Weekending.

We have been doing some really cool things on the weekends these days, especially since I've been lucky enough to have a couple of Saturdays off here and there.

Last Saturday, we realized mid-way through the day that Jamaica Plain was hosting "Porchfest 2014".  Porchfest is basically a huge festival where musicians sit and play music on their porches all afternoon long!  People come from far and wide to wander through the neighborhood and stop by whichever porches/musicians suit their fancy.

We spent the afternoon moseying around JP, listening to awesome music.  Don and I both really love live music, so this was a pretty sweet afternoon.

Our first stop was just down the street.  It was a group of older musicians, singing and playing banjos, guitars, and harmonicas.  The lead singer described their music perfectly when he prefaced his song with this:

"I like to call our next song the 'Cowboy Song'.  Now...if you listen real close, you can actually hear the horses trotting down the dirt road, off into the sunset."

Love them.

For dinner, Don had a great idea to bike over to Cambridge to get falafel wraps.  I've been trying to eat more fruits and veggies, so I was stoked to try "Falafel Palace".  Also, I'm super into anything involving my bike with a basket.

Bikes and veggies.  It's so JP of us.

For our next weekending adventure...Revere Beach and the Sand Sculptures!

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#girlscamp2014

I absolutely loved Girl's Camp this year.  I had a fantastic time, and I enjoy spending a week with my girls oh-so-much.  With the exception of the 95 degree heat wave that cooled down to 85 at night, everything was great.  

I don't have a lot of time to write, so this post will mainly consist of pictures.  

{Car snacks for the wee ones!}

{Rifle shooting.}

{Five out of five on the paper.  Oh yeah.}

{Puzzles for devotional.}

{A roadway pic from my daily run.}

{Our energetic YCL's, showing off their mustaches.}

{Sunrise kayaking...at 5 a.m.  I look impressively proper for so early in the morning.}

{The beautiful sunrise.}

I don't have any pictures, but we also had a crazy fun dance party one of the evenings.  I created a dance playlist on my i-pod beforehand (...so I would be ready to host, you know, just in case *it happened to come up that we should have a dance party*).  By the end of the night, every girl in camp was jumping up and down, fist-pumping, and shouting at the top of her lungs for and hour and a half.  This dance party was one of my favorite YW memories for sure.

I don't have any pictures, but while I was at camp, Don spent the week in Utah visiting his family.  He was so excited to get back into outdoor mode!  Everyday he spent his time doing some combination of mountain biking, trail running, water skiing, or rock crawling.  I know he also really enjoyed spending time with his family, and was pretty stoked to hang out with little Max-a-million too!

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Fenway Park for free.

This summer, we are really trying to take advantage of the time we have left in Boston.  Two weekends ago, I did my research and found out that Billy Joel was playing a concert in Fenway Park.  Don is a huge Billy Joel fan, so I knew he would be excited to go.  Back when we were living in Fenway, we discovered that you can hear all of the music from the concerts just by sitting on the grass outside.  Nobody cares if you don't have a ticket, you can practically wander right up to the gates.

So, we decided to crash the concert for freebies.  We packed blankets and pillows, and stopped by our favorite falafel place to pick up wraps for dinner (the first thing we ate when we moved to Fenway 3 years ago!).

When we got to Fenway, we found the perfect spot to lay out our blankets.  There was nobody there, and we were about 30 feet from the outside wall of the ballpark.  

About 15 minutes before the concert started, we saw a gate open right in front of us, and a bunch of guys holding instruments piled into a Mercedes (complete with mini motorcade) and drove off. One of the guys was holding a saxaphone, and I know it was Billy Joel's band.  I mean, we heard a saxaphone as soon as the music started playing.

We had a great time listening to the music and just hanging out.  I think Don knew every word to every song.

And I tried.  :)

Boston, we are loving you this year!  Keep up the good work.

#bostonsummer2014