Kirk's Birthday

Yesterday, September 21st, was my sweet's birtday. He's 29! We had a picnic at a gorgeous winery, Lambert Bridge, in the Dry Creek Valley of Sonoma County. This is where the best Zinfandel grapes are grown in the country. Zin is my favorite grape for wine. The wine is incredible and there are so many wonderful boutique wineries around that really take the wine to the top level. It is really fun to learn more about wine, I add a little factoid everytime I visit.

Then we took our two nieces, Kaitlyn and Genevieve,and our two nephews, Ryan and Justin to the bookstore. This is a Christmas tradition Kirk started when Kaitlyn and Ryan were tiny. He would take them for an afternoon, buy them lunch and a bookstore giftcard. They would pick out books to read and have to figure out the math in order to not go over the giftcard amount. Kirk is so good at working in a lesson amidst some fun. Since we are not going to be here for Christmas, we did it now because Kirk enjoys it so much and it was what he wanted to do for his birthday. It was fun and I picked out some classics for Leah, she also got a giftcard even though she was at home napping with Grandma Linda.

Then Kirk's mom Linda treated us to a wonderful birthday dinner amongst the whole family of sixteen members of Kirk's family. All together a great day. Happy Birthday my love!