At the beginning of this month we were lucky enough to have the opportunity to go out to Palm Springs to see our cusion Ali as Christine in the Phantom of the Opera--at Palm Springs High School. She was beyond amazing and sounded JUST like the actress we saw play the part on Broadway back in October. She is trained in dance and vocally. We were all so very proud of her!! And it was fun to see the family again. : )
I got my camera out a bit late on this one, and just caught them as they were ending their final bows.
This was, the Phantom on the left, Ali (as Christine) in the middle and Raoul at the end. The guy who played Phantom was also very good, he had the perfect voice for it.
At the end we all got to explore around backstage.
The Pange family.
Marc (my Moms Brother), Chris, Carolanne and Ali : )
More backstage. We all had a lot of fun poking around back there. : )
They had these amazing billboards up around town. I didn't end up getting a photo of one out by the road, by they had these cute replicas at the after party....so, this will do. Just imagine it REALLY big. ; )
Treats at the after party!
My Dad, Mom, Ali, Me, Brody, and Anne (my Mom's Sister)
Being at the play with everyone was just so much fun!! I love every bit of it. Ali is so talented and it was great to share in something that is so special to her. And we just loved seeing and spending time with family. : )
We had a little credit through Priceline do to a hotel mishap the month before, so we used it for a nice out in Palm Springs! We ended getting the Westin Resort. It was SO nice and relaxing, and the weather was just perfect!
Eating pool side! One of my favorite things. : )
Soaking up some desert sun!
Even I came home with some sun, not a burn! Yay! : )
(taken and edited with my iPhone)
This was the bigger of the two porches we had. This one had a little bit of yard to the side of it. It was really pretty.
A little room service breakfast! It was SO good and perfect since we were kind of on a time limit and wanted to hit the pool again before we left. : )
(taken and edited with my iPhone)
Before we headed home, we took a nice walk around the grounds of the hotel. It had a beautiful golf course, a handful of pools and more.
One of the big pounds had all these great fish in it. Some were quite large and did some jumping for us!
So so beautiful!!
These ducks had no fear, and no shame to come right up and ask for food. Sadly, I didn't have anything for them.
This hotel had the coolest long arched hallway. I had some fun taking photos of it.
This was Brody walking down the hall at check in.
(taken and edited with my iPhone)
Brody was checking out while I was snapping some last min photos of the grounds, and this is how he came at me down this long grass way. haha. I love it!!
We had such a wonderful little get a way! It was so fun and relaxing. We love Palm Springs and our loved ones there! : )
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