The rest of the mother/daughter trip

A definite HIGHLIGHT  of the trip was that we got to visit MELODY!!!

Melody and I lived together in HAWAII so we are used to being in a beach atmosphere together.  When my mom came over to visit me in Hawaii, we all 3 shared a bed (well, two twin beds pushed together).  So Mel and my mom are close as well.  We loved seeing Melody and her cute son Corban.  She has always been an inspiration to me and makes me want to reach new heights :)

Walking to the pier in Huntington beach together.

Adorable Corban
I was IN LOVE with cute Corban!  Look at this cowboy hat and his little horse.  I was loving him!!


Cute Mo bought us matching beanies.  We loved them!
So I snapped a pic of this perched bird that she wants to paint. Smart.
We loved eating at Ruby's on the pier.
Later that day, my mom and I went golfing on Tiger Woods home golf course.  Ironically it was the cheapest one in town.  Probably because we got the twilight pass.  We couldn't afford NOT to golf!

I love that my mom's new sport is golfing.  I think that we enjoy riding around in the cart together the best.

Good job Mo!


We spent HALLOWEEN DAY in LAGUNA BEACH! 

I couldn't even remember if I had ever been there before but it was absolutely gorgeous!

This was my new favorite friend.  One legged willy.  I swear he only had one leg.  I checked.  Some of you may argue that it is just tucked into his feathers.  No.  One leg only.  Great balance
See, look at all his friends below.  He inspired me to keep doing my yoga poses.  All of that standing on one leg may come in handy one day!
One day I will be laying out fully clothed too ;)  Nance wanted to rent a beach chair but then we went the thrifty route and made our own chair on the hill in the sand.

My mom was loving that our car rental was a fully equipped PT CRUISER.  Good times.

Lunch at her favorite place in Laguna.  This was such a memorable lunch because my mom told me all these juicy stories of our ancestors and how they fell in love, met, married etc.  It made me realize that some things never change!  Ups and downs and love and war etc.  Thanks mom for the great conversations!
We  borrowed Melody and Matt's beach cruisers and rode around town Halloween evening.  We got to see all the kid's halloween costumes and even got some candy from the stores on Huntington main street.
We LOVED this house with all the decorations.  It was fun looking around at all the beach houses. My mom loves to do that whenever we travel.  
Our sunset bike ride view
California is becoming like a second home to me!  It's such a short plane ride over to the beautiful smell of the ocean breeze that I love so much.  Thanks mom for the mother/daughter trip!