The Coombs Family

Then we took a trip to Palm Desert Hot Springs to see my grandparents. Ronin got to meet them for the first time. It was also Calvin and Shelby's first time to California. I didn't realize how long it had been since we made it down there. 2400 miles of driving. Caleb didn't go, so it was just me trying to juggle these guys in the car. Rhoda's family went and I had help driving on the way down, but not on the way back. Trevor and Logan flew to Texas out of California so they could meet up with Caleb to go hunt pigs. So just Rhoda and I came back in different cars. Thankfully Ronin is a great baby and the other kids love car rides. We swam in the pools every day, ate way too much food, went to the movies, and rode on the tram in Palm Springs. On the way down and back home we stopped around halfway and stayed in a hotel with a pool. The kids couldn't get enough.

It's been awhile since we went with our kids since it's usually the best to go in the summer. But we had such a mild winter and it was really warm, so we went for it. I'm not sure if Ronin saw any animals but Calvin and Shelby pointed out many to him. The baby lion cubs were their favorite. And we were sad to find out one of the giraffes had to be put down that same day we were there.

We made our first trip to Sunriver this year and introduced Ronin to his new vacation getaway. I know I say it all the time, but we love Sunriver. We took two families with us who have not been there before. The weather was freezing so we had to get creative with the activities. We went for bike rides, played in the hot tub, and went ice skating.