Eight days of pool light, desert wind, World Cup roars, and a long table set for everyone we love.
Every star is someone coming. Every line is a flight home.
Airports, drive times, the address, and what to do when you pull into the driveway.
Nobody's RSVP'd yet — be first.
Address, Wi-Fi, gate code, and the host's number are behind the family password.
Strongly encouraged — closest, easiest, fewest freeways.
Small & easy if your flight lands here naturally.
Lots of flights but the worst drive — avoid if you can.
Reasonable backup if ONT is sold out.
Beaumont in July runs 95–105°F. The desert day trips (Windmill + Jeep) are hotter still and in direct sun.
Live forecast for the places we'll visit this week — from our Beaumont base out to Palm Springs, Simi Valley, and LA.
Enough structure to make each day memorable, with enough downtime for swimming, food, games, naps, and the long conversations that only happen when everyone is finally in the same place.
The rhythm is simple: activity days, rest days, and big family moments. No rushing. No long road trips. Just Southern California, summer light, and the people we love.
A balanced rhythm of arrivals, matches, desert adventure, presidential history, and the meals that hold it all together.
The week opens slowly — bags through the door, kids in the pool, music low, plates passed across a long table.
Two matches, one pool, and the kind of afternoon where the whole family ends up in jerseys by accident.
A full desert day — turbines spinning at dawn, a Jeep climbing the San Andreas Fault, and ice cream as the sun gets low. Then the night the whole trip is built around.
A flexible day, decided the night before. Three strong options waiting — pick the one that matches the weather and the energy.
A breath in the middle of the week. Pool in the morning, one match in the afternoon, dominoes and BBQ smoke at dusk.
A hilltop in Simi Valley, the smell of jet fuel, an Oval Office in miniature, and a long ride home full of conversation.
Church in the morning. A hosted lunch at 2:30 stretching into the afternoon. Photos, games, and the kind of golden hour you remember for years.
A quiet morning. The first car pulls away, then another. Plans for next time already starting in the driveway.
We came for the people. The schedule is here to hold the week, not to run it. If a day melts into the pool and the plan changes, that's the plan working.
Decide the night before based on weather, energy, and how the family is feeling. All three are good. None of them is wrong.
A lighter day with aircraft, military history, and engineering — finishing back home with plenty of pool time before dinner.
A Los Angeles day combining Lakers history, sports culture, and Ice Age fossils — bigger outing, longer day, deeper into the city.
Pack the towels and head west. Sand, surf, and a long lazy stretch on the Pacific — perfect when the desert feels like enough.
Palm Springs in the afternoon. Air Force One on a hilltop. The roar of a goal. A long lunch on a Saturday. Eight days, and then a year of waiting for the next one.
The full schedule with times, costs, and what to wear / bring. Check this the night before each day.
Not part of the official 8 days — a few early birds land today. Whoever's in by noon comes to the Saturday service together.
Most of the family flies in today. Easy pace at the house — swim, settle in, hug everyone as they roll up.
Two matches bracketing the pool. Dinner with Yvonne Telgt-McKinney and family.
Windmills in the morning, red Jeeps in the afternoon. Long day in the sun.
Flex day. Two ways to run it: (1) the whole family picks ONE option together the night before, or (2) we split into up to three groups and each group picks its own — A, B, and/or C can all happen the same day. A: Palm Springs Air Museum. B: Crypto.com Arena + La Brea. C: Beach day at Corona del Mar or Huntington Beach.
Easy in, easy out. One match.
Long day trip — ~2 hrs each way. Plan for a full day out.
Second Saturday service, then a long lunch with extended friends. Last full day together.
Airport, the desert, the tramway, the gardens. Tap a pin. Exact house address comes by text — privacy first.
Tap your face card in. Add your flight number too — the family can watch you land (password required).
Fly into Ontario (ONT) if you can — closest pickup. LAX and PSP work too.
No offers yet — be the first.
Nobody stranded — yet.
Wifi, pool, AC, where the spare key is.
The final is July 19 — a week after we head home. Lock in your picks below; we settle bragging rights in the family group chat once the trophy is lifted.
Dark Horse = an underdog nobody's betting on, but you think will go surprisingly far. The team that quietly busts brackets.
Press record. Say hi from your kitchen, your car, your couch. The family will hear it.
Drop the song that means something. Wedding song. Karaoke go-to. The one Grandma always hums. We'll play them all on the speakers — no Spotify needed.
Each evening at 9pm, a new entry appears here — written from the day's photos, letters, and moments.
Open the journal →One favorite memory per evening.
No moments yet — be the first tonight 🌙
Pick a prompt. Drop a memory. Every answer goes into the printed keepsake book we'll hand out next year.
Drop a memory, a favorite story, a thank-you — type it or record your voice. Every letter goes into a keepsake she opens on Celebration Night.
Notes stay sealed until Saturday July 11 at noon, then they all open at once.
Childhood birthdays, wedding day, in-between moments. We'll project these on Celebration Night and everyone will cry. (You've been warned.)
Upload, browse, and react to photos from every day of the gathering.
Categories to look for all week. Tap one to upload straight into it — these go beyond day-by-day so we end up with the full story.
36 squares. Fill the whole card by Day 8. Sign in to your tile once and your card follows you across phones, laptops, and browsers. Tap a square to mark it. Tap the + to add proof (a photo or a witness sign-off). Proof is optional, but it stacks bragging rights.
Saves to your device. ⭐ items are the ones you'll be sad about if you skip.
July 2026