Life in all its Brilliance: More fun than sitting at home!!

I love vacations! Who doesn't? No matter what goes wrong or what kind of weather you have, it is always great! I live for vacations, more specifically, traveling. Someday, when I grow up, I am going to be a world traveler. But until then I will enjoy the sites and attractions of our fabulous country.

This post is about our trip to California. Where the weather is always perfect, the sun always shining and.. where you can't help but smile

This is Brandon and Jenny. Aren't they cute? They are awesome and more fun than watching the office. Jenny and I met in China and have since been great friends and have had many extreme adventures together. We went to california together too.

Warning: this post contains lots of pictures!

The day after we finally made it to San Diego we went to the zoo.

I do love the zoo!!

Here we are at the sea lion/animal show.

I have always enjoyed the different shows at both the zoo and sea world. I don't know if it is just me getting older or things are really changing, but this show was not as exciting as I remember. But it was still enjoyable. After the show we went and saw the animals.

We...

Saw Elephants.

Took pictures with gigantic mammoths and sloths.

Kissed on the sky lift.

Met this creature of beauty.

Rode escelators.

And looked at all the kazillion animals that they have there. I won't bore you with pictures of countless animals. We even went on a bus tour around the zoo which was probably m

y favorite. I could see the animals much better. After a fun filled day at the zoo, we drove up to Anaheim and checked into our most adorable hotel. It was called the Lemon Tree and it was beautiful! It was so quaint and romantic! And I LoVeD it!!

We spent the next day at Universal Studios. It was the first time for both of us, and we had a BLAST!!

We...

Took pictures with this classic.

Walked the red carpet.

Were frightened by Chucky.

Got attacked by a penguin.

Found our future car.

Reconnected with childhood heros.

Were overpowered by mummies.

Rested by a fountain.

Kicked it with Homer and Marge.

Shopped at Kwik-E-Mart....

And bought these Lard Lads.

We also watched a murder, found a plane crash, ran from T-Rex, were in an earthquake, survived a flood, and so much much more! It was a blast. If any of you have never been, I recommend giving it a shot. The worst that could happen is coming home and doing something like this:

Mmm Mmm! These were delish! It was so big I got to enjoy for the next 4 days.

The next three days we spent at Disneyland. Oh how I love Disneyland! It really is a magical place. It makes me so happy!

We had an early morning pass which got us into the park an hour before most people. It was great, although we only made it for the first half hour. The park was open from 8 in the morning until midnight each day. I was so excited! and I was determined to spend all 16 hours there each day. And we almost made it... except for the first day... we lasted only until 5. But we were only going to go back to the hotel for a little nap and be back by 9 to watch the fireworks. That didn't happen. I was asleep by 6 and didn't wake up until 7 the next morning. I know you're thinking 'Wow!' but remember all our adventures before we made it to Cali? We were pooped! I was a little disappointed that we didn't make it back, but we did spend the next two days at the park from open to close! While we were there we...

Discoverd a dead pirate and his treasure.

Got caught in a net.

Chowed on a turkey leg.

Watched them set up for the World of Color.

(the big premier was the day after we left :( I was sad)

Nearly got speared.

And of course screamed our heads off on our favorite rides.

(picture of a picture. I'm cheap.)

The best part about our trip to Disneyland this year was Victoria, an employee of Disneyland. We were waiting in line for Indiana Jones and were chatting it up with the girl who maned the line (Victoria). She liked us I guess, so she gave us a handfull of Fast Passes to the ride. We used them and stopped to talk to her each time. After she got off her shift she somehow found us in the park and pulled out a huge wad of Front of Line passes. Not FastPasses, but front of line passes... to any ride!!! I didn't even know they had those! Each one was for 6 people so on our way up we would grab random people from the line to join us. It was fantastic! We never waited in line for more than 10 minutes! It really changed our experience. haha. So moral is... be nice to the workers... they have the good stuff.

After three long days at Disneyland we drove back to San Diego where we stayed with Brandon's dad in his gorgeous place! While in San Diego, we went to Sea World where we...