Spokane WA

At the beginning of June, right after school got out i was presented with the chance of flying to Spokane by myself for 5 days. (thanks mom and dad) I have never left my girls before so it was a hard decision. After alot of thought i decided that i couldn't pass up the opportunity to go see my Aunt Lori, and cousin Tyler, my Gramma and her new husband (whom i had never met) and my brother Daniel and his family who were driving up there as well.(notice the beautiful waterfall in the background. what a beautiful place to eat lunch)

I haven't seen my gramma or Aunt in about 5 1/2 years. I was so excited to go because...I was a suprise. No one knew i was coming except for my mom. My flight and my moms flight landed in Spokane about an hour apart and then my aunt, gramma and grandpa came to the airport to pick up my mom. Like i said...i was a suprise, so I sat with my back to the luggage claim area where they were meeting my mom. I heard them come in and squeal when they saw my mom. I could tell that they were all hugging her and enjoying seeing her. I quietly stood up and walked around to where everyone was and just stood there. After a few seconds my gramma looked over at me and screamed. Now remember, i haven't seen her in over 5 years so she was totally suprised and couldn't believe it. She hugged me but seemed to be in shock. It was so much fun. The next day my mom let me in on another suprise. She was flying my Uncle Mark in as well (no one knew about that either) so we came up with a great plan to break away from everyone and go pick him up at the airport. (i haven't seen him in 10 years) We met everyone at a restaurant for lunch and enjoyed watching the suprise unfold. (from L to R my grandpa, gramma, mom, aunt lori, uncle mark)

I LOVE my family! I was so special to be with them.
Spokane is absolutely beautiful!! The weather was great and the scenery was gorgeous.The only thing that would have made my trip even better was if Justin and my girls had been there with me.