Sunday, November 29, 2009

Pre-Thanksgiving Day


The Maddox Family adopted a new tradition for Pre-Thanksgiving Day, we headed to Napa. It was 70 degrees, gorgeous with all the leaves changing colors on the vines and so relaxing. We decided this would be a tradition that we hope to keep each year.


We started off at Mumm for champagne tasting. We had never been and it was great. They have an awesome patio and were very dog friendly. Yes, we decided to bring Marley. She was very happy to have joined us and yes, she got the passenger seat in the car.


Can you believe how gorgeous the leaves are right now?



We then headed to lunch at Oakville Grocery. Doesn't get much better than the Hot Turkey and Brie sandwich sitting at a picnic table. This is our favorite spot for lunch.


Although Marley won't ever be the most perfectly behaved dog, she is always so much fun. Here she looks very calm, but is probably just begging for a piece of turkey.


We then headed to Rubicon (the old Coppola) where Marley walked the red carpet. We enjoyed a nice glass of Chardonnay and hung out at the beautiful grounds.


Look who tried to go swimming.


We had so much fun and can't wait to make this an annual tradition.


We are so thankful to live near Napa. One of our favorite places to visit.

1 comment:

To Be Determined said...

Oh that sounds like a perfect little get away.

We cannot wait for you to come visit! Too early to start a countdown?