Napa and the Vineyards of St. Supery

Aaron and Shauna came to visit us from NC. (nathan's bro & his wife) We had a great time with them in Napa and went to St. Supery's Vineyard and winery.


We were lucky enough to actually see them harvesting the grapes and beginning the wine making process. We even got to go out into the fields and pick grapes off of the rows. Really makes the whole verse about the vine and branches really become clear.

John Mackenwho?

This summer we also went and saw our other pro athlete friend play tennis: Patrick Briaud. It was an extremely fun tournament in Sacramento where Pat's team actually beat John McEnroe and his team! It was great fun and we were super proud of Pat and his New York Buzz team. (note the pretty white hats!)

Hamilton Machine...& Baseball

Quite Frequently this summer we have gone to watch Josh Hamilton play baseball. He is an outfielder for the Texas Rangers. Nathan played ball with him as a kid. Josh is quite a guy with quite a story. A testament of faith to say the least and a genuine guy. We enjoyed watching him play and chatting afterwards every time the A's faced the Rangers. Sad to say we only got to see Joseph Blanton once with the A's before he got traded.

Fun with the Fulton Manor Fam!

Showing off my balancing skills in the grocery! My Iphone is great! We take pictures all the time now! Even running errands !

All of us kids in the "Fulton Manor" house made dinner together and then rocked out on our roommates new Rock Band game. It is so fun! Especially the drums!

Pat "Pat Masterson" (his band name) singing his heart out!

Sarah - the genius behind the gourmet hamburgers we grilled!

Me posing as a Drummer!

Pat, Margarita, and Tony...

March Fun!

Nathan and I have a good friend named Paulie who is giving us boxing lessons in Oakland! It is really fun, but geeze I was sore! We met Paulie through our Tuesday night Timothy Disciple Group. We meet for dinner and then the guys study Ephesians (they are translating from the original Greek text!) while the girls pray and have fellowship. It is an awesome group....our family out here! We have been really supported and blessed by the group, and we are all learning to knit!!!
(Just the girls!)
I am making a blue and white cotton scarf!

We went to a convention in San Francisco and then out to dinner at a quaint little French resturant nestled in an alleyway. We walked quite a while to find it but it was worth the wait and messy-directions!










Last week we had friends from Oklahoma come visit while they were in town for a convention in San Francisco, Cat and Roderick Greene. Cat is from Germany and runs for the German Paralymipcs Team and Roderick runs for the US Team. They are super fun and in excellent shape! They were the figure-heads for the company that sponsors them and makes their legs. They are both missing there right shin and foot. Cat even has a leg so she can wear high heels! We went out several nights in a row to spend time with them, and it was great. We even went dancing! You would never know they had prosthetic legs!



















We went to Girahidelli Park and got giant ice creams down by Fishermans Warf.
Good times!

Christmas

Before birth! We had an excellent time over Christmas in KY. We got the pleasure of seeing Abby and Leigha born! It was so nice to be home and hang with my family!

Mom & Dad's visit

We have had a crazy busy last couple of weeks with mom and dad's visit. It was an awesome break and we enjoyed everybit.
Going back a few weeks, here we were in North Carolina for Nathan's brother's wedding, Silas. It was a beautiful day and on the waterfront.

The picture is from our birthdays. One of our house mates birthday was also oct 8th, so we all three had a get together to celebrate all three.

We were lucky enough for Mom and Dad to be able to stay with us for a whole week. We went everywhere! It was such a great time together. Here we went down to Monterey Beach in south bay and stayed overnight in this cute bed and breakfast hotel in downtown.


While we were in Monterey we drove the 17 mile drive down to Pebble Beach Golf Links and to Carmel. It was amazing! I am definately playing that course before I die. But for now I just bought a sweatshirt! :)

Shot of me gazing at the links. Dreaming...

While we were in Monterey we rented this cool car-bike! We decided to do a little test spin to see how hard it would be. We could barely move it!-Until Nathan realized we still had the break on! We "biked" down Monterey and I had a blast dinging the little bell when people wouldn't get out of the way. If you ever get a chance to rent one of these, do it! It even had buckled seats in the front for kids!

This was on top of one of the highest residential hills in San Francisco. It was a georgeous view and felt so far away from the bustle of the city.

After we went to SF for the afternoon we went down to Sausilito, across the Golden Gate bride. It is a cute little harbor town with great little cafe's and shops.

After Sausilito, we went to Napa Valley. We visited a couple different places. This is a pic of the gardens at the Domaine Carneros vineyard. It was very pretty!