The Hills are Alive!!!

September 21st.  The day we had all been waiting for:  The Sound of Music SING-ALONG at the Hollywood Bowl!!!

Some friends of ours had gone last year and said that it was absolutely amazing!  Basically, they play The Sound of Music on a huge screen at the Hollywood Bowl and anytime a song comes on, the words show up on the screen and everyone sings along.  It's basically like a big movie theater where it's perfectly ok to yell at the characters, boo them, warn them, and then break out into song.  An entire arena full of people who have lost their inhibitions.  Aunt Cheryl was the ring leader in getting us all to go and we were glad we joined in the fun!  

Before the movie, though, we decided to make a day of it.  We all met at Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Richard's house in the morning and then went to Travel Town in LA, where we got to see lots of train cars and play on the railroad tracks without any fear of dying!  Not too shabby!  It was fun to be with so much family and it reminded me of the many good time we had as children with our cousins, doing various things.

Then, we all rode on the little train together!

After our train ride, we had a picnic lunch and then headed to the Hollywood Bowl!

It was my first time there and it was a bucket list item!!!

There were so many people there, both crazy and normal ones!  Lots of people were in costume and, before the movie began, they had a costume parade and I gotta say that some people were extremely creative...and maybe slightly disturbed!  ;)  Here are some pictures of our night!!

We had so much fun and can't wait to go again next year!