The week before Thanksgiving we loaded up our van and took off on a 10 day trip to Washington! We were invited to Chet & Mindys new house and so was all of Chad's family. 4 of the 7 siblings were there and their families.
Friday night we took off and stayed the night in Idaho at my parents house
Saturday we spent the day in Twin Falls with some great friends the Sorensons & Browns and took care of some rental business.
Sunday we drove! And drove....and drove....and drove!!!! I was really worried about a lot of the ride but the kids did great and Brielle especially did great. I don't want to do the drive again any time soon, but it wasn't too bad! We arrived in Spokane around 5pm and the cousins went crazy!
Monday we went into Cour'delaine for a Santa cruise! It was so fun! W hopped on a big pontoon and headed across the river to the North Pole. On the ride over the kids could write a letter to santa and give it to an elf to deliver to Santa.
Along the way there were tons of lights to look at!
When we reached the north pole Santa read the names of all the kids on the nice list! The look on my kids faces when their names were read was priceless and worth every penny spent on the ride!
We were afraid the weather would be awful and get rained out but we went anyway and it was perfect! It started to sprinkle just as we left.
Afterward we walked around a cute mall with all the cousins. Here they are!
On Tuesday we received some surprise dental work from Chad's brother. His office is really nice and Mindy insisted that we both head in to get our teeth cleaned. Chad got a crown and some cavities filled. We also did some shopping since we forgot carters bag at home with a weeks worth of clothes in it!
Brielle liked looking at their cat from inside the house.
TUESDAY night we went to a fun trampoline place while we waited for G&G Hymas and Chelsey and her family to arrive.
The kids were in heaven and we got some energy out!
Even Brielle had a good time!
When 4 more cousins where there, there was not a quiet spot in the house! It was pure pandemonium and it was fun...for a little bit! Then we tackled them and put them in bed.
Stay tuned for part 2! We did so much it was hard to fit it all in one post!
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