We had such a FANTASTIC mini getaway over the weekend. We made a very last minute decision to get away for a couple days. After T-Ball on Saturday, we headed to Palm Desert, CA. Here is a view from the drive.
On the way, we stopped in Cabazon to see the "World's Biggest Dinosaurs." The boys love dinosaurs so we thought this was a perfect opportunity to explore. They enjoyed mining for treasures...
And finding a lot!
We had fun climbing inside the T-Rex all the way to his mouth. Here is William being a scary dinosaur!
And here is the outside shot of where we were.
We stayed at the JW Marriott Resort and Spa. I have to say we lucked out. This resort was awesome and nothing like I have seen before. They had so much to do there. Here is the view from our room looking over the mini golf course included in our package. Since we didn't have time to golf, the boys said we have to go back. I agree!
Here is the thing I haven't seen before. The property is over 400 acres. So they built a man made lake on the property. The amazing thing is that the hotel is 8 stories high. One wall is all windows and the lake comes inside the lobby where there are boats waiting to take you on a tour or to dinner. The boys LOVED this. You could walk to dinner much faster but it was definitely more fun to get a boat ride there.
We did a LOT of swimming. The boys were little fishies. And I have to say that Harrison is not afraid of anything. William respects the water and gets scared if we don't hold onto him (even with a life jacket). Harrison, on the other hand, listens to all instructions and can swim! It wasn't hard to teach him at all. I was surprised. It was really hard to get them out of the pool. It was so much fun and I have a sunburn to prove it :)
Family picture!
Here is a picture from the boat ride. I thought this was pretty. The whole grounds were so beautifully maintained.
Can you tell we took several boat rides?
They also had exotic birds in the lobby. "Cowboy" was the boys favorite because he talked to them. Dinner was fun. One night we went to Mikado, the Japanese Steak House. We have been to Japanese Steak houses before but this one was by far my favorite. The chef did so many tricks, made music, jokes, etc.
Even when it was time to catch the shrimp in our mouths, he went a step further after we caught them at the table. He made Scott moved across the restaurant to catch more! He's the guy in blue in the very back!
On Monday, we checked out but headed over to "The Living Desert" which is a zoo in Palm Desert. I LOVED this zoo. The exhibits were so large that you couldn't even see the end of the cages. I loved this because I often feel so sorry for animals in the small cages. They let these animals be in the most normal habitat possible.
We had such a great time! The boys did great and we even received several compliments on how well behaved they were. Now I am not so scared to take them on a big vacation. The switch did flip as soon as we got home and immediately were in time out within minutes of getting home. At-least they know how to behave in public, right?! It was so refreshing to get away and not worry about anything else. We had 3 rules on the trip: 1. Have fun. 2. Behave 3. Eat. The boys repeated these several times. Maybe I just need to remind them of these at home too. I took so many great pictures, I decided to put them in a slide show. Have fun looking!
1 comment:
wow! that looks like such a great trip.
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