ON MY BUCKET LIST

OK, SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE A REAL BUCKET LIST PER SAY BUT IF I DID THIS WOULD DEFINITELY BE ON IT! WE GOT THE CHANCE TO GO WITH SOME FRIENDS TO A LOVELY HOME THAT HAD VINYARDS AND WE WERE ABLE TO HELP PICK THE GRAPES AND STOMP THEM FOR NEXT YEARS WINE THEY WILL BE MAKING. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND I AM SO HAPPY THAT I WAS ABLE TO CHECK THIS OFF OF MY LIST!!



The grapes. Beautiful.




My hubby - helping cut the grapes.



Now it's my turn!


The grapes are going in the bucket.



Mother & Daughter - Precious!



Climbing in the bucket. Whoa! I almost slipped.



Stomping!


Yes, I'm having fun!


Still Stomping!


Ok, I'm done now! But that was GREAT!!

CATALINA ISLAND

We took a trip to Catalina this summer right after my son left for the Navy. We planned it for that weekend to try and keep our minds off the fact that he left. Of course, that didn't work BUT we had a wonderful time, it was so relaxing and I wanted to share some of the beauty here.

Enjoy!!



This is in the Newport Harbor. We were sitting at the top of the Catalina Flyer (boat) before we left to take the 1 1/2 hour journey over to Catalina. The weather was pretty cloudy and cold that morning.



This is when we were approaching Catalina. Beautiful scenery! Weather was still a little chilly.
We were getting nervous.



We found a spot to sit in the sand and relax. Right beside us was a wedding. Of course I couldn't resist taking pictures. It was so fun watching them. And of course the weather was beautiful by then.


This was our front view from the spot we were sitting. Wedding was to the right of us.



This is the former Wrigley Mansion.



Another view from our spot. Our little friend.



The famous CASINO!


We had a couple of cocktails at the Avalon Grille. Very nice restaurant and even nicer bartender.



A shot of the pier before we had to head back on the boat to go home. It was absolutely a great way to just get away for a day and relax. We left at about 8 a.m.and we were home by 5 p.m. PERFECT!!