At the Ranch

Well, we may not live on a Ranch, but we sure do like to visit! The week before last (yes it takes me a while to post these things) we had a lovely visit with our friends Cami, Cassidy who is 2 and a half, and Cody who turns one next month, at their Ranch in Livermore. They have a variety of animals that Myles enjoyed tormenting, but his favorites were the goats and kitties. He had a great time running around and riding on Cassidy's tractor, when he wasn't trying to wrestle with poor Cody. Myles just loves to give "big hugs"! It is a beautiful place, and we had a lot of fun!

Last weekend we went to visit the family in Oregon at their Ranch for Dad/Grandpa's birthday. It was a quick weekend, but a fun one Myles had a great time playing with his cousin Gracie, who loves to "babysit" him. She was such a good helper, she played with him and gave him a bath! Such a little mommy :) He also had a great time with Grandpa while running around the Ranch and looking at the Llamas. He stayed with Grandpa while Mommy and Danny went shopping, and then those brave boys took Myles shopping with them while the girls went and got pedicures!! It was a good day. Anyway, I just wanted to share the cute pics, and thank-you everyone for the nice visits, we enjoyed it. We love spending time with family and friends!

Grapes and Pumpkins

Danny and I had the luxury of getting away last weekend to celebrate my birthday (thanks to Grandma!!) so we decided to head up to wine country. We could not have picked a better weekend. The weather was perfect and the scenery was beautiful. Saturday we enjoyed the drive through the vineyards and made a few stops along the way. We did a little shopping in Yountville, and discovered bouchon bakery (YUM!)they have good "nutter butter" cookies, which is a delicious homemade version of it's namesake. We stopped at a winery that was having a blues concert and took a walk along their vineyard and enjoyed the blues and the sunset. Then we headed up to Calistoga and walked along the main street for a while and had a lovely dinner at Brannans. If you are ever up that-a-way you must try that place, it was fabulous!! Then we headed to Santa Rosa where we luckily got the last room at the Hilton. There we no rooms available anywhere! We slept in and ordered room service in true birthday style! Sunday we took a tour of Beringer Winery, which was just beautiful. We got to go through the cellars which are a part of the original winery built in 1877. Part of the movie "A Walk in the Clouds" was filmed on their property, and I got to stand in the very spot that Keanu stood in one of the scenes in the cellar :)We did a little wine tasting too, and got to try some of the "reserve" wines. It was a perfect weekend!

While we were away Myles stayed with Grandma and Grandpa and boy did he get spoiled!Grandma bought him new toys for the occasion, and I think he had a lot of fun playing with Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie Lizzie and Keith. He even got to go to the pumpkin patch He brought home a very cute little pumpkin, just his size. Grandma took some cute pictures which I borrowed to post. He was a happy boy when we got home, so I could tell that he had a good time!