Sunday, August 3, 2008

Sun, Sun, Sun!

It’s August 3rd, and already we’ve been here for 6 days. We needed our car down here, but thought twice about driving with the kids on the 2000-km trek. So we opted to have Michelle fly with them while Jeff drove. Except for Jeff being scared he would be carjacked while he slept at a Rest Stop, both car and plane went very well and we made our way to Palm Springs.

We feel a wee bit guilty blogging because of how amazing things are here! We are staying in a 2-bedroom condo which is perfect and overlooks a pond, pool, palm trees, and mountains. With all of that set against a pitch blue sky all day, it can’t get much better.

It is a little on the warm side, especially for us West Coast Canadians who don’t get really hot temperatures very much. It has been about 42-44 C everyday, and today the humidity was about 85%. It really is like sticking your head in an oven. But as hot as it is we really don’t feel it because of a little thing called AC. Oh, beloved air conditioning. It might as well be 75 C outside, when we’re sitting inside looking out we don’t feel a thing! Michelle is getting darker, and if you look really close you can almost see a tan on Jeff – almost.

We’ve settled into a great pattern here. After getting up and enjoying a quick breakfast, it’s off to the pool for a couple of hours. The kids are loving the water (what kid doesn’t) and are feeling more and more comfortable swimming. Reese has found a new best friend in her little floatie, going anywhere as long as that thing is around her. Carter, on the other hand, prefers to go free, at least until yesterday. On three different occasions (with us close by of course) he tried walking on water and three times he failed. Needless to say he’s wearing the water wings, lifejacket, floatie, and pool noodle from now on! After our pool time we hang out until lunch then retreat to the comforts of the house for the afternoon while Carter naps. After that it’s an early supper then an evening activity in the city somewhere before bed. We’ve been visiting churches, reading, and having great family time.

One crazy thing has happened so far…on our second day here we were doing some errands and stopped at McDonald’s for lunch. We had just sat down and suddenly Michelle turned to me and said, “I think I just felt an earthquake!” I turned to her and said, “really?...hmmm…hey, can you pass the ketchup?” No one else in the place even budged and we didn’t think anything of it again. Well, later in the day when we went on the internet, we found out a 5.4 quake it southern California at the exact moment Michelle felt it! Crazy. Michelle hasn’t stopped pointing that out since, and every time a truck goes by she’s convinced The Big One is coming.

We’ll continue to keep you updated on our fun times!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

42 degrees? Are you kidding me?

Guess a gift certificate to Knott's Berry Waterpark is kinda like a torture device then hey?

Jeff, i've done ye old 24+ HR DRIVE MYSELF A COUPLE TIMES....

whoops caps lock

I know how tough that can be.... good on ya'

It looks like you're having SO MUCH FUN at the pool

Hope your last couple weeks are an ABSOLUTE blast!

Are you sure the Earthquake wasn't just Carter's butt rumbling the seat after too many McNuggets?

Elsie said...

DO NOT FEEL GUILTY! You have earned this break after many years of hard work dealing with our teenagers. Enjoy every moment of family fun, and come back refreshed......because those teenagers will be waiting....