Day 3: Universal Studios

Our third day we went to Universal Studios in Hollywood. It was cool how they had streets like different little towns. Since it was coming up on Halloween they too had decorations out. Their theme was Zombies. So there were warning signs all over warning you that Zombies were running about and they had zombies all over the place.

We went to the live show of Waterworld. They reenact a scene from the movie. It was cool, we got pretty wet cause there were real waverunners and boats that would splash the audience on occasion.

Not to mention the guys that came out before the show and would spray people or splash a bucket full of water over everyone. It actually felt really nice!

Me and Bret hanging out with the crew of Apollo 13.

Universal Studios Studio Tour

We went on a tour of the studio which I have to say was really neat. I am amazed at how much trickery of the eye occurs in movies. They have a spot that is used for Central Park scenes and its a patch of grass about the size of my downstairs with a bench and some trees! And thats it! They make it look like the actors are in Central Park.

Here is a picture of the building used in Alfred Hitchcocks 1960's film Phsyco...The Bates Motel. This is where the infamous shower scene took place.

These next few pictures are for my fellow Desperate Housewives lovers. We got to drive down Wisteria Lane and see the set where the show is filmed. This is Bree Hodges house aka Marcia Cross.

This is Susan Mayers house aka Terri Hatcher. I guess technically she is now Susan Delfino since she just married Mike.

This is Gabrielle Solis' house aka Eva Longoria.

This is a set that was made for the movie War of the Worlds. I havent seen it but the set was crazy! It really looked like a plane crash.

Back in the day before they made actors use RVs as their dressing rooms they had these little rooms build to be used as dressing rooms. This was Rock Hudsons dressing room while he was filming Pillow Talk, one of my favorite Rock Hudson/ Doris Day movies.

A while back there was a fire on Universals studio and all of their New York City set burned down. So we got to see it under construction as they are rebuilding it.Another amazing thing to me is how they can use the same set over and over in different movies and we never notice! For example, this set below has been used in numerous films. I cant remember all of them but I took the picture because it was Genovia in Princess Diaries 2. The building in the middle was the church she was supposed to get married in.

All in all we had a blast here too! Our favorite rides had to be The Mummy Returns, The Simpsons and Jurrasic Park.

After Universal Studios we took a drive through Downtown Hollywood and went to Rodeo Drive. This is what you see in tv shows and movies. Too bad California isnt this nice everywhere! Its amazing because on tv it looks huge but its literally maybe two blocks long and thats it. But it was cool to see it anyway.

Day 2: Disneyland & California Adventure

Our second day we visited Disneyland and California Adventure. They are right next to eachother so we got park hoppers so we could go back and forth between the two as we pleased. It was so much fun! I went to Disneyland when I was 2 1/2 but I dont remember it at all, so to me this was my first time there. I got Bret to go on the big roller coaster (California Screamin') with me twice, I LOVE big roller coasters! Bret was kinda a woosie and wouldnt go on Tower of Terror with me so I went by myself and it was awesome.

Then we went over the map and chose out all the rides we wanted to hit in Disneyland and we did all of them. The longest wait we had was for Space Moutain, it said it was a 50min wait but we only waited about 35min so thats not too bad at all. Most of the waits went really fast. When we finally got to Splash Mountain there was a 70 min wait and we decided that wasnt worth it. So we got fast passes for 8:15pm. We went and ate dinner at PF Changs and when we came back it was time for Splash Mountain. Bret didnt take the camera out of his pocket so our camera got soaked and wouldnt work the rest of the time. Thats why there are no pictures of the fireworks. I got front seat on Splash Mountain so I got drenched. It sucked because it was night by this point so I didnt dry off at all.

They had just put up all the Halloween decorations just before we came, it was cool to see them. They definatly go all out with the decor for holidays! Bret and I outside a ride at California Adventure.

The toy soilders from Toy Story playing drums. They were really good! I have to imagine they were roastin' hot!

Me and Bret about to go on the Toy Story Ride wearing our stylin' 3D glasses.

