2016 Memorial Day Weekend - Palm Springs

 For Memorial Day weekend we packed up the car and headed to Palm Springs. Grandma Nish used Ron's timeshare points to book a three bedroom condo for our family, the Isaksens, Ron, Grandma Nish, and Marcus. There were also enough points for them to book a two bedroom condo for the Endows. We were in different places and for us it was a tight squeeze with 12 people in three bedrooms, but we all got along nicely and had a good time.

We left around 12:30pm after we pulled Chase out early from school and picked Jayden and Riley up too. Traffic was pretty good and we got to Palm Springs in about 2.5 hours.

The weather was in the 90s and Riley and Jayden helped to keep an eye on things while Tanner unloaded the van~

Here's a picture of the pool from our balcony (we were on the second story). We arrived just in time to see Miles going down the slide. Scott is on top and Kamery is at the bottom ready to catch him~

We all quickly changed to our swim suits and enjoyed the pool. Unfortunately, while I was putting Riley's water wings on, Chase and Jayden went in the pool without asking me. The pool was 3 feet deep so Chase could stand up and not have any water in his face, but the water level was just above Jayden's nose. She was following Chase without thinking and pretty soon she was bobbing up and down and panicking. Chase called my name and I grabbed her quickly. She was fine, but just really scared. So the weekend in the pool did not get off to a good start. For the rest of the weekend, Jayden was extra scared of going into the water.

Tanner and I got to spend an hour alone at the pool the next day (Saturday) when Kamery and Scott took the kids in for a nap. Smiles of joy~

On Saturday evening we went to Bernard's house. It's BEAUTIFUL - so new, modern, clean, and of course, perfectly decorated. They hosted a BBQ for about 20 people and it was fun to see the Cottles who have a house across the street and to meet their next door neighbors. I wish I had taken more pictures of everything, but I was too busy having fun and trying to make sure that Jayden and Chase were taken care of.

Here is Jayden - terrified of the water~

Jayden made poor Katie Cottle carry her everywhere~

Our Sunday consisted of going to the Endow's condo for a wonderful brunch they prepared - eggs, pancakes, fruit, sausage, mimosas - and swimming. I was in the pool the whole time trying to care for the kids and Tanner was out golfing with mom, Marcus, and Ron. So again I neglected to take pictures.

More swimming on Sunday afternoon~

Then, like a flash, it was Monday and time to pack up this crazy crew and head home.

Tanner went golfing early Monday morning with Bernard and Marchetti, so Ron helped us pack up the van and we all waited at the Endows condo until he came back around noon. Note to self - never leave Palm Springs on the Monday of Memorial Day weekend after noon. The traffic was HORRIBLE. It took us an hour and a half to go 30 miles. Yuck! We made it home safely around 4:30pm.

Ending on a good note - Tanner golfed very well that Monday morning and had a score of 100 on the hardest PGA course in Palm Springs.