November pt 1: Babymoon

No, not for us! Brad's sister and husband, Stacy and Thomas, finally had the chance to come visit us here in Arizona and since she is pregnant, they dubbed it their 'babymoon' - their last vacation together before kids. On our long weekend, we took them to see the classic Arizona sites. But as geological features go, you can only take so many of the same thing. We took it upon ourselves to get a little creative, enjoy the photo journey!

First up, Montezuma's Castle - sweet ruins of the Sinagua, ancient cliff-dwellers. It's crazy how well it has been preserved, despite being built in the 700's. Think of it like a high-rise apartment with around 20 rooms.

Next, we stopped at Tuzigoot National Monument. This is more ruins of the Sinagua people, but it was a huge complex with around 110 rooms. One feature about these ruins is that they didn't really use doors, but had trapdoor style openings in the roofs with ladders to climb down into each room. The pictures don't really do it justice - the architecture used is truly incredible.

We ended up in Sedona right around sunset, so it was perfect timing to see the red rocks!

 And look, Baby Huck in Sedona!

The next day was spent oogling at the Grand Canyon. It was bitter cold but like always, gorgeous views. And did you know that on Veteran's Day, entrance at all national parks is free in honor of our veteran's service? What a cool way to celebrate our freedoms!

Baby Huck at the Grand Canyon!

I was freezing and quickly learned at all the look-outs, you can see from the car!

Our little min-vacation with Stacy and Thomas was great! And I don't think they got too bored entertaining themselves the rest of the week while Brad and I went back to work. They were even nice enough to make the drive to my school and see my classroom one day. All the kids couldn't stop whispering about the pregnant lady! Hopefully my class didn't scare them off about their future kids...and if it did, too late now!