We just got back from California on Thursday night. We left on New Years day early in the morning and headed to Valencia, CA (a suburb of L.A.). It only took about 12 hours, so the drive really wasn't that bad. We stayed at the Hyatt Regency and it was a really nice hotel.
Casey passed out after the long trip!
We were planning on going to Six Flags in Valencia, but it SNOWED the day we were going to go! It's kinda crazy when you go on vacation to get away from the snow and it decides to snow while you are there! The people in Cali were really funny about the snow though. It wasn't even very cold and it was only kinda slushy outside, but they all had winter coats on and were talking about how they had to go warm up their cars because it was so cold outside. It made me laugh because here in Utah it is so much colder!
The snow in Valencia!
Luckily we had my father in law's GPS with us because there are SO many different freeways and stuff in Cali. It would be so easy to get lost. We tried to navigate through downtown Los Angeles and that was a nightmare! We ended up in the pretty run down part of L.A. and then ended up in Chinatown...Casey said that Chinatown was as big as China. It felt like it lasted forever! We stopped for gas there and there was a lady in a full on snow suit... it was hilarious because it was seriously like 60 degrees outside and she was in a snow suit. We had a lot of laughs in Valencia because of the people and their response to the weather.
We headed to San Diego on Tuesday and stopped in Huntington Beach on the way. It was beautiful! The water was beautiful and there were people surfing and fishing. It was like 65 degrees and it was amazing! I was loving being able to walk around without a jacket on. I told Casey that's where I want to live when we get old. All of these people were out jogging and walking their dogs and it was the beginning of January! It was a beautiful sight to me... I really don't enjoy being cold, so I would love to live in a warm place!
Me on the Pier at Hunintgton Beach :)
Casey at Huntington Beach :)
Pretty water :)
We stayed in a hotel right by Sea World when we were in San Diego. It was a pretty small room, but we dealt with it just fine. We were expecting it to be a little bit nicer than it was and we got to fall asleep one night to the people upstairs having some fun. Haha. It was in the 60's the whole time we were there and I loved it. We also had the chance to go to the San Diego Temple while we were there, and that was by far my favorite part of the trip. I remember loving that temple as a little girl because it looked like a palace. It was great to be able to go there. It is GORGEOUS! Casey made a joke saying that the temple is just like California, you have to have a GPS to get around. Haha it's true! It was so huge and I felt like I was lost the entire time, but it was really beautiful. It was so different than going to a temple in Utah because we had a missionary get his endowments out in our session, and there were still only like 20 people total in the room. Kinda crazy because i'm used to the whole room being pretty much full! Overall we just relaxed the majority of the time we were on vacation, but it was great. I fell even more in love with my husband :) it is going to be weird when I go back to school and he goes back to work because we had a full week together.
Some pretty pictures of the temple. It is so huge it was impossible to take a picture of the whole thing, so I took a few different ones :)
I am getting ready to start my LAST semester of college! It is so crazy! I will student teach in the fall, but I won't be taking classes, so this is it for Utah State! It is so surreal and kind of sad. I have loved college and i'm kinda sad it's time to grow up and get a real job soon! I have actually been considering getting my masters degree after teaching for a year or so cause I just LOVE school. So I will more than likely be getting my masters degree! I will probably get it from Utah State too because I have just loved it and they have the best programs for Education degrees! It's so crazy to be almost done with my bachelors already though. Casey has decided to take this semester off and focus on work because he will begin going to the DATC in April for EMT and Firefighting. Things are going great for us and we are loving life! SO excited to start school again :)
Casey passed out after the long trip!
We were planning on going to Six Flags in Valencia, but it SNOWED the day we were going to go! It's kinda crazy when you go on vacation to get away from the snow and it decides to snow while you are there! The people in Cali were really funny about the snow though. It wasn't even very cold and it was only kinda slushy outside, but they all had winter coats on and were talking about how they had to go warm up their cars because it was so cold outside. It made me laugh because here in Utah it is so much colder!
The snow in Valencia!
Luckily we had my father in law's GPS with us because there are SO many different freeways and stuff in Cali. It would be so easy to get lost. We tried to navigate through downtown Los Angeles and that was a nightmare! We ended up in the pretty run down part of L.A. and then ended up in Chinatown...Casey said that Chinatown was as big as China. It felt like it lasted forever! We stopped for gas there and there was a lady in a full on snow suit... it was hilarious because it was seriously like 60 degrees outside and she was in a snow suit. We had a lot of laughs in Valencia because of the people and their response to the weather.
We headed to San Diego on Tuesday and stopped in Huntington Beach on the way. It was beautiful! The water was beautiful and there were people surfing and fishing. It was like 65 degrees and it was amazing! I was loving being able to walk around without a jacket on. I told Casey that's where I want to live when we get old. All of these people were out jogging and walking their dogs and it was the beginning of January! It was a beautiful sight to me... I really don't enjoy being cold, so I would love to live in a warm place!
Me on the Pier at Hunintgton Beach :)
Casey at Huntington Beach :)
Pretty water :)
We stayed in a hotel right by Sea World when we were in San Diego. It was a pretty small room, but we dealt with it just fine. We were expecting it to be a little bit nicer than it was and we got to fall asleep one night to the people upstairs having some fun. Haha. It was in the 60's the whole time we were there and I loved it. We also had the chance to go to the San Diego Temple while we were there, and that was by far my favorite part of the trip. I remember loving that temple as a little girl because it looked like a palace. It was great to be able to go there. It is GORGEOUS! Casey made a joke saying that the temple is just like California, you have to have a GPS to get around. Haha it's true! It was so huge and I felt like I was lost the entire time, but it was really beautiful. It was so different than going to a temple in Utah because we had a missionary get his endowments out in our session, and there were still only like 20 people total in the room. Kinda crazy because i'm used to the whole room being pretty much full! Overall we just relaxed the majority of the time we were on vacation, but it was great. I fell even more in love with my husband :) it is going to be weird when I go back to school and he goes back to work because we had a full week together.
Some pretty pictures of the temple. It is so huge it was impossible to take a picture of the whole thing, so I took a few different ones :)
I am getting ready to start my LAST semester of college! It is so crazy! I will student teach in the fall, but I won't be taking classes, so this is it for Utah State! It is so surreal and kind of sad. I have loved college and i'm kinda sad it's time to grow up and get a real job soon! I have actually been considering getting my masters degree after teaching for a year or so cause I just LOVE school. So I will more than likely be getting my masters degree! I will probably get it from Utah State too because I have just loved it and they have the best programs for Education degrees! It's so crazy to be almost done with my bachelors already though. Casey has decided to take this semester off and focus on work because he will begin going to the DATC in April for EMT and Firefighting. Things are going great for us and we are loving life! SO excited to start school again :)
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