Michael's Christmas Present

For Christmas my mom got Michael a Hot Latin cooking class for two at the Culinary Institute of America in Calistoga. Back in December I thought I would be okay with the idea of leaving my baby with my mom for a weekend in March. Oh man was I wrong. I knew everything would be fine and I knew my mom is more than capable of taking care of them but I was worried that I didn't pump enough and I didn't know if Caysley would take a bottle. As the day we were supposed to leave approached I was a worried wreck. I took this picture of her right before I left and kept looking back at it the whole trip...I missed them like crazy! I realized that I really had nothing to worry about. It was really good to get away with my Michael for a weekend, we had a lot of fun.

Michael was in charge of the camera...there were about 10 that looked like this.

Just one of the many vineyards we went wine tasting at...;)

I was cracking up because I felt a little out of place. Michael on the other hand was in HEAVEN. The class was two hours long. We got split up into groups and each group had a different recipe. Our recipe was Meatballs in Smokey Chipotle Sauce and oh boy were they GOOD. At the end of class we had a little potluck of all the food the groups made. This is Michaels oh my gosh this is sooo good face. We had fun and got some really yummy recipes that we have been trying out at home. This is Michael leaving the school. He didn't know I was taking a picture. He made me do it too because it was sooo much fun. ...and it was. That is the school in the background.