July Recap

I'll just do a very quick recap of July, since I was terrible about posting anything! At the beginning of the month, I went to CA to see family/friends!!  I had an amaaazing time there, and getting to spend time at my parents' ranch is so relaxing, and it's just so beautiful there. I had such a great time seeing everyone, and I miss everyone soooooo much.  My time flew by way too quickly!! 

I arrived on July 4th, so my parents picked me up from the airport and drove us back to their ranch in Oakdale!  Brad, Amanda, Cassidy, and Addison all came over to eat some dinner and enjoy some fireworks!  The fireworks were EXCEPTIONALLY wonderful this year!

The Oakdale Cheese shop has a new pond in front of their shop with some koi fish, and they also have a new farm next to it where you can pet some animals!  I made a few friends. 

 

Koi pond! 

The sweetest gal ever.  She was pregnant and just loved to be petted. 

Sweet Maggie! This is my parents' dog, and she is the sweetest pup. 

My parents have this sign up in their kitchen and I looooove it so much!!  And it SO fits my parents, because this is exactly what they've done!!  They are so happy at the ranch, and they're just loving life.  

Here's my sweet niece Cassidy!!  Brad, Amanda, Cassidy, and Addison all got SUPER sick while I was in town, and it was kinda getting passed around their family.  Somehow my parents and I stayed healthy the whole time!  One day when Brad and Addison were still very sick and Amanda was at work, but Cassidy was healthy and pretty bored so my dad and I went to pick her up so she could hang out at the ranch with us for a bit! 

 My trip to CA went by wayyyyy too quickly!!  I already miss everyone so much.  Things have been VERY busy since I got back to PA!  We had some fun activities in July, and I'm REALLY happy that July is almost over now because I'm ready for summer to be over! Here's a little glimpse of our July:

I went to see a production of Legally Blonde the musical! I was wondering how they would turn it into a musical, but it was great!!  It was so funny.  I met up with my friend Colleen in Philly at the Walnut Street Theater, which is the oldest theater in the U.S.!  Crazy, huh?  It's a really great little theater.  They're going to have a musical of Young Frankenstein in September, and I really want me and McGee to go see that one!  Looooved Legally Blonde though!

 And last week I went with McGee and Mo to see the live taping of my FAVORITE podcast, which is How Did This Get Made?  If you've never listened to that podcast, it's hilarious.  It's hosted by 3 of my favorite comedians, and I listen to it alllll the time while I'm at work.  Basically, every episode they have one terrible movie that they're analyzing, and it's them discussing all of the terrible/great things about the terrible movie.  So, the movie they chose for the Philly show was Double Dragon, so we all watched Double Dragon before the show and then they recorded their podcast in front of the live audience!  They always have some audience participation, so it was a GREAT time.  The theater was also really cool!  I'd never been to the Met in Philly before, and it was great.

You guys... This movie was a great one for the show!!  Soooo terrible and funny. Loved it. 

There's 3 of my favorite comedians!  It's Jason Mantzoukas (I looooove him so much!!), June Diane Raphael, and Paul Scheer. 

That's the quick recap of our July!  It has been CRAZY hot here in Philly, with temps near 100 degrees PLUS humidity. So, it's been gross.  August is usually the grossest month, so I hope it isn't too bad.  I can't wait for Fall!!  I hope Fall comes very quickly.  I hope you're all having really great summers so far!! 

Solid Sound Festival

Hey guys!  Wow, I haven't posted at all in July!  So, it's catch-up time!  I'll do one post on the Solid Sound Festival, which was actually last month, and then I'll do a quick July catch-up post! 

The Solid Sound Festival is this amaaaazing festival that happens every 2 years, and it's organized by the band Wilco.  If you don't know Wilco, you should totally check them out!  They are truly great.  And the festival is always so fun, because it's 3 days, and it's held at this venue called Mass MoCA, which is an area that has a huge contemporary art museum, as well as tons of outdoor stages and large areas set up for food trucks, etc. 

This year we had an amaaazing group go to the festival, and we rented a really cool AirBnB that was a very short drive to Mass MoCA!  It was a really great Solid Sound! 

Here's our group!  That's Timmy, Kevin, Me, Mook, Mo, Rob (Fro's boyfriend), Fro, Jen (Michael's wife), and Michael (the opera singer)

Me and Kevin enjoying some relaxing on a hill! 

Beers in boots.

Kevin, Mo, and Mook!  And the Wilco sign!  They find a new place to put it for every year of the festival! 

A cool building at Mass MoCA!  That's one of the art museum buildings.

Another cool building at Mass MoCA! 

The stage with the Wilco concert the first night! 

Timmy found a spotlight so he had to enjoy it! 

Mook, Kevin, Timmy, and Mo!  It was pouring rain, so we went to this very tree-shaded area for some cover! 

Timmy felt like dancing! 

The 2nd night! 

 Another Solid Sound Festival in the books!  We all had such a great time! Two more years til the next one!