Auntie Charlotte

When I was a child, I had numerous Aunts.  My Mother was one of eight children, and my Dad was one of four. In addition, there were several Great-Aunts too.  However, I have just one sister, and she has only one daughter---Chantelle.  For the past couple of years, Chantelle has visited from Indiana, and this time she stayed for 3 weeks. We love having her here, and I always try to think of fun things to do.  I love having a niece, I'm so happy to be her Auntie!

 

When she arrived, we went to her favorite Mexican Restaurant out here---

Casa del Rey in San Dimas.  This time she had a banana margarita.

 

 

I had to take her to the beach, so we stayed at The Tamarack Beach Resort

in Carlsbad, and the weather was perfect.

 

 

The sunset was spectacular that evening.

 

 

One thing we did a lot of was eating---here at P.F. Chang's in Chino Hills.  Notice

the bag?  Yes, we did some shopping there too at the Shoppes at Chino Hills.

 

 

One of Chantelle's priorities was to visit some wineries in Temecula.  We had

a great time that day with Adam and Melissa, and tasted soooo many wines!!!

 

 

The next day we revisited a restaurant where we had had dinner the night before

and had some Bloody Mary's at The Gambling Cowboy in the old town of

Temecula.

 

 

Of course we had to have a family Barbeque, and Heather hosted it this year.

I always love taking pictures of my three granddaughters (and granddog).

 

 

Scott, Kim and the girls loved meeting Chantelle, and Kim was thrilled

to find out that she was taller than Chantelle!!!

 

 

Heather and Jason did a great job with the meal, and

everything was yummy!

 

 

Reese was happy to show off his train set.

 

 

The day before she left, we went to Graber's Olives in Ontario.

It's a cute place specializing in everything olives, and we had

fun looking at all the olive paraphernalia. 

 

 

Truly an amazing variety of things.

 

 

Everything about the place was darling, and the grounds were beautiful

 

 

There is also a museum of old equipment, photos, and memorabilia.

 

 

The only regret we have is that we did not spend more time in Temecula

in its old town.  For instance, I wonder where this bridge leads???

 

Come back soon, Chantelle, so we can explore some more.....