Have You Gone The Distance?

Okay...you know what comes next. How many miles can your vehicle claim? This is certainly a first for me. When we bought the van it already had 70,000 miles, so I personally can only claim 30,000 miles.

Handsome Ring Bearer

We attended the beautiful wedding of Carrie (John's sister) and YK in the Olema Valley of California on Saturday, May 30th. They had a very sweet, very handsome ring bearer. Of course, we are partial to this opinion as it was our son - DYLAN.The wedding rehearsel dinner was held Friday evening at a great italian restaurant in Point Reyes Station called Osterina Stellina. You can see a picture of Carrie in her stunning dress below. The food was fabulous and the boys enjoyed shrimp, lobster and crab for the first time. The restaurant even really surprised us when they had some dairy-free strawberry sorbet on hand which the boys could eat, they were thrilled to get dessert! You can see a picture of Ryan below giving his sweet cousin a kiss on the cheek, they are the same age and enjoyed being together. The evening proved a little too much for Jake & Ryan (we spent the day at the beach) and Jake fell fast asleep on the chairs at the restaurant, and Ryan fell asleep in my arms. Dylan, however, was alert and awake and took my camera around for about 25 family photos, the majority of which turned out perfect. The wedding was held at a beautiful white church in Nicasio, surrounded by rolling hills with happy grazing cows. The ceremony was lovely and we couldn't be happier for Carrie and YK.

The reception was held at the Olema Inn. It was a fun evening and the boys enjoyed thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The Inn prepared them a special allergen-free meal of roasted chicken, french fries and green beans. Ryan was the last one to leave the table as they prepared him a "special sauce" made of olive oil & honey, he ate french fries until his sauce was completely gone ;) They enjoyed the thoughtful gift bags full of bubbles, poppers, coloring books and toys which Carrie prepared for all of the children at the wedding. They even managed to find a tree to climb (no surprise there!). What they enjoyed most was the dance floor. I had to break through the crowds of people gathered around them to see their moves. They couldn't stop talking about how everyone was cheering when they were spinning on the floor. It was priceless!

Happy Cows...

Last weekend we enjoyed a fabulous trip to California. We spent the first day in San Francisco with John's entire family: Sue (Mom), Jim (Dad), Chris (brother) with his wife Corina and their son Jamon, Carrie (sister) with her fiance' YK.

The boys had a great time walking the steep streets of San Francisco and enjoyed a patio lunch, a local toy store and a park. That evening we had a home cooked family dinner with a delicious roasted chicken and garlic rosemary pork shoulder.

The next day we headed north to the beautiful Olema Valley, where we got to see first hand why they say "Happy Cows come from California".

During our visit there we stayed in a vacation rental home with John's brother where the boys got to enjoy hanging out with their cousin Jamon. The home overlooked Tomales Bay and we enjoyed bird watching in the wetlands and saw lots of Egrets.

The boys enjoyed a morning in the hot tub.

We also spent a day at the beautiful, but cold Stinson Beach with foggy mountains surrounding us. We also enjoyed the beautiful wedding of Carrie and YK (which I will cover in the next post).