THURSDAY IN PALM SPRINGS

Thursday started off the same way as every other day......at the pool!  We hung around the pool most of the day and then headed over to Dad and Bonnie's condo for a dinner of pizza and chicken from Costco.....yummy!

After dinner we all headed to downtown Palm Springs for the Thursday Night Street Fair....

We all had a great time looking around and spending time together.  Just look at these pictures of everyone together -- happy times!  :) ......

Well, this one might not show the happiness of the night, but that's because it was definitely time to go!.......

WEDNESDAY IN PALM SPRINGS

On Wednesday we spent the morning at the pool.....again!

Cameron, Alex, Maleah, Megan and Rena (with Jeff watching!).......

After some pool fun we headed to one of the shopping centers to check things out and then went to The Cheesecake Factory for dinner. 

Gimi, Taylor, Haley and Scott arrived in Palm Springs to spend a couple of days with us and met up with us before dinner. 

We had a big group......
On the right of the table -- Maleah, Rena, Megan, Haley, Me, Gimi, Bonnie and Fred
On the left of the table -- Cameron, Alex, Scottie, Kate, Jeff, Taylor, Dad, Stacy

TUESDAY IN PALM SPRINGS

On Tuesday we spent the day at the condo at the pool.  Stacy went to the pool when it opened at 8:00 and got us a table in the shade.  We swam, ate, rested, swam some more and just had fun hanging out. 

The kids eating snacks......

Maleah and Jeff......

Felt good to jump in and cool off......

Time to rest!......

After our rough day at the pool Stacy had dinner for all of us back at her condo.  She volunteered for Tuesday night dinner and added a party for me in it!  Since I finished my teaching program in June, but chose not to participate in the school graduation, Stacy had a celebration for me while we were all together.

There were decorations......

.....and a cake......

Here's me arriving at the surprise party......

Stacy cooking before everyone else arrived.......

Time for dinner!.......

Fred and Bonnie (and Stacy and Jeff in the back!)......

Kate and Aimie......

Stacy even brought her cap and gown from home so that I could put it on and officially graduate!......

I even got presents!  :) .......

Everyone checking to see what I got.......

Me, Megan and Stacy.......

Maleah, Georgia and Rena getting bounced on Jeff's lap.......

After dinner (and my party) we headed to the pool for the kids nightly swim.  Dad, Megan, Fred and Stacy enjoy the nighttime heat.......

 

It was a great day and a fun evening!  Thanks for the celebration Stacy!

MALEAH'S LAST BIRTHDAY PARTY

On Monday night we had one last final birthday party for Maleah.  Everyone came to our condo with whatever they wanted to barbeque and we supplied the sides and dessert. 

Fred, Jeff, and dad eating some barbequed steaks......

ANOTHER cake and singing for Maleah......

Rena and Georgia put on a show -- it mainly consisted of jumping on the bed, but it was cute!......

Whew -- finally, that's it for Maleah's 7th birthday!

PALM SPRINGS

We left Grandma Lynne's house at about 10am Sunday morning and arrived in Palm Springs about 2:00 in the afternoon.  By 5:00 everyone had arrived and we were having fun!

Stacy, Jeff and Megan......

Megan and Maleah happy to be together!......

Alex and Cameron......

After Stacy put together a great dinner of clam chowder and fresh sourdough bread straight from their visit in San Fransisco we headed to the pool.  This is our whole group -- we pretty much took over the pool!

It's all 5 of us, Stacy, Megan, Alex, Dad, Bonnie, Jon, Aimie, Kate, Georgia, Theo, Augie and Fred.

Maleah and Megan having fun......

After swimming we went back to Stacy's room to hang out awhile longer. 

Kate and Bonnie.....

Dad and Maleah......

Dad, Jeff and Stacy catching up......

Jon and Megan.......

The first night of our visit together was great!

ZOE

The kids love playing with the animals at Grandma Lynne's house.  She has 3 cats - Zoe, Bailey and Annie and 3 birds - Jake, Sara and Kiwi.  For some reason all three kids like Zoe the best.  They insisted on finding her (she was hiding under a bed) and having a final picture taken of her.

Here's Zoe and the kids (I'm sure Zoe couldn't wait for us to leave!)  :) ......