Our Little Visitor

At the end of June we had a visit from Greg's little sister Anissa.

It started with a quick trip back to Flagstaff to pick her up, which wouldn't be complete without a trip or two to Macys... (maybe it should have been three).

When we got back to Los Angeles we needed a place for Anissa to sleep, you know one where Pico wouldn't lick her at night, and try to share the covers. Greg and I had been toying with the idea of getting some furniture for a while so the next morning we went to Ikea and got a couch, table, and a couple book cases. Out of these three things we knew Anissa could sleep on one of them... I voted book case but Anissa refused.

FYI, Ikea has flat rate delivery! So if you need to buy something there, buy a lot and get them to deliver it for much less then a truck rental would cost! (This friendly advise brought to you by Greg).

Here is Greg, Pico, and Anissa putting together our new table. They had everything assembled in just a few hours. By the way I also helped but there are no pictures to prove it.

Greg had to go into work a couple of times during her visit so Anissa and I ran errands, and had some fun. We went to Color Me Mine, a store where you paint a ceramic thing-a-ma-bob and they fire it for you. Anissa made a coffee mug and I made a spoon rest.

Next, we went out for Chicken and waffles! Yum!

And then we visited the Getty Museum. You are not allowed to photograph the exhibits, but the gardens are just as amazing!

In the middle of the week we took a boat ride out to Santa Cruz Island and had a long hike and a picnic at Smugglers Cove.

The next day we slept in late and then drove to Hollywood to see Shakespeare in the Park at the Old LA Zoo. We were the first audience members of the 2011 season and received a round of applause while we settled in and at another picnic meal.

Finally we went to Angel Stadium in Anaheim to catch the Freeway Series (LA Angeles vs. LA Dodgers). The Dodgers won. After attending 5 different baseball games since moving to LA, our team has yet to win.

After all this excitement we needed a rest. Anissa decided we should spent a few days at home watching some show about mermaids before we headed back to Flagstaff.

For our final dinner we had Sushi. We had to lie to Anissa about what she was eating, but she liked the eel rolls until we told her they contained eel, oh well! Desert was Diddy Riese ice cream sandwiches, if you come to LA and you don't go to Diddy Riese you are seriously missing out on something great!

We drove Miss. Anissa back to Flagstaff and spent a couple more days resting with Family. Then we had to get back to Los Angeles for Greg to work again, and me to read a bunch of really cheesy fiction books.

Hope everyone is having a great Summer!!!!!!

PS: For those of you who are curious here is a before and after of our apartment.

Sorry, this one is a little blurry.