Pappy & Omi's Visit {Plus My Birthday Dinner}

     Last Friday Pappy and Omi came to visit us. They didn't have anywhere or anything specific that they wanted to do during their visit besides spend time with Connor... and us. That made for a very relaxed few days with them. 

      As soon as they got in on Friday morning, they took a nap. Traveling overseas and getting used to the time change is hard! Connor wasn't home from school, so it was perfect. When Aaron got home with him, he was asleep too. Pappy, Omi, and Connor napped for a couple hours. When they  woke up Connor was so excited to have company. Pappy gave him a toy plane he bought him, and it quickly became his favorite toy.

 Playing with his new loud and obnoxious airplane!

Grape Harvest Party

    On Sunday we went to our first grape harvest since living in Italy. Aaron was gone last year during the harvesting time, so thankfully he was home this year. When I saw that our favorite winery {Le Pignole} was having a harvest party, I knew we had to go! I was nervous because the weather forecast called for rain during the entire party, but we braved the storm and went anyways.

 Playing with daddy.

Wine Tasting and Lots of Pizza

     Aaron got off work at about 9am on Tuesday morning. He was super tired, but didn't want to waste any time sleeping. We were originally going to go to Padova, but Aaron had some things he had to take care of on post. We took Chrissy and Ryan with us and then took them to the mall. They found a bunch of great deals at H&M! After shopping for a couple hours, we went home so we could all get a nap. Chrissy watched Connor while Aaron, Ryan, and I took a nap. When we woke up, it was time to get ready for our wine and pizza tasting at Le Pignole Winery. We had been there once before in the winter and had the best time, so we knew we had to take Chrissy and Ryan.

 The vineyard.

Le Pignole

     We had a fun weekend of relaxing, spending time with friends, eating really good food, and drinking really great wine.

Friday:

    Aaron was off today and went to his friends house first thing in the morning to help him with his motorcycle. He took Connor with him so I could stay home and get things done around the house. When they got back, C was sleeping, so we both tried taking a nap too. Pearl got a burst of energy when we got into bed and she kept me up for a while.

Chewing on my hair.

Aaron's Birthday Weekend

    I like to celebrate birthdays for longer than just one day. That's just how I am, and it drives my husband pretty crazy. He turned 28 on Thursday,10/2. Since he had to work, we starting the weekend celebration when he got off work by opening presents and going to a concert at his work {his choice}. We stayed for a couple hours, and then came home. It was fun to get out of the house and do something different in the evening besides catching up on our TV shows. Well, we did that once we got home anyways!

    Even though it was Aaron's birthday, I got an early birthday gift: sunglasses.