Me driving an extremely slow car... We thought they were going to be more like go carts but it turned out it was a total kiddy ride. Oh well, still fun!
Me and Bret on Main St in Disneyland getting ready to find a spot for fireworks.

The fireworks were really cool. It was all Halloween themed which made it really fun.

Of course, the castle. I couldnt leave without a picture of that. We had such a blast at Disneyland! I cant wait to go back again!

Day 1: Huntington Beach

Our first day in California we spent relaxing. We didnt really have any plans that day except dinner reservations at the Melting Pot that night. So we decided to head over to Huntington Beach to bum around for a while. To our surprise there was a cute little farmers market going on so we wandered through that. Then we took a walk out onto the end of the dock, and this was a very long dock! It was strange because it was super hot and muggy, yet foggy. You couldnt see very far in front of you at all. In fact from the beach you couldnt see the end of the dock. It was fun to have a calm relaxing day as tourists.

Flying to California

Bret and I took a trip to California on October 25th. We flew out early in the morning so that we could have as much time there as possible since we were only staying until the night of the 28th. It was SO time for a vacation and we were really excited to get away. We left Cameron with my parents and he had a blast with them.
We flew Virgin America and we thought it was the coolest airline ever! They have (for free) in each seat tv, music(mp3s) you can listen to, movies, games, etc. So here is Bret playing video games.

Disneyland Pictures Coming Soon

Bret and I took a trip to Disneyland last weekend, just the two of us, it was so much fun! However, while riding on Splash Mountain our camera got all wet and wouldnt work so we had to use disposable cameras. I have been trying to get them developed but every place I have gone to either doesnt do them anymore or their machine is broken, etc. So, as soon as I can get the pictures developed I will post them!

Finally, All Caught Up

I havent been very good at posting the past few weeks. So today I finally got caught up, woohoo. We havent been doing anything too exciting but I forget sometimes its fun to just post funny pictures. I promise to be better about posting!

Big Baby in a Little Baskett

All I can say is what a silly boy!

Driving Daddys New Truck

I havent been very good at posting lately so I have neglected to say that Bret has a new truck. We decided it was time to get a "grown up vehicle" in Brets own words. So he sold his giant white truck to get a Ford F-150. A much more family friendly and reliable car. Cameron loves to play in the drivers seat. However normally he stands up and just pushes buttons and pretends to honk the horn. But the other night I put him in there and he insisted on sitting and so I scooted the seat up so he could reach the steering wheel. Then he started grabbing the shifter and pretending to drive, obviously he has been watching Daddy.

Cuddly Book Time

The other night Cameron and Bret were playing and Cameron brought Bret a book. Bret was laying on the floor so instead of making his Dad get up Cameron just laid down too and they read the book together this way. Isnt that too cute!?

The Greatest Show on Earth

Labor day weekend my Dad treated us all to the Circus, Barnum and Baileys Greatest Show on Earth! It was a lot of fun. The only other circus we have ever been to was the crummy little family circus that came to Orting a while back. But this was the real circus. It was kinda hard to get pictures because of the lighting and a lot of time things were moving too fast. Cameron was mesmorized by the elephants!Cameron was mesmorized by the elephants! Here he is with his super serious face.
The tigers were really cool too. They werent nearly as cooperative as the elephants and horses.

There was lots of dancing, singing, tricks, surprises, and fun! We had a blast.

My mom bought Cameron this toy, when you push a button the top part spins and lights up. He loved it! It kept him occupied the entire drive home and he loves playing it at home too. Thanks Mom and Dad!!

Big Juicy Tomatos

My little guy loves tomatos! Its so funny because neither Bret or I like them but he will just eat them like apples. I have been growing them in my garden and he went outside to play, picked a tomato and started chowing down. You can see in the second picture he was very excited that I was letting him eat it.

Cooking with Mama!

Cameron loves to help me cook. He sits on the counter next to me or pulls up a chair and watches. He really gets excited when I let him put the ingredients into the mixer. Then when we put whatever we made in the oven he likes to watch it cook. He is such a funny kiddo!