I feel I need to explain this card for Lizzy’s 5th birthday. She’s currently into Hello Kitty and Ninja Turtle. Therefore I found an image where the two characters were combined.
I think she liked the card from the expression on her face. Considering most kids care less about the card and go straight for the present, I think Vovo got a thumbs up on this one.
We enjoyed a beautiful, relaxing weekend wine tasting in El Dorado with George & Carol. The weather cooperated this year!
We had beautiful views of the Sierra snow capped mountains
Tasting “future” wines from the barrels… always interesting, some good & some not so good
There is never a shortage of resident doggies and of course I will always find those cute puppies and just love them! No, I’m not an animal lover… nothing like that!!
Some of these wineries have received ton of awards, just check out these ribbons!
The wineries always have a different “theme” and they do it up right with the decorations, food, and back drops.
We saw this mean looking guy on the road and had to stop to take some pictures. Carol & I got really close to him (of course there was a fence in between us and him) and he was really scary even with the fence.
Most of the wineries have really good food and lots of it. We had a meal planned at home each night but after eating all day at the wineries we didn’t even need dinner.
Some miscellaneous stuff
We had a turkey in our backyard… that’s a first for us. It was fun to watch it walk around and jump up/down on the fence line.
We got these pictures from a neighbor that has lived at Catta Verdera since 2005 when these houses were built. Our house is the far right one under construction (click to enlarge and see the arrow over the house). 
This is the entry where the gate is.
Front Foyer Face Lift
Although last year we cleaned up the front foyer area, planted 2 trees and a couple other plants, it was time to tear out the plants we hated and replace them with more attractive plants. Of course it will take a while for the plants to get established and grow, but it should look good in a year or two.
Right side before
Right side after clean up
Right side with new plants
Left side before
Left side after clean up
Left side with new plants
The ground here has more rocks than dirt! This is a huge rock that we dug up that weighs almost as much as me!
This is another rock that was quite large, but not as big as the grand daddy above.
These are some of the rocks that we dug up.
