Kristen's Visit

The first weekend in May, my friend Kristen came out to California for an early birthday celebration. I met up with her and her mom at the end of their trip for a weekend in wine country. We visited Sonoma, Dry Creek, Healdsburg, and Napa. It went by so quick but we had a great time. I always love getting visitors, so any of you are welcome to come stay with us.

This is us at Gloria Ferrer Champagne Caves in Sonoma. One of the best views, great wine, and we had such great weather!!

Well, I'm very sad that my girls have come and gone. We only had two days to do all that I wanted. We went to San Francisco, Muir Woods, Sonoma, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. I can't wait to see them again soon. We finished our big ski trip to Tahoe this month, and I'm happy to report that no one was injured. Jonathan and I had a great time with all of our friends and hope to make it an annual event. Nothing much coming up for us. I'm going to Vegas for work next month, and my friend Kristen is visiting in May. Our 2nd anniversary is also in May. We wanted to go to San Diego, but we might be changing our plans.

I'm also happy to announce the newest addition to the Jussely family, Hallie Carrington. She was born Tuesday morning, and we're so excited!! The girls outnumber the guys now!! Congratuations to Daniel and Lucy!!

We miss you all and come visit soon!!

Love,

Kim & Jonathan

This past weekend, we went to our first ski lesson. I've been skiing once before, but J had never gone. We did pretty well until we went up on our own after the lesson. I lost one of my poles on the lift, and then we both ate it on the way down. I knew we should have stayed on the same slope we went down during our lesson. We had to head home early because a huge storm was headed up there. We go back to South Lake Tahoe next weekend for 4 days. I'm not sure my calves can take it. Scroll down to the bottom of our blog to see another great picture.

Almost Spring

Well, we think winter is over here. It's been in the 60's the past couple of weeks. This picture was taken in Napa this past weekend. The vines have been pruned and the mustard grass is growing everywhere. What a beautiful picture.

Things are starting to slow down at work for both of us and we're getting back to our routines after the holidays. J is still traveling to Denver every other week, but we've had lots of fun weekends.

For Valentine's Day, we toured Opus One and had lunch in Napa. In 3 weeks, we're going skiing with some of J's friends from NY & Chicago. Wish me luck!!

2 of my best friends are visiting at the end of March, along with a pal from Italy in April, and another great Tampa friend in May.

Who else is ready for a trip out west? The door is always open with two beds always empty.

We love y'all,

Kim

Merry Christmas everyone. Here is a picture of the Christmas tree at Union Square in San Francisco. We met up with some of our friends from Australia the first weekend in December for dinner in SF.

Can't wait to see everyone.
We leave on Friday for the east coast.

Love, Kim & Jonathan

Fall Update

Jonathan and I are doing well. Our last visitors were his parents the weekend of his birthday. We went to the Golden Gate, Muir Woods, Sonoma Valley, Napa Valley, and Lake Tahoe. We are staying here for Thanksgiving but will head towards the east coast on Friday, Dec. 21st. We fly into Atlanta that night and drive up to Greenville. We'll be in Greenville until Dec. 26th, then head to Mississippi. We'll stay in Mississippi until the 30th, and we'll head to Atlanta. We fly back on the 31st. Right now, we don't have any commitments for visitors next year. I think a couple of my girlfriends will be here, but any of you are more than welcome anytime.

We miss you all and hope to see everyone over Christmas or sooner!!

K & J

Yosemite National Park

This past weekend my parents came to visit. Friday, we went to Yosemite National Park. It was incredible. We saw Half Dome, El Capitan, Bridalveil Falls, and the giant Redwood trees. The picture above shows Half Dome and us next to some of the fallen trees in the forest. If you click on it, you can get a better idea of how big the trees are. Saturday, we went to Lake Tahoe and Renwood Winery, where we are members of the wine club. Today, we drove around and saw other parts of Sacramento. We are really enjoying all the stuff we are close to out here. We look forward to Jonathan's parents visit next month on Jonathan's birthday. Love, Kim