PureNRG Day 1

So, I’m finally caught up on pictures and blogging and can now share about the little jaunt we took to the other side of the state last weekend.

Our girls love PureNRG (a Christian pop singing group) and one of their last concerts was scheduled for November 13 in Spokane, which is about 6 hours from us. The girls had a long weekend from school, so it seemed like a fun opportunity for a little va-cay. We talked to some friends whose kids also love the band and we decided to take our families together, along with a couple other families who are friends of our friends. Ed & I decided to surprise our girls with the trip (since it was the majority of their Christmas present) and didn’t tell them until the night before. Talk about ShRIeKiNG!

We left on Friday morning and decided to take the s-l-o-w route of Highway 2 so that we could stop in Snohomish and Leavenworth and have a few little adventures. I wanted to stop in Snohomish because I knew the girls would think it’s cute and I have plans to go there with a friend eventually and wanted to scope it out. Our trip started out awesome, with sunshine and music and happy girls and everyone was still happy when we arrived in Snohomish for our first stop!

We walked, stretched our legs, went in a few little shops, and had lunch at a dive called Jake’s that served waaaaay too much greasy food. And then we were off to Leavenworth!

We had some fun, bought a few souvenirs and some goodies and were on our way. Bethany chose this picture location because of the street sign, “Edelweiss Weg.” She loves the song Edelweiss.

The rest of the trip was pretty long. Highway 2 is slow and desolate. And it got dark soon after we left Leavenworth, so the last 4 hours were in the dark. It was a little eerie, to say the least.

Finally we arrived at our hotel, checked in, had some terrible dinner, (our little iPhone food apps proved unreliable the entire day!) and then went swimming!!

Always the favorite part of any hotel stay.

The pictures are pretty awful – it was SO dark in that swimming area! Even with the flash I was having a hard time.

But I was having a GREAT time watching them all have so much fun together!

Like I said, the pictures are awful. But we were having fun!