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Aug 4, 2017 Travel to LA for Kyle's Wedding

We traveled from Sequoia NP to Orange County Airport to pick up Helen and Mimi.

We got to Orange County Airport on time and picked up Helen and Mimi without any issue.  Then we drove to Nick’s in San Clemente for lunch.  This restaurant was listed as the #1 restaurant in Orange County area.  After we tried it, it was really good.  Surprising we were able to found a nice restaurant in a small town like San Clemente.  

After checked in and we got ready to drive to Irving for the rehearsal dinner.  It was Sam Woo Restaurant where we did enjoy wonderful Chinese banquet.  It was great for Fei to catch up with her girl friends.

Aug 5, 2017 - Visited Laguna Beach and Attended Kyle’s Wedding

In the morning, we took the opportunity to visit the Laguna Beach and the surrounding area.  First we got to Laguna Beach and had a opportunity to stroke along the beach area.  There were a lot of grand hotels and resorts along the beach area with beautiful landscaping.  It was our first time visiting this area, we enjoyed it very much and took a lot of photo along the beach. 

Then we drove to Newport Beach, however, it was just a beach town with beach.  It lacks of the beautiful landscaping for visitors to enjoy.  We only took one picture to represent our visit for “being there” and drove back.  One the way, we planed to have a nice lunch at The Beachcomber Cafe, turned out there was a 2-3 hours wait.  Therefore we went to Nick’s at Laguna Beach has another wonderful lunch.

Then we got back to hotels to get ready for Klye’s wedding.  We got to Ole Hanson Beach Club around 4:30pm as requested by Alice.  However, it was a little bit early, so we took the opportunity to enjoy this beach front event venues.  The wedding was outdoor with beautiful ocean and beach as backdrop.  The wedding was beautiful and joyful.
Then we moved the rooftop of this venues to enjoy the rooftop wedding banquet.  The food was good, the environment was romantic, the the scenery was breathtaking.  
In the middle of dinner, we notice the sunset and also thought there was another wedding going on near the beach with the newlywed couple taking picture by the beach.  After a close look, then we realized they were Klye and Ellen went down the beach side to have beautiful wedding photo with sunset as backdrop.
Then there were more celebration and dancing to complete this wonderful and joyful event.

Aug 6, 2017 - Wedding Brunch at the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa’s

There was a wonderful wedding brunch at the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa’s at 9AM.  The seating was on the backyard of the resort with wonderful brunch menu.  With the breeze from the ocean and beautiful surrounding, we had a wonderful time enjoy the brunch.  After that we had to walk around the Marriott surrounding area to enjoy the panoramic view of Laguna Cliffs Beach.