Southern California Oddities

A few weeks ago we journeyed to Southern California to see my sister Megan get married! It was kind of a wild ride: I picked up Aaron from the airport (he had been in NC for 3 weeks) and then we picked up Jesse from work and we took off to drive all night long with the idea that Nikolai would sleep most of the way (as opposed to screaming the whole way).  It actually wasn't too bad; he fussed off and on for the first few hours until he finally fell asleep for the night, and then we were just had to get through the rest of the drive in the middle of the night.  

The next day, we got up after 4ish hours of sleep and took off to LA to be on the Price is Right! 

In case you're wondering: no, we didn't get called to "Come on down!" but we DID get put in the very front row!  Our taping will be aired on November 6th (Election day!) so make sure to get up early and vote and then come home and watch us on the show :) 

While we were out and about in LA we saw some odd stuff.  

Such as: 

I want a Juicy Yumburger! 

Aren't donuts always a good time? (Do you spell it donut or doughnut?  I usually spell it doughnut but now I'm not sure).

Cool architecture!

And the denouement: a PANCAKE. MAKING. MACHINE. 

You press the yellow button on the front, put your plate off to the side to catch the pancake when it comes out aaaaaand....

Ta da!  It was definitely the coolest thing ever.  Not really worth buying for my house, but definitely perfect for a hotel! 

And unfortunately, I got so excited about taking all these pictures of weird stuff that my camera had died by the time we went to the wedding....so I have no pictures of the bride and groom.  Suffice it to say that Megan looked AMAZING, Garett looked blissful and many of us had some happy tears of joy over their union.  We are so pleased with Megan's choice and we're happy to have Garett in the family!