Napa Valley

My friend, Lani, turns the big 4-0 later this week.  Her hubby surprised her with a long weekend trip to Napa, California.  We had perfect weather, wonderful food and the best company.  It was a great weekend!

We visited nine different wineries....

  Took an awesome ride in a hot-air balloon!  I got to check that one off my bucket list!  Thanks Kosta!

 Ate at eight different restaurants!

And drank way too many glasses of wine to count!

It was a fabulous weekend in honor of one of the best people I know!  

Love ya girlie, thanks for letting us share this wonderful occasion with you!

Fun @ the Park!

 

 

 

 We have a great group of friends, they also happen to be our neighbors!  How did we get so lucky?? 

Fireworks with Friends!

 My most favorite boy EVER!

 "Hey, don't take my picture, or I'll shoot you with my cool light thingy!"  

 Callie looking fashionable, as always!

 A little hacky-sack while we wait!

 LOVE this girl

 Max is saluting with his red, white & blue glow stick! 

 Love this action shot of Sawyer and his glow stick!

HOT! HOT! HOT!  That's about all I can say about our fireworks show here in town.  But it was great to be among friends (and bugs!)  The show was great, even thought I still can't figure out how in the world to get good fireworks pictures with my camera.  I gave up after trying a few.  I didn't want to miss the entire show!  Anyway, friends and food make everything better....thanks for sharing your great viewing spot with us *K* family!

Swimming Lessons & Friends!

Took the camera to swimming lessons this morning.  Got a few good pictures of the kids and their friends.  Somehow, several of us on T***** Street signed up for lessons at the same time.  It was great having all the kids together. 

 Maggie learned how to dive this year!  She does a really good job too!

 Max at the top of the high dive!

 In he goes!

I challenged Mags to dive off the low diving board...not to shabby I'd say! 

Camping with Friends!

Last Friday night we took Harvey out for a super quick camping trip.  We were eager to camp for the first time this year, even though we had a busy day on Saturday.  We also thought this was a great time to bring a few friends along.  

It was a HOT day, but luckily we found a great site with lots of shade.  (no a/c needed)

 ALL the kids playing in the water...although I did tell them that if they fell in, they'd be sleeping on top of the picnic table and NOT inside the camper!  That big one in red was the worst listener!  He didn't fall in, but it was close!

 LOVE this boy!

 Beautiful view from my perspective!

 Sometimes you just have to plank....right.in.the.middle.of.the.street.

I think we were mean and yelled, "CAR" right after this picture. 

 Fire Sticks....it's all about the fire sticks!

 No one was hurt in the making of this picture...but I think it was close.

 This little guy visited us a couple times....he really enjoyed the burnt Jiffy Pop Popcorn!

 This is always a fun part of camping that lasts about, oh .83 seconds!

Sleeping so peacefully....wish that could have been me!

Thanks Harvey for helping us make another great camping memory!