Bryan Schwarz, Palm Springs, and Joshua Tree National Park

The newest addition to our family arrived 10 days ago:  Bryan Schwarz.  A little brother for Bella, and a son for Alexis and John. Well, not so "little"... he was 8lbs 14oz.
Unfortunately I cannot figure out how to steal photos from Facebook anymore, or I'd post some here.  Maybe later.


Meanwhile,

A week at our timeshare in Palm Springs.

Had a great day today at Joshua Tree National Park.  Love the rock formations. Rick and I took two hikes, one to the dam, another through Hidden Valley where massive boulders create this secret place cattle thieves used to hide out in.

Keys View, up over 5,200 feet, took us to a fabulous overlook, and a little bit of snow.  I made a snowball and got my fill of "winter"!

It is about 15 degrees cooler here in Palm Springs than it should be, but at least the rain only lasted a day.  We strolled through a couple of art and street fairs over the weekend, had a great Mexican dinner in town, and are just sort of hanging out.

Neither of us feel like studying our Italian lessons.  oh well.

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