Fun in Spokane

June has come and gone. Come to think of it - July has come and gone as well and August is just about half over. Abbie starts school in a little over a week and I haven't blogged any of our summer adventures. Here is our first. Abbie and I took a girl's trip to Spokane to see my sister and nieces. Since my brother-in-law was out-of-town, Blake opted to stay home instead of live with all of the estrogen for a week. It was probably a good choice on his part.

We arrived the day before Cindee's (my sister) birthday. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures, but we got a sitter and went to dinner with her friends and then ice cream afterward. It was a blast. We spend the greater part of the week at their cabin doing relaxing stuff, reading books, eating good food, watching chick flicks and going to bed late. Abbie and her cousins rehearsed and performed concerts on a nightly basis. One morning we drove to "town" and ate breakfast at a little diner. Great food. The biggest cinnamon rolls you have ever seen and the hot chocolate tasted like it came straight out of Willy Wonka's river.


Their cabin is right on the St. Joe river in St. Maries, ID. It feeds in to Couer D'Alene lake so naturally we had to take the kids to Couer D'Alene for a day (plus I needed to hit the bookstore for the 3rd installment to one of the series I was reading). There is an italian restaurant there that lets kids make their own pizzas. Abbie wasn't too hip on the idea of getting her picture taken. She wanted to get straight to the pizza making...

Cheese pizza is the absolute best!

A couple of days before we left, we had a hair bow making party at one of Cindee's friends. My first experience at hair bow making. I can't beleive the money I've spent on hair things when I could actually make them for quite a bit cheaper. My eyes have been opened...

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Blake was such a good sport and helped my counselor do sharing time on Father's Day (yes, I was not at home on Father's Day, but I did send him a big package with lots of fun goodies inside). The kids had to "pin the tie on the dad". See the bright orange one that is particularly low? Blake opted to kneel on the ground after that one was almost placed directly on a certain body part.

We had such a great time and thanks to my sis who showed us around!