Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Palm Springs - Round Two

 After 11 weeks straight of being stuck at home doing school virtually and working in our sweat pants - we desperately needed a change of scenery so we booked another house in Palm Springs! Naturally, we weren't the only ones with this bright idea so houses were in high demand and over priced but hell - you only (hopefully) live through a global pandemic once in your lifetime, right?! We pondered over houses for weeks and finally picked an awesome one - and we had a blast! BUT it wouldn't be a true Lawrence family adventure without a few hiccups, right?

After we connected with the property manager to figure out how to get internet connection (pretty vital for school zooms and of course netflix), got the pool heater turned on and Owen got over the 24 hour stomach flu (why is violently throwing up a theme of our vacations these days?!) it was smooth sailing!

Nothing makes me happier than spending time with my family - even if it is forced time :) I don't think I realize how distracted I am with work until I am finally able to put it down. I love playing games, going on adventures, snuggling and just doing nothing. I cherish these moments like I never have before. 

We swam, played a lot of sequence, at a lot of Halloween candy and went on some cool hikes!

A new zoom background for school!


Snuggles before a rough night


Poor little Owen looking not so hot. This sort of sums of their personalities these days 


An even better zoom background :)



Sleeping off the flu 





Sadie really knows how to vacation!


The largest natural palm tree oasis in the world :)


The kids really loved all of the rocks to climb on










Trying to work on my attitude, its been a rough few months...







ALWAYs doing handstands


This is for my mom. Hahaha










The pool was finally warm! Wahoo!


Sadie pretending like she was playing the game. Ha!


Slime making kits to the rescue!


We got a little ambitious with a "moderate" hike 









It was pretty tough! Owen was a trooper




This kid LOVES to surf. He was getting "barreled" in the pool







Always my co-pilot


That is a tween right there





That's a wrap! Until the next adventure...