Wine and Views and Pizza... Oh My!

This past Saturday, a couple of my best friends (two out of the three that will be standing up with me when I marry Michael) whisked me away for a day of wine, laughs and great food.  It was truly a special day... complete with a surprise visit from my mom and granny!

If you live in the area and have never visited the wineries in North Texas, you're missing out!  We visited 4R Ranch Vineyards and Winery (my first time to visit!) and enjoyed the most beautiful views of North Texas Hill Country. 

Wine Flights = Beautiful



Next, we visited Blue Ostrich (a regular stop for me) and my mom and grandmother surprised me and joined us for a glass of wine.



After the wineries, we loaded up our purchases and headed to Ancient Ovens, an amazing BYOB restaurant that serves delicious brick oven pizza.  Ancient Ovens is known for the beautiful scenery, and it did not disappoint!  We were too busy eating and laughing to take ANY pictures while we were there!

After dinner, we headed to the hotel but decided to make a stop at Doc's Bar and Grill.  We enjoyed a few beers out in the biergarten and then headed to the hotel, where we stayed up way too late talking.  It was such a nice little getaway, and so very needed!  I'm not used to being out late anymore, so yesterday was a bit of a struggle for me- but it was all so very worth it!




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