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so today my mom, jason's family & i went on one of our many family adventures. seriously, jason's family is so good at getting together pretty regularly and i love days out like this. thanks to jaimie who was pretty much our tour guide and had everything set up and ready to go, today was completely stress-free and so much fun! so, we took the metrolink down to hollywood to go see "A Christmas Carol" in 3D @ the Orpheum theater. Maaa woke me up bright & early with McDonalds breakfast :] (one of the many reasons i love her so). We had to be @ Aunt Cheryl's by 9 to make it to the train on time. We ended up in Hollywood @ around 11 and the movie didn't start till 1, so we headed to Grauman's Chinese Theater where me & mom HAD to find John Wayne's footprints & see if they were loose!! ;) [any I Love Lucy fan will understand this]

afterwards all of us went to johnny rockets for lunch and before we knew it, it was time to go to the movie. :) We lucked out because the movie had a live Disney performance before it. Equipped with LIVE Mickey & Minnie, Goofie, and more. Paige absolutely LOVED IT. I seriously almost started crying because it tugged at my heart so much to see her. She sat straight up on Jaimie's lap & just started jumping all over the place! She had the biggest smile on her face & she was giggling and screaming and having so much fun! Then the movie started (3D movies are so much fun by the way). It was an okay movie. It's definitely not a kids movie, that's for sure. But I completely enjoyed the experience.

mama found the door's star & nearly had a coronary. :)

Before we knew it, the movie was over and we had an hour and a half before we had to catch the metro on the way back home. So we walked to this sandwich place called Phillipes (which is apparently a pretty big deal). It was SO much fun & so nice to just hang out with family all day long & catch up and just have a good time.