Having Fun in the Sun!

This summer has been a blast. Last month, my family went on vacation to California. We explored cities we've never been to before: L.A., Hollywood, Burbank, Universal, Beverly Hills, Long Beach, Catalina Island, Malibu, San Diego (which we've been to several times), and more (but because we got lost, not because we were trying to visit these cities.) We had so much fun together.

We drove around for, seriously, five hours looking at the Hollywood sign and trying to see how close we could get to it.

We went to the Kodak theater and the Chinese theater. My sister loves Hugh Jackman, so she was very excited when we saw his hand prints and footprints in the cement. I love Will Smith and looked everywhere for his prints. They were no where to be found. I couldn't even find his star on the sidewalk. I was very disappointed.

We went to the Wax museum which was awesome. The wax figurines looked so real. Especially Samuel L. Jackson. I was half expecting him to reach out and scare me. . . but he never did.

After the wax museum, my family decided to go to the Guiness Records Museum across the street. Here is the tallest man in the world . . . well his statue at least. My parents teased me and said, "Finally! A man tall enough for you." Haha.

Universal Studios!! This is the ball right outside the entrance of Universal Studios.

Here is me a Chucky. There is a haunted house at Universal Studios. We walked through it. the scariest part for me was when the chucky doll jumped out of a corner and scared me. The scariest part for my sister was the end when the butcher tried to cut off her head. She was not happy with him. Let's just say, it was a good thing my dad was there or he probably would have gotten a good beating.

The Simpsons! They also had Homer and Marge walking around somewhere. There is a new ride at the studios staring the Simpsons. It was our favorite ride.

Warner Brothers Studio!
This is us in front of the visitor center at the Warner Brothers Studios. This tour was probably one of my favorite parts of the vacation because we got to see where some of my favorite movies and T.V. shows were/are filmed.

This is on the set of the hit T.V. series Friends.

Catalina Island!
My family took a boat over to the island. It took an hour to get over there. I got a little sick from the up and down motion of the boat on the waves, but I survived. We saw packs of dolphins on our way over as well. Dolphins are so fun to watch.

The island was so cute. Everyone who lives on the island drives around in a golf cart. Some of the carts were custom made to look like trucks, mini vans, topless convertables, ect. It was so cool.

Sea World!
We went to Sea World. I thought that Sea World was going to be so lame because I'm not that big on animals and I'm 23, but I was wrong. It was a pretty awesome place. They have a new ride there that my family went on four or five times in a row. It's called Journey to Atlantis.