Sedona with Shaheens

 June 27-29 (Thursday-Saturday)

We really wish we could have found more time to do a bigger vacation with the Shaheens this summer, but our schedules just didn't want to work together! Boo. The best we could do was a quick weekend in Sedona. We rented an Airbnb together and while it was a funky house, it was in a beautiful location. We stayed up late visiting and got to tell them all about Travis being put in as bishop. Then they got to tell us all about their special trip to Salt Lake because Elder Kearon invited them to church headquarters! WOW. It's crazy how they are becoming such good friends with an apostle. They also go to spend time with Elder Alvarado while they were there and couldn't stop talking about how genuine and kind he was. It was fun to be able to tell them that my cousin (Trennon Udall) married his daughter! 

We spent Friday at Slide Rock which was so fun. I can't believe we've lived in Arizona almost our whole lives and have never been here! The Shaheens brought inner tubes and we packed lunches and had a blast. Core memory will include Bron being on a keto diet and double fisting sardines and olives while the rest of us normal people ate sandwiches haha. On Saturday we packed up and spent the day at Crescent Moon picnic site. Unfortunately, it was PACKED. Lots of Spanish music, grills and pop ups everywhere. We walked pretty far in and tried to find a spot to ourselves. We invited the Carters and were so happy they could come! They live about 30 min. away in Camp Verde. I hadn't talked to Denise in ages. The kids played in the water, tossed around balls, built a dam and made fairy houses. We ended up at COLT Grill for dinner before heading home and I was really surprised at how good it was. I'd go back again. We love anytime we get with the Shaheens. Just sad it was such a quick trip!