Moore Family: Mom's 60th Birthday Celebration

For almost a year we have been planning my mom's big 60th birthday! She knew she wanted to go some place, she didn't really care she just wanted us girls to come along. It didn't take much to convince us!

We finally decided about a month before her birthday on Palm Springs. We were flying on buddy passes so the destination could really be anywhere. My mom's cousin, Sue Ellen, has time shares and could get us one available that weekend there.

I left pretty early in the morning Thursday morning and was very lucky to make it from Boise to Salt Lake in 1 shot....you just never know with standby travel!

Of course we couldn't make it on the flight we were hoping for to get to Palm Springs from Salt Lake but it was ok because it gave me time to go see Paul in the hospital!

It was a fun afternoon there with he, Joni, and Erin. We were so excited when Paul decided he wanted pancakes for dinner....and maybe a little jealous!

Paul was waiting to meet with the brain surgeon to find out about getting the tumors taken off his skull. I was grateful to be there when he finally came in. It was nice to meet someone so down to earth and willing to help Paul start to feel better and get his vision back. But the best part about it is he finally had some direction!

After spending a couple hours at the hospital we found a flight that looked good for Palm Springs.....we were off!!! It was pretty late but we were still happy to get going on our way.

We got to our resort/condo pretty late so it was fun to wake up and discover how beautiful our surroundings were.
These ducks greeted us bright and early looking for some breakfast. Brenda was very adventurous and feeding them trying to get them in our condo until one pooped inside! Out they go!!!!

The birthday girl!! Headed down to the pool.

It was SO relaxing to sit pool side with no distractions. This is kind of like my heaven!

They also had hot tubs placed all around the resort so we took the opportunity to sit in each one!

The weekend went by WAY too quickly and it was time for us to get on a REALLY early flight home Sunday morning.
We had a wonderful time full of movie watching, eating, laughing, and just being lazy! We missed not having Megan there but understand with it being so close to her due date.....next time!!
Happy Birthday Mom!!!!

Of course there always has to be a bump in flying standby! We made it from Palm Springs to SLC just fine but for me to get home to Boise was going to be a nightmare......like a couple of days of sitting and waiting in SLC to get home. My sister had the great idea of looking into flying from SLC to Twin Falls and having Glen drive there to get me. That was the best idea out of all my options and they had lots of open seats so that was the plan. Only thing is that flight didn't leave until almost 10pm.

I was ok with that though because while I was gone Paul had his surgery and I was able to swing by and see him again!