Jon McLaughlin

Last night, we went to see Jon McLaughlin's Christmas concert in Indy! We have seen Jon together before but this time I was excited because he was bring some special guests.  I was lucky enough to snag some VIP tickets to this event.  He brought along Matt Wertz and Dave Barnes too and I have been dying to see one of their holiday concerts for a few years.  Side note: if you get the chance to buy VIP tickets for a show in the Egyptian Room, do it!

They played all of their fun holiday songs and I was so happy.  Jon played a few songs and then he'd had one of his guests come out to play a couple of their songs.  He alternated like this until it was time for him once again and on the last rotation, he brought everyone out to play a final number together.  It was so fun and what I have always hoped for in a Christmas concert!

We even got to cross off an advent activity! Bonus: Matt Wertz played Santa and generously brought copies of Snow Globe to give out for free! Snow Globe is one of my favorite, if not my favorite, Christmas album so I was thrilled to get this!  Here are a few of the fun songs we saw!

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Last night was so fun! Thanks @jonmclaughlin for bringing this show to Indy. 🎄❤️

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Tomorrow we are hitting the road for a good old fashioned Condra family road trip with my parents and sister!

Birthday Weekend at Home

Back in February, Wyatt, Allison, and I went home for a weekend before my birthday.  We picked Allison up on our way down south and headed for my Papaw's house.
  

We managed an afternoon visit with him and my parents before going home to Washington. We had dinner at Mi Pueblo (my favorite) and then Allison, Wyatt, and I went to see Jon McLaughlin perform at my old high school.
  

Talk about weird.  I had not been in any part other than the gym since I graduated.  After an intimate show, we decided to wonder the halls and see how things had changed since we left (they renovated not long after I graduated). Of course, since we were there we also had to walk out on the gym floor.  It is still hard to believe we went to school and had that gym growing up.

We returned home for delicious homemade chocolate cake made by mom for a little birthday celebration.   The next morning, we got up and headed back north. The three of us decided we would have a late lunch at Bakersfield on Mass Ave.  It was delicious and the perfect way to cap off an overall great weekend with my family.