Winery Saturday

Saturday we ditched the kids and went winery hopping with Alana, NancyD and her friend Joe. We made an unscheduled stop at Ponzi just down the street - none of them had been there before, which is amazing since it's only two miles away. It's good wine, but pricey, partly because it's so close to Portland.
Robert and Jennifer found us at Elvenglade/Remy picking up our futures, and tasting them now that they're bottled. Susy bought a nice print of the painting they used for their labels, and I had a long chat with their photographer, bagribs, about Flickr.
From there we all headed South to Carlton and stopped at Ken Wright Cellars and drank expensive futures we declined to buy, and then walked over to the Utopia tasting room where it was my turn (I was jealous of Paul's purchase last time) to buy a case of their tasty and reasonably priced Napa Malbec.
We returned home and Susy fed the kids while I (Bad Dad!) let Alana drive me over to have more wine and food at Robert and Jennifer's house, and play Guitar Hero.
I came home in time for us to discover that Netflix sent us the wrong Veronica Mars DVD. And of course that is the one disk that has been unavailable at our local video store.

Elk Cove Fall Dinner

Here's Susy and I at the Elk Cove Winery last night. We went with Paul and Alana for the Fall Roosevelt's Club Dinner. The food was good, the wine was great, and the setting is spectacular.


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Andrew went out for dinner with Rian and her family to PF Chang's. Mali stayed home and hopefully slept - she was really wiped out after the sleepover at Tesia's house.
Before all that, there was another poker game at our house:

Homecoming Dance

I don't have the report from Andrew yet. Mali and I were sleeping when he came home, and he's still sleeping now. Susy said he had fun. Here's a picture she took when he got home.


Susy and I had fun at Christina's wedding. Willamette Valley Vineyards is a beautiful place for a wedding. It didn't rain on us, but was a little chilly during the ceremony. The dinner was delicious. Each table had their own cake as a centerpiece, which I thought was a very interesting way to do that.

Big soccer news: Susy and I missed the game in Canby, so of course it was the game of the season and Mali was the big star. They tied the first place team 0-0, and Dean said Mali was the MVP! Hopefully we'll hear more about it at her game this afternoon. Mali also had a fun sleepover at Rochelle's house before the game.

Memorial Day Winery Tour

We headed out into the country yesterday to visit wineries. Paul left early on the bike and we picked him up, then went into the Adelsheim vineyard. The Shea winery and a local cheese company were also giving out samples there. We discovered we could buy a large chunk of cheese for a dollar and eat it with the free bread. It was great fun, but we somehow managed to get hungry anyway. We got directions for the shortcut over the mountain to Dundee and ate at the Dundee Bistro. The weather was great so we ate outside, but the sun was very bright for us Oregonians, especially after the very dark weekend. Pablo showed us the Uruguayan soccer hat, which you can see behind the picture below.

Saturday with Zoë and Hannah

Andrew went to the doctor for his toe yesterday, and goes in again to get his (half) toenail chopped off on Wednesday. It is not bothering him much now, since the infection is gone. He's ready and eager to start soccer practice Monday.
Tonight we're headed to the Elk Cove Winery for their Roosevelt Club Spring Dinner, with Pablo, Rocio, Paul, and Nancy.
We have Zoë and Hannah for the day. They're outside with Mali now, playing badminton. I'm headed out to plant the mini dahlias I got with Mali at the Beaverton Farmer's Market last Saturday. Now they're blooming.