9.18.2008

The Vaca!

Check out our slide show! We've got TONZ of pictures to share. And p.s., don't be shy, be a "peep who gives a biz" and leave a comment... ;)

Day 1~We flew into Burbank in a tiny wittoe plane and headed to Bob's Big Boy to eat. There we saw "what's his name", as we called him, from the T.V. show Bones...David Paul..something. After getting settled when we got to the Hotel, Naomi and Stace went to Disney Land. Emil and I went to visit Emil's cousin and her family. It was such a great visit and we wish we could have visited more.

Day 2~We headed to Venice Beach, Cali style ;). From there we went back to our Hotel to get ready for the greatest show EVER, WICKED!!! Oh man! What an amazing show...the real story of the Witches. We ended the day ready for our Disney Land..which is where we were on...

Day 3
~DISNEY LAND!!! We were there ALL day/14 hours all day, and we just enjoyed the sauce out of it!! After some great, great rides we relaxed and watched the fire works in the land where "dreams come true". We happened to be watching the fire works at "Princess Land". Well, I know of only one special Princess who had her dream come true that night...NAOMI!! Our niece Nava is the one we can thank for explaining to Stace, her fiance, how to "re-pose" (propose) correctly some time ago. He listened well because he did just that! Stace had sweet loving words to express to his Princess to be, for time and ALL eternity, and we congratulated the two of them. It was so sweet! What a treat to have shared such a special moment with them.

Day 4
~We drove to San Diego and met up with our Aunt Laurie at Sea World. We enjoyed rides, shows, and lunch with her before she had get back home. It was great to see her! It made me wish I could visit her SO much more. While we were there, we happen to see another "celeb"..Kelsy Grammar. Haha! Crazy sauce! We really liked the shows and we even got to feed the dolphins. THAT was neat. We were SO sick of theme park food that we headed West of Sea World to a little place called, The Red Sails Inn. It was REALLY great food! From there we headed to see the San Diego Temple and it was amazing! It was just glowing! We all agreed that while Disney Land was SO great, this is were real dreams really can come true.
Day 5
~We attended a Samoan ward in the morning and from there walked around town enjoying the sights of Anaheim. After that Huntington Beach was next! Emil and I got right in the Ocean and the waves were SO big! We caught so many of them, drifted off, and caught another taking us closer to shore. It was just so beautiful! We just felt so grateful for the wonderful trip. We KNEW we had special company and that we were being watched over.

We ate at the Cheescake Factory to end our trip. We were so blessed to have been able to do this and share it with Naomi and Stace! We all grew closer and we are already looking forward to our next trip together! YES!

Day 6~ We woke up craZy sAucE early and headed back to Burbank to catch our flight. We arrived in Utah and went our separate ways to face other responsibilities. Sad day..sigh. Malia, Emil's sister, was kinda enough to watch our "zoo" to make sure our pets were happy and our house didn't fall apart! Once we got home, we unpacked and then we took a nap. Emil woke up after about 2 hours to start homework. Well, I thought I would just sleep a bit more...well that turned into a 17 hour nap!! Awh, that was yummy. It was a great end to a great trip. We are thankful to Heavenly Father for allowing us to have such a lovely and safe Vaca Biz.

6 comments:

Anne said...

ok, i will be a peep and give a biz... so next time i am coming with you, and instead of flying away from the ocean afterward, we will just all retire there. yeah. i love SoCal! i am totally jealous, and very impressed with some of those pictures! now back to reality...

Joe and Angela said...

that trip looked like it was way fun.

embroidered hats!

joanne brickey said...

congrats to all who get to take vacations! and congrats to C & E for being the true traveling "companions" with a mission of securing the next temple wedding. thank you for keeping safe & well. we are so happy you have this memory & many more to come. sarah was born in huntington beach.....but a little further in-land. dad & i gave up sunny cal. 10 days before joseph's 10 day late arrival in order to finally be able to buy a home (out of cali's high real estate). we gave you your love of the waves!

Lavi said...

so i love that you just say sauce after everything!! i thought i was the only one!! hahaha

Jenna Kae said...

hey, i give a biz! sounds like a way fun trip. i'm jealous - the beach sounds heavenly right about now...

Anonymous said...

I love it! Caroline, I miss your energy! Brad and I were so blessed to get to know you two while we were in Logan. By the way, we had a schnauzer (is that how you spell it?) when I was younger and she would do the exact same thing as your dog would. And, Brad served his mission in Anaheim and even served in a Samoan and Polynesian ward while there.