Memorial Day

We had a fun filled Memorial weekend! Sunday we had a great BBQ with out-of-town family at my parents house---and Monday was packed with packed with on the go fun! Brody got up early and went on a 50 mile ride with friends, then we met them at the movies to see Avengers (great movie!). After the movie we ran down to the Rainbow Factory to get some new summer footwear.

It's so much fun to come down and see what new things they have! I ended up getting actual shoes there instead of sandals, haha.
And this time we signed the HUGE sandal. : ) 

Traffic was so bad going north, we decided to keep going South and ended up in Oceanside for an early dinner at Joe's Crab Shack. It was so good, and you couldn't bet our view (bottom left photo). We even had a seal out our window (2nd row, far left)! 

On our way home, we stopped off at Balboa Island for one of our favorite treats! Hippo cookies from Dad's.

So yummy and a perfect way to end our days adventures!!

(with some extra treats for the rest of the week) : ) 

(all photos taken with my phone) : ) 

Handy man & Dinner on the water

 This past Sat Brody switched out the headlights on his car. They were looking pretty sad, and we can't have a car we still love so much looking like that. He got a great deal on Ebay and when they arrived we headed over to my parents house and Brody made the switch, in well under an hour! Over the years with my Dad's help, Brody has gotten so confident with working on cars. He did this all on his own, and before he started I asked him if he was nervous to take apart his car (I would be!), and he very confidently said no as he was starting to unscrew the front of it. :)
(click on photos to enlarge)  

BIG Difference huh?! 

Next up, is a FULL on detail service inside and out.

 After the car work was done, we all headed out to dinner. We ended up at San Clemente pier. It was a beautiful night! We had never been, which was extra fun for all of us. 

We had some time while we waited for our table, so we played around on the pier for a while. 

There was a pod of Dolphins out in the water...but never really came up enough to get a great photo of them. But if you look close you can see one below. : ) 

When we were seated at The Fisherman's restaurant, our table was RIGHT on the corner by the water. We enjoyed the sunset, the waves crashing under us, the space heater over us, the train coming and going, great food and even better company! It was such a lovely and relaxing night! 

We'll be back San Clemente Pier! 

Fantasmic! 20th Anniversary

Monday night we went to Disneyland for an Annual Passholder event, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the show Fantasmic! It was pretty fun. It was held after the park had closed, and they had special foods and merchandise for the AP holders (well the food was available to all, but the merch was just for APs). 

The Matterhorn is a lot done and ready to reopen! 

Strawberry brownie kabobs 

(you'll see in this post that I REALLY over did it with the sugar. And felt it the next morning :/ )

We got to the viewing area a bit late, but we ended up scoring the last two seats in the Riverbelle restaurants patio viewing area. They were right up front too. We had a great view for being late.

....and played some cards while waiting for the show to start. 

Tried a sparkly Fantasmic! cinnamon roll....

....and the light up Blueberry Blast drink! 

So fun & we now have two light up ice cubes

There was a special history of Fantasmic! pre-show

One of my best shots of Murphy the dragon! 

Mickey taking charge over evil

The back of my new sweatshirt : ) 

Our wristbands for the event 

It was such a fun night, but I don't think we will be doing events like that on a weekday anymore! We need more sleep than we used to. haha

Ventura

This past weekend we drove up to Ventura for Brody's brother, Brooks' graduation & little Levi's blessing. On our drive up we decided to take the scenic route and drive up PCH from LA. Traffic in LA was horrible (big surprise), so we got off a bit earlier than we had planned and we came across Tito's Tacos. I hadn't been since I was in Jr.High. It was a really fun pit stop, and we got some extra chips and salsa for our hotel room for the weekend. : ) 

(The photos below for some reason are mainly from our phones and a point and shoot, only one from our big camera)

Saturday morning was the graduation at Cal State Channel Islands. It ended up being a really beautiful day.

 Marley and Kaye keeping an eye out for Brooks

 view from our seats

Part of the group during the ceremony 

 AD and Brody

 Us and Marley

We loved when she came down the row to visit us (which was a lot) : ) 

 I love how much Brody loves to use our big camera! It's so much in fact that I'm thinking we might have to get another one pretty soon....we both like different settings too. ha : ) 

 Marley looking at the program - Brooks' name was actually on this page too. So cute.

 Brody, Brooks and Marley 

 Mom, Brooks, Marley and Dad

The after party was so cute! 

 The next day we got to be apart of our new little nephews blessing 

 Levis after Blessing party 

 We got Marley this cute Dumbo pillow pet that was new at Disneyland. She seemed to love it! : ) 

 It was such a fun weekend! We really enjoyed seeing everyone again, meeting cute little Levi and are so proud of Brooks and his big accomplishment and know he has a great future ahead. : ) 

Creatures of habit

It's no surprise that we love Angels games and Disneyland (and we feel very blessed to be able to do both so often), and this past weekend was no different. We had one of our season games (we've had a couple since my last Angels post, but I won't post about them all....just most of them) ; ) 

We are back to taking the train. It's just so fun and easy! 

View from our seats 

 We discovered they have Chronic Taco....and fell in love with their nachos.

Don't they look amazing? ; )  

 Snuggled up watching the game 

Dip n dots!! 

It just has to be the most fun ice cream to eat.

It was Rally Monkey beanie give-a-way night! 

I LOVE these! 

We got some good home run's and won the game! It was a great night to be there! : ) 

 My winning halo : ) 

By the time we made it back to Irvine, it had rained a bit. The rain makes everything really pretty. 

Disneyland!! It's been awhile since we had done a Saturday afternoon trip, and they are always  some of my favorites! 

Getting ice cream at the newly reopened Gibson Girl 

 Soooooooo good! 

My all time favorite Thunder Mountain shot : ) 

It had been about 6 years since we have been to the Tiki Room. It's never really been a favorite, but we thought we would give it another shot....with a Dole Whip! : ) 

I LOVE how there are always bubbles floating around the park somewhere 

In the Tiki Room waiting area 

Inside the Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki room...

It's a cute little show, i'm glad we gave it another run. We just kept forgetting about it. haha. ...and I just love Jose! "Ole, Ole It's cho time" ; ) 

We walked into the new Candy shop on Main Street and realized that they filled it with Schonbek chandeliers! It's so fun to have such a personal touch for us at the park. 

SUCH a fun weekend and Sat in the park!! <3