This weekend, Cammie, Angie, and I went on a girls weekend to Portland. The first night our hotel that I had booked turned out to be a total dive so we splurged a little and went for a nice hotel the second night. That hotel was amazing. We did a ton of shopping while we were there. I believe we hit at least 4 major shopping malls. It was even a bit much for ME!!! (and I really am the shopping queen!) But we had a great time and got some amazing deals! My favorite meal of the trip was at Romano's Macaroni Grill. This was my first time eating there and it is so YUMMY! Here we are at Cheesecake Factory eating yet another great meal...
Here's one last shot of us on a very anti-climactic end to our day. We shopped so much and drove around so long that by the time we could settle on a place to go "out" the only place open was Denny's! Oh well, it made it memorable!
We ended our summer with an 8 day road trip hitting up Spokane, Coeur d'Alene Idaho, and Leavenworth. While in Coeur d'Alene, we went to Silverwood Theme Park and the boys had a blast! The boys especially liked the ride where Mommy got splashed and we all got pretty wet! We also visited our friends the Walkers in Colville and Aaron got to do some archery hunting. We took a canoe ride on their little lake and saw some turtles! The boys enjoyed playing with their son Logan and the freedom of playing in the countryside. In Spokane, we went to Pig Out Spokane (kind of like Bite of Seattle only smaller) and ate WAY too much! Our hotel had an indoor pool (which the boys loved) and hot tub (which mommy and daddy loved). We then headed to Leavenworth where we shopped, hiked, played by the river, and went to a farm. When I asked the boys what their favorite part was, Levi said, "the pool," and Landon said, "the aMOOZment park." We really enjoyed spending time together, seeing old friends, and having some time to relax!
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