Between Christmas and New Years I took a trip to Indio to spent a night with Jason and Sarah, Tristan, Wade and Owen. They were staying at the Wyndham Worldmark resort with Jason's family. For those who don't know all the famly ties- Sarah is the daughter of one of my double first cousins. Our families spent a lot of time together and took many vacations together. They live in WA now so it is special to get to see them!
It was very brown on the way to Indio! But the resort and weather were perfect! And the 3 boys are handsome,lively and fun!
We took a 2 night mini vacation with our friends John and Julie to Big Bear. Big Bear is only 2 hours away and it has real winter except it was quite warm and nearly snow free. On the way I had my first In-N-Out burger. Sorry my CA friends- I am not impressed! Culvers has much better burgers! I hope I don't get kicked out of CA for saying that!
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| Our cute cozy cabin. |
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| One of the locals. |
Perfect hiking weather. Brilliant sunshine and 58 degrees. Julie and I even made a snowman with a dried mango scarf!
We spent New Year's Eve at our friend's- Brandon and Andrea. A lovely evening with good friends and food. Dave and Lynnae hosted the Newlywed Game which has it's roots in WI! They had played it at our house a long time ago on NYE. The tamed it down a bit since most of these folks had never endured it before!
Jason and Sarah spent 3 nights with us. Sea World was super fun with those boys!
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| Surfer dude Owen |
