they don't call it the golden state for nothin...

huntington beach

huntington beach is only about 15 minutes from where jen lives.. it's best known for surfing... there was a few surfers out when we were there, so it was cool to watch them go!

jen buildin sandcastles.. she started out making a octopus, but at the end, it looked more like a sun :)

the pier in the background has little shops along it and a restaurant at the end.. when we walked out there there were porpoises swimming by.. i didn't get very good pics of them cause they were too far away

nothin like loungin around... :)

the last couple of days we've just been doing a little shopping around irvine and orange... yesterday we didn't really do much, just hung out by the pool and tanned.. mmmm, it was really nice here yesterday 80 degrees in the afternoon...

this is a kumquat tree, jen says they're pretty sour

dee: this was a wicked scrapbook store... :)

i made supper for andy and jen.. mmm steak and pasta salad. while jen and i were out bbqing we met some people that live in the buildings around us. one couple was from scotland, and the other couple was from england.. we broke the ice well with them by having a little trouble lighting the bbq and resulting in a bit of a fireball... anwyays, they were super nice and gave us some homemade salsa and chips.. mmmm, so good.

after supper we played a little tennis on the courts by the pool..

more hollywood

jen and i were driving by on rodeo drive and we seen a camera crew all set up, so we stopped and walked to it (thinking we were gonna see someone famous) but they were just shooting a commercial for propel fitness water (but there wasn't any big names).. it was still cool none the less, and they had the whole side of the street shut down, and everyone that you can see on that side were all staged. one guy pulled a roll of paper towel out of his shopping bag! haha

rodeo drive.. most of the shops you can even go in unless you have an appointment.. there's security guards everywhere, or british bobbies guarding the doors.

there's actually a second level to rodeo drive that you can just walk up.. there's big name shops up there like chanel, and versace.

after we left rodeo drive, we went to find some movie star houses!! shocker that i would do that, i know.. (suzanne, this one's for you... guess who's house this is!! ) ;)
i mean, all you can really see is gates and bushes, but it's still cool none the less.. we also went to jay leno's house...
and then courtney cox and david arquette's house...

hollywood

monday we got up early to go get in line for tickets to jay leno... we had to be at nbc studios in burbank for 8, and we wanted to make sure that we got tickets, so we left here at 6:00 and got in line for 7. (it's an hour drive from jen's) tickets to the show are free, but they give out way more tickets than the studio can hold... we wanted to make sure that we got in, so this guy in line in front of us, we were talking with him and you're allowed to get 2 tickets each, so he asked us if we were each getting two and we said no, so we got him our extra tickets. in exchange, he was going over to get in the line for the show right after he got tickets (he was gonna just wait allllll daaaayyyy...) cause even if you got tickets, it doesn't even necessarily mean you're gonna get in to the studio. he took our phone number and promised to call us if the line started to get big. so we left there and went to hollywood to tour around there.

Grauman's Chinese Theatre (hollywood blvd)... alot of movie premiere's take place here

out front of Grauman's on the cement are famous footprints and hand prints.. had to get jim carrey's.. canadian!

the Kodak Theatre (hollywood blvd) where awards shows like the oscars takes place

stars on hollywood blvd.. i looked for brad's star, but i couldn't find it :)

lazy sunday

we didn't really do much for excitement yesterday... just did some laundry and pretty much watched "the office" all day long... we just vegged. sometimes you just need a down day.. here's some pics tho of andy and jenny's apartment (and from the hot tub right outside their building.. man, that thing is wicked to get into after a day of touring!)

hot tubbin'

entrance to thier building

the open door is their apartment

jen @ home

my own bathroom

my room... right outside the patio doors is the laundry room

we're going to hollywood today to see jay leno! tonight is jennifer garner and ty pennington! i just wish i could take my camera inside!! :(

knott's berry farm - Anaheim, CA

we scored a sweet deal on entrance fees to this park.. bring a can of food for the foodbank, save 24 dollars off admission!!

252 feet in the air.. straight drop down.. scary!!

this ride was called the xcelerator.. there was no accelleration about this thing, it was fast from the get-go.. upside down.. ugghhh.. it was wicked!! the dude said it goes 82 mph from the start!!

we survived!!

jenny and andy on the train ride...

swings.. ugghhh, don't like the swings.. i stayed grounded for this ride.

cartoon me!

newport and laguna beaches

today jen and i decided to have a relaxing beach day, so we went to laguna and newport beaches today.. it was sunny and warm, probably about 70 degrees, but it was a little cooler right along the water. we just laid on the beach and walked for a bit... just to relax. we went into a few shops in both laguna beach and newport.




some lady came up to us when we were beachcombing on newport beach and told us that we shouldn't be picking up the shells and carrying them around cause if the park rangers found us, we could get fined and stuff because it wrecks the ecosystems and habitats for ocean creatures and she went on and on and on... so after she left, i washed out the shells i had and brought them home!! hahaha