Life Is Beautiful 2016

September 2016

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

Yes, it is! Especially when you get to meet some of the musicians you love! I happen to love music-I can't sing or compose it, and I am a little picky because there's some genres I'm not a fan of like jazz. Nor am I overly fond of singing hymns at church but I like what I like and I got to meet a few great musicians. I didn't actually go into the festival but my favorite radio station does the Soundhouse and a bunch of the bands stop by for quick acoustic performances and meet and greets. It's a great experience and so much fun to be up close and get a pic with these guys. Lauren went all three days to the actual festival downtown and loved every minute!

The Strumbellas

Jimmy Eat World

Me + Jimmy Eat World

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Stephan Jenkins from Third Eye Blind

Young the Giant

Young the Giant

Nothing but Thieves

Flume

View from the Gold Spike

L.A. ALL DAY

September 2016

If you've never been to the L.A. County Fair you are really missing out. They literally have everything! A whole carnival of rides, animals-literally a zoo in one section and a bunch of cows and farm animals in another, games that take all of your money but are fun to play, and food- lots and lots of it. Luckily we found some discount tickets at Costco that included entry and ride tickets so the initial cost was pretty decent. We wandered all day and night and still missed half of the attractions. It was a little hot but it wasn't too busy so it was bearable. We will definitely go back again and try to hit more things. Jace won the girls some stuffed animals and they made a fun video of their day. We also stopped at the Hello Kitty Cafe in Irvine- it was just too cute to pass up! Overall for a quick trip it was pretty fun!

Three Little Pigs! Lauren, Sydney, and Jace

Winner Winner!!

Nightlife

September 2016

COLDPLAY

Guess who won tickets to Coldplay? All of us! Sure we were kinda in the nosebleeds but it was a great concert and its always better when it's free! Lauren and Sydney pulled the vertigo card and said their seats made them dizzy and they were reticketed to much better seats in the handicap section. Haha! Guess it worked! The upper level at T-Mobile Arena is very steep though and the seats in front of you are too low to lean against so it does feel like you could loose your balance and fall right over. It was a fun night and Coldplay did not disappoint!

Bite of Las Vegas

Every year Mix 94.1 puts on an outdoor concert with food trucks. There were some good bands playing this year so we went. I ran into Kevin Griffin- the lead singer of Better Than Ezra and got a quick pic. Fitz and the Tantrums also played and we were quite close for that one. They all put on a great show and we had some great food. Lauren and Brooke came with us too and they got a pic with JC from 94.1. Fun night!!

Kevin Griffin and I

Brooke, JC, and Lauren

Better Than Ezra

Fitz and the Tantrums

Fitz and the Tantrums

Back to School 2016-2017

August 2016

Another year of high school begins........

Jace is a sophomore this year and decided to try his hand at playing tennis. 

Lauren is a SENIOR!!

Last year of high school..... then real life begins!! 

Lauren and Sydney had their senior photos taken for the yearbook about a week before school started. Can't believe how quickly time has flown by- seems like it was just last month we were prying her little fingers from the chain link fence of the kindergarten playground to go class on her first day.