K-Club Weekend

We flew back to Kansas this past weekend for K-Club (Former KU Athletes) weekend at KU. We usually go back for this every year. It's a weekend for Mike to meet up with his former swimmer teammates, as well as other friends living in the area.

Group photo of swimmers and divers at the tailgate.

Mike, Alex, Quincy, and Brant at the tailgate.

Mike and Matt at Johnny's

Mike and Jen at Quintons

KU-Duke game

Before heading back home, we were able to stop by Brant's house to see his son, Aidan. He's such a cutie!

Labor Day Weekend in Napa Valley

Napa Valley during Labor Day tends to be hot and crowded, that's what I'd heard anyway. It seemed to be neither this year, once again our travel luck was with us. We were having some pretty warm, humid weather in San Diego before we left. Once we landed in Oakland and stepped outside, we were hit with some "cold" air. Ahhh, it was so nice! I ended up having to buy a sweater in Napa, because it was a little cool at night.

We got to Napa on Friday and visited the tasting rooms in downtown Napa. Saturday and Sunday, we visited wineries in the valley. Napa Valley is gorgeous with lots of wine and lots of great restaurants! Next time we visit, we are thinking of staying in Calistoga.

We didn't take as many pictures as we normally do, pretty much just one day, but if you are interested, they are all here: Napa Photos.

I read a book before our trip and it helped me learn a lot about wine and winemaking. It is a great book that is informative and funny at the same time. The book goes through 2 guys' personal experience at several tasting rooms, but then will break away to educate you about wine. If anyone is interested it is called A Moveable Thirst.

Our Summer

I decided I needed to make a post, can't believe I've neglected the blog for 2 months. Does anyone ever read this anymore now that we are all on facebook? Even my parents are on there.

Well, we spent most of our summer enjoying San Diego. It has been really humid lately and I'm looking forward to our fall. We usually have several visitors in the summer as well, this year Mike's mom and sister and a few of his friends came to visit. We made a trip to Napa Valley over Labor Day weekend and had a great time. I'll post some photos next week.

Mike currently has a friend in town and we went out for a walk on the beach last night and caught one of the best sunsets I've seen in a while. We see a lot of great sunsets (as we post a lot of pictures of them), but this one was just amazing!