California Love 2013 - A Wedding and an Anniversary

We kicked off our trip to California with my sister Catherine's wedding.  I posted this backwards on accident, so it begins with Napa/San Fran and ends with the wedding but we actually went in the opposite order.  It was a wonderful time.  We ate and drank our way through California.  It was a trip we will never forget and a trip we will most definitely repeat.  We have never left our girls for that long.  We enjoyed each other a lot and we missed the girls a lot too.  We owe a big thank you to the Nixes (aka Mimi and Papa) for keeping the girls while we were gone.  We are so blessed!

We stayed at the wonderful Hotel Yountville.  It lived up to everything you hear.  AMAZING!

After we spent an afternoon biking through the town, we stopped for our first glass of Napa wine at ad hoc.

We knocked an item off our bucket list by getting a chance to eat at French Laundry.  It was a show!  I will never experience another evening like that.  It was amazing!

Eating a Cab grape on the way to our first winery.

In the heart of Napa 

Another wonderful day of Napa wine tasting

Here's to many more fun celebrations…  On to San Francisco!

Our hotel in San Fran

Chinatown

Trolley ride

On the ferry on the way to Sausalito 

A really special day in Sausalito

Catherine and Toni's wedding was a very special event.  We all flew out to San Diego to be with them on their special day.  My Uncle joined us too who we had not seen for close to 15 years.  So, it was special for many reasons.  It was a beautiful celebration and a great reminder that love is love, no matter what it looks like.

The 3 Cox sisters watching Cat get ready for the big event!

Mom and Dad with the beautiful bride

My Uncle Tige, my Dad, and my sweet husband

The beautiful married couple, Toni and Catherine

On the way to the reception

The whole family!