Lazy Saturdays

Drew had his last football game for the 2nd season. This year we were on the Jets, and Andy was lucky enough to coach. We carried over 3 guys from the last team and it worked in our favor. 

They knew the rules and understood how the game was to be played. Which really was better for the new kids on the team. 

We had a great season and our team did EXCELLENT!!!

While Andy went out hunting, the kids and I cuddled up and watched the Polar Express. 

Trick or Treating

Micky and I had been discussing ideas for the girl's Halloween costumes for the past few months. 

We thought about getting all 4 kids to be in the same theme, but Drew had his eye on

 Batman so it was a battle I was not willing to fight. 

Luckily, Jewels was game for being SuperWoman! 

Any excuse to wear a fancy tutu and cute red boots!!

These 2 were so cute together!

So that led us to transforming Ains and Elle into Scarecrow Princesses! 

(You might have seen this floating around Pinterest!)

Quinn, Ellison and Ainsley taking a break.

Drew and Jewls took off while we stood back with the little ones.

 They made laps around the little ones.

I finally caught up to Drew and he was so sweet to Ains and 

offered to take her to a few more houses by himself. 

I was able to sneak in and snap a quick photo!

The little one's were over the wagon a long time ago and begged to be held. 

What's the point of pushing an empty wagon?

Just Because

Brother and sister, 

together as friends, 

ready to face 

whatever life sends. 

Joy and laughter 

or tears and strife, 

holding hands tightly 

as we dance through life.

Pre-Halloween Fun

We had a very busy October but we made time to carve and paint a few pumpkins for my sweet pumpkins. 

Football

Drew's football season is wrapping up and we have been very impressed with skills this year. He has improved drastically this year and has scored several touchdowns. 

The struggle has been keep Ainsely OFF the football field. 

      

After one of Drew's games we packed up and headed to Honkey Town for the TCU/Tech game. We love that the Winden girls live so close to campus because we can park in their driveway and walk to the stadium!!!

Last Stop: Domain Carneros

Our final destination was a Sparkling Wine tasting at Domain Carneros.

It is a gorgeous building with beautiful views. Then again, there are not many spots in Napa that do not have great views. 

We enjoyed great drinks and even better conversations!!

We all signed and dated the Cork to keep as a memento. 

We each talked about our favorite thing on the trip, one thing we'd love to see/do again, and the least favorite thing we did.

Cheers to a great trip with the best of friends!!!

Athela was the best driver and if you are ever in the area and need one let me know!!!

She was a trooper to handle our husbands humor and our OCD behavior!!!

B Cellars, Swanson & Cardinale

We booked the Harvest Tour at B Cellars which led us through the vines, to picking grapes, crushing, blending, and barreling.

Peter was our guide and he was quite a character with his British charm and all! He was very informative and at this point in the trip we all felt like we had a fair amount of knowledge on the whole wine making process so we started asking really good questions! It was interesting to ask why they did certain things this way and not the way another vineyard does it. I always like to hear their own personal justification!!

Peter was great and knew a lot of the other workers at the other vineyards so we chatted about our previous servers and he gave us recommendations on other ones. 

Kirk Venge is their wine maker which is supposedly a big deal!!! He's is the highest ranked in the US. 

After the tour we sat back on the terrace and enjoyed great conversation and more great wine!!!

Althea, our driver, recommended stopping at Calistoga Depot for a quick bite to eat. Neither one of us were really hungry but we forced down the food !!

Our next stop was Swanon Vineyards... They have a sweet shop where you can eat sweets and sip fabulous wine!!

The interior was painted to look like a carnival tent and was all done up!!! I'm not going to post pictures because it will not do it justice. You'll just have to go and see for yourself!!!

We dropped the boys off for some cigar time while Roz and I headed to Cardinale where they had a "Home Viewing" tasting. Rozlyn had received a magazine and this event was advertised so since it was the same weekend we would be there we had to go see. 

The house was amazing!!!! The living room was one of my favorites because they had upholstered the bookcases!!!!!

I love the lime green in the kitchen, it's so bold and daring!!!