SoCal Vacation

So we recently got back from our southern California vacation and we had a wonderful time. We spent six days of fun relaxation in the beautiful California weather. It was mid 80's the entire time and sunny with the occasional ocean breeze. Several of our days were composed of spending time on the beach. We went to New Port, Huntington, San Juan Capistrano, and Laguna. The picture above is of Laguna Beach at sunset. Amber and I went down to the beach that evening for a sunset date with just the two of us and walked the beach and just admired the view. The ocean is an amazing place at sunset everything takes on a very different feel, it seems very spiritual and almost as if it's a whole new world all together. Needless to say we really enjoyed the time by the ocean.
We also had the opportunity to take the kids to the San Diego Zoo. It was a lot of fun and the kids really loved seeing all of the animals. Jasmine just rode around in her stroller all day and was a little trooper...I think she liked the Giant Pandas the best because she bought one at the gift shop when the day was over. So the seven hours and two hundred miles of hiking the zoo was a success.
The other exciting thing we had the chance to do was to go to Hollywood and see the sights. We got to tour Hollywood Blvd and see the stars. We stopped by the Chinese Theatre and got to see all of the old movie stars signatures in the concrete. (John Wayne, Clark gable, Frank Sinatra...etc) Apparently the theatre is a popular spot for the big premiers even today. Pretty cool place. Later in the evening we went back to the Pantages Theatre and watched the Broadway show Wicked. It was the untold story of the Wicked Witch of the West and the Wizard of OZ. It was really good. By the time it was over you felt bad for the witch...but it's okay because she actually faked her death and is now living with Elvis. The entire production was really cool, I had never seen anything like it.
So that's the rundown of our SoCal vacation. I hope you all enjoyed it and maybe you'll get a chance to visit there soon. It's worth the trip. Even for some of you that think California is going to fall of the face of the earth with the next earthquake. I guess you should get there why you still can. ;-)