Kody, Kaleb's brother, got home from his mission just a few months after we moved to California. We had already taken a trip back to Utah/Idaho for my sister's wedding so it was too much for us to take another trip. So instead Melanie, Kaleb's mom, had planned a trip for Kody to fly out and see us. We were extremely excited for him to come, mostly to see Kody but also to have our first visitor!
His flight was later in the evening and landed at LAX. It was definitely a crazy airport! I thought that the Salt Lake airport was bad! They did have awesome lights everywhere, though, so it was cool to see that.
It was kind of late to do anything that night so we went a got a small snack from McDonalds and went home to chat.
He came Thursday night and stayed until Sunday evening.
Friday morning we walked to Taco Bell for breakfast, YUM! We hung out for a little bit and then I had to work that evening so on my way I dropped them off at Jack in the Box for lunch. They walked to Hollywood Blvd and showed him the Hollywood scenes.
I know that they walked a long ways and were pretty tired.
When I got home, I grabbed the mail and we had received our window piece to fix our drivers side window! The window had been broken for a long time. It was a pain to have to open the door all the time. We decided we were going to go to Chick Fil A for ice cream so we fixed the window before we went! We felt like real mechanics!
On our way out of the garage there were a few fire trucks in the front of our building. At first we were worried it was for our building, we soon realized that it was a car in fire instead! It was crazy in flames!
We made it safely to Chick Fil A, got our ice cream and headed back home to watch Taken.
Saturday morning we went to the Observatory. It wasn't crazy busy like it normally is because it was early in the morning. It was fun to walk around in the nice weather and see the museum again.
In the basement, there are all the planets lined up on the ceiling. Kaleb wanted to take a picture with Kody, but Kody didn't catch on the first time and looks really bored.
He caught on the second time, though.
I had to work again Saturday afternoon so they just went home and played League of Legends.
We went to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner, thanks Melanie!! It was Delicious!!
That night we watch Brooklyn Nine-Nine episodes and laughed all night long!
Sunday morning we went to Sacrament meeting and then headed off to the beach!
It was a chillier day so I just waded in the water. Kaleb and Kody didn't let the chilly breeze ruin their day and got all the way jumping the waves and everything.
Before we left, we headed to the showers to get the sand off. Kaleb and Kody used them first while I held our belongings. I absolutely HATE cold water! I would much rather have sand all over than stand in cold water. I asked Kaleb if the showers were cold and Kody replied that they were actually warm. Another lady washing her child in the shower looked at me and said "He's lying, it's freezing!" Its good to know that some complete stranger has my back!
We got home and showered again. It was nice to be warm again! I made Swedish meatballs for lunch. It is Kaleb and my favorite meal! We were excited to have someone else try them, except the sauce didn't turn out. We were so upset about it, but I quickly made an improv sauce and they turned out alright.
It was time to head off to the airport before long. I stocked Kody up with lots of snacks before we left. We got into the elevator to go to the garage and it decided to break down, while we were in the elevator. We were in there for a few minutes and everyone was freaking out. It was actually really funny! We were finally able to get it moving again just delaying us a couple minutes.
We got him there in plenty of time. We were just about home when Kody texted us a said his flight was delayed until 9:00 (it was originally 5:30) we told him we could come and pick him up but he said he had plenty of snacks and would be fine.
Later that night we got a call saying his flight was delayed until the next morning. We offered to go and get him but he got a better offer of a nice big hotel room to himself! He had stayed in our small studio apartment with us for the weekend on an air mattress that is flat by the next morning. I would have taken the hotel option as well, after that.
It was a great weekend and Kody was able to get on his flight okay the next day. We were so glad that we got to hang out with him and show him California!
