Spring Break 2015

Jason had some work to do in Spokane during Spring break, so the kids and I decided to tag along with him.  It was a great trip!  We spent a lot of time at the hotel's pool.  When I would ask the kids what they wanted to do, the reply was always to go to the pool.   A couple of the days in Spokane were a little cold and rainy, so we had to find some indoor activities.  We found a fun children's museum that everyone enjoyed.  William was a little bored since it was definitely geared to a younger crowd, but he was a good sport and didn't complain.  Matt, Rachel, and Owen had a blast.  They could have easily spent the entire day there.  We also went to an indoor water park.  It was smaller than we had expected, but still a lot of fun.  We knew it was time to go when Owen fell asleep on Jason's lap in the wave pool.

We were able to visit with Jason's cousin, Stacy, and some of her family one night for dinner.  We went to an amazing pizza place.  Now that I think of it, I'm completely craving their meat lovers pizza.  It was fabulous to see some familiar faces on our trip, I'm so glad we were able to meet up with them!  Stacy recommended going to Coeur d'Alene since the next day was supposed to be warm.  It ended up being in the 70's and the lake was so beautiful!  We parked downtown and spent some time at the lake watching the sea planes land.  Owen thought he wanted to splash his legs in the water and quickly learned how cold the water was at the lake.  There was an awesome park right by the lake with a huge wooden playground.  Before leaving we walked around the shops, which reminded us a lot of West Yellowstone.  We found a yummy ice cream place and ordered small ice cream cones.  The small cones ended up being huge, almost more than we could eat!

Originally I wanted to go to St. George for Spring break, but I'm so glad we headed to Spokane instead.  I haven't spent time there before, so it was all new to me.  It's a beautiful area with a ton of great family friendly activities.

Here are a few fun pics from our trip: