Palm 2022

 We did it! We took a Spring Break trip after 2 years of having COVID mess things up. 

Our bag was 49.0 lbs on the way there and 50.0 lbs on the way back. The limit is 50.0 lbs so I think we were sweating both ways.

We got in around dinner the first night and got settled in. With the 2 hr time difference, the kids were up at 4:30 the first morning! The house we rented had a pool, hot tub, pickle ball/basketball court, putting green, arcade games and tons of toys. It was a blast and we had fun doing little more than playing in the backyard all week. With the exception of a day or two it was in the 90's all week. It was HOT. 

 

About half of the mornings, Rob and I found ourselves at our beloved Bump & Grind trail. It's one of our favorite things to do in Palm Springs.

One morning we took the kids and my parents to a lake close to the house that said there were hiking trails. It took some time to find them but we finally did and it was a nice little hike! The kids were like mountain goats.

 

A couple kids really took to swimming this year! 

Talking to Great Grandma Chuck on the phone.

   

Lots of doing whatever you felt like.

 

 

 

 

 We took the kids to El Paseo for an afternoon to have a Jamba Juice and look at the cool cars.

We killed an escape room. One of the best we've ever done!  

Marlo never stopped making crafts. She specifically opened this bag of chips on the bottom so when they were done they'd make a cool hat.

   

On our last day, Rob and I did one last hike super early in the morning. We saw the last part of the sunrise. We had a little sun time then we had to be out by 2. 

We killed a couple hours before heading to the airport.

   

Our flight ended up being delayed over 2 hours. Not a huge deal normally but it put us back in MN at 2 am. Then there was some weird baggage snafu and the bags weren't unloaded for an hour and a half. Everyone on that flight was exhausted.

   

We got home and into bed around 4:30 am. Most of us were up around 10 am, except someone who had to work. I ended up waking Marlo up at NOON!

 

It was so fun to get away! We had a blast. And the best part is we already know we get to go back to the same house next year.

Fun stuff happened at the new house last week while we were away but this is long enough so I'll have to do another post later in the week. Hope everyone had an awesome weekend!