Sedona, AZ Trip

Jake and I were planning on going on a cruise in January but once I found out I was pregnant, we weren't able to go 'cause I'd be too far along. So instead I planned a trip for us to Sedona, AZ and gave it as a gift to Jake for Christmas and our Anniversary. We drove down Monday, Jan. 2nd and got back, Thursday, Jan. 5th and left the boys home. We went out to a movie, played tennis and racquetball each day, went out to dinner without kids, went hiking, golfing, shopping, on a helicopter ride, and went hot tubbing at night. It was such a fun and relaxing trip!

Here's the pretty view from our hotel room.
We ate at Red Rock BBQ on the first night we were there. The weather was so nice we got to eat outside!
We even got to go on a helicopter ride (after sitting through a presentation about a timeshare...it was totally worth it!) We had both never been on a helicopter ride before. We flew over Sedona and the surrounding canyons at sunset. It was amazing!

Sedona at senset
This is a sweet church in Sedona that is built right into the rock. Frank Lloyd Wright designed it.

Here's what it looks like on the inside. It was a Catholic church.

We went on a fun hike one of the days and we thought it was only going to be about 3 miles round trip. Well, it turned out we took the wrong trail and ended up going on the "Big Park Loop" which was 6 miles round trip. Good thing I didn't go into labor! Jake is grumpy in this picture because the sun was about to go down when we finished and we had still planned on going golfing. We just hit a bucket of balls at the driving range instead.

On our drive home we stopped at the Grand Canyon for a few hours. I have never been there before and it was definitely worth the trip! What an amazing place! Next time we go I want to hike down to the bottom and go white water rafting down the Colorado river.

If you haven't gone on a trip with your spouse for a while without kids I'd highly recommend it! We had so much fun together and it felt like we were on our honeymoon all over again.