“Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.” – Anthony Brandt
What a lovely family day we had on our first ever trip to Napa. It was a late start, but we enjoyed what little time we had there. We had lunch at Mustard’s Grill. Which grows almost all it’s food at their garden in the lot next door. While we were waiting for a table (an hour and a half!) we did some wine tasting next door at Constantino’s. We immediately confessed to our “newbee” status in the realm of wine and wine tasting. Our wine steward was adorable and totally up for the challenge. We purchased three bottles of wine and I wanted a cool cookbook, D.I.Y. Delicious, Recipes and Ideas for Simple Food from Scratch.
Then we went to Beringer Winery which had unbelievable grounds, and an 1870’s mansion with beautiful stained glass and woodwork inside.
Photos below, as always, click to enlarge. 🙂
Beringer Mansion
Montana lecturing Dave on the perfect photo "smile"
Getting checked out on the "smile" (My personal fav)
The adorable final product
The Girls
Ooops! Flunk Mom! Sunglasses OFF!
"Stranger, would you mind?"
Boy, being next to Montana makes me look like I need to photoshop a tan or something! YIKES!
Love it all. Dave looks wonderful. The smiles are so beautiful.
Montana is a total delight. What a lucky world we live in with our children. Love you all, Dikki
happy 4th of july to lori, dave, and montana! thanks so much for telling, and better, showing us about your vist to napa. what i adore about all your news and photos is the “carpe diem” element that all 3 of you jumped on – and just look at all the joy and fun and forever memories you’ve been rewarded with! LOVE IT!!! and lori, after all you do for so many people on your blog, it’s wonderful to see you get to have such a lovely time with dave and montana. those brilliant smiles on all 3 of your faces warms my heart. warm hugs to you for sharing such happiness.