Palm Springs

So here are some pictures from Palms Springs...

It was so beautiful -- hot, but beautiful. We played by the pool most of the time, that is, when we weren't up in the room, napping. We really are thankful to Mike and Chris Johnson, good friends of ours, who invited us along with their family to this beautiful resort.

I love the beads of sweat on Esther's head here...it's pretty typical of summer with her. She's such a hot-water bottle.

She looks like a dog, ready to lap up a bowl of water. Poor hot baby girl!

Enjoying the 1-foot kiddie pool

Waiting for Mommy and Abby to go down the slide...and not very patiently...milky chin and all

This was a HUGE slide, probably 100-footer. Abby was so brave. She just kept wanting to go on it again, regardless of the fact that, at first, I kept dunking her in the water when we landed. I just couldn't keep her up.

I am smiling here because it was a successful keep-her-from-going-under slide ride this time.

Below are some photos of our gorgeous villa. I think because of the time-share and the group rate, along with off-season for Palm Springs, we got an incredible fare for this room. Again, many thanks to the Johnsons.

View from outside our room, up on the patio.

This was Esther's favorite thing about the room -- the fact that she could open and close all the doors with these kid-friendly door handles. She was opening and closing doors all around the villa...constantly!!