Rodeo Drive

Today we walked down to Rodeo Dr and did a little shopping! We started walking around 11:30 and finally made it to Rodeo Drive at 1:30!! Needless to say that it was a little bit farther away than we had anticipated!! Once we got to Rodeo Drive we were hungry, so we ate at a Whole Food Market Deli, then we had to send mom back to the apartment to rest before work tonight, then the rest of us continued our walking down Rodeo Drive. You could tell when you entered into Downtown Beverly Hills, instead of regular street lights they had chandeliers hanging from the street posts and there were so many BMWs, Mercedes, and Bentleys down there it was crazy, but still no celebs!! As were we were leaving Rodeo Dr. the last store on the corner was Tiffany & Company, and Seth surprised me with a necklace! So I am now the official owner of a cute little blue box with a white bow!! (The necklace is still in the box, I don’t want to unwrap it!! J ) We are exhausted from walking so much today, so I’m not sure what we will be doing tonight, but here are some pictures for your enjoyment!

We finally made it to Rodeo Dr!!!

Yes, these are really chandeliers!!
See?!?!

The last stop before heading home!! :)

Mondays Adventures!

On Monday we decided that we wanted to check out a theme park in the LA area, so we decided to go to Six Flags Magic Mountain!! We had a ton of fun, though we didn't take any pictures!! Magic Mountain has a beautiful view of Mountains all around, when you would get to the top of a roller coaster (if you could look around, I couldn't!) you had a beautiful view of the mountains!! We rode The Viper, Riddlers Revenge, Goliath, Tatsu, Scream, and Colossus. Needless to say we were exhausted when we were done!! We went to eat after leaving the park and had a WONDERFUL dinner at Woodranch BBQ- def. a must try if you have one near by!!

Tuesday we are going to Rodeo Drive to go shopping and take TONS of pictures, then we are going to drive through Beverly Hills and hopefully see some stars!!! Will post, hopefully, tonight!!

Welcome to LA!

Last night we got here after mom had to be at work, so Albert took us around the neighborhood where they are living. We ate dinner at this 24 hour diner, Canter's, it had a variety of food, so we ate dinner and then headed to The Grove, a shopping Center about 3 blocks away- very pretty, outside mall!! Seth, Paden and I were so tired from our airport experiences we headed back to the apartment shortly after and crashed!!

Today was our first full day in LA and it was full of fun stuff to do! We started off going to the LA Clippers game at the Staples Center at 12:30! (LA Lakers were playing at 6:30, but we were unsure if we could get tickets to that game, so we opted for the sure thing!) Quentin, a friend from camp, met us at the game, too!! After the game we headed back to the apartment so that we could get mom to work, and I needed a little nap :), so after about 30 minutes of rest Seth, Paden and I took a walk to Hollywood Blvd. I'm not sure how long it took, but on the way we crossed Santa Monica Blvd and Sunset Blvd (needless to say, I didn't think I was going to make it!!) While we were at Hollywood Blvd. we got to see the Chinese Theatre and the Kodak Theatre, along with many unique people! We were also able to see the Walk of Fame and the handprints/footprints left by many popular stars!! Below are some pictures for your enjoyment!! Tomorrow we are going to try to get tickets to Jay Leno- look for a new post tomorrow night!!

Seth at Staples Center- When we were leaving they were getting things ready for the Lakers- they have another floor that they lay on top of this floor for the Lakers! Paden and Albert in front of the Staples Center with the new statue of Magic Johnson, dedicated on Dec. 1, 2008.Quentin and I- so glad that we got to see him, hopefully we can see JoQuese before we leave!

One of the first stars when you walk down the Walk of Fame- "Alabama"!

The front of the Chinese Theatre where all the hand/foot prints are located!Paden with The Governors Handprints! Below his name he wrote, "I'll be back". Just a few of the prints!

WE ARE HERE!!!

