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Make It or Break It, a drama about the world of competitive teenage gymnastics on the ABC Family channel. Also important to Candace is her Christian faith; her book, Reshaping It All: Motivation for Physical and Spiritual Fitness, a New York Times bestseller, was published in 2011. In it, she revealed her struggles with weight control and her faith-based success in dealing with it. Charity work is also important to her—she volunteers with several organizations, among them the Children’s Hunger Fund and the National House of Hope, which concentrates on group homes for troubled teenagers. With this kind of schedule, Candace, like most modern women, has learned to prioritize. “I just do it day by day,” she admits. “It’s a challenge. I don’t think you can really balance it all.” She says that if she’s starting to work a little too much, “Val will let me know, and I do the same with him.”
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HOME AWAY FROM HOME But the Bure family always finds time to visit Napa during the summer. “It’s all about relaxing,” says Candace. “St. Helena is such a small town, I feel really safe and comfortable there with my kids. It’s such a different lifestyle from L.A. The kids can just be kids—go play outside, in the fields—and do it by themselves, which gives them some independence.” When the couple first moved to Napa, they bought a “rancher,” which they have been renovating with the assistance of designers Michael Roché and Jackson Butler of 38 Spatial, a design firm based in St. Helena. Roché has been working with the Bures to design a variety of Cambria installations in the house. “The house is very clean and contemporary in design,” Roché explains, “and Cambria, with its dynamic offering of designs, allows us to add another layer of texture.”
VINEYARD PHOTO: NICKI RIEDEL
THE BURE FAMILY WINES ARE CRAFTED AT VINEYARD 7&8 IN ST. HELENA. “OUR WINEMAKER, LUC MORLET, AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB BOTH IN THE VINEYARDS AND IN THE CELLAR,” SAYS VAL. OF THE CELLAR, HE ADDS, “IT’S DONE SO WELL, DOWN TO THE LAST DETAIL, AND ALLOWS US TO PRODUCE EXCEPTIONAL WINES.”
“WORK IS A PRIORITY BUT IT CAN’T EVER TAKE OVER, BECAUSE THEN WE REALLY DO LOSE THE BALANCE OF LIFE.” —CANDACE CAMERON BURE