Life Since March Part 2- California Baby!

Early Sunday morning, I went and picked up my friend Devery and we took off for Cali. We could not for the life of us figure out how to get the cruise control working on my car, but after like 45 minutes, we got it working somehow. The trip went smoothly, until I got off on an exit by accident and we drove around some random town for 20 minutes before getting the GPS to work again. Well, it ended up being fine, cuz we got to my grandma's house five minutes behind our friends we were meeting there. We went inside, talked to my grandma for a little then set up our sleeping arrangements. Spencer and Tyler were in the downstairs bedroom and Devery, Haley, and I shared a room upstairs. There were enough rooms that us girls didn't have to share, but it is way more fun to share a room!

We then went to Julianne's house for dinner with her family, and it was so fun! Her whole family was funny and nice. Then we went back to my grandma's and went to bed. 

The next morning, Julianne came to my grandma's house and we all went to the beach. It was a pretty nice day for the beach, and the water wasn't too cold. We brought a bunch of snacks with us, so that was our lunch at the beach. We boogie boarded, and walked around and laid in the sun, and buried Dever in the sand.

After a while, we went back to my grandma's house and showered and got dressed and played card games and had dinner! Then we went BACK to the beach, but just to walk down the pier and stuff. We also walked down on the sand, even though the beach was technically closed.

Then Julianne went home and the rest of us went back to my grandma's. That's when I realized I had forgotten my part of me and Haley's secret plans! So we dropped off Spencer and Devery to make our sandwiches for lunch the next day, and Haley, Tyler, and I drove around Seal Beach trying to find a Walmart or somewhere to buy more secret surprises  We got to a Walmart and bought noisemakers and other fun stuff to bring to Disneyland!

Tuesday morning, we woke up all excited because it was Spencer's birthday! Oh, and because we were going to the Happiest Place on Earth! Because it was off-season, the hours for the park were shorter than normal, so we made plans to make the most of this super fun day! We had a HUGE surprise planned for Devery. We had all gotten matching shirts with an inside joke on them, but didn't tell her about them. So we all put them on and put jackets over (even though we definitely didn't need them) and piled into the car! We blasted Disney music and sang at the top of our lungs to prepare us for the awesomeness that awaited us. We got to Disneyland and met up with Julianne and her dad (who works at Disneyland so he could sign some of us in for free). Julianne was not wearing a jacket over her shirt, so Devery saw it and laughed. Then we all took off our jackets and she saw all of them. I pulled out hers from my bag and she was really excited! Then most people went to go park the car in the parking garage (Julianne's dad had to be there so we could get free parking). Spencer and I walked to go meet them outside of Disneyland since we couldn't all fit into the car. I am not going to tell you the super funny, awkward side-story to this grand adventure, but I might some other time. Maybe. :) When everyone got back from the parking garage, we all went into the park and got out first picture. We then went to get Spencer a birthday button. I had secretly passed out the noisemakers to the group, excluding Spencer, so when the lady at the counter said "happy birthday" to him we pulled them out and blew them! This continued on for the entire day! It was then time to start our Disney adventure. Unfortunately, two of the best rides were closed (Space Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain) but we decided not to let that get us down. We rode rides, and ran around, and went crazy all day long! After being at Disneyland for a while, we headed over to California Adventure to go on the fun stuff there and to see Car's Land. Car's Land was AMAZING! I literally felt like I was in the movie! The lines for the rides at Car's Land were super long, so we only went on one of them right at the end of the night. We took a bunch of crazy pictures and had an absolutely crazy, fun, amazing time!

After the park closed, we took a few more pictures, then went back to the car. Some of us wanted to get In-N-Out and the others didn't. So Spencer, Devery, and I were dropped off at In-N-Out and the others went and bought a frozen pizza (I think?). We then went back to my grandma's house and ate and stayed up talking. Then we went to sleep. The next morning, we all woke up later than we had planned, and we all went to breakfast then it was time to say goodbye. It was hardest to say goodbye to Spencer, since that would be the last time I saw him before his mission, and since I'm living with Haley and Julianne next year, Tyler is going to be going to BYU for Fall semester, and I was going to be driving back to Arizona with Devery. 

It was such a fun trip, and I already miss them all! 

 And now for an overload of pictures. Please notice how abnormal we are. Also, they are in no particular order. Completely random. Ok.

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