Livermore Wine Festival - Wine Country definitely likes to drink. We would highly recommend that visitors plan on coming out next year for Livermore's Wine Festival. It costs $30/ticket for wine and $25/ticket for beer tastings. For that price, you get a glass that you take around to various stations set up downtown. Each station has multiple wineries and breweries pouring 2-3 different tastings (Sierra Nevada included!). And, here's the best part - you can go up to each stand as often as you like over the course of 2 days! The streets of downtown Livermore are blocked off and street vendors, food trucks and artists sell their goods. They even have a mini amusement park set up for the kids with a tilt-a-whirl and Salt and Pepper shakers!
Andrew sound asleep at the amusement park
Livermore Farmer's Market - Thirsty Thursday - Yeah, so again... they like to drink here. We brought our glasses from the Festival and got them filled by Sierra Nevada and Wente Winery and walked around the Farmer's Market. They have the weekly Farmer's Market all summer long, but only allow the drinking once a month... we'll be back next month for sure!
Foster Family Visit - Before Mike was even offered the job out here, Linda, Aunt Barb and Uncle Warren had planned a trip to California. So, when he landed the job, they altered their plans to include us, and Aunt Cyndie joined the trip as well. The whole crew flew in on a Saturday and we had a mini-party for Cyndie's birthday. They left the next day to explore California, but the following weekend Linda came back to stay with us for a few more days. We met up with Barb and Warren in Walnut Creek, and after a nice lunch and quick trip through the shops, we headed to Mount Diablo. On our drive up the mountain, we got out for a quick hike to no where before heading to the summit for a quick stop at the visitor's center. After that, we headed to Mike's cousin's husband's Aunt's house (Rob's Aunt Rhodonia). They were wonderful hosts and we had a really nice visit. Before a really great meal (farmer's market salmon, asparagus, and dessert of homemade chocolate angel food cake), we took Andrew into their gorgeous pool! It was Andrew's first time in a big pool - and he loved it!
First Steps - Andrew took his first steps at 9.5 months old. In addition to perfecting the whole walking thing, Andrew enjoys climbing up the steps, pushing his high chair across the room, and pulling my hair as hard as he possibly can... yep, he's a bruiser!
First Bike Rides - The Foster Family has recently gotten into bike riding. Some of you may be surprised to hear this, but I'm not the most athletic of people... and I did not really know how to ride a 10 Speed until Mike bought me a very nice bike for Mother's Day. So, now that we both have bikes, and live in this gorgeous, flat development (no hills, yay!)... of course we had to get Andrew all set to come along. He is very happy we did! We tried one in the front of Mike, but that didn't really work for Mike... so now we have one that sits behind Mike's seat. Poor Andrew!! Hahahaha.. just kidding Mike! :)
He does NOT like it when we stop riding.
First Solar Eclipse - The scientist in Mike really enjoyed this one. He made us Solar Eclipse viewing boxes... I had the brilliant idea of actually putting on our heads (much easier to hold that way), and silliness then ensued. For anyone who's never actually experienced a Solar Eclipse, it's definitely NOT viewable with the naked eye - trust me, we tried.
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| View from inside the box. The right one showed the sun with the moon coming across. The left one was too big and didn't work as well. |
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