OUR VACATION TO LOS ANGELES!

Last Wednesday Jeremy and I took a little vacation out to Los Angeles! We've been talking about going on a little trip for a while (well, not a while, we've only actually known each other 4 months) and decided on Southern California.

DAY ONE: MAGIC MOUNTAIN. MEXICAN FOOD. BEACH DAY.

On our first day there we went to Magic Mountain! Jeremy has never been on a real rollercoaster before so it was fun to see him experience an actual amusement park for the first time. (Sorry, Lagoon, you don't really count.) 

After Magic Mountain, we went to get Mexican food at this really yummy whole in the wall Mexican place my family stumbled upon last September in Santa Clarita. It was so good and the perfect little welcome back to California meal! 

Above: Nice Jeremy being cute for my photo.

Below: How he actually felt on the inside. Poor guy. Superman kind of tore his stomach up, and I made him go get Mexican food with me way too soon after that ride.

On our way to my aunt's house, there are a ton of nurserys and fruit stands along that highway to the coast. Jeremy saw a cactus nursery that he wanted to stop at so we went and I'm so glad we did! It was one of the cooler ones I've been to lately.

My touristy photo. :)

We made our way to the beach that evening and it was such a nice little moment to slow down and just play and relax.

Just look at this little dreamboat! :)

DAY 2: MALIBU. PRIMO PASSO COFFEE. LAGUNA BEACH. SANTA MONICA PIER.

A little coffee shop Jeremy discovered in Santa Monica that he wanted to try out. I'm not a coffee drinker, but I do like coffee shop atmospheres. And chai lattes. I could always go for a good chai latte!

Jeremy's first time driving in LA! And I was kind of mean and really threw him out to the wolves. Stop and go traffic on the 405 for two and half hours each way. Ooof! Sorry, dood. You did great though! ;)

We met up with his friend in Laguna Beach to visit and walk around the beach and shops.

Anyone who knows me well knows I'm a sucker for clam chowder bread bowls! It's probably in my top 5 meals actually. Jeremy had never tried clam chowder before so we got one on the Santa Monica Pier and it was so good! 

DAY 3: VENICE BEACH. SANTA MONICA PIER. BEACH DAY.

I had a lot of trouble with that dang ice cream cone. It was seriously so good but oh boy did it melt so fast. 

We had a nice beach day in Santa Monica where we just left our cameras and phones and everything important in the car so we could be in the ocean without constantly having to look back and check on our stuff. Getting a non-electronic car key made is one of my better decisions in life lately. It seriously makes it so easy to go to waterparks, and oceans, and rivers now. I just safety pin it inside of my swimsuit and I'm golden! It's just nice to not have to worry about that. Don't judge me but in the past when we would float the river, I used to just leave my key up under the wheel well and just hope no one would think anyone was that dumb to leave the key near the car and go snooping around for one. Haha.

DAY 4: BEVERLY HILLS. EIGHTFOLD COFFEE SHOP. POOL DAY.

Jeremy loves cars and besides the fact that I'm already not really interested in cars to begin with, I tried to explain to him that I'm a little desensitized to nice cars because there's just a lot of them in California. Take a drive around Los Angeles, Malibu, or San Francisco and you just end up seeing a lot of them. With all that being said, the car show on Rodeo Drive was actually pretty cool! And it was fun to see Jeremy be so excited.

We got the yummiest espresso milkshake from Nespresso in Beverly Hills. It was the best treat after walking around in 95 degree heat in the sun. Oh that sun really beat us up after spending nice breezy days on the coast.

A cute, over-priced candy shop near Rodeo Drive. I loved their packaging but oh boy was it pricey. It was nice to look around and eat their free samples. :)

DAY FIVE: DRIVE HOME. JEREMY'S SIGN. DINNER IN NEPHI.

We passed this sign on the way to California, but Jeremy was sleeping and I didn't want to wake him up just to take a photo so I made sure to remember where it was so we could stop at it on the way back. Do you know how hard it is to find any little visuals to help you remember where something is in the middle of a desert? It truly was in the middle of nowhere, but luckily it's somewhat near this old abandoned waterpark down the freeway a bit so that helped.

Our first trip together was fun! We laughed a lot. We danced in the car. We rapped along to dumb songs. We psyched each other out before rollercoasters. We swam. We argued. We fought. We made up. We ate the yummiest Mexican food. We kissed. We loved.