Our Spokane visit...

Well, our summer of vistors and travel has almost come to an end.  Last week we flew to Spokane to spend some time with Kyle's family and meet the newest addition- McKenna Grace.

This little angel sleeps all the time!  

McKenna was born on July 28th

We got to meet McKenna when she was only a week old.  It was so fun to just be in Spokane and hang out with the fam.  Our nephew Marek loved having his cousin Knox around to play with and Knox LOVES being around people so it was a win-win!  

Marek & Knox are almost exactly 13 months apart, so hopefully they will be great buddies in the future. We went swimming and spent a lot of time playing in the cool 80 degree temperatures while we were there.  It was such a treat to be able to be outside during the day again.  The sweltering heat of Austin has made us housebound for the past few months so even getting to go outside is awesome! 

It has been our tradition for the past four summers to go to the Oregon Coast every August with Kyle's family.  We are really looking forward to getting to share this tradition with Knox- he will be such a lucky kid to get to spend a week on each coast every summer with different sides of his family.  The Oregon Coast is dramatically different from the North Carolina Coast, but both are wonderful in their own way.  We weren't able to go to Oregon this year, because of sweet little McKenna, but we did make a day trip to Lake Coeur d'Alene in Idaho.  It is about an hour drive from North Spokane where Kyle's family lives.   

The water was pretty chilly, so no one really did any swimming, but it was fun to just enjoy the scenery. Kyle spent his summers in Idaho growing up, so he was excited to be able to take Knox to Idaho during our trip. We also got to spend a little time with Kyle's grandparents, which is always special for the great-grandparents to see their great-grandchildren.  Knox & Marek are both favorites with Kyle's grandparents! 

Kyle's mom with her 3 grandkids in less than 2 years!! 

It was a great week but we are happy to be back at home now and getting back into the groove of things.  My parents are coming to visit this weekend and that will bring our crazy summer to an end!

-Stacie