Weekend in Tucson

Last weekend, Matt and I took a little road trip to Tucson! We both LOVE Ben Rector. We play his music in our house every single day. We saw he was performing at a music festival in Tucson and decided to make a weekend out of it. We took off Saturday afternoon and checked into our hotel. It was gorgeous!

The place was scattered with casitas built along a hill. This was the view from our front porch!

And a look out our back deck!

We took a quick walk around the grounds to check everything out. We made it to Sunset Point right at sunset! How often does that happen?? Obviously not that much because we were the only people there!

It's so crazy how quickly the sky changes in a matter of seconds when the sun is rising or setting.

The entire hotel was laid out beautifully. We feel like we need to go back and just have a vacation at the hotel next time! 

That night we took in some of the music festival. There was no schedule printed so we really didn't know what we were getting ourselves in to. We saw David Nail and Billy Currington perform. I have always wanted to go to a Billy Currington concert so it worked out well! We missed Dan + Shay so we were kind of bummed. But the weather was absolutely perfect!!

Sunday morning we woke up and rented bikes from the hotel. We noticed a city trail as we were driving into town the day before so we headed that direction.

I had my breaks completely engaged about 75% of the way down this hill. (no shame!)

The trail was the most beautiful city trail I have ever been on! Those of you that know me well, know that is not hard to beat because I haven't been on too many trails. I did not get the bike riding gene like the rest of my family!

Gorgeous though, right?!

Next we drove up to the top of Mt. Lemmon. It was sunny and 80 degrees at the bottom, and rainy and 50 degrees at the top! We were not comfortable in our shorts!

Matt sent this snapchat out when we got to the top!

There are two little towns at the top, Ski Valley and Summerhaven. I had only been to Summerhaven, but Matt thought we should go check out Ski Valley. They were celebrating Oktoberfest so we enjoyed some yummy chili in the cute little hole in the wall turned German restaurant.

We were both wishing they would have turned the fireplace on! In the winter, this town is a ski resort. Oktoberfest was so cute!

They even had a band donned in German attire playing polka music.

Again, still cold, but loving every second!

We also made a quick stop in Summerhaven to grab a giant cookie from The Cookie Cabin!! On our way down we stopped at Windy Point Vista to take a few pictures. As you can tell, the peak of Mt. Lemmon wasn't the only place it was raining that day! 

Then we were off to the music festival once again. It appeared to have rained on and off all day. Shortly after we got there we saw this beautiful rainbow!

So as I mentioned, we could not find a schedule listed so we tried to guess what time everyone would be performing. Turns out we missed Ben Rector by less than 10 minutes!! We were furious!!!! It felt like our entire weekend was ruined! After pouting for a few SEVERAL minutes we realized we still had an amazing weekend. The views were gorgeous and the time together was perfect. 

Instead of Ben Rector we got to see Simple Plan. It was not a concert I ever thought I would go to, especially after 2005, but it was pretty good nonetheless. 

We ended out evening watching Colbie Caillat!

I guess we will have to keep an eye on Ben Rector's tour schedule and try again. Our first music festival experience was not the greatest in the sense we missed most of the people we wanted to watch, but it was entertaining! Thanks for reading! Have a great weekend!!

Whirlwind Weekend

Hi friends! As many of you know, our weekend was jam packed!

Here was the itinerary:
Friday:
4 AM-Wake up!
4:45 AM-Arrive at airport
6:25 AM-Take off for Denver
9:20 AM-Arrive in Denver
Collect bags and wait in airport
2 PM-Leave airport
8 PM-Arrive at the lake
11 PM-Head home to get some sleep
Saturday:
7 AM-Head to grandma's to collect some things to bring back
7:40 AM-Drive to the lake
8 AM-Bike ride
12:30 PM-Leave for Colorado
5 PM-Arrive at family reunion
Sunday:
7:30 AM-Wake up to enjoy the day
3:30 PM-Head for Denver
8:40 PM-Fly back to Phoenix
9:30 PM-Arrive in Phoenix
10:45 PM-Arrive home after collecting bags and car
11 PM-Go to bed!

So that was what we did, and we drained about every minute from each hour. Even though we had a few hours to sleep each day, it doesn't mean that got done. But let me start from the beginning.
We woke up very early Friday morning and headed to the airport. We were planning on taking the light rail, but we were too early for it. We got to the airport and boarded our plane without any hassle. We got to Denver on time and were able to pick up our bags. We looked at renting a car, but the price did not seem worth it. Luckily for us, my dad had a friend driving through Denver heading to the lake. We waited and headed back to Nebraska with them! We made it safely and pretty quiet for having 5 little boys with us. It was a fun experience for both of us! We enjoyed supper with my family and one set of grandparents. It was so great to enjoy the time with them while we could.
We woke up early the next morning and headed to my other grandparents to go through some things we are getting from them. We loaded up our suitcases to take back with us on our favorite moving company, Southwest Airlines. Then we headed back up to the lake for a bike ride my mom was putting on to raise money and awareness for Lewy Body Dementia. We took pictures of the riders and then took our ride around the lake after everyone else finished.

It didn't really cross my mind to take a family picture or have someone take a picture of Matt and me. But I did get lots of separate pictures of multiple family members! I guess that's what happens when you have a major time limit.

It was so great to see so many aunts, uncles, and cousins for a few minutes. Then I took off on my 2nd (and probably final)jet ski ride of the season :(. The water was perfect-just a little choppy!



We ate lunch and were off with Matt's family for a family reunion at another lake in Colorado. It was good to see so many people from his family because we do not get to see them much. We enjoyed the lake with boat rides, tubing, wakeboarding, and wakesurfing. We got to camp again for the 3rd time in a month. I think I am set with camping for the next two years (or so).

Again, I forgot to bring my camera with me except for this one boat ride...

Sunday afternoon we headed back towards Denver. When we checked into our flight I was nervous we would not get to sit next to each other because we got into the C boarding position. As we were going through security, we noticed a soccer team with Valley sponsors all over their shirts so we assumed they would be heading back on our plane with us. I was hoping there would be a chance Matt and I could still sit together then. We were right. Not only did we get to sit together, we were in the exit row. It was the closest I have sat to the front in a long time, and we had TONS of extra leg room! I was so comfortable I was even able to get a few minutes of shut-eye which NEVER happens when I'm flying or riding in a car. We made it back safely and were home before 11.
It was a whirlwind of a weekend, but that's kind of how we do things. Remember when we went to Kansas City for my graduation? Same type of thing. Maybe someday we will be able to head back to the Midwest and not be so rushed to see everything and everyone. Until then, we will keep up our fast paced lives and love every second of it! Check back later this week to see what else we have been up to since we have gotten back from our road trip vacation.