California Trip

Well, last week Jason and I got some time off and were able to take a trip to California. It was an awesome time (even though the weather didn't cooperate with us).

Brandon got to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa Sandmeier in SD since they are both retired now. Brandon had a great time while he was gone. I don't think he missed us at all.

On our trip we started it out flying into Sacramento and rented a car. From there we drove to Napa and spent two nights there. While in Napa we visited a few little towns around there, one is called Yountville, which is so so beautiful. We ate at a really good restaurant there (twice actually) called Bouchan that is one of Thomas Keller's restaurants, he is a chef that Jason really enjoys. We also visited a Winery called Sterling Vineyards, in Calistoga, CA. It was super fun to tour this winery and see how it is all made. We got to taste 5 of their wines while on the tour.

Then we drove to San Francisco, and spent two nights there as well. We went on the Anchor Brewing Company Tour, which was very cool. We got to taste MANY of their beers there as well. Very good! We drove past the house that is the house that the Tanner family lived in, in the 80's TV show Full House. I watched that show everyday growing up so it was cool to see the house. We also ate at several great restaurants in San Francisco. We got to check out Fisherman's Wharf and Chinatown as well.

All in all it was an amazing trip. Unfortunately the weather was crappy. It never got above 65 degrees and was cloudy or raining the whole time which is very odd for california this time of year. They kept calling it "Juneuary" on their news stations there. Apparently they thought it was pretty bad. Which it really wasn't. But oh well. We still had a great time.

Well just to update you all on Brandon. he is now about 16.5 months old and of course busy busy busy... He keeps us running all the time. He now says his first words. "uh oh", and he says it a lot. Sometimes he says it before he even does something, like he will say Uh oh then drop his pacifier or whatever he his holding. Sometimes he does something naughty then says uh oh. LIke he digs in the dirt in the plant, and when he sees his dirty mess he will look at us and say Uh Oh. I think he is starting to figure out how to say "mine" too. If I am holding something he wants he says 'my' which i think means mine.

That's about all for now.

Love the Sandmeiers