Tuesday morning we all crammed into the van and headed up to the city. Our first stop was Fort Point. Unfortunately the fort itself is only open on the weekends, so it was a short, cold windy, photo op.
Our next stop was to Crissy Field to enjoy the view and the beach - but it was freezing and windy again. But beautiful nonetheless.
We walked along the shore and made it to the wave organ. It's this really beautiful idea, but the tide was low and it didn't quite work as anticipated, but I still enjoy going there. A spot out in the middle of nowhere created just to make music for those who venture over there.
Next we went to Golden Gate park to the Botanical Garden. It was beautiful!
Nerdwallet was our next stop to pick up the husband and to show the fam around the office. It's a pretty sweet office.
Caitlan and Megan were driving from BYU during this day at met us in time for dinner... sorta. There was bad traffic and they were kinda late....but all is well that ends well, right?
Which is good because it didn't start out quite right... there was stressful parking and switching cars and carseats and driving in the city in the rain and looking for parking, etc.... BUT we made it.
Randy and Kristen took the babies back to the house for bedtime, and the rest of us headed to the Great American Music Hall for the Copeland/Eisley concert!!!!
Look at me leaping for joy!
The venue was so cool! We were afraid that we were going to be late, but we were actually pretty early. There wasn't a "start" time for the concert, just when they'd open the doors. So we had some standing around to do, which was fine... mostly. After this long day, a number of us were feeling a little worn out, a little sick-ish. Which made the opening group even more un-enjoyable. Seriously - they were so not my type of music at all. I thought the whole thing was a joke, but alas, it was not.
But that's alright, because Eisley was next! I didn't know them by name, but I did know quite a few of their songs and I'm so happy that I was able to see them live. They were amazing - great music and great performances! I love them.
Here's a picture that we discretely (NOT) took of Megan with the boy that was totally crushing on her.... good times.
And then the long awaited Copeland! It was so so so great to be able to hear them live! I loved it. So many favorite songs, so many memories with those songs....it was incredible!
By the time the concert rolled around, many of us were pretty tired and there was a wave of sickness that was about to start and go through most of the family. Scami were pretty sick by the end of the Eisley portion of the concert so they bailed and Scott laid feverish in the car during the remainder of the concert. Sean sat cross-legged on the floor in between acts, and I found a spot in the back of the hall by the sound guy where I could have a little bit more breathing room for the last few songs.
All in all, it was a great day, with many high spots, but pretty much all of us were under the weather by the end of the day. Be it sheer exhaustion or an ailment, whatever it was, not a fan.
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