#11-17 Aubrey’s 5th birthday, Rachel and Eldon visit, Rick Post birthday dinner 4-9-11

Aubrey’s 5th birthday party was a tea party. She had the neighbor girls all over for the party. Four was just enough girls. They decorated hats with flowers first to get ready for the tea party.

Then they all played a game of croquet. The winners got prizes.

Meanwhile, the boys are in the house playing on the computer, having some thing to drink and staying away from the girls.

AJ let Eldon play in his room with all the boy toys. He had a great time with the tool bench!

		Aubrey’s Birthday cupcakes and opening presents VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

After the cake and before the presents we all tried the hula hoop. Aubrey did really well, and even Grandma Dixie kept it going for a while. The girls that didn’t get prizes for croquet got a prize for the hula hoop. Grandma’s and Mom’s didn’t get any prizes.

We left as the party was breaking up and went from La Quinta to Bermuda Dunes to our friend, Rick Post’s birthday party. So we were able to touch base with friends here in the desert again. By the time we got there, it was getting colder and the party moved inside. Frank’s daughter and husband drove over from Carlsbad, CA and met us at the party. Both of them were students of Rick’s when he taught at College of the Desert, so it was a big surprise for him.

Wow, two parties in one day. Rachel and Eldon stayed in the RV with us, and the next morning we met Diane and Mark for breakfast. Eldon did really well and it was so great to see him and Rachel. Eldon’s dad had lots of homework to do for his classes, so did not come to the desert with them. The weather was cool, and lots of wind.

Eldon enjoyed his breakfast, and is such a big boy he wants to eat with a fork. He is 14 months old now. Diane and Mark stayed in Lake La Quinta, but met us for breakfast before they had to leave to go back to Carlsbad.

We drove to the outlet mall and walked around with Rachel and Eldon before they had to leave for Lancaster. By the time we got back to the RV in Desert Hot Springs we were tired and both of us napped!!!!

The next few days were busy with Dr. appointments—follow up’s before we leave for northern climates. But, we did find time to enjoy the hot spring pools here at Caliente Springs RV Park.

We will be moving the RV down to Indio next week and finish up our check-ups with the Dr.’s and hopefully be out of here by the end of April.

#11-16 Holiday Rambler Rally in Hemet 4-1 thru 4-8-11

Eating at the Rally VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

There were about 90 RV’s that attended the rally. The first day we met some of the people and then walked around to familiarize ourselves with the park. We stayed at Golden Palms RV Park in Hemet, CA. We were on the list of people to attend “The Price is Right” show in LA, so we attended the orientation meeting. And we did get to go. Had to be on the bus by 6:30 am the following morning. UGH. I made it, with a lot of help from Frank. There is a lot of waiting around in lines, and they group interview you as well as taking a picture. ($20.00 for one print!) We all pitched in and only bought one print, then made copies for whoever wanted one.

Below is the picture at the studio, and beside it is when we returned from the show and showed up for dinner.

One of the members from our group did get selected and even won a mountain bike and a new stainless steel stove. Steve is in front of the group with his cue sign for when they called him down from the audience. The show will air on April 25th.

The rally includes breakfasts and dinners as well as some entertainment each night. Below is Bernie and Red doing their RV show act. They do a lot of entertaining for the RVer’s and are quite funny.

We had a really nice time at the HR rally, and had all kinds of weather. Warm and sunny, rain, wind and cold. Below are the pictures of the mountains with their snow capped peaks, as we left Hemet and headed to Desert Hot Springs for a week.