Holiday Trip to Spokane December 2011

My sister Kristalyn and her family went to Spokane a few days before Paul, CC and I were able to arrive.  We were all together for about 12 hours on Ella's birthday. We made the most of our family togetherness time.  Thanks to Darrin and Holly for always being such generous hosts.

We had a fun evening altogether eating homemade soft tacos and yummy cake to celebrate Ella's 9th birthday!  We sat and chatted, laughed, and enjoyed spending time together.  The cousins had a blast together.

We spent a couple days with them and it was nice and relaxing. All three of Darrin's kids were in love with CC. They hadn't seen her as recently as Kristalyn's kids so it was "new" to them  Mallory the youngest was the most interested in Claudia Cate.  She loved holding her hands, giving her toys, talking to her and asking questions.  Olivia loved to hold her from time to time and talked to her a lot.  Owen enjoyed seeing her in the walker and playing with her.  Darrin brought up the johnny jump up and the walker for her to try out.  We don't have either of those at home so it was nice for her to get a chance to work out!

We also went to visit Kim and Dave Beckman.  Auntie Kim and mom were really good friends.  It was fun to chat with them, and while we were over there we also went to Texas Roadhouse (yum) and to the Coeur d'Alene Resort to see the Christmas Light Display on the docks.  It was a lot of fun.