My birthday falls at the very end of school. Therefore, it gets lost in the school shuffle, pack and fly home. This year, Eleri and I flew home on June 8…a bit odd flying with only one child. Emersyn and Jim are off on their Thailand dive adventure on June 9. Emersyn and Jim will fly to California on June 22.

Every year for my birthday Terri and Andy treat me to a day in Napa. Terri knows my birthday has been lost in the shuffle and tries to make it special. We had a beautiful day in Napa. We always have lunch in downtown Napa at Gotts for a hamburger.

We started with a new winery, William Hill, my new favorite place to wine taste. It is a bit more to wine taste, but so enjoyable. They gave us our own bench sitting area. This is EXTRA nice as at some wineries you are fighting elbow space at the bar!

They bought special popcorn for Eleri…and more special popcorn and then some special cheese.

The view from William Hill over the vineyards was beautiful.

Next, we visit Foilo, now my second favorite place to wine taste. They were having a private function on the back deck…so we were fighting elbow space at the bar!!

After Foilo Winery, we went to downtown St. Helena for some quick shopping before our dinner reservation. We all enjoy tasting and buying olive oil at Olivier. After our shop, we had my birthday dinner at the Farmstead. This was my first time at this restaurant and it was very good. For dessert, we had the cookie plate topped off with a candle.

Another fun day in Napa!