nerdy 30.

Ciao!!
I am so excited to share my birthday post with you! (I still need to finish Brandon's but the pics are on a different computer. Italy problems. stay tuned...)
So...I just turned the big THREE-OOHHHHHH. ugh Thirty. I miss my 20's already.
I am a freak about getting older and I just want time to slow down. Especially now that I'm in Italia. Slow down life...I need a few years to take it all in. and then babies. :)
but I'm still nerdy. and now thirty. boom.

Husband planned the most amazing day for my birthday. We went on a wine tasting/ castle tour in Siena. SIENA! Words cannot describe how amazing it was! I mean to celebrate my birthday in Italy was incredible but wine tasting in Tuscany! le sigh... (am I dreaming?)
It's been raining all week and it just so happened that Saturday April 6th was a gorgeous and sunny day!  We got to our first winery and the views were enough for me. If we just saw the views and went home it would have been amazing but the wine and castle tour and cellar tours and lunch in a tiny medieval village and just the most perfect day with my husband. Life can't possibly be any sweeter! It was a magical day that I will never forget.

I miss my friends and family dearly and after this week of being alone it's really hit me. Celebrating a BIG birthday without them was hard. I miss everyone so much. so so so so much. But Husband really made it a special day and I feel so blessed to have him. He is my very best friend! Thank you Brandon for being so good to me. I love you till the end.

My family and friends sent me the sweetest videos and messages and emails and snail mail. I am such a lucky girl! Thank the lord for skype, face time and viber. :)
ugh...30.

The tour we went on was Angie's Tuscan Wine Tours and we highly recommend it. They were amazing! If you are in Tuscany this is your tour! :)

Picture story below! cin cin!

Seriously this was one of the best days of my life.

Baci!!

xx

b

Muffins at Calamigos!

Happy Tuesday Muffins!
Yesterday I gloated about how great the traffic was. Today...not so much. Why can't everyone just drive the speed limit and buy sunglasses since the sun seems to be the reason everyone drives 5 miles per hour?...Tangent over...

Ciao!
Sunday was such a perfect day! Hubs, my brother, his girlfriend and I went to Malibu Wines for some vino and the great outdoors! It was a perfect day to be outside. We drank wine, ate snacks and enjoyed the live music. I love Malibu Wines! If you are in the LA area and haven't been you should definitely go. It's beautiful!
Malibu Wines happens to be near my favorite place in the world (aside from Disneyland), Calmigos Ranch. It's so nice to be able to go back to the place where we got married. [[side note: pretty sure I should be the spokesperson for Calamigos. I mean...I can't say enough about the ranch. We were just there in September. Call me CR, call me.]] Calamigos is so dreamy and I am so in love with it all! We walked around the ranch, stopped off at our venue for some pics and had dinner at Malibu Cafe. Another must go to if you are in LA. Blicious! :)

 

Does the picture above look familiar? :) le sigh...

 

 

xx

b