15 Years Ago Today...

 I took Matt on a surprise date to celebrate our first meeting 15 years ago today.  As many of you know we were introduced by his ex girlfriend who brought Matt to church to meet me.  That same day we each attended the evening worship service and volley ball afterwards. This is where we started getting to know each other.  He even took me for a little ride on his motorcycle around the church campus and then we went to his place and watch So I Married An Axe Murderer- on VHS.  On our first date was later that week.  We went to his soccer game and to PF Changs for dinner afterwards.   So to memorialize all this my secret date took us to PF Changs- via motorcycle- for lunch and then over to Anthony's Cigar Lounge afterwards for an after meal cigar digestive.  We had a lot of fun talking about our memories of all of this over lunch and cigar.  Then we ended the evening by watching Axe Murderer which I had gifted to him at lunch.  Good memories!

Classic Cat Behaviors: Pile O' Purrs

We often times find our cats sleeping together.  We call this "pile o' purrs." 

Dad Would Have Been 70

 My Dad would have turned 70 today!  

These are some pictures my sisters and I shared over text today as we remembered him on his birthday.  

The first picture is one of my favorites of him.  It was taken at my wedding.  

The second picture is taken around that same time. (As a side note my cute little nephew Jace, pictured on the left, turns 18 next month!)

The third and fourth pictures are of him and the different bands he was in, Dave Dudley's Road Runners and then his own band, the Country Squires.He was a drummer and a singer.

I miss him so much.

Happy Mother's Day, McMom!

Flowers, Mama's Pizza, and a bottle of Sangiovese for McMom!

Guess Who?

Matt's Grandfather recently died and as McMom was going through his things she came across this great picture which we now possess. 

Can you guess who?

Sandi and Bill when they were first married!

2nd Annual Blessing of the Vines

We had the second annual Blessing of the Vines with the Janks and Kruis families.  Matt roasted a 5 pound beef tenderloin to perfection in Sharptooth's Inferno along with some baked potatoes and corn on the cob.  I baked some superb pain au levain and we had 2 fantastic bottles of wine, the Fugitive, a petite sirah blend from Dry Creek, and J2:10, a cabernet & nebbiolo blend from Mexico.  Ryan brought the J2:10 and made us figure out the signigficance of the name.  A fantastic wine and brilliant name!

We lost 3 vines over the winter and so asked the Very Reverend Phil to bless all the vines this year! ;)