can you feel the magic?

First of all, I have been blessed with the most amazing best-sistah-friends i could have ever asked for! My girls and I were in need of a vacation so we hit the road to California!! We stayed the first two nights in San Clamente with the AMAZING Dawson family who i absolutely adore! [[ thank you for everything you did for us, Andrea! ]] . I love staying there. That family is amazing and the kids are precious and so talented.

Day one: we woke up, enjoyed breakfast and relaxed- the weather was lovely! We had no plans which meant, we could be spontaneous. Andrea suggested Hollywood- okay!! we mapquested and hit the road. Hollywood was AMAZING!! so many stars to see and lots of interesting people [[ill explain]]. We went into the wax museum and took pictures like crazy- it was really really neat. My favorite was the Joker. As we kept walking, i ran into my interesting person of the day-ELMO. He was wearing a lakers jersey in support of the game that night against the [[SUNS!!]]. Im a stinker, so i couldn't walk by ELMO without commenting on his jersey-...bad idea. ELMO trash talked me and even made a dirty comment about my SUNS...not needed...i walked away. [[still wishing i'd gotten my picture with him]]. Interesting elmo. haha we went to eat at some rockets place? haha i dont remember the name, just that my chicken did not make me have a party in my tummy. ((haha!!)). The red carpet premiere of Prince of Persia was there too....famous people. Cool. we breathed the same air. TRAFFIC WAS A POOPOO HEAD!! i give mad props to tori and michelle for driving in it. We had a really good day! We headed home and enjoyed amazing KFC that the home teachers had taken over. We watched some TV and then Alyssa and i went upstairs and listened to music and played M.A.S.H. It was a must...my future didn't make me very happy though, i married Goran Dragic...sigh...if only :)

Day two: Woke up to another lovely day on base. Alyssa started singing a song about the beach, ohhh my special little girl haha!! We got ready for the beach and went down to the beach on the marine base. It felt like a private beach- just us. So what do we do?...oh you know it....SAND CASTLES!!! bahaha we took lots of beach toys and made sand castles. So fun. The water was freezing but we still played around in it. we layed out for a bit and relaxed to the breeze and sound of the ocean. it was perfect!! I had a lot on my mind the week previous to going to California. It was perfect timing going to california, the beach is perrrrfect to help clear my mind and ease muh heart :) loved it so much!! After playing at the beach, we showered and got ready to head to Huntington to visit Tyler, our handsome pilot friend. We checked into our hotel-motel-days inn and jumped on the bed before heading towards Huntington. Tyler took us to the pier where we had dinner at BJ's. His friends met up with us and we walked down the pier and into the closed off street where stands were up and people sold random awesomeness. We had a lot of fun,...anddd i fell in love with Huntington. There's a hospital close to the pier...everywhere needs a nurse right? hehe. It had been a loooong day so when we got to our hotel, we crashed and went to bed cause the best day of all was just a few hours ahead....

Day three: HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH!! why yes, you guessed it, DISNEYLAND!! after 14 years, i finally went back to the happiest place on earth where [as the worker lady told me] I am a beautiful princess :) [[chuckle]]. I LOVED IT!! we owe it all to the incredible FRANK for getting us an awesome deal-FREE PARK HOPPER..oh that's right boy! what's up! haha it was incredible!! first thing i did, was buy a disneyland shirt and wore it all day long. we ran to space mountain and buahaha it was so great. It was a wednesday so the lines weren't long at allll!! the longest we waited was 30 minutes at the soar over california ride. every bit of disney was amazing. CHURROS. need i say more? .... it is heavenly!! California adventure was so fun too! tower of terror made me very happy! i saw stitch and ran to him to take a picture. lets just say there are tons of pictures haha it was such a great day at the park. so many things to do, see, eat and smile over. it was perfect. no worries or concerns. Just...magical :) we had a 12 hour day at the park. back at our hotel-motel-days inn...we got into our jammies and ordered pizza and DP. amazing. mMMmmm great day indeed!!

Day four: hit the road back home.

I am so grateful for this trip with my girls. It was great. Perfect timing for all of us to vacation. It was amazing and i am so so so blessed to have had this experience with such wonderful women and examples. love muh life!