We went to L.A. in early June. Kyle's sister lives there. And I guess since she won't live here, L.A. is the next best place for her to be, since it's basically my favorite place. On our way there we stayed in Primm (cause my blood clot problems would not allow for an all nighter nor a sleep over in the car). Then after Primm we stopped in lovely San Dimas. This park may actually be in La Verne, but it was my very favorite park when we lived there and this is my very favorite tree--in the WORLD.
However, I have grown very afraid of heights since we lived there and couldn't make it far. Kyle made sure to document how high i was so every one could see what a baby I am.
So, this picture really does NO justice to this situation, but here it is anyway. This is Erinn's street. It is craziness. It is basically straight up. It really freaked me out.
So, this trip was basically the most fun ever. They have a freezing cold pool we swam in (and a diving board!), we went to a Tim Burton exhibit (while they went to church ;)), shopping, out to eat, the beach and BEST OF ALL: the wax museum. So here are way too many pictures of the wax museum and then a few of the beach at the end. To see swimming pictures go to Erinn's blog here.
Sorry if that was too many wax pictures for you. I was totally in heaven. If it wasn't enough, Erinn has more here. Here's us at Santa Monica beach. It was really cold, as were our italian sandwiches at that point. But it was still quite enjoyable.
On our way home we stopped in Primm again. Different hotel, but basically it was all the same. We played some D&D on the hotel bed before resting up for the journey home. However, the reason we were stopping was because the last NBA play off game was going on and when we stepped into the casino all the tvs were showing us that it was very much over. Kyle was pretty disappointed. However, we could not just jump in the car and be on our way (blood clot problems aside), cause our kid smelled awful. But don't worry, I got to hold him, squishing whatever was going on through the unbelievably long check in process. When we finally got to our room--on the 11th floor--we stripped the kid down to reveal the BIGGEST blow out in history. It required a family shower to cleanse the kid. It was quite the adventure. I'm pretty sure I was gagging the entire time. Lovely end to our trip.
However, (other than this last tale) it was an awesome trip and I'm DYING to go back again before it gets less warm again. Maybe I'll force Erinn to take us back with her when she visits in two weeks.
7 comments:
I absolutely love the picture of Felix on Hannibal Lecter's shoulders! I don't think I saw you taking that one. I'm glad you made us go there, because it was not the sort of thing we would have done on our own.
Come down next week! I'm driving up to Utah around the 9th or so ALL ALONE (I mean, except for the evil children.) So, there would be room for you on your way back, at least!
They let you hang out with the wax people? That's rad. Was that the one on Hollywood?
i sorta love that picture of you and nicolas cage. :)
I love that tree, it is so cool. I've always wanted to go to the wax museum, it looks like you had a great time. We used to go to Santa Monica beach all the time when we lived in Cal. When you are tired or otherwise stressed that check in process there is deadly.
That looks like it was so much fun. And Justin Timberlake looked way real...some didn't, though. I wanted to go with Jeff and the kids to the wax museum in Las Vegas, but we were way too cheap, cause it was a lot more than I thought it would be. Also, I wish you would have taken pics at the Tim Burton exhibit! I'm dying to see what that's like. I think it's pretty swanky that you have family in L.A. I think I would totally mention that in every conversation I found myself having.
You're hilarious. I love how Kyle took a picture of how high you were in the tree to show you were a scaredy cat. I totally believe you that the street was steep. I don't know why they don't show up in pictures very well, but the same thing happened to me when I took a picture of a hill I hiked that was straight up. It looked so whimpy and lame. So I didn't include it in my post. And the was museum looks awesome. I love all the pictures. You guys are fun. :)
I love the wax photos!
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