I'm so glad she came out with her daughter, two of my former YW and a friend. As I cried my eyes out from the airport all I could think was, "Maybe I should have put a day in between these visits because I'm so sad, and now I have to be excited, and I don't know if I can turn the switch so quickly." And then I told Satan to get up out my business, because I love my girlfriends and their daughters and I WAS excited to see them. I just didn't realize I would be such a hot mess after Kie left. The minute we heard them roll up, all the sadness dissipated and it was pure happiness from then on out. We were on strict teenage schedule to get to the beach ASAP! Well, this is LA and you don't get anywhere ASAP lol, so an hour later we made it to Santa Monica. The pier is lovely, all the teens went on a rollercoaster and the littles went on this adorable hot air balloon spinning ride. We met Minnie Mouse. It was the best day of my little's life!
We went to the LA temple and basked in it's beauty. We sat in the Visitor's Center for longer than expected. It was great to feel the spirit and see all the girls come together even in their huge age gap (4-19) and just be girls who all love Jesus Christ. They all have the same goal to make it through those giant doors one day, to make covenants with a living God, who wants us all to be in eternal families. I love the temple. I love those girls. I want them to make it through those doors, too.
We had intended to do the Hollywood sign/Observatory that night too, but we were cold, wet and tired and decided to grab pizza and go home.
The Mr. didn't get home until 6 A.M. but wanted to come with us for a day of adventure. We went to Griffith Park, but we basically had to park at the bottom and hike to the observatory and that just wasn't possible on our teenager led schedule which had strict rules to be at the beach by noon. side note: later that night on the news they said a hiker found a skull on their trail, I'm just so grateful that WAS NOT US! I
can't imagine having to be responsible for that image burning in these girls' brain forever.
We went to the Hollywood walk of fame. I'm an expert now and knew the only place with names we would recognize and care about would be in front of the metro station.
And then we were off to Santa Monica again. I don't feel like the day was any different, but I am SOOOOO sunburned. Like Hawaii sunburned- I'm sure I have a picture of that somewhere, but maybe not. It's tomato red. It's painful. This too shall pass. We buried the Mr. in a hole and V as a mermaid. There are pictures. We packed up and did the most California thing you could do- grab In-N-Out. And then we took them through LA on the 10 and they were off. It was a quick but fun trip. It was just what I needed to not sit in my "pity party for 1" after Kie left.
Thank you ladies for visiting and lifting my spirits.
Everyone else, go do your visiting teaching.
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