Spokane WA

Our fearless leader.

Liz in action

Liz playing the "bangos"

The "drumming cirlce"

Theresa Boys plus 2 (where did they come from) if I wasnt losing them I was gaining them:)

The "older" crew at the Old spagetti factory

What is this our cheerleaders are sleeping????

Mattni, Trevor, and Liz

Mattni and Liz

Thank you to everyone who helped support this amazing opportunity!

We have returned safely:) What an amazing trip....I was a little shocked at what Spokane WA was. It was dirty and we were right in the middle of the "bad" neighbor hood. The children got exposed to lots of "different" culture and were introduced to many new sites. We did lots of walking (not by choice) and saw parts of neighorhoods late at night that 4-7th graders should not be seeing. We hired a company to organize the trip (aka trip dude) and if I can honestly say the man should not have been paid anything. His "it is only one block" was really 3 blocks or more and "the bus does not run after 9pm" when we found out it runs until after midnight everynight. Then we walked two blocks to get to our bus stop and found out the last night we are there that the bus stop is truly behind our hotel. Oh and we had many calls from aka trip dude saying "oh we have a small change" this became our joke for the rest of the week. So when the pilot came on at the end of our trip and announced there would be a short delay do to a computer malfunction. 22 children stood up and said "only one small change" (hope you see the humor)

Okay enough about that.

Mom (Theresa) was chaperoning 2 - 4th grade boys and I can honestly say I truly know nothing about boys. They were great but I kept losing them????? The two older teenage girls (Liz and Mattnie) were a blast and kept everyone entertain while we waited for public transportation (bus system). They became the official group cheerleaders.

As for the purpose of the trip....The drumming cirlce was given the lead spot for the "key note speaker" The rocked the top off the building it was awesome. They received and extended standing ovation.

I am glad to be home but guess what????? We head out of town again this Friday to Denver for the Revolve Tour 2009! Will blog again next week.

Mikaela, dad, and Xenia did survive without us:(

Some pics to share...I also posted pics on facebook and myspace. If you want more I can send via walgreens just let me know.