More California Pictures

I just keep updating about our California trip because there was so much to see. We got to go to Beverly Hills and go shopping at all the rich people stores. It was really fun. Even the parking garage was super nice! We enjoyed seeing all the fancy stores and beautiful scenery. This part of town is so pretty, Rodeo Drive. We got there in the evening and many of the stores were starting to close so we went in a few as fast as we could to see some of the fancy stuff. It was surprising to see that some stores were priced just like they would be here in Ohio. I sort of expected this area to be much pricier. Don't get me wrong, Louis Vuitton was still so ridiculously priced that I don't ever want shop there but it was still really fun to see the stores.

Although I enjoy seeing the fashions, I am not a fashionista. I do enjoy watching a lot of the shows that happen to take place in California so it was fun to see so many of the sights that I see from tv in person. I was really hoping to get to eat at a vegetarian place since they have tons there, but we never got to that. We ate mostly at Whole Foods. We brought stuff to our rooms a lot to eat since eating out is expensive and difficult. Matt and I had a great trip with everything going smoothly but we were the only ones. MomG and Gary had hotel trouble, but it scored them a small deal. Andy and Naomi had flight trouble and had to stay the night in Minnesota when they were on their way home. I guess the only trouble we had was the tux rental. Matt had to rent a tux from Men's Warehouse, it was a disaster and very funny all at once. Matt's tux was about 5 sizes too big. The vest and coat tails went to his knees and the shirt was the largest about 10 sizes too big. The person who measured him obviously had no clue what she was doing. So in California our first day we had to drive around to 3 different stores while they tried to find pieces and sew up things to fit him last minute. They also messed up the groom's tux as well. So I do not recommend using this company, it was awful. At least matt went and got a partial refund because of it!!

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Hollywood, California

More pictures from our California trip. Wow we had so much fun, amazing fun checking out Hollywood!! We saw the Chinese Theater and all the hand/foot prints of celebrities. It was really fun to see how big/small some of them were. There were all kinds of look alike characters there, it was fun to see them and take pictures with them. Matt here is shooting a star wars storm trooper, while wearing the star wars shirt I got him for Christmas, haha. We saw the Kodak theater, the Hollywood sign, some wax figures, all kinds of fake celebrities, the Hollywood Bowl (where the Buttles-aunts,uncles- sang as children- if memory serves. Mom Green bought she and I pink T-shirts with rhinestones that says Beverly Hills. It was great to be caught up in the hype and fun of the Hollywood town. It was a great tourist attraction and we could have spent lots of time touring inside of these sights if we had more time. It was so fun to be there. Now if we ever see anything about Hollywood on TV Matt and I say .... We've been there.

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Wedding Part 2

Matt's brother Alan got married in January to Karina! I didn't take a lot of pictures because my camera often acts up. So unfortunately I don't have any wedding pictures but here are some from the reception. I need to borrow some from others to get wedding pictures. But we flew into LA and stayed there all but the first night. We drove down to San Diego for the wedding the next morning. I was sad that there was no get togethers of any kid for the family and friends to meet before the wedding. Saturday morning we went to the San Diego temple for the sealing. IT was a beautiful and spiritual experience. Alan and Karina were amazing together. I kinda struggled knowing who was who since we didn't get to meet any of the family. Then we waited outside of the temple for an hour or so for the bride to come out, wow, that was a long wait, but man am I glad it was in the warm, sunny southern-california!!! I was only in a few pictures with the whole group, but Matt had to take much more because of being a groomsman. (Matt sure was thankful our wedding was so laid back and easy after being in a tux this whole day.)

I was so proud of my husband for refusing to cuddle with some other bridesmades, at the request of the photographer. I wasn't there, but if I had heard and seen that, the photographer would have an earful from me. We then made the long drive from san diego to LA to check into our hotel. Then drove from LA to Santa Barbara for the reception, YES WAy to much driving for us. We were soooooo tired. The reception was interesting. I enjoyed the decorations but did not understand why we drove so far for a small tiny room with no view. Oh well! I munched on a few veggies since there was not much to eat for vegetarians. But there was a huge candy table there so I did eat a lot of candy. Then a long drive back to LA to sleep. Wow, my heart went out to the other Greens who have two little girls who were tired out from the day too.

Matt and I loved that at attending this wedding we got to reminisce about our own wedding. We both could believe how nice it was that my Dad was good enough to move the events along so that we were not all standing and waiting for hours and hours sometimes. Matt even said, "Gosh we need your dad here to get things moving." IT was nice to have had so much family who was there to help and do work behind the scenes that we did and did not even see. THANK YOU my family!!! I love you all. Matt and I kept it simple and we are so grateful after this complicated event! Events like this are always busy and crazy so I'm not saying it wasn't great, it was wonderful, we just had a whirlwind of a trip.
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A visit

Mom and Dad West visited us this weekend. What a wonderful time we had! They arrived Saturday afternoon. We soon left for Jungle Jims, our local international food warehouse were they treated us to lots of yummy groceries. Then we bought a movie (the new star track), tons of ice cream from one of the top 5 nationwide best icecream distributors(graeters), and went home to enjoy it all.

Sunday we enjoyed church, more yummy food, scrabble, a movie, sewing machine demonstration ( mom taught me to machine quilt!!!!), and more movies. It was such a blast. They left monday morning for nauvoo, then MN for Thanksgiving! It was such a blast!!



WE ARE GOING TO CALIFORNIA! We are so excited to announce we booked our flight, hotel, and car for our trip to Cali. We are so excited to get to be at Alan and Karina's wedding. They are adorable.