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My sister and her boyfriend came to Phoenix to visit us and look for potential places to work and live. They are thinking about moving out here someday when she sells her house in Nebraska. I don't think they got very far on the where to live part. They spent most of their time swimming in our pool with the boys and soaking up the toasty Arizona sun rays.
Their journey began early Sunday morning. They left a tornado alley Omaha behind. They were woke up in the middle of the night by some phone calls asking them if they were OK. Luckily they were staying at a friends house in Iowa who was going to take them to the airport. Kristi's house was fine. But her old neighborhood where she has a rental property experienced and F2 tornado which ripped apart many homes. The good Lord was watching over them. This happened at 2am so there were no sirens to warn people. No one was killed or injured. The homes that were really really bad, those people just happen to be out of town on vacation. Is that a miracle or what?! We spent much of the morning watching the Omaha news online while eating breakfast.
We took a little road trip north to show them the sights of Sedona. Cathedral Rock was the hiking trail we all decided on. Little did we know that was going to be some good rock climbing in some spots. My 4 yr old wanted to to it all on his own! He is very brave and strong. Its about a two mile hike round trip. What beautiful sights and views. Absolutely breathtaking! Of course we took tons of pictures along the way.
After our great hike on Sunday in Sedona, I thought how cool it would be for them to go do Pinnacle Peak mountain in Scottsdale on Tuesday. Again awesome views. A half mile into the hike Kristi wanted to turn around. Now this hike wasn't as hard...i don't think... as Cathedral Rock, but lots of ups and downs, and we did not have kids to slow us down...we were on the move. Brent is a personal trainer so he was used to this cardio workout. We made it all the way to the end...1 3/4 miles. Only to have to turn back around and complete our trail. I seriously thought we were going to have to carry Kristi back. She took one look at the stairs she was going to have to crawl back up and started to cry. Ha Ha
She was a trooper and made it back safely.
Chad had to work that day so we met him at Wrap and Frap (my favorite place in the whole wide world) for lunch. A C3 wrap (whole wheat wrap, chicken, bacon, cheese, chipotle sauce, lettuce) with no tomatoes and sweet potato fries...just what you need after a great hike! We obviously burned many calories on our 105 degree one hour hike. Of course we had take our sweaty dusty selves to my salon, Par ExSalonce and get our hair shampooed and blown out after our strenuous hike. We both felt and looked so much better! Wednesday &
A ritual for us when visitors come is to either play American Idol, Rock Band or the Wii. THis lovely photo is Rock Band. Brent is our lead singer, Chad on Drums, and Tanner is on the guitar.
Thursday were spent mostly by the pool and/or looking at gyms for Brent as potential job opportunities. Chad has this thing about taking visitors over to Westgate to show them the Cardinals stadium and the hockey arena. Football is a big thing for him and this is where they just had the Super Bowl. We ate at Margaritaville for dinner then Kristi had a friend and his little boy who met up with us for Cold Stone ice cream and playing in the fountains. It was a beautiful night to hang and play outside.
Thursday I had to go back to work so I loaned them my very cool Honda Oddessy to drive around town and check out the sites. After I got off work we met up with my 3rd cousin, his wife and their friends at Sol Y Sombra for dinner and Sangria's.
Another favorite place of mine!I highly recommend the above two places for you to eat in Scottsdale if you ever get a chance.They had to return home early Friday morning. :( We really enjoyed thier company and had such a great time.
