Driving home from Montana

On our long drive home from Fairmont Hot Springs, MT, we stopped in Missoula at a delicious brewery for lunch. They had a dragon playground! Declan and Brad loved going down the slides and roarrrrring at me! 

We got back in the car and had our next stop in Riverfront Park, Spokane! It was wonderful to take Brad and Declan down memory lane. Every summer my Nana and Papa took us to Riverfront Park to spend an entire day running and playing. I loved showing them the beautiful Loof Carousel and my special horse with the parrot on his back! He was just as magnificent as I remembered. We rode the carousel 4 times and I showed Brad how to reach out and catch the rings! 

Then we walked over by the Garbage Goat. He wasn't eating garbage that day, but it was still good to see him. We admired the clock tower and then walked over to the Radio Flyer wagon for a slide! 

Dinner at Fairmont

Saturday night we left the pool and got read to go to the CTA group dinner. It was a Mardi Gras theme and Declan was delighted with the masks. 

After the buffet style dinner, Declan played with the other children at the party. He was so worn out he laid down on the floor with blankie. 

Snowshoeing

Saturday we went snowshoeing at Mt. Hagin. The weather was perfect and the snow was dry. We walked until we found a great sledding hill. We took turns going down the hill with Declan and getting videos. He was so exhausted by the end he was asleep in the toboggan. 

Declan and Brad getting ready to slide! 

 Believe it or not Declan actually took these pictures of us! 

Sound asleep! 

After our adventure Declan took a nap. Then we went swimming in the outdoor hot spring pool! Declan immediately spotted the several story tubed water slide. We went down it four times that afternoon. Each time Declan screamed with joy and then said more, more after the ride. 

Midnight swim!

After our long drive from Bothell to  Fairmont Hot Springs in Montana, Declan was wide awake. Since the hot spring facilities are open 24 hours a day we took Declan for a midnight swim! It was so much fun to be floating in the very warm water. The water was about 95 degrees. We had a wonderful swim and then headed off to bed!

Tree Down!

On March 3rd we had the huge 100' tree in our backyard taken down. It had been dropping sap, needles and pine cones all over our deck. It took about three hours for guys to take it down. Mike climbed the tree and started removing the limbs using a rope and pulley system. Once the limbs were gone, he started sawing and dropping the rounds. Each one made a huge thunk as it hit the ground. There was so much saw dust, Declan thought it was snowing!