Corona Virus Quarantine Day #355: Sedona Red Rocks: March 15, 2021
Well, part two of our adventure started today. After spending our morning in our hotel pool and hot tub so mommy could pack, we packed up the car and headed into Sedona.
Sedona is gorgeous. We had an absolute blast.
We started our first short hike to this incredible church. It was amazing. The church was built by a woman in the 1950s and it’s truly breathtaking. There is an incredible crucifix and if you stand in a certain part of the church it appears that Jesus is just staring at you.
The most incredible part of this experience was this man just started to sing…beautifully I might add. At first everyone thought it was a recording, Finley even asked me who was playing the song. It didn’t take long to realize that the man standing just feet from us was singing. You guys. It. Was. Amazing.
His voice was breathtaking and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.
Just take a quick listen to a snippet. Also, I love this song. The kids were super impressed.
The church also had the most incredible picture of Mary. I love Mary and have always prayed to her for her intercession. I have never seen her depicted this way. I learned that the artist who painted it asked the church if he could gift it to them because he loved their church so much.
I loved this painting and the story behind it.
All of us with the church behind us. It’s seriously the coolest church I’ve ever seen, next to the Vatican of course!
Some of the amazing views from the church.
Fletcher standing in the mold of the feet of Jesus. From this place it appears Jesus is looking directly at you.
Next up was hiking Bell Rock. The kids loved this so much. There was a “path” but it’s not clearly marked and I’m not sure it would have mattered. The kids wanted to go up the dangerous way.
These views are insane. The rocks are scary when kids are climbing on them. Especially kids who have no fear. Shout out to Finley and Bryan who are afraid of heights. They rocked it!
Ellen Anne. Never complains. Always makes the best of every situation and I learned…has no fear.
Fiona Bell. Also has no fear. She loves to climb on mountains and it scares me. I don’t know why I’m surprised her nickname at 8 months was ninja for a reason.
Cooper not only likes to climb rocks but also enjoys jumping from them. It’s really quite something. His little brother tries to be just like him.
This kid. Kills me. He’s as cute as he is insane. He terrifies me on a mountain. He likes to climb, jump and slide down rocks. The highlight of my day today was when he asked if he could buy a small forgiveness crucifix at the church “Dad, I need to get this to pray for all my sins” (truer words) and then on the hike, he saw this trail marker and thought it was a cross…so he stopped to pray. It’s moments like this I cling to when he’s being a pistol.
Finley Joe. The most chill kid of all time. Afraid of heights but you’d never know it…rocked these mountains like it was his job.
It was a beautiful afternoon. About 55 and sunny. Thank the good LORD for this experience.
From here we stopped for a small treat and then headed to our Pink Jeep tour. It was such a cool experience. The kids loved it. Fletcher especially loved the parts where I was terrified. There were a lot of giggles and we learned a few things about geology.
Even got a few family pictures. We clearly didn’t pack well for this trip. It was a lot colder than we expected so we have been wearing the same sweats and sweatshirts OVER our other clothes. Layers were essential.
Portrait mode mountain style.
Seriously these views though. Our tour was at 5-7pm, so the sun was setting. It was beautiful.
Some of the scenery…just incredible.
The highlight for the kids was for sure when they made it seem like we were going to drive off a cliff. Scared the beejeezus out of me. The kids thought that was pretty awesome.
Crazy people.
Oh yeah…let’s not forget about the random snake, tarantula and rabbit show we just walked into in downtown Sedona. They had four different snakes…all of which four of five kids held, apparently Finley is the only one of our children with any sense. The one wrapped around Fletchers neck about gave me a heart attack. Also, that IS a tarantula. Yikes.
All I can say is heck no! The handler kept trying to get me to hold it because it matched my hair. Ummm, hard pass, but thanks. I should also mention that this same man let this snake crawl on his face.
Can’t see Ellen’s face but she was fearless. One of the snakes tried to climb in her sweatshirt. She didn’t love that.
Cooper held snakes, rats, rabbits and tarantulas. Absolutely fearless. He loved this little surprise so much.
This girl held all the animals. They even had a rattle snake. Thankful my they didn’t let anyone hold that! I didn’t catch any photos of Finley here because I was too worried Fletcher would led a snake crawl on his face. Finley did hold a rabbit, hamster and a rat. Aside from the rat, he was the smart one here. No snakes. No tarantula. Gross.
It’s been another incredibly full and fun day. After we got off our Jeep tour we headed to Williams. Here we are staying in a trailer. Yes, that’s right, a trailer. All 7 of us. It’s important to note also, that it’s snowing. Tomorrow we are going to drive to the Grand Canyon, hopefully, not in 7 inches of snow.
Should be another fun and full day in Arizona for the Dorsey’s!
#Celebr8Awesome 