Arizona 2016 | A Tarno Getaway

Ben and I always talk about taking a little trip during the off season but for some reason or another we’ve never done it. We love to travel but since we’ve been married we literally have never taken a trip that wasn’t for work so this was a little change of pace for us! We woke up super early Tuesday morning and jetted off to Scottsdale. We didn’t have any expectations we just knew that Ben was going to golf and I was going to unplug and chill. I must say from the other side that IT WAS AMAZING! We ate good food, took a few naps, drove a car we’d never buy ourselves and really had a minute to reconnect. When you work with your spouse a lot of conversations end up about the business whether we mean it to or not and after a while it can be easy to leave marriage on the back burner so to have a chance to get away and be together without a schedule, deadline or a worry in the world was JUST what this husband and wife team needed. We are back and rested and ready to kick off 2016 in the best way! I took some photos of our trip and I’m so excited to give y’all a little sneak peek into what was the best vacation we’ve ever had! We highly recommend Arizona and we will certainly be back! 

The first day we landed just as the sun was coming up so breakfast was our first stop! Matt’s Big Breakfast was everything Triple D promised. I had a breakfast sandwich and Ben had the Pork and Chick! All of the amazing food was trumped, however, by the Blueberry honey lemonade! Wowza, SO tasty! After that we got to our resort, The Boulders, and we were immediately in awe of the scenery. Our little villa was tucked between two massive rock formations and speckled with cactus of all sorts. I have to admit my biggest fear of the whole trip was being attacked by a jumping cholla! I’m happy to report I made it back without any extra holes. My clumsy nature was challenged a few times but I skirted by relatively unharmed 🙂 We spent the rest of the day being tourists at Frontier Town and soaking up the local flavor and amazing weather! Hellooooo 70 and sunny!

Day 2 was spent at the Stadium Course. If you know us at all you know how much Ben loves to golf. The TPC Scottsdale course hosts a PGA event every spring and it was so neat for him to get to play it right before the pros do! He played like a total pro and we had a blast with his caddie, Brad. Ben even eagled(which means two strokes better than par for those golf illiterates like me) the hardest hole on the course! The high fives a few images down are from that hole. 

After we finished golf I made him shower and take me to a state park so we could get a few self timer photos of us in the delish Arizona sunset! It’s harder than it sounds but when your husband has a wing span of almost 7 feet you get lucky and get a few 🙂

The last day of our trip we drove north two hours to Sedona! We bought a self guided CD tour and drove up and down the mountains and hopped out at every stop to capture the amazing red rocks. Talk about feeling small! The views were spectacular and these photos in no way do it justice. You guys have to go see it for yourself!