Our dear and such wonderful friends (for over 11 years) the Robinson's invited us to come on vacation with them. Ummm hello, YES we will go!!! They go yearly to these beautiful Villa's in Palm desert, Cali. and they decided to invite us to tag along this year! YAY!! Marriott at Shadow Ridge to be exact. It is a NICE place...like NICE! $500 a night to stay here, and yes...it was free for us! UMMM, super NICE! This place is a vacation club. It is kid friendly with lots to do for the whole family. The kids had a blast, and we had a blast watching the kids....and of course in general had a BLAST! A wonderful family vacation. We were so thankful for such a wonderful opportunity to go.
The drive to and from Utah to Southern Cali wasn't really all that bad. The kids had their moments, but in general were amazing. Movies helped! ;) We stopped half way to stay the night (to and from) at different hotels to break it up a bit. When we got to the vacation club we were in aww! The view from our villa's balcony was amazing. I could sit out there all day and ALL night. It was breathtaking. The days all ran together with fun and goodness. The pictures here are in order but seem random and don't do it justice. We pretty much woke up each day, ate, went to a different pool. (7 choices!!) Relaxed in the WARM sun surrounded by palm trees (with margaritas or pina's in hand), flowering trees and humming birds galore and played. There were wild rabbits all over too. They were soo darn cute. We ate in our Villa for all the meals pretty much and yes, ate like crap because our excuse was "we are on vacation...we can!" Right? Ugh, we payed for it after. ;) Anyways, we played in the kids clubhouse, where they had an arcade, movie theater, and all sorts of activities that went all day long. The kids rode their scooters around with all their friends. We all were so tired by the end of the night, but it was so worth it. We still put the kids to bed and watched movies/chatted, ate popcorn, ice cream and brownies with our BFF's til late. What fun! This is what vacation is all about, to get away from it all for a bit. The kids REALLY didn't want to come back, and we didn't either...but work and school are a must...darn it! Boo! Until next time.
In the car on our way....(we rented a car)
Long drive...looking at this!
We took at dip once we got there...in the evening.
Fun times.....
Cheri and I went grocery shopping that night for the food....
Our villa and balcony!
The kids clubhouse.
Another pool...
This pool had sand to play in too! Rock on!
The nights view from our balcony! LOVE IT!
Kids club.
Play area at the kids club!
Night swimming!
Dinner on the balcony!
Specialty drinks!!
We worked out in the gym some mornings.
Flowering tree's outside our villa!
The slide pool!
The kids learned how to swim and dive!
Love the flowering plants!
Evening swimming. We hot tubbed when it was dark.
Golf courses were all around us. Mini golf courses too!
One of the many hot tubs.
My hot hubby!
Cute!
My babies!
Love the backdrop!
Night time scooter rides. The place was all lit up with lights on all the palm tree's BEAUTIFUL!
The candy store!
Tate getting poked by this cactus. (Not really!)
Bunnies!
Snake bite!
BINGO!
Splash pad! (there were a couple!)
Lizards everywhere!
Movie theater!
Birds at the Hotel close to us!
Flamingo's!
Beautiful views!
Breathtaking! (I want this in my backyard!)
The farmers market/swap meet!
Golf cart ride to the car!
On our way home...we stopped at our favorite "Chair" in Beaver. Almost home.
What a blast of a time. Memories for a life time.
1 comment:
Everything looks so fun, old lady! Jk! Love you! We need to play.
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