Flagstaff

It's been a while since I've posted to this blog, but I'll try to catch everyone up with what's been going on around here.  I'm going to start with our trip to Flagstaff during Spring Break.  Last month my sister, my friend Shannon and I took our kids (six total - yes, we are slightly crazy) up to Flagstaff for a couple of days.  When we arrived at the condo, we were greeted with a mound of snow in the driveway!  We don't get snow around here very much so this was very exciting for all the kids.  Lucky for us there were several shovels in the garage, so we gave each kid a shovel and put them to work clearing the driveway while we unloaded the cars. 

Here are the kids earning their lunch:

After we unloaded and got things settled, we headed to a nearby park to enjoy our lunch outdoors, get some playing in and a little hiking too.  There were several snow patches, but the weather was in the mid 60's and very enjoyable.   Here are all the boys:  Sebastian, Nathan, Cameron, Colton & Tyler

 It was a challenge, but I did manage to get a picture of all six kids (although I couldn't get them all looking at the same time).  From left to right:  Colton, Cameron, Megan, Sebastian, Tyler and Nathan in the back.

After the playground, we enjoyed several hours hiking and playing in the woods.  Here in the "campfire" that the kids built together with a little team work!

Our final destination was a stop at the Out of Africa Wildlife Park.  The weather was perfect for a day at the park.  The kids enjoyed feeding the giraffes and seeing a variety of animals including an ostrich, tigers, zebra, snakes and bears.