Day 6 - Palm Springs - Birthday Fun and Girls Day

Day 6 in Palm Springs!

The morning started off as the rest did with enjoying a great breakfast and coffee outside enjoying the sun.  It was also Junior's 3rd Birthday.  That morning Junior jumped into bed with me when he woke up and told me "Mommy, I am not 2 anymore, I'm 3!  I had lots of hugs and kisses for him, he's so sweet.  Day 6 also meant that it was time for Dan to head back to Colorado and that his vacation was over.  He had a flight back around 10am.  He was sad to leave on Junior's birthday, but it ended up being a good thing he left early because Denver had a snow storm and he made it in before it hit and was home in case any furnaces needed servicing.  

Here are some pictures of our morning pool time.

Greyson jumping into the Pool

Junior jumping to Jeff - check out his form!

Here comes Katelynn!

Landon jumping into Jeff's arm - the after was pretty hilarious! 

Here comes Riley!

It was finally "Girls Day" too and I couldn't have been happier.  Spa Day!  We had scheduled facials for myself, Tonah, and my mom at a fancy resort spa.  We had called ahead of time for appointments and this resort was also across the street from an outdoor mall.  We were able to schedule 2 facials at the same time and 1 an hour before.  I took the first slot because I wanted to head over to the mall afterwards and find a make-up store and have a make-up application done, if your going to get pampered get it done all the way I figure!  Tonah and my mom headed over to the mall and found Starbucks and looked around while I was getting pampered.  The water in the spa was Amazing!  One of the waters was filled with all sorts of different fruits and another was full of cucumbers.  I was a little hesitant at first about the cucumber water, but I was surprised at how good it was and how much I liked it.  I've even made some for myself at home since!  The facial was fabulous.  I could have stayed at this resort all day and enjoyed their facility.  After my facial Tonah and my mom were in the waiting room and they were off to enjoy their pampering.  I headed out across the street and found a MAC store to get my make-up done.  I had a blast visiting with the store manager while she applied my make-up.  We sat and chatted like old friends about the new work force coming of age and getting jobs and this and that.  It was great.  After make-up I headed back and Tonah and my mom were just finishing up.  We decided that it was time to enjoy some sunshine and get some lunch so we headed back over to the mall and found a Cheesecake Factory.  We sat out on the patio and enjoyed some drinks, food, and of course some cheesecake!  It was a great Girls Day!  Thank you Mom for splurging on your daughter and daughter-in-law.

After the Cheesecake Factory it was time to head back to see how the boys were doing.  The kids were just getting up from naps, which was a little surprising because mine hadn't taken any all week.  "Grandpa" had sent Jeff and Landon off for the afternoon which left him in charge and he said the kids were taking naps!  Here is Super Grandpa in charge.

The kids were all up so Junior had a few gifts to open from Grandma and Grandpa.  I had decided that we were also going out to eat that night for Junior's birthday so we were off again to a Mexican restaurant that we had drove by on one of our first days.  The kids were excited to go out to eat and were so cute posing for pictures.  Grandma did the boys hair for the night too with a little gel - it's all about the little things in life!

Cousins

We were able to sit outside at the restaurant under heated lamps and had a nice big table.  They brought all the kids ice cream and their staff came and sang Junior Happy Birthday and had a candle for him to blow out.  He was one happy camper.  We headed back to the house for our own birthday cake.  Junior was definitely in his glory.  He was getting a little excited about the cake and was pretending to take a bite out of it while the candles were lit and actually burnt off some of his hair.  Nothing ever goes without an incident!  We had happy kids and happy day on our 6th day in Palm Springs.

And the mishap of the burnt hair!
Good thing it didn't all burn since it had gel in it.
He was A-Okay though!

Mommy and her Birthday Boy