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Monday, September 1, 2008

Memories, Oh Memories!

OK-here are just a few pics of stuff from Valencia. Our apartment where my baby was brought home to, the hospital where my baby was born, the store that was responsible for moving me away when I was pregnant and hormonal...ooohhhhh the memories!

This was where we lived...very nice apartments, and gated!

Awww! It's my apartment! And my garage-2nd from the right.

Awww! Its my balcony! Great views from here. The window to the Left was my kitchen, to the right was my living room. Oh, I miss it!

Yes, I took a pic of our other parking spot...LOL!

The shopping strip across from us. We used to walk across all of the time.

It had everything! Tanning salon, hair and nails, Starbucks, Grocery store, Subway, Cuban Steak house, Pizza place, beauty supply store...it was awesome walking over with Kainaan in the stroller!

Our place from the 5...(I-5).

Pilot of Castaic, CA. Tim's nightmare with the famous CA EPA!

Awww! My little baby was born here!

There's my room! Ha! Well one of them...I remember my room faced the street. It was the 2nd floor...somewhere! :-) Kainaan spent his 1st 3 days of life here!

Visiting with The Berru's!

I got to visit with our friends, The Berru's! We all went to eat at Yamato first. It was our fav Japanese restaurant in Valencia. It was also my pregnancy craving...we ate it at least 2 times a week. And usually, Danny & Val were right there with us. So, we had to bring back the memories! The food was not as spicy as I remembered, but it could be b/c I am spoiled to out Japanese food here in Knoxville. But it was great to be there anyways. After the food, we went to their house! Their new house is amazing!! I love it! And Nathan and Christian have the biggest playroom I have ever seen! I took lots of pics of their house, but I figure it would be a little weird to post the pictures of it on here. But I can say I want to redecorate my house now! I think I will start with the kitchen. It will match Val's! :-) I will scrap the Chef stuff, re-do with the Espresso/Coffee motif, but add a little New Orleans touch! OK- so I will end this now. But I did post a couple of pics of there cutie pie boys!

Here is Christian! Isn't he a cutie??

And here is Nathan! He is 6 weeks younger than Kainaan. ADORABLE!

Horseback Riding in Hollywood?

Yep! I was horseback riding in the Hollywood Hills. Not exactly what you think of when you think of Hollywood, right? Anyways, we had a great time! We did the 1 hour tour instead of the 2 hour one...and all I can say is OUCH! My butt was numb! My horse's name was Sampson, he was actually a Wild Mustang back in his hay day...LOL...get it, Hay day? Horses eat hay?? OK, that was a Lori-ism! Rocio's horse was named Raw, he was really gassy, but so was Sampson. Sampson walked right on Raw's butt. And on a trail that was at least 6-8 feet wide, they HAD to walk on the EDGE! What is that about?? Our trail guide kept reassuring us that they would not fall b/c they don't want to, not b/c they would protect us, but b/c they are not stupid enough to do something to themselves. Ha! That's great, and I was just told that mine used to WILD and he is a Mustang, isn't that breed notorious for running and bucking and being uncontrollable at times?? Anyways, the view was gorgeous, except for the smoggy layer looking over the city.
Well, enjoy the pics!

Sampson had cute ears!

Isn't he pretty?

Yeah, his butt was cute, too. LOL!

He was branded with a 'W' which matched my last name! It was a sign!

The smoggy view of L.A.

OK Sampson, a little close to the edge!! Can you move over some??

Another view! And look how wide the trail is! Why did they mess with us like that?Horses have a warped sense of humor! LOL!

Hey Rocio!!

Our tour guide and her horse, Chloe?

Me and Sampson!

I got to feed him a treat after our walk! He enjoyed it!

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Venice Beach,Santa Monica Pier,& The 'Bu 2!

So on Thursday, Rocio and I decided to go down to Venice Beach and then to Santa Monica Pier. It was awesome!! We got to Venice Beach around 10 AM. IT WAS COOOOLD!!!!! What the hell is that?? I am in CA, on the beach, in August...and its COLD??? What??!!?? So what do I do? Go to the souvenir shops, of course! :-) I had to play up the tourist image and buy a long sleeve, red shirt that has "LIFEGUARD + VENICE BEACH." And then I had to buy 1 for Kainaan that matches. he will be the little hottie acting as 'lifeguard' soon enough! :-) And what else can I say about Venice Beach...whatever you are thinking about it, it true! The movies are spot on with this place. Its full of FREAKS!! I mean really, New Orleans has NOTHING on Venice Beach. But it was cool to walk down the sidewalk, pass all the beggars, bikers, druggies, and homeless. I highly recommend anyone go...its a great experience! Be sure to go to the Muscle Beach Gym that's right there on the beach, like right there in the middle of the chaos. Its got old, nasty, stuck-in-the-80's guys...its got mean-looking ones, and it even has some hot ones...don't believe me? :-) Check out the picture:

The hot ones...LOL!

Check out the blue shorts...he was OLD and NASTY!

So, back to my story...HEY! Girls I said back to my story, stop looking at the hotties! :-)

We left Venice "Weirdo" Beach, we went to a restaurant, Gladstone's, in "The 'Bu" You know? Malibu? :-) Wow! Am I starting to talk like the people here? :-) It was right on the beach, very cool. So after some yummy crab bisque in a bread bowl, we were off to Santa Monica Pier! I even got to ride on the PCH, the Pacific Coast Highway. Unfortunately, it was very cloudy so the visibility was low. It got a little better at the pier. While there, we road the Famous Farris Wheel! It was so fun! I got a cool poster with Kainaan's name on it. The guy draws them in like 5 minutes and its so pretty! I can't wait to frame it! After we walked around as little while longer, it was time to go.
We had a loooong busy day, and we still had the 2 kids to get and take care of. Well, I am adding lots of pictures again! So sit back, relax, and enjoy the pictures!