Phoenix June 2007

In April of this year my sister had another baby. This time it was a girl that they named Harper Marie. We waited until all the parents left and they'd had some time to get used to another family member before we went to meet our new niece.
Here we are getting acquainted. I'd only been there about an hour or so and I already look like a wreck!
Here she's getting to know her Uncle John and it looks like their conversation has become tiresome.
Here's big brother, Atticus.
Can she & I ever go on a trip where we don't have the goofy sister picture? We decided to take a day trip out to Sedona and take in a little of the Arizona desert. We stopped in Jerome first. This was an old mining town. It was up in the hills and it looked really cool. We went to the Jerome Grand Hotel to have lunch at the restaurant there, The Asylum.
Here's the hotel where we ate. It was very old-timey. I think they even used actual keys to get into the rooms.
The town of Jerome, Arizona below us. This looked like a cool town to come do an overnight stay. The hotel looked very quaint.
We stopped at the Jerome winery. Since we were there...we did a wine tasting. I think she likes it.
Onward to Sedona where we have promised the boy some ice cream. The mountains are amazing out there. It was just one beautiful scene after another.
These were the mountains right behind the ice cream place.
Uncle John takes a rest in the Plaza where all the shops are. Tres has gone to see a psychic and Atticus is trying to talk dad into buying him a gun and holster. (toy gun of course).
Looks like he got his gun. It's Cowboy Atticus! The rootin'est, tootin'est cowboy west of the Pecos.

That was a nice little drive. We were only out for the weekend and we left the next day. It was a lovely visit. The perfect combination of a family visit with a little outing on the side.