why prescott is awesome

why we love our little getaway spot:

free lodging- we couldn't be more thankful for the lovely 3 bedroom house that jim and sandi bought here and let us use free of charge. we contribute to some staples, and elbow grease to keep it clean is the only other investment.

20 degrees, or more. the difference in temperature from phx to this little mountain top.

2.5 hours. time to get here, door to door. long enough to neccessitate a 3 day minimum stay, short enough to be a true "runaway".

quiet. we can hear the wind in the pine trees. and right now, the very loud cicadas.

safety. toby can play outside nearly unfettered for hours.

trees, treehouse, boulders, and a walking route. we all get some god outside time.

downtown prescott. seriously, so cute, it's almost precious. the huge courthouse plaza is literally "small town, usa"

mt vernon road. the old victorian style homes are always beautiful. always.

altitude. makes for sleepy babies. toby, once upon a time. miller, now.

cooking. i really get my cooking groove on. i become the pioneer woman who cooks 3 square meals a day, from (mostly) scratch. today, this included: cinnamon rolls, prepping fruit- melon, champagne grapes, peaches, cherries- for easy consumption, picnic for 3 outside during miller's nap, pork loin, roasted broccoli, egg noodles, roasted sweet potatoes, blanched green beans, and brownies. tomorrow begins with eggs, bacon and toast.

movies. old and new. sometimes we bring new ones, sometimes we watch the old vhs tapes up here that we've seen 100 times. this time, we showed e.t. to toby.

bunk beds. toby loves the bunk beds in the kid room. i hate putting sheets on them. this is the closest i will get to having bunk beds. ever.

kid room. it's so fun to have my boys in the same room. i look forward to them sharing a room in the future at home. but for now, it's such a joy to hear them interact and giggle after bedtime cause they really like each other. and miller thinks toby is hilarious.

fishing. matthew and toby recently started fishing. it's very sweet to send them off early in the morning. (and then having almost an hour alone til miller wakes up...)

chill in the air. i know i already mentioned the 20 degrees. but it's really that great, it deserves 2 mentions. i love that in august, i'm actually cold in the morning and evening.

thanks prescott, for being an awesome, welcoming retreat for my family and me.



ps- toby lost his first tooth up here this trip! it'll get it's own post once i have the pictures loaded at home.