kid free vacation

In early October we went on our annual kid free vacation in conjunction with a family wedding. We crammed a lot into our 5 days there and had a wonderful time. Neither one of us had ever been to the southwest before and I loved to see the different climate, landscape and plants. The 2 things Tony and I kept saying while we were there was 1) its so open here! 2) the rocks/ mountains/ canyons are so big!. Here on the east coast everything is lush, dense and rolling, out there was the complete opposite.

I tried to capture some of our favorite stops but of course the camera cant really capture the enormity and beauty of it.

Grand Canyon

Antelope Canyon (so worth the extra 2 hour drive crammed in the back of a tiny rental car!)

see the lady in the wind?

Red Rock Canyon

Vegas

xoxo
Ashlea

things the kids have said....

Charlotte out of the blue while I was getting ready the other morning came running in and said "Mama, when I get to be a grown up Im going to sneak marshmallows" then ran back out. She's got big plans yall :)

When driving around last weekend Charlotte said "hey Mama, did you know that 5 four times makes 20" That girl is so smart!

Cooper took his shoes off in the car and when I noticed and said "Coop, did you take your shoes off?" He said "yeththth silly little boy" Ha! I guess he has heard that a couple of times

Cooper's new favorite thing to say is "be wight back!, one min-dent!" while holding up one finger turned the wrong way. I just adore this age language-wise, so stinkin cute

xoxo
Ashlea