Trip to California

Over the weekend we drove to California to take our engagement pictures.  We left early Friday morning and finally arrived in California around 7:00 p.m.  It was a long drive but we kept each other entertained through music, reading books outloud, and dancing (the best was John dancing to the "Cha Cha Slide" - I cried from laughing so hard).  We stopped at Brad and Shari's (John's brother-in-law and sister) in Huntington Beach and went to Pei Wei with them and their boys.  It was fun to finally get to meet Shari and her family. 

John and I with his cute nephews Drew, Jakob, and Josh

After dinner we drove the rest of the way to San Clemente.  We stayed with John's parents, at their families condo on the beach.  John's aunt and uncle and Grandma were also staying there that weekend, so it was fun to meet and get to know them. 

Saturday morning we went for a run on a trail along the beach.  It was windy and raining and we were SOAKED by the time we finished.  But oh it was fun!  A funny story - as we finished our run on the pier I looked over at John and his face was covered in boogers.  Seriously covered.  Apparently he had tried to blow a 'snot rocket' and it didn't work out so well :)  We went back to the condo, showered, ate a delicious breakfast, and got ready for our pictures.  Shari is a photographer and offered to do them for us.  I was so excited when I found out we'd take some on the beach! We were worried about the weather because it had been raining on and off the last few days.  LUCKILY it stopped just in time for our pictures and started right back up again when we were finished.  It was so fun taking pictures - first we did some on the beach and then went on main street and did some around all the little shops they had.  Once we were finished we stopped for some donuts at Surfin' Donuts (mmmm....so good) and then spent the rest of the afernoon in the condo.  

That night we went to dinner at Fat Burgers - wow!!  John and I walked back to the condo and stopped by a few little shops on the way.  At one point on our walk we past a man who smelt awful of alcohol.  A few seconds later we heard him collapse to the ground.  We didn't know if we should stop and help to see if he was ok.  John just figured he had passed out from too much to drink so we kept going.  I couldn't help but keep looking back at him to see if he was going to get up.  It was such a sad sight to see - poor guy!

Sunday morning we woke up and ate yummy pancakes with everyone and then hit the road.  It seemed to be a MUCH longer drive on the way back, only because we were both so sick of being in the car.  It was such a fun weekend though and nice to get to meet more of John's family.  I can't wait to go back this summer! 

Engagement pictures coming soon :)