Welcome to the Pier!

Well the day started out really really bad. The sky was overcast and the day wasn't looking like a good one. But our plan was to go to Santa Monica Pier. We spent most of the morning at home while my aunt and sister made bracelets, eventually we got super hungry so we decided to go to this restaurant right by my aunt's house. We walked past this one of her neighbor's houses and she wanted to go in and see if he would take us surfing tomorrow. At first I didn't really want to, I barely knew this guy so I didn't really want to go meet him. But it was worth it! Oh my god... You just had to be there.... His grandson was over and he turned out to be a babe! On my first trip out to California my parents took the kid's stroller to the zoo and they had pictures of me and Tristan playing at the park. Now, here he was 14 years later! He's 15 but he will be a freshman too. He lives in Orange County, California and I really hate him for that... But anyways... I totally embarassed myself. My one opportunity to impress him I totally screwed up. The boys were throwing around a tennis ball in the living room and somebody threw it wrong and it landed by me. So I picked it up and attempted to throw it back. But I was in the kitchen that has lower ceilings compared to the open-high-ceiling living room so when I over-hand tossed it to Tristan it bounced off the wall of the kitchen and hit my aunt in the face. Whoops! I was so embarassed! My sister didn't make it any better after she threw another one and it hit Tristan's cousin in the face. But we still got invited to go see fireworks with them, which we sadly had to decline. Lunch was really good and then we went to Santa Monica Pier with my aunt and her 10 year old neighbor Veronica. It was really busy. We went on the roller coaster and unfortunately it was kind of lame compared to the ones I'm used to in Minnesota. But we still had fun. I sat next to this Mexican guy with dreadlocks on the roller coaster and thank god I got a picture! After Veronica got an ice cream cone we went back to the car. Now I'm at home eating licorice that Tristan's mom brought over that we stole... haha. So now I'm pretty sure I'll be going surfing in California on Monday which I'm pretty excited about! But I'm not too sure yet because I still have a fear of surfing.... But I'll let you know what I do! I'm not yet sure what we will do tomorrow. Something fun for sure! I miss home though, I want my mommy and my puppies!!!! God... I'm such a baby :)