The beauty of the room did not help as the air blew right on us as we slept. Ergh. Well, no worries, we are ready to take on the day. Well at least our morning:
Workout at the Fitness Center (CHECK!)
Oh, while we were there, we met a nice young man of 43, Kevin. We discussed staying healthy, and that lead us to discuss our relationship with God is our foundation. Daddy encouraged him to watch The Chosen; we prayed for him later that he would fall back in love with Jesus. Wherever we go, we practice what we believe. Faith first! (in HIM who died to give us LIFE! (and he forgives and loves you too…if you accept it as a FREE gift).
Next, do a short hike up Marg’s Trail (the trailhead at Arabella) (CHECK!)
More beautiful views!
NEXT…(finally) Walk to Circle K (walk!! YAY!) for our coffee. (CHECK!)
This wonderful hotel has free breakfasts, so we found a cozy seat, read our devotion, and got to work on the rocks we would throw into the water (and the new ones that would represent our HAY family)
OK, what do we want to THROW OUT FOREVER? Family huddle….GO!
Now, what will we replace them with? These white rocks: (see later in the post about these)
Now we are ready!
It was time to head to our water source and why not go to Slide Rock? It was SUPER BUSY CRAZY on Labor Day, but the next day? Aaaahhhh. Much. more relaxed. (well, at least not busy. Relaxed? Probably not that).
The price dropped from $30 to $20 the day after Labor Day. See? We are smart!
The water will be about 65 degrees, but today it’s almost 100 in Sedona! Yeeks!
We embark on the walk to the water (50 feet down)…but first we see some must read signs.
LIVE IT! OK…NOW immediately we see the slidey rocks!
Oh yeah! I’m going first.
BRRRR is right, but oh, so fun and slippery. Seriously like a slide rock. HA!
Tot, you are next…her words: “COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD….” Allllll the way down.
Mommy, help!
Then….we come upon this massive rock. I say this is my SIBO and I’m trying to move it! I cannot but only GOD can! (Tot wants to help so badly)
Daddy….your turn!
Go Daddy!
They did have apples too! But not ripe yet.
We all agreed that Slide Rock was fun, but were all the scrapes and bumps worth it? One time, yes.
Here is what we came to do. It’s time to TOSS THE ROCKS! (remember from breakfast we filled them out?)
SPLASH! Goodbye disrespect, angry outbursts, miscommunication, impatience, rudeness, and tearing down. Truly. This is a symbolic event that we know will make a true visual impression for our family. REDEMPTION!
HELLO white rocks. (SEE LATER POST)
and goodbye SLIDE ROCK> Daddy, will you give me a ride? Oh, Daddy she has you wrapped around your lil finger.
Kind. HHH.
Now, it’s off to catch some fish. Really, it was fun, but one hour was PLENTY.
Trout Farm ahead. We decided to catch some dinner! Now, this is really “pseudo fishing” because there are about a zillion fish in this small farm, and the ALL bite. SO….it will take about 5 minutes to catch our dinner. HA! We are all about efficiency. Us Hays.
Success! My turn!
Three fish. Three minutes. Three of us. $30. Perf.
Tomorrow night, HHH will cook these up! YAY!
Now it’s time for lunch, ice cream swimming..the usual. So excited to get out of these mossy, fishy, smelly clothes!
We headed to the lobby to play OPERATION before embarking on our dinner. Riveting, right Daddy?
We LOVE to eat in the room and chat/play games. Our view is just beautiful from our room. (We brought in the patio furniture. During dinner we always do our THANFKULNESS< KINDNESS< and MERCY< Talk.
And then, Tatum sings for us.
Dinner and a show. And a GREAT NIGHT SLEEP>
Hays, this is the new era! We are ready to head back to Scottsdale redeeming the past and looking forward to brighter days.
HERE ARE OUR ROCKS:
See them in our kitchen tomorrow!