Durnin Family

Monday, March 5, 2012

Wine Tasting in Paso Robles

We went up this past weekend for a fun wine tasting in Paso Robles. Yvette's boys dad owns a bed and breakfast up their and we went to stay for the weekend. There were four rooms and 8 of us, so we pretty much had run of the place. We started the day off with target shooting, and then headed off to four vineyards. We had beautiful weather and such a great time.

Rob got best in style

Curtis fixing the scope

Colby giving the run down on his gun

Laura gave it a go.

Tawny was like a pro

Don't ask, it just seemed like a good idea

Ready for wine tasting

Miles and Tawny

Colby and me

Rob and Laura

Curtis and Yvette

The first winery, Dauo, had a beautiful view

The chairs were made from old wine barrels

We could not have asked for better weather

Curtis and Yvette are members of the wine club, so we had special seating

Wine tasting at Oso Libre

Enjoying lunch outside

There are Alpaca, sheep and cows roaming the grounds

Enjoying a glass of wine

Curtis and Yvette set up a drive for us for the day

This little guy was adorable

Lago Giuseppe was our third stop

The boys somehow managed to convince the owner that they should be able to fish for some bass

Colby got his hook stuck in the tree, there are no trees out in the middle of the ocean!

Miles is a pro bass fisherman, he caught the only fish!

Curtis and Yvette set up a private chef back at the bed and breakfast

Our menu for the night

The salad was so delicious

I somehow missed a picture of the main course, but dessert was delicious.

Disneyland Stay

Bailey decided about a year ago that she didn't want a birthday party this year, but instead she wanted to go stay at the Disneyland Hotel and go to Disneyland. The four of us packed up our stuff and headed over for two fun days at the park. Raif was 40 inches by a few strands of hair, so we were able to ride on so many of the fun rides at both parks.

Bailey was so excited to see the new Little Mermaid ride.

Bug's Life

Bumper cars are always fun

We saw Mulan after lunch

Raif loved the swings, so we rode them twice

Bailey loved them too!

A little fun on some slides

Raif's turn

We had great front row seats for the parade!

Bailey still loves the princesses!

We only had to wait about 15 minutes to see them!

And, she got to see her favorite, Ariel!

A little dinner at the Uva Bar

I think we were all a little tired by then, but we did manage to see the fireworks!

Back at the hotel, Bailey got a birthday cake towel surprise!

A few chocolates before bed.

Breakfast the next morning

Per Bailey's request, breakfast in bed

The weather was starting to turn on us

Love Vidia's sassy look

Tinkerbell

While Bailey was seeing the fairies, Raif and Colby snuck over to the rockets

Yup, all four of us on Space Mountain!

It was raining pretty hard while we were on Dumbo

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Happy 6th Birthday Bailey!

Our little girl is 6! Bailey's birthday celebration started the night before, since my sister and her family had to go out of town for a cheer competition. We had a wonderful dinner with my parents, Kelly Eli and the girls and us. Bailey got to open up a new bean bag from them, that went with her new surprise room decor.

On Bailey's birthday morning she woke up to a few presents, then went off to school. While she was at school, my mom and I had about 3 hours to transform her surprise new bedroom decor. We were doing okay until we decided to paint all of the circles in her room, and didn't have paint brushes. It felt a little like one of those home decorator shows, where the countdown started and we had to rush around to beat the clock! Bailey's face is priceless when she saw the transformation, the video is at the end of all the pictures.

After school we met up with the Irelands, who couldn't join us for dinner, but we still got to see them for some fun girl time with pedicures. After we had a little treat at In-N-Out for french fries.

Dinner that night was spent with both grandparents, and our neighbors Anne and Darrel and their kids. At Bailey's request, we had spare ribs from my mom. I also got to make my world famous (well, at least to 10 or 12 people it is) creme brule. No cake for this kid!

Tomorrow we are off to Disneyland for a fun nights stay at the Disneyland Hotel!