Reese's Last Hurrah

Maren and her boys came up for Veteran's Day weekend for one last hurrah in Pasadena before we move. In addition to all the other things I love about L.A., it has been so much fun to have Maren only two hours away. So, of course, it was very fun to have them up for a couple days. After they arrived Wednesday afternoon, we headed to the park. Our local "Bubble Man" was there which provided lots of entertainment!





Thursday morning we were up and out the door before 9 am to make the most of a day in L.A. Naturally, we started at our favorite spot, El Matador Beach.

Love this place. It was a beautiful day except for the hurricane force winds!
We were slightly sheltered down on the beach but not enough to lure Parker out from under towels and jackets! (Can you see him under there?)Crew and Carson still enjoyed themselves

And Graham was still trying to do handstands :)

After Malibu, we went straight to the beloved Diddy Riese

Do you see the size of Crew's ice cream cookies sandwich? Can you believe that is only $1.50? And of course this was before lunch. What kind of parents are we?

Just a cute shot of Parker on some stairs in Brentwood

Next stop, Rock Sugar. Maren's sister-in-law had told us about this restaurant in Century City that has an amazing "donut chicken" dish. So we called for take out, drove around in the parking lot for 30 minutes trying to find a spot, drug our way overtired children through the mall and finally, we got to enjoy our "Princess Chicken." Seriously, this stuff was amazing and we all devoured it way too quickly! Well worth the hassle.

We got home about 3:30, cleaned up really quick, then enjoyed the rest of our day on the library grounds and the farmer's market. Definitely a great day!

We are going to miss having Maren so close but are so glad they came for one last visit!