Monday, April 19, 2010

Cameron Fun

Last week we met Al's dad in San Diego so they could practice their open water swim for The Alcatraz Triathlon. We went to the cove in La Jolla again and it was so beautiful. The picture below looks gloomy, but it was sunny and there were flowers everywhere. If you look closely you can see two little dots in the ocean and that is Al and his dad.
If you look off in the distance in the next picture you will see a cliff covered in purple wildflowers. They are all over SoCal and I love them.
I made a new friend while I was waiting for them. He liked to eat the petals off all the daisies. He was so cute and yes he is a squirrel.
He really liked me when I found a fruit loop in my purse (thanks to Briyler). He must get fed a lot by people because he was right next to me. I wanted to take him home....lol
Notice in the next picture how all the petals are gone. My squirrel friends have been busy.
We stayed in a Marriott right next to Petco Park where The Padres play. Best view ever!!
We decided at the last minute to go to the game and got there during the 5th inning which was perfect. That's how long baseball should be.
Good news.....The first 25,000 fans got free Padre floppy hats. Good thing there wasn't that many people there because I love my new Padres floppy hat.
7th Inning Stretch is by far the best part of the game and really the only thing I look forward to at baseball games.
BUY ME SOME PEANUTS AND CRACKER JACK I DONT CARE IF I NEVER GET BACK!!!
The night gets even better.....My Al caught a foul ball. It also hit his dads hand so hard you could see where the seam of the ball hit his hand...lol

The Al's waiting for some player to sign his foul ball, but it didn't happen.
It amazes me how bad some people are at taking pictures with a point and shoot camera. I cropped this picture and it still seems crooked. This was also the second picture taken. You should have seen the first, it was the grass and us.
Sushi at Ra in the Gas Lamp District
Dessert at GhiradelliAl's favorite sundae....The Gold Rush
Al's dad has this down to a science....one hot fudge sundae with a side of extra hot fudge and a bottled water
My Aunt Caroline and her 3 boys are in town for a couple of weeks, so I got to meet up with them at Travel Town. Travel Town is this random little park 10 minutes from our house next to Griffith Park with a bunch of random old trains and cars.

They have a random little train we all got to ride around the park....twice. From the caboose... Seth, Noah, Zach, Caroline, Me, and David
Cute little Zach
I've been bugging Al to take me back to Angel Knolls park where 500 Days Of Summer were filmed. Last time we went it was night and locked up. Here is a picture from the movie
Apparently a lot of other people know about this park too because we had to wait in line to take this picture..lol
I was really disappointed because the park was so run down. It was so cute in the movie so I had higher expectations. If they mowed the grass, kicked the bums out sleeping everywhere, and didn't charge $5 for parking it would be awesome, but until then Angels Knoll Park is over rated.
On Sunday I went to a Kappa Tea Party for Alumnae, Advisors, and graduating Seniors from USC, UCLA, and Pepperdine. It was at an Alumnaes house in Pacific Pallisades which is right by the beach in Santa Monica. The house was so amazing I wanted to ask her if I could move in. This is the alumnae giving Fleur di lis to all the graduating seniors.
I made blue Fleur de lis sugar cookies and was going to post a picture until Al ate all the left over ones!! They were so cute and apparently pretty good because there wasn't a crumb left.
I don't think I have ever been to a real tea party and I must say I loved every minute of it. Nothing is better than being a Kappa.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Newport Beach Triathlon

The big day finally arrived....Al IV and Al V first Triathlon. I had my bag packed and camera ready for the 4am wake up call, but the night before I got food poisoning or the 24 hour flu and it was horrible. Talk about bad timing. I was so bummed I couldn't go and cheer on Al and his dad, but luckily Kaj and Chad took pictures for me.
To the untrained eye these look like two seasoned triathletes until you see that Sr Al has his goggles on upside down...hahahah
Al V(My Al) age group getting ready to take off for the 1/2 mile swim.
and they are off
Sr Als age group getting ready for the swim
My Al finishing his swim
Ross and Al in the background on the 13 mile bike ride



End of the bike ride, heading into the transition area

3 mile run
Almost to the Finish Line
Sr Al on his bike ride

Al V Finish Time!! Way to go Al.
3 more weeks until Escape from Alcatraz. You guys are going to do so awesome!!

