weekend recap...wine festival...

it felt like our weekend began Thursday evening with the talent show, & went full speed ahead through til Sunday!

Friday, Corinn was a busy little bee! her kindergarten class went on a field trip to Brethern Woods that day...Curtis went along as a chaperone, & he snapped the following pics...looks like they had a lot of fun!

then Friday night was dress rehearsal for the girls' dance recital...this Sunday (the 23rd) is the actual recital...there will be plenty of tickets still available at the door if any locals are interested in coming! shoot me an email or leave me a comment if u're interested in the deets...u know i'll be posting pics & vids next week, but here's a sneak peek of the girls in action (acro routine)...

on top of all the madness going on Thursday & Friday with the talent show, dress rehearsal & field trips...i still had 2 cakes to finish before heading out Saturday morning for NC...i delivered one on Friday afternoon, then met up with the 2nd customer at 6am Saturday morning...thx for meeting me so early Bridgett! ;0)

after handing off the last cake, i hit the road for my BFF's...she organizes the annual Yadkin Valley Wine Festival every year (she works for the chamber), & i always go down to NC to help her out by volunteering all day...this is their 9th year hosting the festival & i always have a great time

the ride is beautiful, but i had to pull out all stops to stay awake for the 4hr trip...a few really late nights will do that to ya! the secret? an xtra large coffee from Sheetz, good tunes, & a big box of Hot Tamales ;0)

i got there before they had even opened ticket sales...last year, they'd sold about 2,000 tasting bands (& glasses - free glass with each band of course)...so this year, Misty ordered 2,100 glasses

the line was built up & winding down the parking lot when we opened at 11am...

the day quickly got HOT & folks were EVERYWHERE!!! of course, the shade was the place to be ;0)

at around 1pm, we started running out of glasses...that's right, only 2hrs in! Misty & i ran to the chamber office & brought back about 10 cases of past year's glasses...

then, those were gone!

we actually had to start handing out plastic glasses (picked up from a local grocery store) for temporary use...until we could get more of the real thing...

some folks were not happy about that, but thankfully we were able to quickly get some more glasses from 2 of the wineries pouring at the festival...13 cases from one, & 10 from another...& by the end of the day, we'd almost blown through all of those too!!!

needless to say, the day was a huge success...there were about 3,000 people tasting & an estimated 9-10,000 in attendance!

i got to taste a little...& tried out some yummy food (the pulled pork wrap was awesome!)...the best thing there tho? sangria!!! i tried some white sangria from 1 of the wineries...yum!

after the festival was over & we'd torn everything down...we unloaded Misty's stuff at the chamber office & took some time to freshen up...then we met up with some friends (& Misty's sister, & her crew) at a local Saloon for a few beers & to hear a local band that was playing...it was a lot of fun!

the next morning was the first i'd gotten to see Willow...i actually slept on the trundle bed that pulls out from under her bed...so we woke up looking at each other...who wouldn't want to wake up to this beautiful princess?!

Misty had another friend visiting too...& she'd brought along her sister...so the next morning (after i got up with Willow & let Misty sleep in a little), we all went out for a late breakfast at Cracker Barrel...we'd then planned on hitting a winery or 2 for tours/tastings (since Misty never gets a chance to enjoy any of the festival & actually taste)...but Shane (Misty's hubby) was out of town, about an hour away, & got a flat on his motorcycle...Misty had to run & save the day, so us ladies went on ahead & started for home a little earlier than planned...i was thankful for what little time we did get to spend together...i love this woman so much!

sweet Willow picked me some strawberries from their garden for the road...

& gave me some lovin' before i left...

which i really needed...i was starting to miss my punks terribly...thankfully, i knew that Curtis was keeping them busy at home - they probably weren't missing me much at all...at least it didn't appear they were in the text pix Curt was sending me! ;0)

they were happy to see me when i got there tho...we all went out for ice cream after dinner, since i hadn't gotten in any time with them over the weekend...talk about jam-packed & fun-filled! & of course it flew right by!

how was ur's? what's going on in ur neck of the woods?