Pigbowl and the beach

The LawDawgs

We barely made it home and were off again. This weekend was Marshall's first football game for the Law Enforcement for Youth team he is playing on. The game was in Seaside.

So Saturday morning we packed up the camper and were off. Back to our old stomping grounds you might say.

The weather was great, attendance was good and our team won! 13-7.

Marshall the football player! He hasnt played in 18 years! You would never know it!

That's my boy! #7, defense!

After the game we all went out to dinner, ran into a few people we know from living out there and then headed to Cannon Beach for the night. We stayed at the RV resort and slept like babies!

Sunday morning our friend Suzanne came out for a quick visit, it was really nice to catch up.

Once we left the campground we drove by our first home, Ned and Norma's old house, and then went downtown to visit the stores.

Its been a few years since we were there last and man do things change. We took some pictures and took off.

Lucy and Caymus in the Birkenstock store. (Norma's old business, lots of great memories from that loft!)

Now that we are back home and trying to play catch up. I don't think we have been home for more than 3 days in a row all month! We have no plans to leave for some time! I have to catch up on laundry, cleaning, yard work and grocery shopping!!!

The rest of the Vacation

Well you guessed it, we are back home and my nightly posts have come to an end. I was doing so good too! So I will make this one fast, but I had to finish out our vacation! I know your all out there wondering what other fun things we did in sunny Palm Desert!

Monday morning we lounged around the house, Marshall went to the gym, I went and got my nails done and grabbed some coffees....Then after lunch Marshall and I went out to play another round of golf. We both played way better the second time around. There was NO ONE else out on the course. That was nice, we did not have to wait on any one and did not have anyone on our butts. It was a perfect day!

Lucky shot!

When we got back we cleaned up our stuff and waited for the troops to come back from the store with dinner. Abu and Papa had taken the kids to the pool yet again! Lucky kids went to the pool every single day of this vacation!

Since Tuesday was our last day we asked the kids what they wanted to do and they both said "Fishing, Pool, Golf" Well that's easy!

So early in the morning we took the kids back to the pond for some fishing. We did not catch as many as Sunday, but we still fared quit well.

He finally caught a Catfish, he had been trying so hard! It was a little one though! There are 8-10 lb ones in this pond!

After an early lunch we went to the pool and to our surprise the out door pool was back open again! Hooray!

We swam for a good 2+hours. I laid out in the sun....a little too long....but it was the last day! So I had to get to much, right? I will survive, I can only hope.

My little Mermaid! She is LOVING the pool!

Caymus was sleepy and wanted to go home to take a nap! This was also a good place to rest.

We then enjoyed a fabulous dinner and worked on our packing. Every one was in bed by 8:30pm ready to rise at 4:30 the next day....

The view coming into PDX. So amazing!!!

And that brings us up to date. We got home around 3pm on Wednesday. Went and picked up Moka. Marshall mowed the lawn and I tinkered around the yard for a bit. I love coming home and seeing how much things have grown!

On our way home, we passed Home Depot just up the road from us, Marshall saw this out the corner of his eye and did a mad dash to turn around! Caymus LOVES Nascar and Tony Stewart...he is now also a Joey Lagano fan!

So cool! He was so excited to see a real race car up close! And yes, the lights are all stickers!

Today was catch up day. Marshall had a busy day at work as did I. I am off to bed now, Goodnight!

Happy Fathers Day!!

Happy Fathers Day Marshall! You are an amazing father and our children are blessed to have you as their Papi!

Marshall with brand new baby Lucy! Such a proud DADDY!!!

Marshall and Caymus! His son!!!

The kids were very excited to give Marshall the cards and gifts they got him.

We took the kids fishing this morning, in total we caught 49 little buggers!

It is a catch and release pond and the fish were VERY well trained!!! You would hardly put your hook in the water and there would be a fish on it!

Marshall was the champ for today! He totalled 29!

Happy Fathers DAY!!!

The Third Day

Marshall trying on the 3-D glasses from the movie "UP", isn't he so cute?

The girls, riding in style!

Caymus riding the noodle.

Lucy has been really showing off her swimming skills, the swimming lessons are really paying off!

Marshall and I had a date, went down town Palm Desert, El Paseo. We wandered around the strip and did a little window shopping. Then it was off to Arnold Palmer's for dinner.

After dinner we drove around looking for some entertainment. Never really found any. We did hit a few bars on our way home, but were still back at Casa Roache by 9! Oh well we tried!

Palm Desert....Day 2

After a few cups of coffee and some yummy breakfast, we all got dressed and headed to the pool. There are 4 or 5 pools within the Sun City housing development, but only one outside pool that the kids can use. The hours are 10am -8pm daily, so of course we were there right at 10am. Unfortunately the pool is closed until the 23rd due to Unforeseen Circumstances. WHAT!!!! REALLYYYYY??? Well they told us that we could use the indoor pool from 12-3pm. Enough people with kids are here visiting and raised a stink, so they decided to allow kids to use the indoor pool from 11am-7pm! YAY

We came back to casa Roache and filled up the whale pool we had bought a few years ago. It took me about an hour to blow it up....but when I did get it filled up the kids had a BLAST!!!!

Marshall and I had a 12:30 tee time. We went and hit a bucket of balls first then we were off to our first golf game of the year...actually we have not played since Marshall's birthday last year!

It was a great temperature of 102deg and a really nice wind was blowing.

Vacation!!!!! Day 1

3:45am...alarm goes off.

Get dressed, leave room, eat breakfast, catch shuttle.

We board our 6am flight to Palm Springs. Fortunately every thing went smoothly and we made it in early. As soon as we left the airport, we went directly to the nearest In and Out Burger, Yummmmmmmmyyyyyyyy!!!!!

We unpacked, hung out and then went to the pool. The kids had a blast...so did I...they have learned so much just from the few swim lessons they have had. We played for a good 2 hours!

We enjoyed a delicious dinner of salmon and yams, yum.

Then every one went to bed early...hmmmm I guess they were a bit sleepy.

Vacation here we come!!

This evening we take off to PDX, sleep in a hotel then catch the 6am flight to Palm Springs.

We are going to stay with Marshall's parents. They live in one of the most beautiful places ever! Right on the golf course! So perfect!

Our plans for the week are....sleep, play in the pool, fish, GOLF, eat, drink and be merry!!!

So stay tuned for some fun vacation stories!