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Day in Napa

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Today we celebrated Ranee’s 40th in Napa.

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She made all the plans but her husband Jamie surprised her with a party bus to Napa with her friends. We all met at Pleasant Hill BART station and surprised her.

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The first stop was Hagafen Cellars where we shared bubbles and a bunch of picnic items that Ranee had packed for us.

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The next stop was Domaine Carneros, which looked like a French chateau.

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We had a private tasty and tour.

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We had a little time left on the bus so we stopped at Hog Island Oyster Co. for birthday oysters, rose ice cream, and more wine.

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The party bus was still hoppin’ on the drive back to the BART station. What a fun day without the kids!!

Happy 40th, Ranee!!!

Thanksgiving 2016

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Happy Thanksgiving!!!

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Light-up Night 2016

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This year, we went to Light-up Night as a whole family and met up with the Osbornes. It was a more low-key night compared to previous years but still just as nice.

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After the fireworks, we went up to Sens for a few more drinks and got a nice seat on the patio.

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I love this time of year and this is one of the best ways to kick off the season.

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S’mores Party

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This year, instead of having McWino Night for my birthday, I reserved two picnic tables and a fire pit at SPARK Social SF. We loaded up on food truck food and sangrias before our tasty treat.

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The tables were free and the fire pit was only $30 for an hour, which included all the marshmallows, chocolate, graham crackers, and sticks you would need for some a tasty s’mores party.

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It was also fun to see the kids playing together. I love how they are growing up together.

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The fire pit had just the right amount of heat to roast the marshmallows and KK had a blast roasting and eating her marshmallows straight off the stick.

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It was so nice to have the girls together outside of work. It’s been rather stressful there lately and we just needed some time away to vent and hang out like old times.

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After the party was over, we walked home with a souvenir stick with two marshmallows saved for later. I considered it my birthday balloon to take home. 🙂

Happy Birthday to ME!!!

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Having a little fun…

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It’s always nice to have a random workday off. It’s even nicer when your husband can join you. We left Peanut with Mirian today while we took KK to see her first movie this morning. Later in the afternoon, we went on a little pub crawl around the neighborhood. It started at the cafe downstairs and then moved over to The Yard.

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We later added Peanut to the mix and still had a good time.

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This is basically my version of Happy Hour lately.

Eventually, every one in the house fell asleep and I was left alone with some free time on my hands. Teresa sent me a link to the CheerioChallenge and I thought I’d give it a try with some leftover puffs.

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This one was the hardest. Peanut is a SUPER LIGHT sleeper and my hands were not the steadiest tonight. I had 5 on his head at one point but two rolled off.

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Then I stacked some of Jes. This one was challenging because his arm would move up and down as he breathed.

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KK is probably the easiest because she is a pretty good sleeper. I just had to wait for her to get into a deeper sleep because when I tried earlier, she would wake up each time a puff rolled off her face. Heh heh.

This is what I do to amused myself nowadays.

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