Spokane Trip Part 1

 Mom and I took the kids on a road trip to Spokane to visit Becky for a week, and boy, she did not disappoint! The drive on the way up wasn't bad at all. When we got there Becky had prepared pasta for dinner to feed a whole army (literally). We had leftovers all week (happily); it was that good. We had a fun time catching up and getting all the kids situated. 

The one thing I wanted to do while we were there was surprise the boys with a trip to Silverwood Amusement Park. Sadly, they didn't want to drive with me so I couldn't see their reactions when we got there, but they were surprised and we loved every minute of it. We went to Boulder Beach first to cool off in the wave pool, the lazy river, and go down some some fun slides. We ate a late lunch, and then spent the rest of the time on the rides. The roller coasters were some of the best rides, and I even got Zander and Becky to go on the newest one with me! Lucas was just an inch shy of being able to go on some of the bigger rides, so we took him to the kiddie rides where the kids had some fun of their own. I did, however, get him to go on the wooden coaster with me, although he opted to sit with Lance because he was boy, and he told me afterward he's never going on a roller coaster ever again. We stayed until closing and didn't get home until almost 11:00. We were all wiped out. Hannah, Grayson, and Ezra got to hang out with the babysitters all day.

The next day we stayed home to rest. Becky has got a really cool backyard oasis. It's nice and shaded and there's lots to do back there, so the kids set the slip n slide up under the slide from the deck and sprayed shaving cream on it and had a grand ol' time in their skivvies.

Thursday was our girl's day out shopping! We only had half a day to shop and ended up spending most of our time in one store, but it was a good one. We had dinner and delivered an early birthday gift to Lance at the office, went home and vegged on the couch. That was a good day.