Sedona 2010

The annual ward camping trip was in September. Last year, we didn't get to go because we were moving into our new house. This year, the kids have reached the major teenager age where they didn't want to go. So I just decided to go along with a good friend of mine and her family, the Lopez's. They hadn't camped before and had a fun time trying to put up their tent for the first time in the dark (he, he, he). I had brought our little two man pop up that didn't require any effort at all.




Gracie is Melissa and Richardo's third child. She loved the creek but the water is really cold because it comes down from the mountains!












The Lopez's youngest is Kolby (aka Tutu). I was his nursery leader when he was two, along with Cambria who is pictured next to him. They are three now and all grown up in the sunbeams class.









This is one of the cute little Manwaring girls who recently had to move out of our ward. We miss their adorable family!







We played some fun games with the kids that was sort of like horseshoes but with balls on strings that wrap around a stand. Once in a while, Big Foot could be spotted running through the woods!One of the kids ran across a baby Arizona diamond back rattle snack on the pathway in the woods, so one of the adults came to the rescue and killed it. But apparently snakes, like most things, still have nerve movements for quite awhile after death. This thing kept wiggling for hours afterwards - gross! But the kids loved it...





After we left the camp ground, we went to Slide Rock Park and let the kids slide down the waterfalls for the rest of the afternoon. I love Sedona!