flagstaff with g&g

I’m really not on the ball as far as blogging goes. But, I did want to go back and share a little bit of our trip to Flagstaff from the end of the summer.

Grandma and Grandpa Yancey treated the kids and their mommies to a few days in Flagstaff. Gabriel got to stay behind to hang with his daddy.

Some highlights include:

• Riding the ski lift up to the amazing views – the girls wanting to ride lopsided with Grandpa – the boys insisting they needed to be on their own
  
• Walking the pitch dark lava tubes armed with headlamps and flashlights
• Weather that actually allowed for outdoor activities
• The girls following their Grandpa around everywhere – Paige especially hung on every word, enjoying his stories and explanations
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• Lunching in the forest
• Touring Riordan Mansion – the kids actually enjoyed this and the girls were pleased when they could come up with questions to ask the tour guide
• Lowell Observatory – even though that one night there were clouds that prevented us from looking through the huge telescope – the clouds parted enough to see the moon and Jupiter and it’s moons through a smaller telescope – also learning that flash photography is frowned upon at the observatory (duh!)
• Walking the 240 steps of the Walnut Canyon National Monument – the kids finishing up their Jr. Rangers packet
• Shopping in downtown Flagstaff – lots of neat stores, a “haunted” hotel, hippies and incense
• Sitting lakeside during a on again/off again rainstorm – the lone fisherman who parked his chair lake side only to be swarmed by inquisitive, unreserved children

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for treating us to so many great memories!