December

It has been so long!  A year ago, if I had taken a peek into my current life, I wouldn't have believed I could do it.  Chris and I both have new jobs, a long commute for me, brand new curriculum, cooking a baby, and to top it off, putting our house up for sale!  Its all going to be worth it though.  We found out in December that we will be welcoming a baby boy into our family.  We are going to name him Charles but are unsure of the middle name.

After we found out it was a boy, we went across
the street and picked out some gifts for our boy.

For Christmas, we spent a little over a week in Napa.  It was so fun, as usual.  I even got to see some college friends.  

We went to my favorite winery.  I mostly talked, and of course drove.  :)

It was a very Frozen Christmas.  We saw the movie with all the girls- cousins and aunties.  There were a lot of Frozen themed toys at Christmas as well.  

Chris and I were spoiled too, so much that we had to send 2 boxes home because all of our loot wouldn't fit in our suitcases!  Since almost all of the grown kids were back home, Grandma rented an RV, and the boys all slept in there.  They set it up with a tv and video games, and it was a very popular spot to visit from the 4 little girls.  

Phoebe kept calling it the IV.  So cute!

We came home to Dallas late Saturday night to a tree with lots of present underneath it!  It was a wonderful Christmas.

California: Wine Tasting

Friday we went wine tasting! Before we had kids, we would go wine tasting at least 2 or 3 times per visit. Now we are lucky if we squeeze it in at all! Since Sarah was here for the first time we made a day of it.  Uncle Brian drove us in his 15 passenger.  We went to 4 wineries.
Our first stop was Andretti Winery. The famous race car driver Mario Andretti owns this winery. It is so beautiful! Chris and I have been here before and brought home a really good dessert wine last visit from there. This time we bought a bottle of red. We also decided this would be a great place to take our family pictures the next day. You can see why:

Awwww- siblings!

I'm sure we were talking about something really deep here over our wine.

Sister in laws!

Why wouldn't we get our pictures taken here?  Breathtaking!

Our next stop was Hegafen. This was just as beautiful, and felt more mom and pop. They touted the fact that all their wine is kosher. We bought a yummy bottle of Rose here.

The outside was gorgeous!

The inside was cute too.

Next we went to Daurioush. This is quite the winery! Everything is very polished, including the people who work there. They all looked like super models. (and ahem, were a little stuffy) Chris and I went there last visit and brought home 3 bottles but we opted out this visit.  

The whole crew!

Lastly we went to  ZD.  By then we were all sort of tired and ready to go eat, so no one bought anything here.  Don't have any pictures worth putting up- no one is looking at the camera.  Afterwards we went to Silverado Brewing Company for lunch.  It was a fantastic day!  

Wine Tasting and Poker

Saturday morning, Chris and I went wine tasting with some family that was in town. Uncle Eric is still close with the people who work at Artessa, so we naturally went there. Employee discount on fabulous wine? Yes please!

Beautiful!

Later that night we played poker as usual during big family get togethers. I won the first hand, which they say is bad luck. But not that night! I ended up playing till the end and winning $70. I think this is my first victory, and it was so sweet, especially beating Tim who tried to weasel himself into a win.