Being tourists in California

When trying to decide where to go during our week trip to California, it was a little tricky.  There were places that we knew we wanted to go back to...like Randy's Donuts and then places that the kids couldn't remember but were great, like Hollywood, places that we frequented while living there, and then places we had never been before.  We tried to mix in a little of everything.

Santa Monica 

(SO crowded...we definitely could have skipped this one after seeing the crowds_yikes)

Oh, and everyone got sunburned...well, except me and Summer

(pat myself on the back for great sunscreen application skillz)

Randy's Donuts...just as amazing as I remembered!!

Beverly Hills

 We found the tree where we carved our names years ago.

Kya during the initial carving...

The big kids wanted to check out Rodeo drive

We hiked kind of close to the Hollywood Sign

(closer than we ever got when we lived there)

And since we were kind of nearby...Jordan wanted to check out the lamp post exhibit...didn't quite time it right since we wanted to get there at night but it was still kind of cool (and super windy)

Oh and Mike kind of got to see his precious tar pits:)