Our Trip

I can't believe I forgot to talk about it.

Our trip there was pretty uneventful. We left at 5am because the goal was to have Chayleigh sleep some of the way. She was awake the entire time, with an hour nap around 10:30 or so, but on pretty good behavior. She watched "movies" most of the way there.

Our hotel was right off the freeway and pretty centrally located, so it was easy to find and easy to get there. Dropped Shawn off so he could nap and Chayleigh and I headed out to Grandma's house. We had a good time. My parents picked up Shawn when they got into town about 6pm or so and they all came over and we had dinner.

The next day we went to the lake. Of course I forgot my camera, so no pictures. Chayleigh doesn't like sand, so that didn't go over too well, but it was funny. Then we headed over to get a card and some other stuff for Grandma's party.

Went to her house around 1:30pm and stayed until 8pm or so. Chayleigh refused to nap, so by looking at the pictures we have, you can tell it was a LONG DAY for all of us. She didn't do well with all of the strangers wanting to "play" with her. Although, when we were ready to leave, she was all kissy and huggy, so that turned out well.

We got back to the hotel and took her swimming in the hotel pool. That was fun. Then we ate some pizza and went to bed.

Sunday we went to my Aunt's house at the lake. We had breakfast and cranky monster reared her head again. She threw herself on the floor at every opportunity. It was great fun. Then again, we got ready to leave and she gave everyone hugs and kisses.

Headed off to my Dad's mom's house. Visited with her and his sister (Aunt Barb) for a while. We got a new blanket that Barb made for Chayleigh and then we had to go home because it was a long day. Chayleigh fell asleep as soon as we left the driveway. She stayed asleep for about two hours, so that was nice.

Then came the drive home. I missed the turn outside of Spokane and didn't realize it until we passed Moses Lake, so about four hours later. Then ended up in Yakima. Interesting experience that was. Never have been there, and I can honestly say, if you haven't you aren't missing anything. It is about two hours out of the way for us, so by our little detour, we added about 3.5 hours to the drive. Instead of getting home at 9:30 like we planned, we got home at 1am. Chayleigh did excellent in the car on the way home until about an hour from home. Then she got really tired of the car and wanted out.

All in all, it was a great trip. Except for the crankiness and the wrong turn, we would do it again. It was great getting to see family again and having Chayleigh meet everyone.