Mother's Day Weekend

My guys definitely took care of me this weekend. Saturday I headed down to the Verde Valley where I had a delightful pre-Mother's Day lunch with my mom and grandma--because you can gossip with the women who raised you like you can gossip with no one else. Saturday evening we got a call from our friends the Wallaces who were getting ready to head on an impromptu journey down Schnebly Hill Road (a winding dirt road that goes from the top of the Rim down to Sedona). We thought that sounded good and joined in. We had a picnic dinner about halfway down, overlooking Oak Creek Canyon and Sedona. We headed the rest of the was down and then took the switchbacks home where children were appeased with ice cream at the Dairy Queen in Oak Creek Canyon. We sat outside to chit chat, pick on Moses, and let our kids run around like hooligans. Something about sitting outside at night, when it's warm, always brings out the hooligans....and the picking on Moses.
On Sunday, Moses made a me a fantastic breakfast including homemade cafe mocha (delicious), and there was a beautiful bouquet of flowers waiting for me that Garion had picked out on his own (they were purple and lovely). Garion and Moses gave me two aspen trees for our yard as a Mother's Day gift. My favorite is now behind the kitchen window and will nicely block out the view of my neighbor's kitchen window when it leafs-out. I can hardly wait. After that, we headed out for an adventure to the end of Woody Mountain Road where we spent the afternoon enjoying the view and putzing around.

I took this photo (to the left) of Garion after which he asked me, "Mom, did you get my orange shorts?" Nope. Re-take:
Aren't you glad we captured the orange shorts? I mean, really, would your day be complete without this stunning image of fashion genius?
And last but not least, a photo of Moses and Garion trying to give me a heart attack: