Our Spring Vacation

We took a trip to Spokane to visit Grandpa and Granny and Aunties. Ethan had just gotten over a little tummy bug and Emren had a slight fever, not much of an appetite and yucky nose. He hadn't been sleeping very well either. We decided to go anyway and figured it would pass. We were looking forward to the little vacation and the chance to visit since we hadn't been over in a year or so.

Ethan was really good and had fun playing with "Bumpa and Ginty", Aunties and CJ (at a distance or through the back patio door window). The babies were troopers and loved the attention but really did not feel well. Elijah ended up getting sick too and had a REALLY hard time sleeping at nights. They started out all in one room the first night but after a few awakenings by all the children because of Elijah's screaming, we changed it up a little. We moved the babies out to the camper with us the next night. Ethan and Emren slept well but Elijah, Mommy and Daddy did not. Finally, because Daddy started to not feel so good either, we tried Mommy and Elijah sleeping (kind of) in the living room the final night. Elijah slept best propped up and by this time I was really wondering if he had an ear thing going on. Poor guy!

We felt bad that we all weren't in the best of spirits but there were lots of fun times despite the craziness. Our favorite outing and the highlight of the trip was our day at the indoor waterpark called Triple Play in Cour de Lane, ID.

This was the first time the babies had gone swimming. Even though Elijah was feeling really crummy, I thought the warm, humid air would help the congestion. I really didn't want him to miss out either. Here they are getting ready for their first swim excursion.
Daddy and Ethan ready to jump in.

Emren, Mommy and Elijah looking forward to the warm water.

Well, sadly Elijah didn't want anything to do with the water. Emren loved it though. He splashed and hung out with Grandpa and Aunties a while while we watched Daddy and Ethan play with the water spouts.

Time to EAT and rest! So much playing works up an appetite.

Auntie Kristin and 'Lijah Bear - an inseparable pair.





Granny and Emren at lunchtime.

Oh, so sleepy! All tuckered out. Grandpa and Emren taking an afternoon snooze.

Ethan's favorite part was where warm water came up out of pipes from the ground. I didn't get a pic of that though. This was his second favorite part. He and Daddy were buds for pretty much all of the day at the park. I guess what's new...

Here they go up to the slides, trying to dodge the sporadic waterfalls.

And down they go...

I love both Ethan's and Daddy's expressions. They have so much fun together!