New Year

Happy new year everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!! got home safe. no delays. plane ride was just over three hours on the way home. that was great. small layover in chicago. Got home to six crazy dogs in the house!! Other than that it was great. Talk to everyone soon and dont forget my birthday bash at zimmies on the 5th. love everyone. Paige and Justin.

Hey everyone,

Woke up today and drove into the valley and visited two wineries. They were cool. One took a "sky gondola" up to the winery and had amazing views. Got to taste some good wines. Had our Anniversary lunch at A&W Root Beer in St. Helena. I put some pics up of the scenery from the wineries we were at. Getting ready for dinner and then have to pack for our 3am wake up call for our 6am departure from Oakland. Cant wait to see everyone. Justin

hey everyone. Did a little of lounging around today. Paige and I went to the market and made Jan and Kevin our chicken kabobs everyone likes. That is about the excitement of the day. We rented oceans 13 and are getting ready to watch that. We will get up early in the morning and go do our wine tours. That is it. Talk to everyone later. Justin

back from alcatraz

Finally back from Alcatraz!!!!!!!! Had a fun and amazing time. I took a lot of pictures. We went down to pier 39 and did some shopping. The audio guided tour of "the rock" was great. Walked around the town a little bit. It was so a handicap show. Pop aka Kevin has charlie horses in both calves, Jan has a bum knee, my right hip popped out four times and Paige sprained her ankle walking back from dinner on uneven sidewalk!!!!!!!!!! We looked like a bunch of escapee's from a nursing home. We ate dinner at the stinking rose where everything is made with garlic. very expensive but very good. We finished with some gelado ice cream and cappuccinos at a coffee shop. Paige got her clam chowder in a bread bowl for lunch. Getting ready for bed. I will put some more pics up when i get a chance. Friday Paige and I are going to the store and buying food to cook dinner and just hang out. Saturday is our anniversary and we are going into the wineries and do some wine tasting and tours. After that we will pack up and we have to be at the Oakland airport at like 3am on Sunday. love everyone and talk to you soon. Justin

we are home now and just got done with our Christmas dinner. everything was great. we are getting ready to go see some more houses decorated for Christmas. going to bed early. will leave house by seven thirty in the morning to go to San Francisco. Going to see Alcatraz!!!! that should be fun. i will put up some pics when we get back. Took brenden to the movies to see walk hard. r rated movie so we had to sneak him in. It was OK. That is it for now. I will put pics of San Francisco up when we get back tomorrow evening. Talk to everyone soon. Justin

Morning

Good morning everyone. it is now 1:30 wich would be 4:30 back home. Just woke up!!! Felt good to sleep in. Have not done that for awhile. Will post more pics soon. May be going to movie tonight. we are going to have our christmas dinner tonight. talk to everyone later. Justin

Merry Christmas Everyone

Merry Christmas. We had a great time in Los Angeles. Weather was great and non-stop drinking!!!! I hope everyone had a wonderful day. We missed everyone very much. We left L.A. at 2pm and got home around 9:30. I drove the whole way home. Traffic was heavy in L.A. and when we got up around the Bay area. I thought everyone would be somewhere else on Christmas day and not on the California freeways. Not too bad. Paige and Brenden were a nuisance as always while I tried to drive, but got through it OK. The five shell station mocha's helped me out. We are getting ready for bed now. Its around eleven thirty which is two-thirty in the morning back home. We love everybody and will talk to you soon. Goodnight. Justin