This last weekend for my 21st Birthday me and some of my friends headed out to California
to go to Six Flags!
The first day we left home at 7:22, later than I expected
but it still worked perfect.
We drove straight to Santa Monica beach!!!
I love that beach!
It is so fun to see all the cool gymnastic like equipment where you can swing around, do flips,
etc.
Also, they have this amazing pier with so many fun shops, street performers, a ferris wheel, etc.
We walked down that, took pictures, were mesmerized by the ocean and
the little sea gulls and pigeons flying around.
After enjoying the pier we headed to the water!! I jumped in first and quickly
got to jumping with the huge waves that were coming in.
I love when they come and crash right by me or right after me so I can jump with it.
I love playing in the ocean. Seriously.
I don't think I can properly explain it to you, you just have to see it in action.
Good thing I am going to Hawaii in 2 weeks ;)
It was over cast at the beach so it was a bit chilly but we still
stayed in for a good amount of time.
So after we enjoyed the water we went to lunch at a place with Shwarma!
It is a pita gyro like item that I ate a lot in Jerusalem! It was
so fun to eat shwarma in the states and to share it with my friends.
So after we ate we drove to our hotel in Valencia and since traffic is ALWAYS
sooo congested in Ca it took us like an hour.
But thats ok I had the window rolled down basically for 3/4s of the drive
to the hotel and it was the best.
I love the balmy Ca air.
So then we went to Vons which is the equivialent of Safeway here. Who knew??
It was nice to use my value card.
After this we went and checked into our hotel and ate our dinners we bought
at Vons.
I bought a rotisserie chicken and apricots and I ended up eating the whole chicken except the thighs.
I would eat a piece of chicken with a dried apricot. MMM divine.
So then we watched Mega Mind which is actually DARLING. I really liked it.
We didn't finish it because we fell asleep ha at 11:30.
We definitely stayed out late, you knowww.
Actually we are way lame and get 8 hours of sleep on vacation both nights, what ev.
So Saturday we woke up and ate breakfast and went to Six Flags!
We got there a half hour early so we were in the first 100 people to get in the park.
Grant told us we had to run to X2 cause its the best ride so he led all of us in
a run
UP this
huge HILL.
Ok wait.
Hill??
Running??
I didn't sign up for this.
But alas I ran to the ride (with maybe a quick break)
and we only had to wait like 10 mins for a ride that has a 2 hour wait midday, so it was
worth it. We rode Viper, De Ja Vu, the WAY dumb river raft ride where Grant and I got COMPLETELY soaked. Aprils shoes got soaked, like mine and for the next few hours we were both complaining
of our sloshing shoes so for lunch we let our socks and shoes air out.
I always think of Forrest Gump where the lieutenatn Dan tells Forrest that he can't wear wet socks ever becasue your feet will rot.
I don't want my feet to rot! So I avoid wet socks.
So we ate lunch then we went on scream (this guy gave us a free fast pass for it!)
Collusus, Riddlers Revenge, Ninja, Tatsu and another one I can't think of.
The park was packed but we got to do all the major rides so I was way happy!!
I really loved it.
Roller coasters are a blast!!
I loved spending the day with April, Wesley, Grant, and Hayley. We
all got along so well and had no drama.
SO after Six Flags which ended at 10:3o pm we left and went to Dennys which is right by our hotel.
Haha
the lady didn't put our name down we realized after waiting forever and people getting called before us, then we didn't hear our name get called, haha so we waited for like an hour at Dennys.
Then we finally got to eat.
I ate coconut pineapple pancakes which were so good.
YES delicious.
We went straight to bed after that!
Sunday we went to church where the high counselor talked about missionary work in our homes and how we can develop a plan to help
those around us learn the gospel.
It made me so excited for when I have a family!
I want to have a home where missionary work is very important,
where my children know the missionaries will
be coming over with investigators
once a week, where
our friends will gather and we will have fun together and
they can learn gospel truths from us.
I am just way excited for the opportunity
to create that environment in my future home.
So that was great.
Then we were driving to LA when we saw the sign for Hollywood boulevard so we got on it and drove down it, it was cool.
Also we drove down Sunset boulevard and then
we went over to Beverly Hills!
The houses are soo cool looking and the cars!
We drove down Rodeo drive and I was just in awe the whole time, seeing
stores that I have only seen mentioned in Vogue or something
haha.
It was fun.
Then we drove around LA trying to find the temple that Wesley
thought he had found on his
navigation on his Iphone haha.
It was a fruitless search.
But it was fun to drive around nonetheless.
We got home around 10 last night.
It was such a fun fun trip where many memories were made!
