Spring Break in Spokane

Since Rachel and Hannah couldn't go to Japan as planned, we loaded them in the Lott's suburban and took them to Spokane, WA with us. It is a very LONG drive and wasn't too bad going (we went 1/2 way the first day) but was miserable coming home. It was snowing, and blowing most the way home. It took us about 12 hours to get home because of the weather.
The first day in Spokane we visited a park. Which was pretty in March but is probably beautiful in the later part of  spring and summer. One thing that I love about most parts in OR and WA is there amazing parks.

Our girls are growing up and long trips don't seem to be as draining as they were when they were little.

There were a lot of very noisy birds at the park. I would be completely bugged by them if I lived across from the park and was awoken by their squawking every morning. It is bad enough at home with our pup who likes to bark about 6:00 a.m. every morning.

Allison found the only real flower in the whole park.

After the park we went through our very first cathedral. It was amazing and kind of spooky. The stained glass windows were beautiful. Allie wanted to go to this church. It would be amazing to listen to a group preform in there.

 The cathedral was a landmark location for us. It kind of stood out in Spokane like a temple might in other areas. The next day we drove to Kellogg, ID where we went swimming in a indoor water park. It was expensive and kind of a let down but we had fun.The girls went swimming every day at the various hotels that we stayed in except for on Sunday. They were like fish in a pond! They didn't care where we were going just as long as we had a swimming pool at the hotel!
We were all crammed into a hotel room that we had reserved a few months ahead of time and after two nights of listening to every little movement and coughing girls we switched to where Melissa's team was staying and the only thing that it had going for it was that we were now in two separate rooms.

We watched A LOT of volleyball for 3 days.

Melissa did amazing and hardly missed a serve.

Melissa is pretty excited to be a flag girl here.

Look at that form!

Melissa blocking a ball

Melissa hitting a ball with her face! Ouch!

Melissa can jump!

We had fun in Spokane but it was probably a day too long for us. We were excited to get home. We needed a vacation from the vacation. Really there is no place like home....