A Palm Springs Birthday-Anniversary-Birthday Weekend

Awhile back Hank and I decided to stop giving each other gifts for birthdays, our anniversary, Valentine's Day, and even Christmas. We always, always do hand written letters or cards and small items on occasion, but we made the decision to put our money towards experiences rather than things and haven't look back. Our birthdays and wedding anniversary also happens to fall in the span of four days (mine is May 29th, our anniversary is May 31st, and Hank's birthday is June 1st), so for the past few years we've always done a stay-cation to celebrate. This time around, there was no way I could leave Charlie overnight, so we decided to make it a family affair and invite my parents and my sister and her family too.

We first tried Airbnb when we all went to Sedona to celebrate my Mom's 60th birthday and really, really fell in love with the whole concept. It was such a nice change (and so much more affordable) than all staying in a hotel, so when we started to plan this weekend I immediately checked out Airbnb listings to find a place. We lucked out again, and found a great, kid-friendly spot right in the heart of Palm Springs. 

We celebrated my birthday when we arrived Thursday night- my parents, sister and Lucy were waiting for us with party hats and cheesecake- and then Hank and I got to go out on Saturday to celebrate our anniversary. Sunday was Hank's birthday and we woke him up with donuts and coffee, and in between all of it was a lot of pool time, good food, and enjoying downtown Palm Springs.

It's weird, if you would have told me a few years ago I would be visiting Palm Springs twice in the span of a few months (or ever!) I probably wouldn't have believed you. But we've really fallen in love with that quirky little town. It's a quick drive and feels like you're a world away once you're there. Have you been there? If so, what did you think? And I'm also curious- have you ever tried Airbnb? If you haven't take a look at all the awesome places all over the world when you get a moment. And full disclosure, that's my referral link, so you will get $25 credit when you use the service and so will I. I've also heard Home Away is a great, similar site. Any recs for that one?

And of course, here are a million photos from our weekend- mainly photos from my regular camera, which I edited with A Beautiful Mess actions. There are also some from my iPhone mixed up in there too.

xoxo