Our trip to Spokane

One tip when traveling with small children: Book a direct flight or a flight with very little layover time. Trying to entertain my very busy kids for 3 1/2 hours while sitting in the Denver airport (with no naps) is not very fun. And having to do it twice is crazy!

We just got back from visiting Ben's family up in Spokane, WA. Ben's sister and brother also flew in and surprised their mom for mother's day. We had a lot of fun while we were there. I know the girls loved spending time with grandma, grandpa, and their aunts and uncles. If you haven't been to Spokane, it is very pretty there. I really liked it there and now need to convince Ben to move there...
Here are some pictures from our trip, sorry there are a lot of pictures!

Spokane has a very cool hands-on children's museum, the girls had a lot of fun playing there.

Addison playing at the museum

The girls looking through the big magnifying glass

Addi thought it was cool that this place had costumes that you could wear. And Cam loves elmo so she was excited when elmo showed up.

Cam actually happy! She would throw a tantrum if I took her out of this little hut.

We also went to riverfront park in downtown spokane. Addi liked walking on these blocks.

Lauren and Addi feeding the seagulls. If you can spot the goose in the picture, it was not a very nice bird. It hissed at us and almost attacked.

Cam and I riding the carousel

Ben's mom, Nate, and Bob riding the carousel

Running in the marathon

Bob climbing on the other maraton runners...

Uncle Bob giving Addi a ride

We also went on the gondolas to see the waterfalls. Ben's mom, dad, Bob, Nate, and Addi were in this one.

The waterfalls with a rainbow

Lauren, Rachel, and Mariah (Ben's sisters and niece if you didn't know that)

We went to Silverwood amusement park, which was fun. Lauren and Addi loved the roller coaster that they could go on.

I do not do spinning rides and I was nice and went on one with Ben that went in all directions. I almost puked so I made them stop the ride early. To make it up to Ben, I went on the other ride that he wanted to go on...the raft ride that gets you soaked. Mariah and I got soaked and it was very cold. Addi did not enjoy the ride and getting soaked.

Rachel and Lauren on the elephant ride

Making wishes at the wishing well with Grandma

What to do with a trampoline, airsoft gun, and guys that are bored...
Ben and Bob

Cam at the airport