Wednesday, July 6, 2016

07.06.2016: Rehearsal Day Eve Dinner

The rest of the crew started trickling in.  The kids hit the pool immediately, and the rest of us kept drinking, and started prepping for dinner. 
 
Kenny & Kelsea even got some quality Barrett snuggles in while lounging by the pool.  Really though, aren't all Barrett snuggles pretty quality?!
 
Kelsea's family all came over for dinner here tonight.  It was nice meeting some of them we hadn't before - and nice seeing some of the usuals again.  We had a great meal with tons of food, amazing wine, and wonderful family!
 























07.06.2016: Wilson Creek Wine Tasting

While we were waiting for the rest of the crew to show up at the house, Kenny, Kelsea, Vince and I went across the street to the Wilson Creek Winery to do some wine tasting.  The manor people gave us like 100 free tasting coupons, that are basically unlimited tastings.  We HAD to go use some!
 
Always so good to drink wine with these two....and of course we made some other friends too.  Who doesn't though at these places!   We met one of the Wilson kids .. who is like our age and talked to him a bit .. and met some wine club members who were there picking up their bottles.  They asked the bartender for their special tasting...and she went in the back & came out with some glasses of some secret stuff.  So, of course we asked how we can get some of that.  So, she took us to the back room and gave us each a tasting out of the barrel.  It was a port tho, and we aren't really big dessert wine people, so didn't necessarily love it.  However, we felt pretty special because we got the VIP treatment and had everyone else staring at us wondering who we were to get back there.  We soaked it up, as always!
 
On the way back to the car to drive across the street back to the manor, Kenny found a big floppy hat on the ground in the parking lot....and confiscated it.  He wore it the rest of the day.  I would say it suited him well!
 






"Hey, we are over here" - Dad

07.06.2016: My Mansion is Better Than Yours

We all loaded up the vehicles and left Riverside this morning - headed towards Temcula to find our home for the next week!  Heellooooo Temecula!!! Breathtaking!  Yes, this mansion is our current, temporary home.  It is beyond ridiculous!!! I am already trying to figure out the CA laws on squatters rights and what it takes to get someone thrown out of a house.  I willing to take a few chances on this one!
 
Mom & Dad rented the place for our family and a few friends for the week of the wedding. 
 
Let's get this little party started!!!
 







Let the festivities begin!!!

Sunday, July 3, 2016

07.03.2016: Headed Back to Cali

Packed up the Durango and headed to Cali with the boys.  Time to prep for the wedding, celebrate 4th of July, and deliver Lennox back to his parents.  We  drove out in the am, and Christina, Lex, Tony and Meena came over for dinner that night.  They all picked some fruit out in the groves too - at least what was ready!  Lennox got to meet Pokey and feed him some watermelon.  Pokey liked chasing Lennox around the backyard - it was really cute!
 
It was sad to give up our little man back to Christina & Lex....but it was time for K&K wedding prep!!
 









Saturday, July 2, 2016

07.02.2016: Dance Day #2 & #3


Mom & Dad made it out to AZ for the next 2 days of dance.  I went out with Lennox to watch Nana's last group dances.  It was pretty emotional, as I knew they were the last we would see of them.  One of them in particular I really love watching and will miss it! Didn't get any dance pics - cameras were "banned" supposedly.  Since it was a small place, I didn't want to be that person that busted out the camera anyways :)  So, I observed unusual restraint and just observed like everyone else.