Sniff, Swirl, Sip!

Walla Walla wine tasting! You definitely won't run out of wineries to visit when you head toward Walla Walla, they have 30 tasting rooms in just their downtown area! We stayed at Walla Faces Inns at the Vineyard and it was wonderful, a little bit off the beaten path but beautiful if you want some R&R time and you pretty much have a pool to yourself! There were a handful of wineries that were added into our Brown Heiny wine stash and more we wished we could have visited, we'll be back!

Corn

Fall is in the air and its been A LONG time since I blogged! Our internet at home has been hardly to not working all summer, a bit of an inconvenience. We had cable internet installed and soon should have a strong connection with no hiccups. Then I can do a better job of keeping everyone up to speed on whats been going on including our most recent adventure to Italy!

Yesterday we found a local U-PiCK corn field and picked about 25 ears, cooked it all up, peeled it off with my handy dandy corn peeler and froze it for the winter! Looking forward to fresh sweet corn when the snow is falling.

A shout out to Ziplock...their vacuum bag refills are awesome for freezing things!

M-I-C-K-E-Y ~ M-O-U-S-E!

Farmers Markets

Its that time of year... fresh flowers, fresh produce and Farmers Market fun! I had some time to kill and strolled through Bellevue's Thursday Market (3-7pm) yesterday. They had all sorts of good stuff including a truck of Molly Moon's ice cream (yummy), If you haven't been they have 2 locations in Seattle or you might be able to catch them in Bellevue!

Some of my favorite markets are the Ballard farmers market which is actually year round and Kirkland's Wednesday market. Go here to find a market in your area or one anywhere in WA that you might be visiting this season. Downtown Portland also has a great market that is year round, worth the visit if you're in town. Enjoy!

An Aloha Easter

We spent Easter in Maui with John's parents! Had a great time as usual and can't wait for our next trip to HI. Visited the cowboy town of Makawao, swung through Paia, and paddle boarded among the turtles, so fun!

Cows

Our annual Brown family Branding, always a good time!

Norah's Birthday & MS Walk

We spent the weekend in Post Falls, ID. Celebrated Norah's 4th Birthday and did the Spokane MS Walk on Sunday.