I have this theory that you are officially "old" when you have a certain era of music you keep going back to. Sure, I listen to the Top 40 stations still but if you want to get me out on a dance floor, putting on hits from the 90s is the best way to get me to start boppin'! So, when I heard New Kids on the Block was touring with Boyz II Men AND Paula Abdul, I couldn't resist getting tickets to the concert. I was able to convince my old buddies to go too and we made a girls night out of it by meeting up in San Jose for the night! It was the perfect middle point for our group that was coming from LA, SF and Seattle.
The concert was, no surprise, oh-so-fun! Boyz II Men sang all their hits and the concert ended up being a massive sing-a-long fest. Paula Abdul might've been lip synching, but she's still got the moves and could energize the crowd. And, NKOTB was super entertaining - I didn't know a lot of their songs but they sure know how to work the crowd (of mostly middle aged women! haha).
Bonus was that I was able to extend the trip so that I could visit my cute nephews and hang out with Way for a bit!
Thanks, Scott, for watching the girls over the weekend!
Cutie pie Owen.
He was a happy guy that was super smiley!
These two boys make me happy!
Celebrating Erica's birthday!
NKOTB workin' it on stage.
Girls reliving their teenage years!
Just one of the many videos we took. The entire crowd was singing along!
Goodness, it's already 2025! It's been a really long time since we posted! We had a very lazy new year. We flew back from LA on the evening of the 31st so spent the last remaining hours of 2024 cozying up on the couch and then fell asleep before it even hit midnight! On New Years day, we slept in, cleaned up the house and then did a quick hike the next day. All in all, a good start to the year! Nora's new blanket hoodie. Cold and muddy trails. We're not in LA anymore! We hiked the Primrose trail that follows Coal Creek.
We had made plans many moons ago to take the MLK weekend for a short getaway to the Leavenworth area. We've been a few times in years past and it's always a fun place to visit especially in the wintertime. But this year, with COVID and all, we weren't sure whether we wanted to go but I'm super happy that we went. We had a blast and was able to keep safe by keeping to ourselves! First up, we left bright and early so that we can pack in a snowshoe/winter hike on the drive over. The last time we went , we had stopped for some snowshoeing on the way back and it was epic! Unfortunately, this time the snow was old and not nearly as soft and fluffy so while it was a nice diversion with some pretty views, it wasn't as great as we had hoped. The fun part though, was that we brought our camping stove with us so we did some tailgating in the parking lot and had a fancy ramen meal for lunch. It was super nice to warm the belly with the yummy noodles and broth! That evening, we ...
Evie got a skateboard recently so our usual scoot and bike nights now also include her skateboarding. Here's a short video of her, Scott and Nora rolling down the street.
It was such a fun weekend for me too! Thanks for spearheading the planning!
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