Living in California definitely has its perks. I sometimes wonder if I lived anywhere else if my family would ever really come visit. At least as much as they do now. Last month they came back for another tour of the Southern CA favorites...
Girls night out and boys night in.... The ladies went to see Legally Blonde in Downtown Hollywood. It was funny to go on opening night seeing all the die-hards wearing some serious pink. Including an old man at least 75 years of age, whose wife (wearing a pink feather boa and sequins) must have talked him into the pink striped shirt and coral tie. Poor guy.
Then off to SeaWorld. First time for my brothers, Jacob, and Becca. Jacob seemed to enjoy everything except the Shamu show which made him cry. Whoops. Who knew?
This pic is cute cause it shows Jacob's two best friends: Aunt Rachel and Elmo.
Back to the beach. So my aunt and uncle built this AMAZING beach house right on the boardwalk. And they were nice enough to let us enjoy if for a couple days before it sells. Thanks Kris and Ed! It's incredible.
We felt pretty cool.
The rooftop is fully equipped with barbque and hot tub. The life of luxury for an afternoon. And yes, my mom is shown here making rotisserie toasted mallows for smores. Somehow it worked and they were Delish.
Sidenote: Every time I let Jake play in the sand I have to put in the plug. Otherwise we'd have some serious sand mouth.
Last but not least, another trip to Disneyland. Seriously, our So Cal Resident Passes are one of the best investments I've made in my lifetime. And the place just keeps getting better and better. If you haven't been in a few years, the Toy Story Mania would make the whole trip worth it. Its pretty much the greatest! Even when getting whacked in the face with 3-d glasses.
See my obviously "way too excited, calm down, it's just a ride" face?
Jacob is quite a fan of the newly remodeled Small World.
The brothers waiting for the "best corn dog ever made".
The family castle shot. This was the best we could do, I guess.
Amazing how this kid never sleeps when something fun is going on. I saw all sorts of babies asleep in their strollers by the time the electrical parade rolled around, but not this kid. He was too busy chewing on the new bath toys Grandma got him.
And even the next morning he seemed to be the only one awake when going to Ruby's for breakfast. .......mmmmmmm cinnamon roll french toast....... Don't even get me started.
For some reason everytime we left a place we kept saying, "Oh, why didn't we take a picture of all of us?" So thats why there are so many pics of a few of us at a time. I know, way too many anyway. We missed Aaron and my dad who were back at school.... but did you notice Stephen in the pictures! Because of his two week summer break he got to hang out with us the whole time! World record perhaps?
Well, my friends, I have approximately 9 more months of residency here, so if any of you want to come visit me before Steve's graduation I will gladly take you on a similar tour of my "hometown!"
3 comments:
great recap. makes me want to do it all over again. maybe in October.
WE will be there again on October 15-17 for Fall Break. Anyone else wants to join us at Disneyland on Thursday and Friday, consider yourself invited?
do you know where you are going to go in 9 months? And let me tell you the answer is no, your family probably would not come to visit as much if you lived in a boring town, I speak from experience. Orlando...Moscow...Orlando...Moscow where do you think we got more visitors? :)
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