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!