Perfect Weekend Trip: Southern California!

So for memorial weekend my boyfriend Nathan and I were trying to decide what to do like hiking, camping, sports etc.... but sadly Utah had been raining for the past two weeks so we decided that we would go to Los Angeles and stay with Nathan's brother David and sister-in-law Amy. It was seriously the perfect weather and location to have a fun memorial weekend. We spent most of our trip in San Diego though which was completely beautiful. I had only been to California once before and it was with a school trip and we didn't get to go do a lot of fun kind of local things. We did the big things like Disneyland and Sea World. We did stop by the beach but it was March and FREEZING!!! So this trip was packed with firsts.

Top 15 lists of firsts in California:
1. Staying in a skyscraper of apartments
2. Eating in a really cool lounge on the top of a skyscraper
3. Having dinner by the marina
4. Going to Santa Monica beach
5. Driving down to San Diego in a convertible
6. Walking on a pier
7. Seeing the sunset on a pier with my best friend
8. Going to Coronado Island
9. Playing in the water and laying out on the beach
10. Driving through downtown San Diego
11. Eating in Little Italy district of San Diego
12. Seeing the San Diego Temple
13. Having a bonfire on the beach withHot Dogs, smores, and an ice cream cake
14. Seeing the L.A. Temple
15. Eating an enormous buffet in the Excalibar hotel in Las Vegas

That's basically a list of what we did for 5 days. It was a beautiful trip with great company! I loved trying out new things and seeing some really beautiful sights! My favorite place we ate out was the Cheesecake Factory out in Santa Monica because it sits right next to the marina. You can sit out on the decks with twinkly lights, candles, and heaters. So beautiful!!! My favorite beach was on Coronado Island. It was the softest sand I have ever felt and was such a beautiful island! My favorite part was spending 5 whole days with my best friend specifically watching the sunset with him! I loved this trip and often wish I could go back especially when I look at the pictures!

This was the view out the window of David and Amy's apartment in L.A. (Disney Concert Hall)

Nathan and I at Santa Monica Beach! So beautiful!

Cheesecake Factory in Santa Monica on the Marina

Nathan and I at the San Diego Temple it's really gorgeous!!


Ocean Beach Pier Sunday night. It was a really really long pier!

Another shot of the pier

Nathan and I at the end of the pier.

More of the sunset!

Almost down

The waves were so big that day so we went over to those rocks to get closer to the waves.

Monday at Coronado island. BEAUTIFUL!!!

Ocean Beach sunset on Monday.

It was Amy's birthday on Monday so we celebrated on the beach with an ice cream cake.

Tuesday Nathan and I stopped by the L.A. temple. It was a lot bigger than I thought.

On our way back Nathan and I ate at the Round Table Buffet at the Excalibar hotel in Las Vegas.