Washington getaway

First of all I want to clarify that Chris and I are from the Tri-Cities area in Washington (Chris from Connell, and me from Pasco). Not anywhere near Seattle. Its in the lower right corner (southeast) where it is a desert; similar to Utah... minus the mountains and snow. It does not rain like Seattle and is actually warmer than Utah. Spring comes at least a month sooner here and it is really green already, even with it being a desert. Not like Arizona desert, like sage brush. Grass and trees grow. Its farm land so things grow really well here. My parents own a dairy, organic apple orchard, and some crop land that is usually corn or alfalfa (hay). This is where I lived my whole life, until I graduated high school.

Ok, so I have been wanting to make a trip up here to visit my family for at least a month, but its a 10 hour drive and I was going to go alone so I never did. Two of my sisters and my dad came to Utah for my brother in-law's graduation from BYU MBA program so Amy rode with me on the way home to Washington. My little neighbor boys, practically Addysin's best friends, both had the flu on Friday and Addysin didn't get it.... until I am filling up at the gas station a few blocks from my house at 5:30 am Saturday morning on my way out! It was just a tiny tiny bit so I thought about it and decided it wouldn't be a huge deal since I had Amy to help (and Jack and Drew- the little boys with the flu only threw up a couple times and then it was over). Also I had been preparing for this trip the whole week. So Addysin threw up like 5 times in the next three hours. It really wasn't bad though since she had hardly eaten the day before. It was just like the boys, short lived. But that was the least of our problems. Caiden and Addysin had very mild colds for the week before and I warned my mom of it, but she didn't think it was a big deal and I thought they were getting over them. OOOOOH NO! Sunday, Monday, and Today have been awful! Caiden is miserable and has Croup. Caiden threw up Sunday night once before bed, and Addysin randomly threw up again monday night. They both wake up soooo much during the night, go to bed late and wake up early. And we're staying in the same room together so there's no letting them cry it out.

Oh wait, one more complaint. Its been raining so we're stuck inside and we are too sick to visit anyone. So yes, this is an AWESOME trip! Its nice to be with my family, but I am not happy that we drove so far to sit around and get everyone else sick. Nobody has gotten it, and I will be very surprised and relieved if they don't. Well, hopefully they will start getting better soon so we can get out and see people or do something fun. On the bright side, the weather is supposed to be nicer Thursday- Saturday, up to 75 degrees! YAY!