As we prepped for our trip to Waitts Lake this year the kids didn't think that the Parkers would be able to come all the way here from Virginia and miss school for a long weekend. Little did they know that my parents and grandparents started something that has been a tradition for about 30 years; it is so meaningful for our family to go each year and especially now that we've made so many fun memories with our children over the years. That alone couldn't keep the Parkers away but we did decide to try and pull off a little surprise. We didn't tell the kids they were coming and got them all up to Spokane a little earlier than usual this year. Part of my job prior to pulling off the surprise was to make sure we had an adequate amount of puppy chow on hand for the whole crew. We're up to six batches now--it's ridiculous!
We had Lauren, Megan and Amanda meet up with us at Azteca while the Parkers hid behind their menus. The reaction was well worth all it took to get everyone up there a little early!! Poor girls were so shocked but happy, I promise!
We had fun at the White Elephant (our favorite store to stop at before the lake and also where they surprised Jared and Conner the next day).
We had so much fun together!
Enjoyed spending time with my aunt and uncle, my cousin and her kids.
Caught lots of fish!
Jared even finished up his fishing merit badge while we were there.
Nate paid the kids a dollar to run in the COLD lake and swim to the dock--they were an easy sell. The weather was unusually cold but not real rainy so we felt lucky to still be able to enjoy the outdoors.
Out came the water balloon launcher. Several hundred feet of awesomeness. I do think we scared some boaters but it was fun.
We played massive amounts of baseball.
We were so glad to have that weekend with my sister and her family. We love them and really enjoyed our time with them. Thanks for making the trip, guys!
We had Lauren, Megan and Amanda meet up with us at Azteca while the Parkers hid behind their menus. The reaction was well worth all it took to get everyone up there a little early!! Poor girls were so shocked but happy, I promise!
We had fun at the White Elephant (our favorite store to stop at before the lake and also where they surprised Jared and Conner the next day).
We had so much fun together!
Enjoyed spending time with my aunt and uncle, my cousin and her kids.
Caught lots of fish!
Jared even finished up his fishing merit badge while we were there.
Nate paid the kids a dollar to run in the COLD lake and swim to the dock--they were an easy sell. The weather was unusually cold but not real rainy so we felt lucky to still be able to enjoy the outdoors.
Out came the water balloon launcher. Several hundred feet of awesomeness. I do think we scared some boaters but it was fun. 
We played massive amounts of baseball.
We were so glad to have that weekend with my sister and her family. We love them and really enjoyed our time with them. Thanks for making the trip, guys!
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That swim in the lake looks cold! What a fun time together.
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