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This past weekend I celebrated my 24th birthday. My brother was nice enough to call me and remind me that I am getting old. Ya, I know. Anyways, Jeremy and I were able to spend our weekend with my Aunt Kiley and Uncle Arch and their family at their condo in Newport Coast. It was so beautiful! Their family is so fun and we love hanging out with them.

(Cousin's Cambria and McKenna)
On Saturday night we ate at Joe's Crab Shack. It was my first time eating there even though I drive past it all the time. The food was excellent and we had a really fun time.

On Sunday we went to a ward that met in the Stake Center right next to the Newport Beach temple. How lucky are they! After church we walked around the temple grounds and took some pics. It was such a beautiful day. Later that afternoon we took a walk on the beach in Laguna and watched the sunset.

Monday, August 18th was my actual birthday. Jeremy surprised me by leaving work early and meeting me at home for lunch with a BJ's Sweet Pig pizza and a pazookie!!! BJ's pizza is my favorite! (Thanks babe!) After work we celebrated by going to Chipotle and Disneyland with some family and friends! It was pretty crowded because it is still summer, but we were able to go on one of my favorite rides, California Screamin'!!!

Thanks to everyone who celebrated my birthday with me and thanks for all the nice phone calls/text messages. And thank you to my so-sweet and thoughtful husband!

Good Day L.A.

This past Saturday Jeremy planned a day date for us in LA. With school coming up again and college football season starting soon (aka my husband keeps quite "busy" with football on saturdays) we decided to get out and do something. We started the day off by attending a session in the LA Temple. We had gone up there before to see the Christmas lights and to attend sealings but I had never done a session there before. The temple was massive and beautiful inside and out.

After the temple Jeremy took us to lunch at El Cholo in Santa Monica. It was a very yummy mexican restaurant. Its been in LA for a looong time and the food was quite authentic. We got to valet park the camry for the 1st time ever! We had to valet because there were no places to park (in LA of course not right?)..so there was our camry parked next to a bunch of Beamers and Benzes and what Jeremy said was a Mazerati>? After lunch we wanted dessert so we stopped by Diddy Riese to get some ice-cream cookies. Don't worry, there was so much traffic on Wilshire Blvd we had time to digest our mexican food by the time we got there. These are the BEST and it combines what I love (Ice cream) with what Jeremy loves (cookies) all into one!! If anyone ever is up in the LA temple area its a definite stop to make.

Goodbye LA and your wayyy-too crowded streets/freeways! Muchas gracias to my husband for planning such a sweet day for us to be together!