Flip, they just keep coming!

Last post of the day, I swear.

Yesterday was Jessie's birthday and we spent my final weekend here in CA (sad trombone) up in LA. Due to a series of unfortunate events, neither of us had our cameras.

So what did we do?

We bought disposable cameras of course. Loved every crazy minute of looking through the viewfinder and asking random people to do the same. Then making jokes about checking to see if the picture was good enough. So, as you can tell, it will be slightly longer than usual for me to post pictures of this weekend.

But know this.... it rocked.

P-I-Z-Z-A

Following our ridiculously long, yet productive day in DL (see post #2), we were privileged enough to make a visit to Rubino's (or something) pizza. Notice how there are no people, and no lights on in this establishment....

Friend of a friend owns this place, and invited us to an after hours, private dining experience.

We took the term "personal pizza" to a whole new level.

Cheese. A whole tub of it in fact. I was loving life.

Getting ready to work out that little pizza dough of mine.

Jessie eating an anchovy. I tried it, and I have to be honest, I did not like it. At. All.

Putting the pizzas in the inferno of deliciousness.

The private diners. J, N, L, J. (Also, the ranch -for dipping purposes- at this place rocked, and N even packed us a giant bag of cheese to take home. What service!) It was simply delightful.

Again...

Post #2 of 3 today.

More Disneyland. We have made our Annual Passes work for the money. Boo Ya Grandma!

World of Color fast passes.

Workin the b-danna

About to stay surprisingly dry on Splash Mountain.

You can tell how loud my laugh is based on this photograph. I am special.

L is for.....

And also, there was an episode of night swimming. Mostly I surveyed the beach rules, likely story.

While J and Q tested out the water.... It turned out to be chilly. Shocking.

The Fourth of Joo-Lie

The 4th of July weekend, was one I was sad to be missing back home, because I LOVE the Murray Parade and all Utah events related to the holiday. However, SoCal did not disappoint. We had some visitors for the weekend, and some fabulous visitors they were! Here is what the weekend consisted of:

Green, sludgy, morning vita-mix-es

Beach time of course

I post this picture so that everyone can see how far away the water is from us and also to lament a little further over the loss of my beloved blackberry. On this fateful beach day, a rogue wave attacked our camp and all available electronics, including my phone. R.I.P.

On the 4th (which was on the actual day, instead of the Saturday before) we joined the throngs of people near the beach and wandered around La Jolla. We found a Cheese Shop, and naturally had to take a picture to honor my love of the cheese.

Next we made our way to Coronado to find a primo spot for the fireworks show over downtown San Diego. Hanging out on the giant beach towel, waiting for the business to start.

Illegal (well, at least you can't buy them in the state) sparklers on the beach. Seeing this picture, I wish we would have done something cooler. Oh well.

The grand finale. I love America in California.