L.A. < home.

our last day in LA was really laid back. we didn't have any pressing plans or anything which was nice. we woke up and explored the Japanese gardens that our hotel had to offer. jon liked them, but i thought they were okay...the view of the city was pretty in the morning though!

we ate at a cute little cafe and walked from our hotel to the Museum of Contemporary Art. as expected, it was pretty weird. 'modern' art is weird. people are trying to make art with things that already exist and trying to put a lot of weird feeling into it. why don't you just paint a pretty picture???

the museum didn't open until 11am, so we got to wander around little tokyo. we got a head start (kind of?) on christmas shopping! its okay to post this picture because little audrey doesn't read my blog (yet).

we stopped and got macaroons at this cute little shop. we'd never had one before and they were better than we both expected!

jon got raspberry and i got chocolate. they were cold in the middle and like...creamy. i thought they'd be dry, but they weren't. they were so good, especially when tasted together. 

the macaroons were good, but we were ready for a legit meal. we got in the car and drove by some interesting sites. the walt disney concert hall and amanda's alma mater FIDM. they were both really pretty! i am proud of my sister for graduating from there!:) we headed to BJ's. they were doing free lunch for veteran's on sunday AND monday! so jon got a meat lovers pizza and we shared a pizookie....again. after this vacation, jon said he never wanted sweets again! that really means a lot coming from him because he has such a sweet tooth! it would have meant a lot coming from me too, but i wasn't ready to be done with sweets, even for the day. 

we shopped at the mall for a few hours until we literally couldn't take it any longer. we liked visiting LA, but we were very ready to be away from the millions of people. i thought san diego was crowded!

we drove straight to the J's new house! jeno is recruiting right now in orange county, so they bought a house. i am so proud of them! it was really nice, and very roomy for their new family of four. 

i got to meet little Trevor Jon! he was as cute as i'd imagined. it was so fun catching up with the j's. i hadn't seen them in like three months! when they lived in san diego, we hung out at least twice a week. it is sad that they live so far away, but i am really happy for them. they love burgers as much as we do, so they took us to their new favorite place 50/50. it was so good!!! i had jon take a picture of his burger before he devoured it and he included jayden:

i couldn't pick between these pictures because jayden is so adorable in both of them!

after hanging out with the j's and their babies, i want some of my own. actually, i don't want babies of my own, i just want to take their two home with me and raise them as my own. i'm so glad we stopped to see them, they are the best! it was nice to have someone there to finish the last few bites of my burger, you can always count on jeno for that even if you aren't finished yet.

we loved our little weekend getaway! it was so much fun, we had a blast. it was successful too. last night we evaluated our christmas gift situation and we're actually in a pretty good place! it was great being able to spend so much time together with nothing weighing us down like school or work. and i especially loved being able to spend time with our friends and family that live up there. sometimes it gets lonely in san diego, its really nice knowing there are friends so close by.