I can't wait to go back :)
to go to Six Flags!
The first day we left home at 7:22, later than I expected
but it still worked perfect.
We drove straight to Santa Monica beach!!!
I love that beach!
It is so fun to see all the cool gymnastic like equipment where you can swing around, do flips,
etc.
Also, they have this amazing pier with so many fun shops, street performers, a ferris wheel, etc.
We walked down that, took pictures, were mesmerized by the ocean and
the little sea gulls and pigeons flying around.
After enjoying the pier we headed to the water!! I jumped in first and quickly
got to jumping with the huge waves that were coming in.
I love when they come and crash right by me or right after me so I can jump with it.
I love playing in the ocean. Seriously.
I don't think I can properly explain it to you, you just have to see it in action.
Good thing I am going to Hawaii in 2 weeks ;)
It was over cast at the beach so it was a bit chilly but we still
stayed in for a good amount of time.
So after we enjoyed the water we went to lunch at a place with Shwarma!
It is a pita gyro like item that I ate a lot in Jerusalem! It was
so fun to eat shwarma in the states and to share it with my friends.
So after we ate we drove to our hotel in Valencia and since traffic is ALWAYS
sooo congested in Ca it took us like an hour.
But thats ok I had the window rolled down basically for 3/4s of the drive
to the hotel and it was the best.
I love the balmy Ca air.
So then we went to Vons which is the equivialent of Safeway here. Who knew??
It was nice to use my value card.
After this we went and checked into our hotel and ate our dinners we bought
at Vons.
I bought a rotisserie chicken and apricots and I ended up eating the whole chicken except the thighs.
I would eat a piece of chicken with a dried apricot. MMM divine.
So then we watched Mega Mind which is actually DARLING. I really liked it.
We didn't finish it because we fell asleep ha at 11:30.
We definitely stayed out late, you knowww.
Actually we are way lame and get 8 hours of sleep on vacation both nights, what ev.
So Saturday we woke up and ate breakfast and went to Six Flags!
We got there a half hour early so we were in the first 100 people to get in the park.
Grant told us we had to run to X2 cause its the best ride so he led all of us in
a run
UP this
huge HILL.
Ok wait.
Hill??
Running??
I didn't sign up for this.
But alas I ran to the ride (with maybe a quick break)
and we only had to wait like 10 mins for a ride that has a 2 hour wait midday, so it was
worth it. We rode Viper, De Ja Vu, the WAY dumb river raft ride where Grant and I got COMPLETELY soaked. Aprils shoes got soaked, like mine and for the next few hours we were both complaining
of our sloshing shoes so for lunch we let our socks and shoes air out.
I always think of Forrest Gump where the lieutenatn Dan tells Forrest that he can't wear wet socks ever becasue your feet will rot.
I don't want my feet to rot! So I avoid wet socks.
So we ate lunch then we went on scream (this guy gave us a free fast pass for it!)
Collusus, Riddlers Revenge, Ninja, Tatsu and another one I can't think of.
The park was packed but we got to do all the major rides so I was way happy!!
I really loved it.
Roller coasters are a blast!!
I loved spending the day with April, Wesley, Grant, and Hayley. We
all got along so well and had no drama.
SO after Six Flags which ended at 10:3o pm we left and went to Dennys which is right by our hotel.
Haha
the lady didn't put our name down we realized after waiting forever and people getting called before us, then we didn't hear our name get called, haha so we waited for like an hour at Dennys.
Then we finally got to eat.
I ate coconut pineapple pancakes which were so good.
YES delicious.
We went straight to bed after that!
Sunday we went to church where the high counselor talked about missionary work in our homes and how we can develop a plan to help
those around us learn the gospel.
It made me so excited for when I have a family!
I want to have a home where missionary work is very important,
where my children know the missionaries will
be coming over with investigators
once a week, where
our friends will gather and we will have fun together and
they can learn gospel truths from us.
I am just way excited for the opportunity
to create that environment in my future home.
So that was great.
Then we were driving to LA when we saw the sign for Hollywood boulevard so we got on it and drove down it, it was cool.
Also we drove down Sunset boulevard and then
we went over to Beverly Hills!
The houses are soo cool looking and the cars!
We drove down Rodeo drive and I was just in awe the whole time, seeing
stores that I have only seen mentioned in Vogue or something
haha.
It was fun.
Then we drove around LA trying to find the temple that Wesley
thought he had found on his
navigation on his Iphone haha.
It was a fruitless search.
But it was fun to drive around nonetheless.
We got home around 10 last night.
It was such a fun fun trip where many memories were made!
I can't wait to go back :)
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