with Wendy, David and the boys and are grateful that we will get to see them next month in Temecula!
