Uncle Rob and Braelyn's visit.

This week Adam's brother Rob (Uncle Rob) and his girlfriend Braelyn came to visit from Rhode Island. We had SO much fun while they were here. Owen bonded with them both instantly! He would not stop saying "Uncle Rob" the entire time he was awake! On Monday night we barbecued goat cheese, sundried tomatoes and basil stuffed chicken, corn and roasted some nice apricots for dessert that sat on top of vanilla bean ice cream! We stayed up talking and laughing until 1 AM. Owen of course woke up early the next day excited to see his new friends in the living room!

Fresh local veggies from our farmer's market with homemade basil hummus. I am doing my best to remind Rob and Braelyn how nice it is to live in CA. We get the best veggies year round, and you never have to shovel your driveway. We would love to have them as neighbors!! Wink wink..

Owen was having so much fun playing with his uncle. Tuesday we went wine tasting. We couldn't find a babysitter for Owen, so we crossed our fingers he would nap on the way up there. He fell asleep about 5 minutes before we pulled into the first winery (Sunstone). It wasn't crowded, so we parked in the shade, unrolled all the windows and could see him sleep while we tasted outside on a beautiful day! He slept for about an hour! So nice! He was rested, and we got to have our fun without having to chase him around all day. We were just about done when he woke up. We let him play with the owner's dog (Shelby...so cute) and run around outside for a bit before heading to the next winery.

Here is Owen "tasting" water out out of a wine glass : )

Owen picked some flowers for me (three times) and was so excited to hand them to me. Melts my heart. They were jasmine too....smelled sooo good : )

We finished our long afternoon of wine tasting at the Los Olivos Cafe for a late lunch of artisan pizzas and salad. Next, we drove into Santa Barbara (which Braelyn had yet to see), to hit up the Tuesday Farmer's Market downtown. We picked up some sprouts, cucumbers and avocado so we could go home and make sushi rolls. We barely made it to the harbor to pick up some fresh ahi, yellowtail and salmon before heading home. We put Owen to bed and rolled away! With full bellies we sat around the kitchen table and played a game of Balderdash which lasted again, until 1AM. We laughed so hard that night, it's a great game.

On their last day here, they went to breakfast at the Boathouse on the beach while I went to work : ( By the time I got home, it was nap time for the whole house. It was a good little break to prepare for the long night ahead of us! We hung out at "Nanna's" house for a bit to visit, (she had been gone all week) drink some wine and drop off Owen for the night so we could show Rob and Braelyn a bit more of SB's night life. After spending way too much time in each place drinking, it was time for the ladies (Braelyn and I) to round up our boys and take them home. Once again, it was well after 1 AM when we got home and had to get up before 8AM to take them to the airport in LA. We were all pretty pooped by then, but it was so worth it!

Rob's new shadow is a bit smaller than him.

We can't wait to come and see them again in September!! Only about 3 more weeks to go! We stayed up so late each night and drank way too much (some of us more than others...Adam), we need a good three weeks to recover before we do it all over again in Rhode Island! : )