The Thousand Mile Journey

Every year my wife and I load up our kids and head to Yakima and Spokane, WA to visit a lot of family and share some holiday cheer. This year it was Thanksgiving, next year it will be Christmas.

We thoroughly enjoy these trips, although they can be a bit tiring on the kids. 1,000 miles of driving over four or five days can wear their patience thin on sharing toys in the backseat or watching The Wizard of Oz for the third time.

But one of the BIG highlights of the trip is always seeing Heather and my Grandmas. We really want our kids to get to spend time with their Great-Grandmothers and nothing puts smiles on everyones faces than pictures of family with family!

Here's some of my favorites.

Bath time with cousin Ashton

Cousin Braden shows Evan his toys

Does any kid NOT love Legos?

Hollyn charms Uncle Roger

Not sure who wanted a sister more...Hollyn or Brogan

My little cowgirl

Her, uhhh, big cowboy?

The swordsmen plan their attack

Cousins Kayla and Brogan

Evan cheeses Grandma Harriet

Heart-warming hug

A tired, but beautiful blue-eyed girl

Hollyn's got kisses for Grandma Norman too

Evan loves his great grandma too

Back in Yakima Evan enjoys time with Grandpa Leland

And Hollyn is wow'd by Grandpa's whistling

When your future's this bright...

You gotta wear this many sunglasses!

We kept looking for a chance to get a family picture for this year's Christmas cards.
Roadside in a snowy Satus Pass worked as good as anything.

We explored the partially frozen river running nearby.

This is what the river looked like before Evan destroyed it with a stick!

All in all...another wonderful holiday trip. Special thanks to Auntie Monie and Uncle Bill for letting us stay at their house in Spokane. And much love to all the family we got to see.