mimi and papa part 2

it's official.  one month ago, yesterday, i, sadly, drove my beautiful mom and awesome dad to the burbank airport, gave them both tearful hugs and kisses and wished them safe travels back to north carolina.  we had such a great time with them on their first trip out to california.  we stayed super busy but did manage a couple of days of relaxation...if that's possible with an almost 2 year old.  here are a few more pictures from their trip.

we live in southern california.  los angeles to be exact.  home of movie studios!  we had to do the super touristy studio tour.  while i generally don't enjoy touristy things,  this was really, really fun.  the reason i have the picture on the bottom right is because this is tommy.  he was a radio dj in raleigh when we lived there!  i couldn't believe it.  jason and i remember him being the side kick for a g105 in raleigh.  they made him do all sorts of crazy things.  when jason and i were in miami a few years ago we heard him on the radio there!  now he lives in socal and is a studio tour guide?  nice guy though.  back to the tour...this is/was where true blood is filmed, shows like the gilmore girls, ghost whisperer, dukes of hazzard.  it's pretty amazing.  it's amazing how the camera can make a place look a lot bigger than in person.  

griffith observatory.  what an awesome place.  it's also super close to where we live...about a 5 minute drive.  i could take the time right now to google griffith observatory and tell you about the history of this great place but i'll leave that to you.  i don't have time.  what it is to me is a great place to get a great view of the city.  i was so excited that we had a clear evening.  you've probably heard there's a lot of smog in la so lots of times when the skies ain't so clear...but this was not one of those nights as you can see.  

the last day they were in town we headed to santa monica.  we almost didn't go because we were all pretty tired from being so busy but we were so glad we went.  the pictures say it all.