Santa Ynez...

This weekend we spent a couple of days in Santa Ynez with Aaron, Sarah, Reagan, and Paige. Family friends of the Irelands, the Hertzogs, have a beautiful house on a vineyard and they were kind enough to let us stay there for a fun getaway. We drove up on Friday morning, played, took in the amazing views and ran around in the backyard, fed the horses next door, did a little wine tasting, had some arts/crafts time, and made dinner at the house.

Saturday morning we headed out to Solvang to walk around and have lunch. We got some special treats, by way of hot chocolate and cookies, at one of the many danish bakeries to satisfy our sweet tooth and warm us up. On the way back to the house for naptime, we stopped by to see the miniature horses.

Paige thought they were way cool! ;)

It was a really fun weekend with friends topped off with a delicious breakfast at Paula's Pancake House in Solvang and then a nice scenic drive home on the 101. Thanks to the Irelands for the invite and the Hertzogs for the hospitality!