Cameron X 11

Last weekend Al's family came to visit us to watch him and his dad in the triathlon. The first night we went to BJS and celebrated mine and Shelly's birthday which are 5 days apart.
Yay mini Pizookies for us.

Here is all 11 of us including baby Briyler

On Saturday Al and I took everyone to Hollywood Blvd to see Kodak Theatre, Star Walk, and Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Chad, Lexi, and Coby on the way

The star walk started getting a little out of hand when Al and his dad said Sandra Bullock needed some extra attention and laid down next to her star.

Tom Cruise = A Perfect Fit

George Clooney
My favorite one
Can you guess? Michael Jackson
There were so many people dressed up....WoodyNikki with Nacho Libre.....I love this picture
Donald, Goofy, and Coby scowling

Information guy....Japanese people love this guy and follow him around everywhere
Grauman's Chinese Theatre.....I want to see a movie here
Al winning a survey on the street for discounted tickets to Universal Studios and Madame TussaudsWax Museum
A preview of Madame Tussauds Wax Museum until we actually go
11 people is hard to keep together on the streets of Hollywood, but somehow we managed
All of us with the Hollywood sign in the background.
Afterwards we went to Irvine so Al and his dad could pick up some stuff for the triathlon. While they were doing that we went to Irvine Spectrum and walked around. The owner of Herbie The Love Bug was there with the Herbie. This is Herbie from the 2005 movie with Lindsay Lohan
Here are all the autographs. Lindsay's is the top right one. The owner said the paparazzi were after her and that's why it is scribbled.
Me, Lexi, and Coby
After a fun filled day at the Spectrum we went to a Angels game. We got creative in the parking lot....
All of us
More creativity
Baby Briyler
Luckily on Sunday night my 24 hour flu bug was gone so I got to go on the Hollywood Bus Tour. I've been bugging Al to go with me since we moved here, but he always says that looks so lame. It is pretty funny to see people riding around in those dumb vans, but it was so much fun even though it was FREEZING.

Lets see if I can remember all these houses....This is where Father Of The Bride was filmed
Seven Pounds with Will Smith
The original 1978 Halloween
Drew Barrymores house. Supposedly one of the tours saw her walking with just a towell on her balcony. I can't imagine....hahha who cares
Richard Simmons
Toby Maguire
The view from Tobys house
Keanu Reeves
On one street we drove down there was about 5 of these trucks loaded with ridiculous cars
The Osbournes which is now owned by Christina Aguilera
This house was once Lucille Balls
Dr Phil
Candy Spellings 56,000 sq ft house listed for 150 million
The Playmate house where all the girls live. The gate was closing right when we pulled up
The Playboy mansion gate....you can't really see the house, but if you watch the show we pulled up next to the rock you talk to.
The house Michael Jackson paid $100,000 a month to live in and also passed away in. Christian Audiger now owns it.The King of Rock....Elvis Presleys house is across the street from the King of Pop
The pretty Beverly Hills Hotel where I want to have brunch.
and last of all Simon Cowell's house
Now if I could remember how to get to all of them I could totally give the tour. For dinner we went to a mexican restaurant in Glendale. We got the queso and tortillas for an appetizer and the queso was basically a melted block of cheese and this is what you got if you tried to eat it...lol
Chad, Lexi, Me, and Al the triathlete
We had so much fun and it was so good to see everyone. It was definatley a little crowded in our 900 sq ft apartment, so just in case you were wondering how we fit everyone....here it is.

The more the merrier:)