Visiting Friends

Our last California stop was of course the most important! We stopped to see our very good friends the Platts. They lived behind us in West Jordan and moved to Indio (near Palm Desert and Palm Springs) just a few weeks after we moved to Riverton. The girls were so excited to see the boys and asked every 20 min or so if we were there yet. Finally when I saw the windmills I could tell them we were REALLY close. Our kids are all close to the same ages and were really good friends when we lived near them and it was not any different this time.

We invited them over to our condo to go swimming. The kids had a blast! They played and swam for what seemed like forever! There was a HUGE pool, a kid pool and water fountains that come out of the cement. That was just one pool area of the 3 the resort has!

Holly and I were really starting to get hungry so we pulled 7 reluctant children out of the water and we headed to Red Robin for dinner. Once we got there the kids immediately paired off. Katya and Parker, Taylor and Isaac and Brynn and Chloe. The big Red Robin was there. Chloe was not too happy to see him. The rest were though. Although I don't think Parker, Katya and Taylor would admit it.

The 4 oldest got to have a table all to themselves and get waited on like adults. They thought they were the coolest kids ever. It was so cute! We were there nearly all night!

Once home and kids all tucked in Holly and I went out for our habitual late night Wal-mart shopping. We found some fun stuff but mostly it was great just doing what we always did when we lived by each other. We were severely tired but we had fun anyway. Who doesn't have fun when the fitting room is closed so you have to try on clothes OVER your existing clothes?

I am so glad we made the stop. I wish we had been able to stay another day or two but I had to get back to Salt Lake for 2 concerts I had to sing at that weekend. We are hoping to come back out in October when the kids go back off track again.