Saturday in LA

The San Diego temple was closed for two weeks so Aaron and I decided to go to the LA temple on our day off. We met two of my Santa Barbara friends for a session. The session was huge!! 190 people and it took almost 3 hours. Poor pregnant Lori was ready to be out of her seat. We had a great time and I can't wait to go back! Too bad it's located in LA.

I know the sun is not helping in this picutre, but a wedding party was hovering near by so we had to be quick.

We wanted to make the drive worthwhile and stay in LA all day, so we hit up the Getty. It stays open until 9pm on Saturdays and is free after 5 so we spent a few hours there in the evening. Aaron had never been to the Getty before so it was fun experiencing it with him. Hopefully we can do a full day in the future.

One of my favorite things about the Getty is all the impressionist art they have. I've always loved impressionism so that's my first stop. And the Getty lets you get close to the paintings! I got in trouble once at the Guggenheim because I was standing too close to a Van Gogh. Up close is the best part of a Van Gogh!

Monet's haystacks.

Van Gogh's Irises.

The bottom left corner of Irises. I zoomed in as close as I could get. I love the detail and the impasto technique!
Doesn't this look like a photograph? Unfortunately I forgot to note the artist. Anyone know?

Another great part of the Getty is all the furniture from the impressionist era. They had a beautiful panneled room set up from a sitting room in Europe. Can you imagine sleeping in this bed? All I could think about is how I got my sheets at Ross...