Wicked Fun California Trip

At the end of our weeks stay our friends Andrew and Chelsey Jones came to visit. We lured them in with promises of a fun beach and Wicked trip. How can anyone resist? We went out to breakfast at Hill Street, the favorite DeVore restaurant, drove to Hollywood and of course, went to Newport Beach. Chelsey grew up going to Newport every summer when she was younger so it was a walk down memory lane for her. She remembered more about it than I did and I went once a week for 3 summers! The boys had a great time in the water, Chelsey and I know better than to get in freezing cold water. Plus, we had to prove we went to sunny California and come back with a tan.


Fortunately for us, my Seymour side of the family had a bonfire that night at the next beach over, Huntington Beach. Andrew and Chelsey had never had a bonfire at the beach so we were excited we could do that for them. My Uncle Eric took some great pictures of us with the beautiful sunset in the background. We had a great time roasting hot dogs and s'mores over the fire on Grandpa Seymour's great skewers. The great thing was, it wasn't even that cold after the sun went down.
Then another highlight of the trip was Wicked. We had seen Wicked before but we love the music and would never pass up the chance to watch it again. Andrew and Chelsey have been listening to the music for awhile and were very excited to actually see what happens. The show was great, it's so fun to sing along. Glenda was very funny in this show especially during the "Popular" song.





We were very sad to leave home, we love it here. Plus, it was a bittersweet goodbye because we started school the next day. Ja was really excited to start his accounting program and I was really excited to begin my final semester at school, but then again it was school. We had a great trip visiting with parents, siblings, grandparents, and friends.