BIRTHDAY GET-TOGETHER WITH OLD FRIENDS

On my last full day in Los Angeles, I was worn out from a very full week.

But it was the day I invited three old friends to come play with me at Shane’s Inspiration playground.

The first to arrive was Sebastian!

We got right to juice drinking and cupcake decorating.

The little boy behind Sebastian is his new brother, Charles.

Then Veronica came and joined us at the decorating table.

Last but not least, Andy arrived and we compared sandy hands.

Andy’s sister, Nicholena, was just a baby when we left three years ago.

After decorating our cupcakes, it was time for me to blow out the candles on my self-decorated cake. It was fun seeing all of my old buddies again!

After hanging out with my friends, I went out to ice cream with Uncle Mike and Aunt Sarah. For some reason, I wrote numbers on their palms.

And drew airplanes and amusement parks before having to say goodbye.

THE GIVING TREE HIKE

Yesterday, we went to Griffith Park to search for a tree that people call The Giving Tree. And we found it! Unlike the Shel Silverstein book, it’s still a whole tree and not just a stump.

The Giving Tree hike

The Giving Tree hike