A Last Hoorah

Mum and Q arrived in LA on Saturday morning, so we had a few days of fam time before Han's orientation at Chapman! On Saturday Mum and Q met us at the apartment with a fantastic birthday cake, so sweet!

 For lunch we went to a little bakery Han had heard about on set, called Bronzed Aussie, and had authentic, delicious, Aussie pies and sausage rolls and desserts! It was just what we all needed, a little taste of home.

We all made a Walmart run for the stuff Han still needed then we went out to dinner at this amazing Korean BBQ place! So good!! We also picked up a wonderfully sweet birthday package from the post office from Sarah and Izzy! Love you bebes!! We had yummy cookies and sweets, cute purses, and muddy buddies!! The BEST!

Sunday was our day of birthday celebrations with Mum and Q! We decided to drive the pacific coast highway to Santa Barbara with a couple fun stops along the way. Our first stop was for a really yummy brekkie of eggs benedict in Santa Monica at the Georgian Hotel!

 All full of great food and coffee, we headed on toward Oxnard. The drive was beautiful! Looking at the clear, blue ocean on one side and towering, rocky cliffs and mountains on the other, the time flew by! We got to a little harbor with intentions to go kayaking, but walking along the pier we stopped in our tracks for... JETSKIS!! Ahh it was SO much fun! We had an hour on them out in the open ocean and we just had a blast! 

Lucy, a bit surprisingly, was a speed demon! She had it on full throttle most of the time she was driving with Han clinging on behind! We got some great air a couple times - and nearly came a cropper at one point! Kind of terrifying! We also saw heaps of seals hanging out on a buoy and some dolphins playing around in the water, so cool!

We had lunch in a cafe overlooking the marina and hopped back in the car to head to Santa Barbara. In Santa Barbara we explored Stearns Wharf and had dinner on the end of the pier overlooking the ocean at Moby Dick's Restaurant.

Monday was heaps of fun and really exciting too! First off we went to check out mum and Q's future home for if (when!) they move out to SoCal! It was perfect and beautiful and AMAZING! Ahh!! Hopefully it won't be long before it's a reality, we could all totally picture it being home. After that we took Mum and Q to the Americana at Brand - the incredible shopping centre mentioned previously - and had lunch at The Cheesecake Factory. We did a little shopping then headed back to the apartment to pack all of Han's stuff into the car, waahhh! We only had a few hours left together because Han was staying the night at Mum and Q's hotel right near Chapman. It was so surreal and crazy; we couldn't even fathom the thought of being apart after 19 years together! We all went out for a last hoorah dinner at Roscoes - which was just as amazing as the first time - then it was time for the two of us to say goodbye :(

A lot's happened since then but we're a little behind on the blog! We'll be writing individually for the most part from now on, and not as regularly once we settle into school. We'll be sure to update with exciting news and fun events, though, and there'll definitely be a lot to talk about over the next couple weeks!