We were fortunate enough to find some time off for Chris to take and where I didn't have any school related duties. We planned a big ol' trip around the state for various reasons and here's a recap!
Phase 1- Yakima Valley
Schilperoort Farm
Purpose- To visit Julie and the family, see some animals, and break up our greater destination eastward toward Spokane.
We were there Tuesday afternoon through Friday morning. We did a little wine tasting, ate some delicious dinners in giant Army size (they feed a lot of people over there) visited the farm orchards to see cherries and then another farm to see animals. We also played A LOT of games. This was one of the first trips over there where we've had time after putting Peyton down for the night to play games. We played a game called Forbidden Island and that was really fun. It's a cooperative game which meand you all win or you all lose... It was pretty awesome! So overall, phase 1 was a total success visiting family and playing games.
Phase 2- Spokane
Spokane Club Inn, Bozarth Mansion, River Front Park
Purpose- To attend the wedding of my good friend Erynn
We arrived Friday afternoon and checked into our Hotwire hotel, Spokane Club Inn. It's a country club and it was built in the 1920's so things were a bit old, but it was a nice stay and very affortable. On Friday we got situated in the hotel and then went to check out this big park in hte city, we walked around discovered some falls and took a few pics. Then we went over to Old Spaghetti Factory and had some dinner. First night in, we put Peyton in the closet, propped the doors a bit and waited... It took an hour and a half for her to go to sleep, then Chris and I quietly drank wine, and he watched Netflix while I read my book. On Saturday we went back to the park this time to ride the Skyride. It's like a tram thing that goes over the falls. It was totally a touristy thing but we had fun, despite the 90 degree temp in the tram thing. Then we walked around again and headed over to Red Robin for lunch. We had a big accident at lunch, it was sad! We had just set Peyton in a booster seat, but we made the mistake of setting her on the outside of the booth. She wiggled a bit and it all went down... I mean Peyton on her head... from like 3ish feet high onto a hard tile floor... Oh man, the bump formed immediately, she cried for quite awhile... we eventually calmed her down but she was grumpy most of the day.
Anywho, after a nap, we got ready and headed up to Bozarth Mansion for the wedding. It was BEAUTIFUL. All of it, the setting, the friends, the couple, the wedding goods (food, music, etc). I loved it. All my happy hour girlfriends were there and we had a great time... except Peyton... She didn't make it 5 minutes into the wedding before declaring 'all done'. Thankfully, Chris took her out to the car to hang out. During the reception, she was also super grumpy. Chris eventually took her on a little trip to Fred Meyer to get her some aspirin (I figured maybe she hurt from her fall). They ate and hung out. When she came back, she was great! They also had a photo booth there and we got some fun family pictures. Overall, it was quite a wonderful way to spend the day. Congrats to the newly formed Torrey family!
We headed out on Sunday to Phase 3
Phase 3-
Birch Bay, Washington
Purpose- To spend time with Chris's parents at their house, we hadn't been there since 2010.
Despite the total 9 hour drive to get from Spokane to Birch Bay, we had an amazing time! It was so nice to have a place where Peyton knew someone other than us, and she settled right in. She loved spending time with gramma and Poppa. We went down to the beach for the first time, adventured down to Western so I could reminisce, and ate some great food! Peyton loved playing on the deck and gramma even pulled out a big bucket to play in the water. It was so relaxing!
On Wednesday it was time to head on to the final phase...
Phase 4
Shoreline, WA and Seattle WA
Purpose- A conference for me and then visiting with James'
We left Birch Bay super early Wednesday morning as I had a 'internship' conference in Shoreline. Overall I am glad that I went. It helped to get my head in the game about my internship and start to re-focus on school stuff.
Conveniently, James only lives about 15 minutes from where I was 'conferencing' so Chris and Peyton headed down there. After my conference we went to a park where Peyton enjoyed getting her feet wet in the water, but not standing in the sand. There was a cool swing too that was huge (I've got pics). Then we headed back to the house where Chris and James did up an amazing dinner and we enjoyed one of the bottles of wine we got back in phase 1. We chatted and just hung out. The next morning we went to a nice little breakfast place that served up some delicious food.
Then the drive home....
We made a pitstop from James' down to UW for Chris to do a little reminiscing. Peyton didn't even make it back to the freeway before she was out. We made it down to Centralia before she woke up. We stopped at a nice park there that was totally shady (score!) and then we had lunch and headed toward home.
Overall, it was so nice to get away for a bit and spend time with so many people that we care about. I'm thankful that Chris is at a job where he can do that and that we had so many people willing to take us in, that always helps!
I'll post pics, they're on the other computer :)
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