Huntington Beach

 Huntington Beach! This was the view from our hotel balcony :)

I am pretty scared of the ocean. Big bodies of water really.. Don't get me wrong, I love the ocean. I'm passionate about saving it. But that certainly doesn't get me into it. It's not the water really, it's everything that can harm me in the water. My dad knows this, so when he called the first night, his first questions were about if I went into the ocean... And I actually did! 

I actually did start having some fun.. granted I did only walk into the ocean up to my knees...But, the waves were up to my waist... And for a few seconds, up to my shoulders. Because funny story, the ocean pushed me down... TWICE. Yep. That means for this trip, Ocean= 3, Me= 0. The first time I called it a hug, but not this time... Obviously as I was getting more comfortable with the ocean, it was getting more comfortable with me and decided it was okay to mess around with me more harshly. We'll see what happens the next time the ocean and I encounter one another. I still very much have a love/hate relationship with the ocean. But I will continue to fight for it :)

Bucket List Item:

 Go to Ruby's Diner on the Huntington Beach Pier

The Husband ordered this... It was a chocolate shake with chocolate chips. 

So wonderful :) 

Ling & Louie's!

Sunday night Tanner, my dad, and I went to Ling & Louie's for dinner.

Check out their facebook page here!

I am a pretty picky eater, so Asian cuisine is not usually my favorite.

But the Mongolian Beef here was AMAZING.

I absolutely loved it :)

Please note, usually when we go out to dinner, I don't take a camera.

I just have my iphone and picplz/instagram. :)

I've only used chopsticks once in my life... I was about 9 and it was a restaurant in Las Vegas.

And I cheated because the waiter put rubber bands around them and I used two hands to pull each side apart haha...

Other than that, I haven't used them.

And let me say... its HARD!

I practiced with lettuce before dinner even came.. and I really couldn't get it.

But I was determined to learn how to do it.

(I even took home extra chopsticks to practice :P )

When our dinner came, I was the last one to finish.

I refused to take a bite with my fork, so I used my chopsticks and got through my entire meal!

Well, I only took a couple bites of rice haha... that was crazy but I did it :P

How about you? Do you eat with chopsticks or do you stick with the fork??

The food was just wonderful :)

And when the Manager, John, heard it was our first time

he sent over a complementary dessert!

How awesome is that?!

It's the flour less chocolate cake and it was DELICIOUS!

He also gave us a card for a free appetizer next time we were in.

Our waitresses name was Jenna and she was wonderful :)

We went to the Scottsdale, AZ location, but according to their website ,

they have locations in Chandler, AZ, Denver, CO, Meridian, ID, and Reno, NV.

If there is one by you, I would definitely recommend it!

Let me know if you go to one :)