Top moment of 2017 Welcoming Luciano Emilio Mena to the World on September 7th, 2017 Tiffany Farley – Photo Credit
2017 was quite a year…!
I hope that you had a wonderful 2017… and even a better 2018 🙂
At the end of a year I think to myself wow another year has come and gone. How did that happen so fast! This year was full of a lot of new things, fun adventures and lots of new lessons! Some challenges but overall full of love of joy! I was so blessed being pregnant most of the year and then being a mom to 2 boys for the first time! I kept saying to myself how am I going to do 2 kids but some how we figure it out as parents… and quick!
I am so grateful for my boys, they bring so much joy to my life every day and I really can’t envision my life any other way. At the end of this year, I have just really enjoyed watching my Marcelo Jr. be the greatest big brother to Luciano.
Professionally on the Vineyard & Winery end releasing multiple new wines and our first 90 Point – Gold Medal Estate Grown Sparkling Wine! I was so excited to be appointed as the Marketing Chair person for the CT Vineyard & Winery Association for the Connecticut Wine Trail! By helping other CT Vineyards and promoting CT Agriculture in the state!
Here are 10 highlights from some of our memories from this past year.
- Announcing Baby Mena #2 – Thanks so much Abigail for the beautiful pictures 😉
2. Marcelo Jr. Turned 2 years old – It was a fun & beautiful day to celebrate our little man in May with friends & family!
With his Auntie Natalie!
3. Spending special days with Marcelo Jr. before Luciano arrived was something I wanted to do this summer. We had a blast just going on vineyard walks, beach days and some day trips that we plained!
4. My Growing Bump – I have be so thankful for having great pregnancies but I so miss by baby bump! But I know I can’t see into the future… I don’t know if I will be pregnant again? So this is why I wanted to capture this special moment of our family growing. Thanks so much to Alicia for these beautiful pictures that I will treasure forever <3
5. Welcoming Luciano to the World & Celebrating with our 1st Sparkling Wine!
I was so honored when I found out that my Uncle Al wanted to release our Sparkling Wine when Luciano was born. Our family of customers were so funny as they knew this is how this wine was going to be released. As they saw me at the vineyard being a week and a day late… they were like come on and have that baby! We want to taste that Sparkling haha! Soon enough they did and as I was recovering in the hospital I loved all the pictures at the winery of everyone celebrating Luciano’s arrival! Later we got the wonderful news that it was awarded a Gold Medal – 90 Points!
6. Harvest Days with my Boys – Sharing agriculture with my boys is so important to me! And watching them grow up like this just makes me even happier! Farm life is so much fun! Marcelo Jr. was loving every part of harvest this past year and learning the family trade!
Winemaking starts young 😉 Family Traditions!
Its a messy job, but so much fun!
7. Soccer Sundays with Papa – My husband is a big soccer fanatic. He played back in college and now he plays in a couple mens leagues. So we tried to make as many games this summer and Marcelo Jr. Loved it!
8. Tried our best to have some date nights! Something we need to have more of in 2018!
9. Capturing these special moments – Brothers <3
10. Celebrating our First Christmas as a Family of 4! I Love this time of year! And this year was so much fun especially watching Marcelo Jr. opening his gifts from Santa 🙂 I am sure you saw some if you follow over on my Instagram Stories. It was a family full day with lots of food and of course Paradise Hills Wine!
Cheers to 2017 and can’t wait for 2018!!! xoxo Margaret