Celebrating Friends

Some friends are like family…for different reasons and in different ways.  The Browns are friends of ours that go WAY back…actually they are the reason that Yosh and I are together. They introduced us! They brought our worlds together and they collided almost 12 years ago.  crazy right.

The story about us and the Browns could go on and on…but they are very special people to us and we consider them more like family than anything! And they are definitely ones that are ALWAYS there to celebrate our milestones in life (weddings, babies, cancer, graduations, etc)! Little party animals. lol j/k

Anyway, Kyla’s been working super hard the past 18 months completing a Masters Program at CBU…while Sean stepped up and held the kids and household together to let Kyla get her stuff done. Very proud of them both.  Sean mentioned that instead of throwing Kyla a graduation party they wanted to do a weekend away in Palm Springs. We were IN…and excited!

We stayed at the Riviera. I guess the pool can be kinda Vegas-ish on the weekends BUT the fact that there was an AA Convention (the waitress told us that was what it was for Gay Men)…so having a hotel sold out of non-drinkers, you can understand why the pool wasn’t exactly going off the hook!

BUT Friday we arrived in Palm Springs and had a GREAT time at the pool!!! Stayed until last call and then headed up to our rooms.  Here are some of the Shenanigans on the way up to our rooms (only posting the appropriate ones…your welcome Kyla!).

Had a late night of pizza and line dancing in the Brown’s suite…which made for a rough Saturday morning roll call!.  Yosh missed a few of the line dances while takin’ a little nap!

But Saturday morning we were up and freezing at the pool eating our breakfast sandwiches and waiting for the sun to come over the palm trees.  Ugh. Wasn’t fun, actually totally miserable. But we kicked it back into high gear once we warmed up and spent 8 hours laying around the pool and relaxing. It was wonderful!!

Can you tell I really liked that ivy covered wall…it was so cute. I want to do one at my house! haha jk

Sobered up…I mean cleaned up and headed to dinner at Trio!

Funny, not so funny little story.  We took a free tram into town to our restaurant.  Everything was going nicely. I was photobombing the couple sitting in front of us…thinking I was so funny. Don’t worry they weren’t annoyed, they actually loved it and was sending it to their kids! haha And this was my attempt at yet ANOTHER group shot.

 

First stop (of a tram FULL of people) was for us! Yosh was off first…followed by me. **side note: I had told Yosh earlier that night that my new sandals were very slick…and I hoped I didn’t fall!**  You see where this story is going???  Yeah…well I slipped and fell down the stairs of the tram. On my ass and back. In front of everyone!!! No one laughed…just heard a loud “OHhhhhhhhh” in unison. Yeah. I wasn’t sure if I was going to laugh or cry. I was closer to crying to be honest. My back/ribs were KILLING me…I wasn’t sure if I broke them.  BUT I was fine. Just bruised, scraped and a bit rattled. (Only my luck!)

Dinner was nice…and we tried to get the party going again with full bellies. And it just wasn’t happening. Sorry Sean!  Getting too old for the partying by the pool and into the night for 2 days thing.

 

Headed back to the hotel, spent some time in the spa and was fast asleep by midnight. Was nice.  And poor Yosh this morning at breakfast he was moving some palm frawns so I could park…well a little bastard wasp was hiding and stung him! Great end to a lovely mini vacation!

I’m thankful to have an amazing Mom that came over and stayed with my little babies. She takes such good care of them and we are truly blessed to have her!!!! Love you Mom. Can even juggle bath while facetiming…lol love it.

Thanks Browns for inviting us on the celebratory weekend! Had such a great time!!! The Browns, Martin’s, Smiths, Starlings, and Hunes…good times! We gotta do it again!!