Crazy Weather & other random stuff

Good Friend Whitney put it best in her blog post here:

http://whitneyfrank.blogspot.com/2011/06/not-that-im-complaining.html

But Im of the same mindset. Usually by June swimming is a regular activity and shorts are the norm. However, not this June. Last night I donned my Uggs and sweatshirt for a graduation party. Crazy!

On a happy note - today was very lovely and our church had our annual baptism service at Woodward Park. It was a nice change of pace as we were all casual and watched those who were being baptized freeze in the pool of water they were being dunked in. Afterwards we spent some "family" time, as The Well puts it, hanging out eating a hot dog lunch with all of our Clovis campus attendees. The kids had a great time and Neil and I got to relax just a little bit ;)

We, as a Pettit family, have been doing all sorts of crazy stuff to stay occupied. Here is a picture from the other day depicting Justus and my silliness.

Lets go fly a kite

Since the weather here has been so uncommonly cool and WINDY - we decided flying a kite would be a great way to spend a saturday afternoon.

The kids were great helpers and loved to see it in action


Justus even got to hold it by himself.
Haven tried but it was a little strong for her, but Daddy is a great helper :)

Bowling

The other night Neils work sponsored a fundraiser for March of Dimes. The fundraiser was a night of bowling at Clovis Rodeo Lanes.

So the kids got to come along and experience bowling for the first time. They thoroughly enjoyed it. Haven even got a least 2 strikes.

I was impressed with how well they did. Both kids could get their own ball off the ball return and get it up on the cheater thing. Even the heavier balls! Justus went back and forth between using the cheater - he almost had too much power for it.

Just needed to get away

The kids have been asking to go to the beach for quite some time now so I thought it would be a great time to just get away.

Friend Jeanine came with us and we spent a gorgeous day in Avila.

Haven loves playing in the sand

Justus loves playing in the water


This is one of the many reasons I love living in California. It was a great day!

Its all over

Neil and I finally watched all 120 episodes of Lost via Netflix. We watched the last episode last night and it sure felt good to have it completed, even if it left us with more than a few questions.

But its done! Horray!! We can have our evenings back :)

Pizza With Parents

Today Neil and I were invited into Justus preschool class to have pizza with them. It was an appreciation time and so cute!

When we got in, Mrs Tracye read a story about how special Moms and Dads are.

Then the kids sang us a super cute song.

We sat down and Justus served us our pizza lunch, then he came and sat with us.


We also got a card and present.

Great times!

Paso Robles

For our 6th anniversary we decided to take a trip over to the coast to do some wine tasting. Now, as fun as that sounds, that was not our original idea. We originally wanted to head to the beach, soak in some rays, walk our familiar trails and just take it easy. However, the weather did not want to cooperate with that idea. It was supposed to be rainy and cold the dates we had set aside (Neil had taken off work, Gigi was lined up to watch the kiddos) so we knew the plan had to change.

Neil really wanted to "get away" and I guess after "getting" I have to agree its the best thing to do from time to time.

A few months back we had talked about going wine tasting with some friends in Paso but cost and time and other factors led us to put the idea away. So I revisited it when I needed to think of something indoors. I had already done a bunch of research on what would be the best way to go about wine tasting so after a few calls, we were all set to go.

We booked a ride on The Wine Line and I have to say, if you are not going in a big group, it is the best way to go. They pick you up at your hotel and take you to whatever wineries you want to go to drop you off, leave you for about 40 min then come get you to take you to the next winery. Our driver, Nick, was super nice and very knowledgeable (He had graduated Cal Poly with some kinda degree in wine making). There was another couple that happened to be wine tasting with us that day and since we hit it off, we ended up doing most of our tasting with them.

It was a fun day. We hit up 6 wineries in about 6 hours. Nick picked us up from our hotel - Paso Robles Inn - around 11, we went to go pick up the other couple then we were on our way.

The first stop was Eagle Castle. I had really wanted to go here because it was said it was an old castle. Sounded fun to me. Our tasting lady was super nice, probably a bit younger than Neil and me and gave us lots of great tips, history and just overall great info.

Next we went to Red Soles winery, named such because their first batch of wine was literally crushed by the soles of their feet like they did back in the day.

Rhotta was our next stop. Angie helped us there. We also ate our lunch there.

Venteux was next. The girl that helped us there was all super great, giving us inside info and helping us with our totally random questions.

Then it was on to Castoro cellars. This place was quite a bit busier, but Nick stepped in and made sure we had a place at the bar. The gentleman who helped us let us taste at least 8 wines. It was crazy ridiculous how many we tasted here.

Niner was our last stop. They are known for their heart shaped trees up on the hillside.

A group picture with our new friends Vicki and Tony
Neil and me on the bus and Nick stashing our purchases in the back


We headed back to the hotel. In our room we had a hot springs jacuzzi tub. Even though it was stinky (sulfuric) it was a totally nice way to relax.

The next morning we had a relaxing time, getting up slowly, then headed home. It was a GREAT get away!