Watching Back to the Future at the OC Great Park

A month back Jenn and I had a great time at the OC Great Park when we went to the Wine Festival. Because of the Wine Festival, Jenn went on the OC Great Park website and saw they have movies in the park on Friday and Saturday nights. Most of the movies are kid movies but they also have Flashback Fridays and this weeks movie was one of my all time favorite movies, Back to the Future. 

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Celebrating Jakes New Job at Ruth Chris

A couple of weeks back Jake got offered his first full-time job since graduating college. He accepted the position and will be starting (will have started by the time this posts) on Tuesday May 27th. Jenn and I couldn't have been prouder of him so we decided to go out the three of us and celebrate at Ruth Chris here in Irvine. Before we went we had some and and went to (its Jake of course) take pictures to commemorate the moment. 

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We Completed Our Big Hike

Back in February Jenn and I purchased a parking pass for the State Parks which allows us to park at the state beaches and parks as much as we want for the next year. Our go-to Saturday morning activity since picking up the pass has been hiking Crystal Cove. For us its less about the hiking and more about just spending time together outside and taking advantage of where we live. However since the first hike we promised each other that we would complete treacherous nine mile perimeter hike; the most difficult trail available at Crystal Cove. 

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It Wasn't Good, It Was a Great Friday

Most years I have little to no vacation days to take outside of our big trips. This year however we decided instead of doing two trips, to just do one big one which gave me a couple of free vacation days to sprinkle throughout the year. So I decided to take Good Friday off and enjoy the beautiful Spring here in Newport Beach.

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Jenn Got a New Job & Car

Jenn never ceases to amaze me. A month ago she looked like she had something on her mind and sure enough that night she told me she had applied to Taco Bell for a management position of their internal communications. I went online right after she told me and knew she had a great chance at the position and sure enough after two rounds of interviews she got the job. It's a big promotion for her and I couldn't be happier for her. She has really loved her job at PIMCO but I think this new position is an even better fit for her. I sit here and can't even begin to describe how proud I am of her. She is fearless, she knows what she wants and never lets anyone stop her. I'm so excited for her to start the new job and knock Taco Bell's burritos off (see what I did there). 

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