California! Day 3

On Saturday, we left the baby with his actual aunt and uncle and drove north to Sonoma for some wine tasting! The mini van was packed full of fun, friends and snacks of course. Our sober driver for the day was Sarah since she is preggo with baby #2 (facebook official as of today!). Worked out well although I'm sure she was less than thrilled to be the only sober one of all of us.



First we went to Fritz and had a mini tour of their facility, but mostly we just sat on their patio, drank the free samples and enjoyed the view!

We stopped for lunch at the cutest little market. There was a bike race or tri of some sort going on so we got our picture with the fun fans.

I can't even remember the name of the second vineyard we stopped at. Ali and Dan are members so we got a special reserved table, a cutie server and more yummy samples. I also believe we bought a few bottles at this point. There were some pigs at some point. A nature hike, cartwheels and so many laughs.

We honestly only made it to two vineyards because we just weren't in a rush to get anywhere.

What a fun day!

Happy Birthday Ali!

Happy Birthday! I can't wait to see you and YOUR little man in just two weeks. I love you for letting us all come visit the same weekend so that we can love on your little man together and all of us girls can be in the same place for the first time in FIVE years. That's right, this mama is going on a vacation to visit that new mama. Along with 4 of my closest friends. We're renting a mini van. On the opposite coast! Without Lincoln. I get giddy excited thinking about and then terrified two seconds later. Daddy will do great. I can't wait to see you! Have a wonderful birthday, Ali! SEE YOU SOON!

Sonoma Valley

After the wedding, we woke up bright at early, well, now so bright. It was 3:30 am. We had to drop Mike and Blair off at the airport for a 6:30 am flight. We headed to Marin county, just north of the Golden Gate bridge from San Francisco to go to Ali and Dan's house. I haven't seen Ali and Dan in a couple years! Glenn since May 2008. It was wonderful to catch up. After a quick nap in the car (so we didn't show up at 6:30 am) we arrived and hopped in the car shortly after to head to Sonoma Valley. Just a quick hour up the road.

I think we lucked out and had a beautiful day. Sunny skies and no rain. We went to 5 different vineyards and walked away with a case of wine, 6 bottles of which we will get in March 2013. We bought futures, wine that we tasted straight from the barrel and isn't quite ready to be bottled yet.

For lunch we stopped at a 'country store' aka 'deliciously yummy high priced deli' to grab some sandwiches to go. We ate them on the patio of our next vineyard. Perfection!

I don't think I'd be so sad if Glenn ever got stationed in California! 

Glenn was definitely in his element too. I leave all our wine purchasing up to him because he does such a great job. Can't wait to taste the rest that we bought.

Thanks for driving us around and letting us stay with you. Miss you, friends!