Scenes from the Weekend

3 day weekend edition!

Caught the sunset in San Clemente

before dinner at the Fisherman's Wharf on Brett's parents' last night

My mom and sister face-timed me during the Hanson concert in Pittsburgh

since I couldn't be there!  They are the BEST!

A leisurely bike ride to lunch on Saturday

Headed down to San Diego (Solana Beach) for a concert

and felt the need to snap a pic with this awesome tile

Keller Williams at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach!

Headed down to San Diego again on Sunday for another concert

and found another awesome tile in Encinitas

Encinitas sunset before pizza & beers at Pizza Port!

And more beers at Culture Brewing Co. - Cheers!

Greensky Bluegrass concert at Belly Up Tavern!

SO fun!!  AND they covered The Band!

Roaming around Downtown Disney on my day off...

they're getting all set up for Christmas!

I had off on Monday for Veterans day, so it was a nice long weekend!  Brett's parents left on Saturday morning and the rest of our weekend was full of live music!  So good.  I would go see live music every night if I could.  We especially loved seeing Greensky Bluegrass.  Ah, bluegrass music reminds us of home and the East Coast.  You just don't get that kind of music out here in California.  They just don't understand!

Happy short work week!*

"Sing it if you know it..."

I purposely timed my parents visit last week with Hanson's tour schedule, so that my mom and I would be able to go to a concert together.  Yeah I did!  My mom and I have been going to Hanson concerts together since 1997.  That's 16 years.  I'd call it something special we've got going on between us, for sure.  This particular show in Anaheim last week marked my 30th Hanson concert.

And what's a Hanson concert without a little walk first!

 And later that night, our 30th Hanson concert.

And it was AMAZING.

And since we weren't too far away,

we squeezed in another walk the next day on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood =)

I am so happy I got to have this West Coast Hanson experience with my Mom.

I love this band.

Mom & Dad Visit Southern California!

Well, we dropped my parents off at the airport on Sunday morning.  Womp womp.  We had the BEST time with them visiting this past week.  Our time together flew by way too fast and I miss them already.  We had such a good time showing them around California and definitely did a ton of FUN stuff!

While my parents were here, we...

 Walked along the beach at Crystal Cove in Laguna

Checked out Downtown Disney & the awesome Lego store

 Took the walk with Hanson =)

Went to the Hanson concert at House of Blues Anaheim!
(Dad & Brett did not partake in this part...haha)

Checked out the Griffith Observatory and awesome views

 Saw the Hollywood sign

Introduced Mom & Dad to the amazing In-N-Out

Walked down Hollywood Blvd
(My Mom's nickname is "Fred" haha)

And my Dad got interviewed for Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(and he was ON that night!)

Took another walk with Hanson on Sunset Blvd =)

Made some delicious homemade pizza

Went biking along the beach

Took them to the Top of the World!

Went to Downtown Disney again for dinner at the Rainforest Cafe

Explored Tablerock Beach

And walked along Thousand Steps Beach

Found the Elephant Parade at Dana Point

Witnessed a beautiful San Clemente sunset

And hung out on the pier before dinner at Fisherman's Wharf for their last night

We had such an amazing time together.  Seeing my parents made us miss home even more.  We can't wait until we can get back to Pittsburgh and see everyone!  What a wonderful week we had together.

Counting down the days until we can see them again!