O'Connor Family Adventures

KISS Baby!!! In VEGAS!! 2019

The story goes...KISS is AWESOME!! I grew up a huge fan...Kiss Army!! When my son was 6 years old. KISS was his first concert. With their make-up on and the original 4 members. Gene, Paul, Ace, Peter. Sooo, when they announced their LAST tour ever!! My son said, we HAVE to go!!! So we got tickets in Vegas!! Perfect right?
We got a hotel at Park MGM since the concert was at T-Mobile arena. You literally, walk out of the hotel into the Arena...it's great!!

Beers are expensive but we took both boys so we all bought a round. 4 rounds of big beers...REALLY GOOD SHOW!! hahaha!
Sold out crowd and KISS....F'N AMAZING per usual!!!

This was soooo much fun!!! Just like High School!!! So happy we all got to experience a KISS concert. Pat was NOT as excited as I was, but when the show was over...THAT WAS THE BEST CONCERT EVER!!! He's a fan now!!! Thank You KISS...!!

Enjoy the Ride!!!

P & S

Christmas 2018

This year wasn't as exciting as last Christmas, with the Sinus Infections and all. But we did go to Las Vegas again and took the boys to Costco. they love it. It's their present every year!!
Then again, we drove to Fresno to see family. This year we shortened our visit because we wanted to be home longer. AND we had a RAMS game we had to go to!!

But first we made our Christmas Treats...Cinnamon Rolls, Grandmas Lemon Cookies, and Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Pat is the best at Cinnamon Rolls!
On our way home from Fresno we stopped by
Buck Owens Crystal Palace. We've always said we wanted to stop, so we did for dinner.
Dinner was fabulous...!!!

HIs Cadillac is on the wall!!! Above the bar!!!
CRAZY!! It's a real time capsule of Country Music actually. So much fun!!

Then we had a football game to go to. We took the Metro Football Train to the game. What an adventure!! It was totally fun and we will definitely do it again this year!!

We went to USC campus by train and by Subway...basically, you follow the jerseys...everyone does it!!

We made it home by 10pm...It was soooooo much fun! I would suggest all of you Rams fans to do this!! The metro is only $10 round trip...AND you can eat and drink on the train!!

Enjoy the Ride!!!

P & S

Thanksgiving 2018

November is usually uneventful, but I got to play a gig at Angels Stadium in Anaheim...
It was really fun to jam again with really good musicians...
And I got some pics with some really cool people!!

Our Thanksgivings are usually quiet as Pat has to work the whole month. The Fall Races are happening at Del Mar. So we invite all of our friends who don't have family in town or aren't going to family for the holiday and our own family. This Thanksgiving, our boys from Vegas flew down for the holiday. Which is cool, because they usually work on Black Friday. But they flew back early on Friday and we got see them for 2 days!! My mom and step dad came down and my friend and her son came over. We had a house full watching football and drinking mimosas!!

We always eat Thanksgiving DINNER...because it's DINNER!!! Pat gets home at around 430pm so we eat after that!
This year I changed up the menu seeing how I have been getting into cooking different recipes and going outside of the box for some fun new meals..
We did Tri Tips from Cardiff Seaside Market this year called, "Cardiff Crack". It's amazing! This isn't a great picture...but it was AWESOME!!!

I made homemade Chimichurri Sauce...OMG!! The best thing ever with Beef!!

Corn Salsa...which was bomb!

Homemade Corn Bread and Balsamic Honey Green Beans and a small 8 lb. turkey.

We had a great time and the food was AMAZING!!
I think the Tri Tip is going to be a Tradition every year!!

Enjoy the Ride!!!
P & S

Summer 2018

As our summers go. We usually don't go anywhere because Pat works everyday in the Summer. I usually go down once a week sometimes twice, just to hang out with him for a couple hours.

But in August 2018, I had friend who needed me to visit and support and just be there and give advice. We had a great time and I was in a new place I had NEVER been before. I flew to Seattle then got on an Indiana Jones plane and flew to an Island. That was really cool. It's a full day of travel but well worth it. I stayed 4 days on the island. Got to go on a boat to another Island for lunch. We're so fancy!! Got to see dolphins and the the border of Canada to Vancouver. Which is crazy!