soaring

there is so much to do in flagstaff. our plan is to live here for three years so we want to treat it like a big, long vacation and explore every chance we get. it is much easier for dave to walk away from dirty bathrooms than me, but dave was post call and needed a break from work so we left our dirty bathrooms and headed for the arboretum. we watched an interesting raptor show.

the kids loved watching the big birds fly through the ponderosa pines. We walked through the cactus house and abe and kai explored the cacti a little too much. their cute little hands were full of cactus needles. it's a good thing their dad is a doctor and can fix anything! they let dave scrape them out with his credit card.

then we went on the nature trail. it was a trail that goes in a huge circle so when we ended up right back where we started, abe's reaction was something like, "what! we ended up right where we started? i thought this went somewhere cool." overall it was a fun afternoon and we landed at IHOP for dinner. nothing like a silly face pancake to end a great day.