Trip to Palm Springs

Two weeks ago, we went out to Palm Springs for a weekend of relaxing before the baby comes. Although Robyn is winding down her last quarter at UCLA and needs to finalize her last two scripts, it seemed like a good time before things really get busy. We got in Friday afternoon after a quick stop at the outlet malls and spent most of the weekend relaxing. Robyn got a motherhood massage and Jack & I went to an outdoor zoo called the Living Desert. One of the attractions is the largest model train set I have ever seen. It's HUGE! I didn't think I was going to be able to get Jack away, but eventually we went to see the giraffes, zebras, bighorn sheep, etc.

One common activity was feeding the ducks that were outside our room. Jack had an absolute blast chasing them and having them eat out of his hand. On Sunday, we couldn't leave until we fed the ducks which turned out to be more work than we thought since most of them were hiding from the wind. Eventually we found some on the 18th fairway of one of the golf courses and managed to feed them while staying out of the way of golfballs.

Back From Hiatus

If you're reading this for the first time, which you probably are since I didn't email anyone when we started this blog three months ago, you may have noticed the big gap between the posts. The reason is simple, Kristen showed me how to set it up a while back and then I forgot/got busy/got lazy, etc. I did think about updating several times, but I never got to it. Anyway, the Paris blog is back and I'll try to keep up this time.

This was an interesting weekend with an unusual combination of events. Our anniversary was this week (9 years for those keeping track) and we went to a great French place for a romantic dinner. The next day, we drove an hour and half into Riverside county to a demolition derby at the fair. Jack loved watching the colorful cars crash into each other and I must say Robyn and I had fun too. If you haven't been to a demolition derby, it's worth checking one out. Jack also hit the petting zoo and even rode on the back of an elephant! What's a trip to the fair without an elephant ride?

Other than good restaurants and dusty fairs, we've been busy. School has started again for Robyn, Jack is attending preschool, and I've been working on the fresh pomegranate season.

More to come, I promise.