I had a fantastic weekend with my brother and sister!!! On Thursday night, Becca and I (Matt had to stay in Abby to coach volleyball), flew down to LA to hang out with our brother for the weekend! Nathan spoiled us rotten all weekend - he is a great tour guide and it was, as always, so good to spend time together!
Nathan got us a swanky hotel to stay in...The Fairmont in Newport Beach - complete with a bedroom, living room and 2 bathrooms!!!
one of the bathrooms...don't worry we used both the tub and the shower - in fact one morning Becca used the tub and then the shower in the same setting!
On Friday, Nathan took us to take part in one of his favorite hobbies...shooting! Becca and I had never done this - Nathan was a good teacher!
I got a little excited - Nathan is yelling at me while the pic is being taken not to turn around with a loaded gun in my hand:)
the professional!
not to bad for my first go at it!
he has done this before
E for effort:)
after the shooting range we headed back to the hotel for a board game afternoon (another one of Nathan's favorite things!)
that evening we headed out to the Melting Pot Resturant!!!
such a fun place - there is a burner in the middle of the table where the melting pot sits - we dipped a cheese course, meat course & of course a chocolate dessert course!
the meat course...steak, shrimp, tuna, chicken & beef tenderloin
after supper we headed over to the swankest movie theatre I have ever been too - stole this pic from the internet, but this is what the theatre looked like. We sat in lazy boy recliners - had complimentary blankets, pillows and popcorn - there were waiters too - just in case we needed anything - we could just push a button on our table and they would come tend to us.
Saturday morning we slept in and then had a brunch on our patio at the hotel:)
Hot chocolate in wine glasses - we had to make due with what we had:)
and then our Saturday...we went to the happiest place on earth...Disneyland!
and much to our delight they were taping the very Merry Christmas Parade (which - in the Morgan household - is a Christmas tradition to watch)
Mainstreet USA
3D Rides
the spinning tea cups
fun times!
and to top it all off - the band OneRepublic was at Disney doing a free 'concert' for the taping of the Christmas special.
and then in the evening, when it was dark, they taped their segment of the Dick Clark's Rocking New Years Eve...they sang the song "Good Life" with the castle lit up behind them and then Disney fireworks shooting off during the song - it was magical! strange though to be in November and experience Christmas and New Year's in the same day...TV is all on strings!
our picture with Mickey (it's a terrible one but still proof that we were there)
evening snack - Mickey Pretzel
everytime we go to Disney Nathan has to try to pull the sword out - it never budges!
little sister - big brother
got my ears:)
Sunday lunch at Ruby's resturant and the end of the pier
and one last stop on the way to the airport on Sunday - we toured the Queen Mary
Nathan playing with the ships guns
Becca and I
What a great weekend!
Love my brother and sister - wish we lived closer, but treasure our times together!
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