long beach, ca

I was in Long Beach, CA last weekend for a get-away weekend. I originally planned the trip around the marathon that was happening there, but I hurt my hip over the summer and couldn't complete my training and so I couldn't do the marathon. (I'm just now finally able to start running a little.) Leslie, Tish and Brett all came down there with me to hang out. It was fun to spend time with family. Anneka hung out with us for a day and we explored Long Beach together. This is down by the marina. We luckily had really nice weather.

We thought Leslie should get these sunglasses.

The marathon had an expo on Saturday that we walked through. They had little give-aways of energy bars and drinks and had clothes and shoes for sale. But then we saw people walking around with 1/2 gallon containers of Odwalla juice. We found that booth right away and got the same thing. We couldn't believe they were giving away so much juice. We all agreed that this was the best give-away. It was so good.

We had yummy mexican for dinner with the lovebirds.

We went to church with Anneka in Santa Monica on Sunday and then went down to the beach afterwards. It was pretty windy, but still nice to be on the beach for a little. We also spent time with our friends Krista and Jen, but we didn't get any pictures. It was fun to catch up with them, too, since we hadn't seen them for over 10 years.