Summer travels

For the past 7 summers, Jake and I have spent a large amount of time driving back and forth across the state. Forth of July. Basketball tournament in Liberty Lake. Our weekly trip in August. That changed last year with the girls. It's a little more difficult to drive back and forth with little ones. That and with only Jake working, have to save money someplace. Last summer the girls and I ended up being at the lake most of the summer. It was so nice, but we all missed daddy a ton! 

This summer we are doing mostly the same thing. And with an action packed summer the girls and I are headed over Thursday the 27th of June. 

Our busy schedule...

June 29th...Ami's bridal shower

July 3rd...Jake drives over

4th of July

July 5th...Jake drives home

July 6th...Ami's bachelorette party

July 11th...rehearsal 

July 12th...mani/pedi with the bride and other bridesmaids

                 Rehearsal dinner

                 Staying at a hotel with bride and bridesmaids

                 Jake gets into town

July 13th...Wedding wedding wedding

July 14th...Jake has to go home again.

July 16th...Jake and BE Blaze drive to Liberty Lake for a tournament 

July 17th...Silverwood with Jake, the team and my sister-in-law Caitlin

July 18-20th...watch a few basketball games at the tournament 

July 21st...Jake might have to drive the team home and get our cats, just to head back to the lake for the rest of the summer, until the middle of August 

And that's just what we have planned. I know my God sister and her kids are going to visit us in August. Along with a friend and her daughter over the 4th of July weekend. And possibly more friends and family in August. I know we will have a lot of time with Nana and Pop mixed in all summer too. And cousins. And of course more friends. Not sure we are going to rest at all on our vacation. Oy. But that's what summer vacates are for, right?

So, what started this post was a call to Southwest Air trying to get a few tickets for Jake to come back and forth a few times. I guess Southwest did away with the direct flight from Seattle to Spokane several years ago, that's how much we fly I guess. I was having issues looking up flights on the computer so i called to talk to someone. The shortest flight to get Jake to Spokane was going to be from Seattle to somewhere in California to somewhere in Arizona to Spokane. And that was the shortest. Seriously?! It would take all day, plus over $300 to go what would take 4 1/2hrs and an $80 tank of gas. Craziness I tell you.

Oh well, on to their competition to try to find a flight for Jake. And in the mean time, I need to start packing to move...yep, we sold our house but that's a whole other post :)