Got Wine?

Josh and I have been keeping pretty busy lately. He has finals on Monday and Tuesday of this coming week so he has been busy with final projects.....papers.....and getting his final reviews. I have been busy with work as usual....but we did have a chance this past Friday to go on a wine tasting bus tour. We just had to pay $4.25 and could ride the bus all day long to any winery....and back home. It was so much fun. We only stopped at 5 wineries...we figured that that was more than enough tasting for one afternoon. We started out at Morgan winery...which some of you may be familiar with...A LOT of restruants in 48 states serve their wine.(www.morganwinery.com) We picked up a Sauvignon Blanc at this winery. I really liked it...Josh couldn't decide what he liked the best so I got to pick. After Morgan we hopped back on the bus and headed out to Carmel Village...which by the way Aunt Kathy and Daddy would LOVE! It is definitely a must see if you make it out here Aunt Kathy and when you come back to visit Daddy! Anyways...we went to the other 4 there. There was like 8 with in walking distance in Carmel Village....it was a wine lovers DREAM! Our first stop in the village was Boekenoogen winery (www.boekenoogenwines.com) We really liked the wine there but ending up getting a wine that they were showcasing for another vineyard called Pacheco Ranch and we got the Cabernet Sauvignon. After Boekenoogen we decided that we should stop for lunch and get some food in us before we regreted it...so we stopped at Will's Fargo (www.willsfargo.com) and the food was really good and the atmosphere was even better! After eating we headed over to Chateau Sinnet winery(www.chateausinnet.com) . The guy giving the tastings was CRAZY...but that is a whole nother story in itself. We got a dessert wine there it is a Blackberry Chagall...I think we will be using that one for cooking with steak and what not. Our fourth stop was Bernardus winery (www.bernardus.com) but didn't really like their wines much so we didn't buy anything from them. Our final stop was Joullian winery (www.joullian.com) and had made it just in time for a special release party and got free cheese and crackers and got to meet the owner and maker of the wines. We picked up and Zinfandel Rose there. That concluded our wine tasting tour for the day. We were pretty tired and full of wine by that time so we decided to head back to the house.

This past Monday was the first night of the womens bible study that I joined at our church here. We are doing a Beth Moore Study- Believing God. It is suppose to be a 9 week series but we are doing it slower because it is so intense....so it is going to be a 20 week series and we meet every Monday night. There are about 15-20 women in the study....and of all ages. I am really excited about the study and about getting to know the other ladies better. Here is a website for the church we go to here....just in case anyone is interested.... www.shorelinechurch.org

On Tuesday Josh and I went to the Farmers Market. I forgot my camera so I couldn't take pictures of the market like I keep meaning to. Unfortunetly none of the flowers this week were anyhting that I really wanted. But I did get this really cute hand made dress! I absolutely love it! It is probably my favorite dress right now! Here is a picture of it......

I couldn't get a good picture of the full thing but I like that it has long sleeves....
This is a close up of the bottom....my favorite part

Back in the Days.....

I found this funny thing on one of my friends blogs and decided to try it with Josh and I! It turned out pretty funny! You all should try it too.....

PS...I will update the blog on what has been going on tomorrow when I am off work! Enjoy!

Amanda.....in the year


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Josh...in the year....

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It's official....

Well...at least I feel like it is now. After almost 4 years of being a college graduate I finally got my diploma framed! YEAH! Now I can actually hang it up with Josh's! I know you probably think I'm crazy...but you would be excited too....that little piece of paper cost ALOT of $! I posted a picture...I'm just so proud of it...and excited that it is finally in a frame and out of the tube I got it in!
Just incase anyone was wondering....they started on our decks today! I think Josh and I are gonna try out another new breakfast place tomorrow morning...I'll let you know how it goes! I was solo this morning because Josh started class at 8am!
Have a great night! And Happy Birthday to KJ....tomorrow....!

TAAAA.....DAAA.....!!!!!!

More California life....

This week has been pretty uneventful for us. We have a lot going on but really haven't done any exploring this week....yet. Josh is busy with group projects...tests....homework....you know the fun stuff. I have been busy with work. This week our property management company is doing some reconstruction work on our decks....so we don't have access to our place from 8am to 5pm. Josh and I got up this morning and went and had breakfast together at First Awakening....which is voted number 1 breakfast place in Monterey County. BUT....we got home at 5pm and didn't notice any changes to the decks....we walked over to the other set of townhouses that they were suppose to do next week...after ours....and started doing that side instead of ours.....so I went next door to talk with our neighbors...they are always on top of everything....and sure enough they had already let the management company know....and supposidly they were pissed....so we shall see what happens tomorrow! Other than that not much else is going on here.....oh....we did go on a 15.5 mile bike ride this past Saturday along the coast and down part of 17mile drive! It was a long....fun....up hill ride.....we got quite the workout.....so we went the next day and tried out the gym on the NPS campus that we have access to for free. I also joined a women's bible study at church that is going to be meeting every Monday starting next week. We will be doing a 20 week Beth Moore study. Hopefully I will learn a lot.....grow in my relationship with the Lord....and meet some Godly women....I will let you know how it all goes. Well...gonna go watch House with Josh....we have seasons 1-3.....we are on season 2....season 4 just came out...and the new season is about to start on TV in like 2 weeks....! BYE!