Indio, Again!

On August 1, 2 and 3rd we headed back to Indio this time with Grandma Susie and Auntie Jessica, and Haley, Gia and Cash.  A couple years ago Grandma Susie took us to Rancho Las Palmas in Palm Springs and we thought it would be fun to do a small desert vacation again!

We stopped again at the Farm House restaurant for lunch on our way out.

They have the most amazing Monte Cristo sandwich!

Again, it was really hot and since we wanted to make the most of our first day, we arrived early and spent some time in the water before we could check into our room.  But by 4:00 the kids were exhausted and hot and ready to be in some air conditioning!  We had a great room overlooking the lazy river. 

Hanging out on our balcony.

Enjoying the lazy river.

Swimming in the big pool...

...and the baby pool.

It seemed like it was almost as hot at night as it was during the day, so we took an evening float around the lazy river too!

Enjoying being cool inside!

  We read books, watched some TV, cooked all our meals and had lots of fun together!  Five kids (and especially two three year olds!) was a lot of work but we enjoyed getting away together.

 

Tourists!

On July 30th, we had an early dinner and drove to Balboa for a yummy summer treat.  It was such a beautiful evening and I was obviously taking too many pictures because people kept offering to take a picture of all four of us.  So we must have looked like big fat tourists!

 Here's family photo number 1, taken by a nice lady pushing her son in a stroller.

 Tourist tip: A trip to Dad's for a Balboa bar and a frozen banana are a must do during the summer!

 Tourist tip: Go to the fire station and take a peek at the vintage fire truck they have!

Family photo number 2, taken by a nice man walking with his wife.

First Tooth!

Cora got her first tooth!  

Bottom Left

Here's a little comparison of my two kiddos at the same time.  If you look closely you might see Cora's bottom right tooth popping through too (oops, surprise surprise, I was behind on getting a picture of just the first one!) but when I finally remembered to take the picture of Cora I remembered Wes was wearing the same bib when I took his first tooth picture!  (Second child syndrome is so sad...I made Wes all these fun boy bibs and poor Cora has to settle for Wes' hand-me-downs.  I just haven't had the time, or energy, to make her some really cute girly ones.  I just keep telling myself they do the same job no matter what the fabric looks like. )

Oh Fish Sticks!

Wesley's favorite meal these days is grilled "white salmon" (mahi mahi) and artichokes.  He is still an amazing eater and asks for this meal all the time!  On July 30th, Wes and Cora had finished their meals and were playing and Mike and I were finishing up ours when we realized Cora had crawled under the table and was suspiciously quiet.  When we looked under the table we found her chowing down an a huge hunk of fish, obviously dropped from her brothers plate (he's a great eater, but he is still so messy!)  I didn't think her first experience eating fish would be off the floor, but she loved it, so now it's part of her diet too! 

8 Months Old!

This little lady is 8 months old! (Well, she was a month ago :)

We love you to pieces Cora Louise!  

A Few Things We Love

 A comfy pillow

 A pretty dress and a matching bow

 Playdates with friends

 Home Depot

 Traditions with Daddy

 Lunches with Grandpa

 Waterballoons

Bagels

And of course each other!

Clean Fun

Cora discovered the dishwasher last month and seeing the pictures made me think of when Wes discovered it too!  Love seeing them side by side at about the same age!