The thoughts of heading down to the beach and drinking ourselves silly over Memorial Day weekend are nothing but sweet memories these days. Instead of waking up each day with a raging headache, we found ourselves this weekend waking up and looking for something fun and "family-oriented" to do with the little one. Still tired of course, due to the consistent lack of a full night's sleep :)After searching around on the web and looking for something fun to do with the baby, we decided to get out of the hustle and bustle of DC and spend a few hours wine tasting. Although we typcially like to hit up 2-3 on an afternoon, we figured spending a few hours at one, tasting some wine and having some lunch, would do the trick. We found this great little spot, brand new to the Virginia wine tasting scence, called Barrel Oak Winery. Memorial Day was their Grand Opening weekend, so we figured why not try it out. It was beautiful, and pet friendly! They had some great wines for their first vintage- a great Viognier, a really tasty house red called Bowhouse Red (Bow, for the doggy), and some great dessert wines too, one infused with chocolate. Check it out at http://www.barreloak.com/.
Anyways, EV had a great time too, enjoying the fresh air and smelling the grapes :)
Its a great thing to grow up with brothers, sisters and cousins in a large family. Today, as EV and I were hanging out at the Fakhouri house, I looked at EV and Christian (her cousin) and realized that a new generation is here and our family is really growing. As they grow up together, being there for eachother and having a strong bond, they will never have to worry about needing friendship and love, because they are family. Its our jobs as parents to provide them the opportunity to build these life-long relationships. 
