Family Vs. California 'Operation Decoration'

Those of you who know my mom know that she not only has a knack for decorating, but she really enjoys it too!!! While she was here she not only made christmas wreaths for all of our windows but she rearranged our entire house!!! Although, semi frustrating at the time I'm really enjoying the changes. Our bed is in a new place, bookshelf's are moved, and even our kitchen table is in a different place. I didn't know it was even possible to move things this much in this little house of ours.

Our grill was Moms work place, and my Dad was in charge of cutting all the greenery. I will say that northern California is a really great place to live for fresh greenery, it a free Christmas decoration that I have used multiple times and that smells sooooo good, I love it!

Josh and Mikie weren't as interested in the wreath making as the rest of the family, so they just sat in our newly arranged house and watched the football game. (I think they may have been the smart ones...)




Beer SAMPLER at SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO.

Unfortunately, we never made to Napa Valley, but we did go to Sierra Nevada Brewing Company! This place is awesome, they offer tours, and have a great gift shop. We tried every single beer that they are currently making, my favorite is Kellerweis!

This marks the end of my postings about my families visit. However, our kitchen renovation has been started and it is pretty crazy around here. I will be posting pictures of the thing that we have been calling a kitchen for the last 3 months :-). Also, I have been getting pretty crafty lately and I can't wait to show you some projects! In the meantime I will try to convince my husband to sit down and write something!!!

Family vs. California 'The Swing'

       Our spectators!!!




During my familys tour of Woodleaf (our backyard and Mikie's work place) my Dad and I, feeling couragous, put our life in Mikie's hands and went for a swing.

Thank you MOM for being an awesome photographer!



                                                         QUICK HIKE PHOTO

Two incredible people standing in front of you right now!!! I am so lucky that these men are in my life!!!

One morning we took my dad for a quick hike to the 'look out tower'. This awesome view is about 2 miles from our house, and on a clear day it is absolutely gorgeous. This day the fog was heavy, and the way it seemed to engulf the mountains and lake was truly magnificent. I would have never dreamed to live in a place like this, God is so good!!!