Palm Springs

 We went to The Living Desert and got to feed the giraffes which was really cool. It was so neat to be up so close to them. I think they are just the most beautiful animals. 

 The kids got a kick out of the purple tongues. 

 I was really impressed with how brave Ben was, I did not think he'd be up for this at all. That boy was full of surprises on this trip...

 The kids took every opportunity to sit on all the animal statues around the place. 

 They had a really cool desert themed play area that the kids loved. Ben was too scared to go in this cactus but Lauren loved it. 

 Kevin even joined in the fun!

 Ben braved the tunnels, with Opa in tow of course! 

 The first 2 headed turtle!

 Ben's first time riding on an actual animal on the carousel. He usually rides on the bench. 

 Kevin taught them this, so cute:) 

 Lauren was loving this climbing wall, she said to me, "Mom, I think I want to be a rock climber when I grow up but I don't know what to do because I also want to be a veterinarian." Apparently you can't do both. 

 This is when the Bieber fever really hit. We had a little case of the fever before we went, but after this, the girl was in love. About 10 minutes into the movie she leaned over to me with the biggest grin and said, "Mom, thank you SO Much for bringing me to this movie." She also wanted to know if we were going to meet him afterwards. 

 We had fun playing with these parts of the palm trees that fell down during a windy night. They made cute hats. 

My favorite girl and I

Lauren with her twin, Einstein:)

What a great trip to Palm Springs, Thanks Oma & Opa for everything!