Finally! It only took us 2 days, but we made it! We got to sit in business class on the way from ATL to LAX, which was GREAT!! We were served a nice meal, snacks, drinks- whatever we wanted, along with that we had HUGE leather seats, pillow,blanket, and a personal TV with our choices of TV, movies, HBO, or in-flight map travel! I was VERY embarrassed by Seth on our trip due to the movie that he choose to watch- if you have ever been to the movies with Seth, he is the loudest one when he starts to laugh and it did not matter that he was on an airplace, he was STILL loud!! Overall, it was a great trip and I can't wait to begin exploring!

Also, no celebrity sightings, yet...

Here we go again!

Ok- day number 2 of trying to get to LA!! Things start off great, kind of... we get up around 6:50 and begin showering- a HUGE thank you first of all to Josh and Rosalyn Parker, and Rosalyn's parents for allowing us to stay the night and for offering some sleep clothes so that we would not have to unpack our huge luggage! So, again, we get up and start getting ready- leave their place around 8:00- headed to get breakfast and to the airport. Paden, for some unknown reason, really wanted McDonald's hot cakes- so we stop, thankfully. As we go to eat, I go to check my bloodsugar and realize that I had left my monitor at Rosalyn's mothers house, so Paden and Seth continue eating as I run back to the house and pick it up. Had we not stopped for breakfast, there is no telling when I would have realized that I left it!! Anyways- after that, off to the airport we go...we check luggage and successfully go through the checkpoint and begin waiting for our flight. About 20 minutes before we are to begin loading the airport attendant announces that our flight is running about 40 minutes late, meaning DELAY! So we are currently sitting in the B'ham airport, again, waiting. Seth just went for a walk around the concourse and ran into some Alabama football players (John Parker and 2 others)...I guess you could say that was our first "celebrity" sighting... not very exciting! Hopefully we will be in LA for our next posting!! :) 

STUCK...

Well...today started out great! Seth's sisters, mom and niece, Harper, agreed to take us to B'ham airport to catch our flight that was SUPPOSED to leave at 4:38. We did a little shopping at the Galleria, had a little excitement at the mall....then headed to the airport! On the way to the airport I received a call from Orbitz stating that our flight was cancelled- so I start calling... and talked to some lady at Orbitz that stated our flight was indeed, NOT CANCELLED! So we arrive at the airport, I check the flight departure list and all is a go, until we go to check in...that is when it all began. Seth's family went ahead a left because we assured them that we had a flight and all was well, so we did get another flight, but it isn't until tomorrow morning, so I begin calling every buisness invovled in our ordeal and get NOTHING! I am about to go stand back in line to, hopefully, get a hotel or rental car for free...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

"Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord" ~Luke 2:11

And that is the reason that we celebrate this wonderful season!! Our Christmas celebrations started on Tuesday at my Pa-Paw Goss' house, then today we had Christmas with my Ma-Maw Parker and then for dinner we celebrated with Seth's family. This year, we decided instead of drawing names, only to give to the children and the money we would spend on gifts donate to a charitable cause or sponsor a needy family. So Seth and I racked our brains for the "perfect gift" for nieces and nephew... Harrison asked us for numerous things including a four-wheeler, police car, tractor and trampoline. Well, Seth and I did some research and we had contimplated getting them the Up and Down Roller Coaster to share, but if you give one gift to 2 kids, sometimes the sharing is hard to do, so we kept looking and found a trampoline that has a handle for the kids to hold onto and bounce...BINGO..and we got 2 of them! Clark and Harrison both loved them!!

The trampolines!!

Christmas day Seth and I are going to wake up and make our rounds to see what Santa left for Clark and Harrison, enjoy some breakfast and then go hang out at my dad's before coming back to Auburn and packing for LA!! I truely enjoy the Holidays, but there just isn't enough time to get everything done!! I will hopefully update the blog while in LA- so stay tuned, if not, I'm sure I will have A LOT to blog about when we get back!!

Also- as for the house, the sheetrockers should be done and we can begin priming on FRIDAY!! We have found a painter, so while we are gone the painters will be at the house priming while we are gone!! I will update house pictures when we get back!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!