Sunday Funday in Wine Country.

the goobsters just loves her aunties and cousins!  despite our broken AC in our car, we made it to napa on a hot sunday afternoon.  mama even had a little bit of wine ;-)

we started out at v sattui for a light picnic of appetizers and wine.

love my cousins

then we headed to bouchon for a late lunch.

during our lunch, ella enjoyed some auntie and cousin love.

someone's a little jealous ;-)

she also got some grandma love.

before we left, we had to of course take a pic of all of us.

and here we have the 3 generations...grandma, mama, and baby ella.

Sunday funday at the Palace Hotel and the Japanese Tea Garden.

boy am i behind!  this is a post about a wonderful, sunny sunday 2 weeks ago.  my family of 3 met up with my in-laws and had a glutenous brunch at the palace hotel in san francisco.

her facial expression may not show it, but someone is excited for brunch ;-)

the food is spectacular at the palace hotel.  but i do love the atmosphere.

and who doesn't want to listen to a trio while stuffing themselves silly?

i love this picture of gabriella and her daddy.

and here is a picture of all 3 of us <3

we then met up with my sis in-law and her family at the cherry blossom festival in san francisco.

we enjoyed a nice walk up a few notorious sf hills to get to our car.

then we continued onto the japanese tea garden.

someone got a little silly with auntie's sunglasses ;-)

oh, and she wore her salt water sandals!!!

before we knew it, it was time to head home.

Happy New Year. And now for the sake of prosperity...

...here are some photos from christmas 2012.  i know, i'm a little late.  but better late than never, right?  john and i spent christmas eve in the bay and christmas day in san diego.  enjoy.

first up, christmas eve in the bay.

husband and brother.

husband and cousin

i'm sitting on my niece's lap 32 weeks preggo, lol.

please excuse the hair.  i just worked a 12 hour shift and threw on
some clothes.

handsome nephew biting his lip.

cute couple.

niece opening a big present.

i'm not sure where my pop is...

next, we have christmas day in san diego.

what a cute baby.

sister and brother with nephew

sister with her daughter and our nephew.  he's part filipino if you can believe it.

we wanted to illustrate their sizes against each other.

"dad of the year" mug.

he's currently reading this book.

the huge christmas tree at the san diego zoo.

i hope you had a great holiday season and a safe and exciting new year.  hello 2013 =)