Technically, we were in Indio, but no one knows where that is. Indio has lots of golf courses and is very much a resort community (the newer part, anyway).
View from our balcony.
Lots of fun watching the ducks that roam the property.
As soon as we got to the resort, Anthony, Andrew and Aubrey set out to find stuff to do. Ping pong won. And they enjoyed playing it so much for the week we were there that we decided to use our Christmas gift certificates from Grandpa and Grandma Hoggan to buy our own table. It should arrive in a couple of weeks.
Basketball was another fun activity. They found a few new friends to shoot around with, too, but we didn't get photos of them. You'll notice Aubrey's back foot is always up when she shoots. It's probably not technically correct, but she makes a lot more baskets when she does it than when she doesn't.
And Austin did homework. He's probably got the heaviest course load in the history of high school seniors (at least it seems that way). His dedication is admirable.
After being there a couple of days, we were able to get on the tennis courts (they were being refinished). None of us are pros at tennis (although James is pretty good and Anthony's not far behind), but we had fun pretending. Actually, Aubrey and Andrew learned really quickly and I was impressed by their improvement.
And Austin still did homework...
We got a little pool time in, too (while Austin did more homework).
Our last stop, on the way out of town, was Shields Date Farm. We heard that their date shakes are worth the trip. I thought they were pretty good. We couldn't even get Anthony to try one. Everyone else was somewhere in the middle. I think we're all in agreement that Christmas in the sun is the way to go!
