Ski to Sea...

We spent Sunday of our Memorial Day weekend up in Bellingham hanging out with Grandpa and Jackie, attending the Ski to Sea festival. It was a fabulous day since the sun decided to make an appearance. Ethan enjoyed lots of good treats, ice cream, playing at the playground, playing at the beach, seeing old cars, and a trip to the bouncy house. It's great that he can participate in this festival that I participated in while living in Bellingham.

Weekend in Napa Valley

Even though our ten year anniversary is not until next month I surprised Jeff with a weekend trip to Napa Valley Wine Country. We arrived on Friday morning to sunshine and blue skies and drove out to wine country. Our first stop was to Oakville Grocery for some picnic supplies and sandwiches out back behind the market. After the market we then made a quick stop at the Robert Mondavi Winery to take some pictures of their lovely property.

We then headed on over to Del Dotto Vineyards for a cave tour. This tour was fantastic and we both enjoyed it greatly. Out tour guide for the day was Brandon and he was really great and told us a lot about how they made their wine and especially gave us an education about different barrel treatments.

We then checked into the Cottages of Napa Valley. The cottages were the perfect choice for lodging in the valley and their service was excellent. When we checked in they gave us a basket of smore fixin's since each cottage comes with an outdoor fireplace. They also gave us a complimentary bottle of Napa wine, drinks, and snacks. When staying at the cottages you also receive a breakfast basket every morning that consisted of fresh baked goods from the well known Bouchon Bakery and fresh squeezed OJ.

On Saturday we met up with our friends Jill and Greg for more wine tasting further up the valley. We began the day with a tour of the Castello Di Amorosa. This was a huge winery with a huge castle on the grounds. All of the wine was stored in underground tunnels that seemed to go on forever. They also had a torture chamber and armory and many other hidden gems. This was definitely one of the highlights of the trip and where we found my mom's Chardonnay.

Here are a couple of more winery highlights that we visited on Saturday...

Prager Winery & Port

Heitz Cellars

Peju

Domaine Chandon

Beringer

We also had some fantastic meals at Ad Hoc, The Restaurant at Meadowood, and Gott's Roadside.

Happy Mother's Day!

Mother's day this year kicked off with getting presents in bed, bath stuff and cookie cutters from Ethan and a lovely spa gift certificate from Jeff. Definitely something any mom could use. Ethan picked out a SpongeBob Squarepants card and even signed it himself. I think he did a great job with signing his name.

We then went to Ruby's for breakfast followed by a trip to Flower World in Maltby to pick up flowers for the yard and veggie's for my garden. This year we planted peas, snow peas, two different types of tomatoes, lettuce, acorn squash, and mini jack pumpkins.

To all of you mom's I wish you a very happy Mother's Day. I hope that your day was as great as mine. :)