Taylor Swift & Grandma Visit - 153/365

This evening Nana and I were heading to Cleveland to see Taylor Swift. I had been wanting to see her for awhile, so Nana and I decided we would try to get tickets this year. Woohoo!

We had dinner at Morton's before hand. Delicious!

After we headed over to the show. We have never been to a concert with so many special effects. It was absolutely amazing. They gave every person a little wrist band. When you wore it during the concert, it blinked to the music in all different colors. It was so amazing to see them all blinking in sync. She had a catwalk the whole length of the stage that raised up and spun. She did have little tethers, so she wouldn't fall off. Everywhere you looked there was something happening...smoke, fireworks, spinning stages, dancers, lights. It was a stunning show. We want to find another date on the tour to go to!

While we were off doing that, Jim, Reagan and Brinkley parked at the Kirk Road trail and walked over to Grandmas for a little visit. She was excited to see them and Reagan was excited to check on Papa's garden.

Jim loved the fact that Greg brought his parking spot sign home from D&E to put in his yard. It looks great right by his grill!

When they got home from Grandma's, Jim got out Reagan's golf clubs. They spent some time playing with those. She's doing really well. Hopefully we can get her out on the course soon!

Good times for all.

Parking for Greg only

Golfing girl

Ready for Taylor!

Blinking Bracelets

Spinning cat walk

 

CAVS Game - 54/365

Jim and I had been wanting to see a CAVS game since the season started. 

The end of last year and so far this year, have just been crazy, so we hadn't made it up there yet. Finally today, we got to go! It was a beautiful drive up with no problems at all. 

We had tickets in the club, so it was nice to be back there. They changed the food stations up a little bit, they were A LOT smaller. They still had some good stuff though. They had their traditional hot dog and ice cream bars. Then they had one Asian station and one with pierogies and lots of toppings. They were delicious! 

The game itself was good with lots of back and forth scoring. They were winning most of the first half, but really struggled in the second. They ended up losing 96-83. Oh well. 

We love going up there, because they do SO MUCH fun stuff during the game. People were still having a blast and dancing, even in the last five minutes, when you were sure they were going to lose. Cleveland fans are used to it. LOL! 

We had a really fun time and it was nice to have a date night. 

While we were at the game, Reagan was spending some time with Nana and Papa. She went over early this afternoon. Her and Papa decorated the living room with battery operated tea lights while Nana took a shower. They did a fabulous job! 

Later this afternoon, they went down to visit Great Granddad and Grandma. Reagan loves going down there and especially seeing Zeke. They even played a racing game with her toys. First one to the carrots won! It was a tight race! LOL! 

This evening, they went and had some dinner at Stonebrige, then called it a night! Reagan loves spending the night over there! They have such a fun time together! 

It was a fun day for all!

The photo of the day is Jim and I after the game. 

Next, Reagan playing down at Great Grandma and Granddad's house. 

 

Big Spring & Cavs - 105/365

It was a great day today! 

 My mom, Reagan and I went up to the Cleveland Botanical Gardens to check out Big Spring! 

The minute you walked in the building you were just smacked with the most wonderful Spring smells. The ticketing lobby was filled with little carts with Tulips everywhere. When you walked into the main lobby, there were larger than life flowers and gardening tools. Some flowers had little butterflies on them and there were real hydrangeas everywhere. There were even flower print umbrellas hanging from the ceiling. It was gorgeous! 

When you walked down the hall, they had a kids area where there was a maze made from hedges, a fish pond, a little stage and a tea party hut. Reagan loved the maze and got right through! The little stage was also a hit! They had fairy, butterfly, bee and parrot wings that the kids could try on and put on a show! She loved being the Monarch Butterfly. There was no one around, so she had the whole place to herself, it was great! After her "show" we went to the Mad Hatter Hut and she made us "tea."

 Next, we headed outside to the Hershey Children's Garden. They had streamers everywhere in the trees. It was so pretty to see all the colors flowing in the breeze. We walked all around, but her favorite was the big goldfish pond, she even saw a frog swimming around! 

When we were done at the gardens, we headed over to Legacy Village for lunch at Brio and a quick stop at Janie and Jack. The new giraffe line is to die for, and since Reagan LOVES giraffe's, we couldn't pass it up! We got our treasures and headed home. We got back around 3:00 and I had just enough time to put stuff away and get all spruced up for a date with Jimmy. 

Jim's mom was nice enough to come over to spend the evening with Reagan, so we could set off to Cleveland for the CAVS game! Yep, two trips to Cleveland in one day...LOL! The Cavs were playing the Heat so we knew it would be an interesting game. We ended up having dinner at Bar Symon before the game, YUM! It was fan appreciation night and they were doing a lot of fun giveaways. We didn't win anything, of course...LOL!  The CAVS were actually winning for most of the game. They got a little behind in the fourth quarter but brought it back with a few minutes left. They were down by one with 13 seconds left. Kyrie got the ball and just stood on the arc dribbling! He finally went to make a move with 2 seconds left and lost the ball. The Heat grabbed it and it was game over! BOO! That's how it always ends in Cleveland, no matter who you are watching. 

This CAVS season was fun because Jim and I made it to the home opener and the last home game! 

 

The photo of the day is Reagan at Big Spring.... 

The bonus photo is the scoreboard at the end of the game, with a inserted picture of Lebron on the sidelines in his suit. Yes, they still won while Lebron sat on the bench. :(

Unfortunately, our great day was clouded by the unthinkable tragedy in Boston. The Boston Marathon was going on, and as runners were crossing the finish line, two bombs blew up in the crowd. 3 people died including an 8-year-old boy. 183 people were injured with many losing limbs.  What a unbelievable tragedy. I'm not sure what this world is coming to, it's so sad. 

Our hearts go out to all the victims. ♥