Apple Hill Day

Snow on the mountains as we head up for our annual trip to Apple Hill.

Aunt Kiki and Uncle Nate.

Alvin and I.

Sydney and her friend Dalia.

Aunt Tracy and Kyle.

Our favorite first stop in Apple Hill is a ranch that features only apples and different types of honey and jams.

Picking out apples with Dalia.

Another favorite stop is High Hill Ranch - a very busy stop full of fun!!

No photos, please.

Riding a pony with her friends.

Building Legos

Sydney and Alvin built a hair salon together out of Legos.

Making Pizza With Daddy

Sydney and Alvin teamed up and made pizza for dinner!

Bike Ride to Yogurtagogo

We headed to Midtown to celebrate Sydney getting 100% on her spelling test by taking her to a new yogurt spot Alvin and I found on a date night.

A train in Old Sacramento.

Riding by the capitol.

Here she is - ready for her frozen treat!!

S'Mores by the Fire

Curling up next to the fire, ready to make s'mores.

Here is Alvin - preparing our s'mores sticks!

Silly faces to celebrate eating her s'mores.

Such a fun family night!

Field Trip Day!

Sydney's Kindergarten class headed to Apple Hill for their first field trip.  We got to tour the High Hill ranch and learned a lot about farming apples.

Sydney and her friend Salia on the bus.

Walking up to High Hill.

Trying some apple cider.  Sydney loved it!

The kids got to feed the fish in the pond.

Sydney's kindergarten class with their teacher, Mrs. Cooley.

Lucy and Ethel.  Love it!

Here we are in a warehouse that holds all the apples that are prepared for shipment.  The warehouse is freezing cold at 30 degrees.  We could see our breath in the building!

Learning about sorting apples.  The machine in the background sorts the apples by sizes so a huge apple is not put with a baby apple when preparing apples for sale.

Watching a big machine peel apples.

Rock candy!!

Ready for the bus ride home!

Birthday Party at Cousin Max's House

We headed down to Pioneer to celebrate Max's 7th Birthday party!!  He had a messy birthday party that included a food fight!

Alvin got an awesome hot wheels tattoo.

Grandma and Pops were there, too!

Me and Alvin.

Sydney and Jack played dress up all weekend long.

Brooke loved these goggles.

Here is the birthday boy with Alvin.

All the kids drew pictures and put them up on the garage.

Making something messy with Jack.

Time for silly string!!  Silly string for a silly girl.

Ready for the food fight!

There was whipped cream, spaghetti, colored mashed potatoes, chocolate pudding and more!

There goes Sydney with Jason - getting seriously messy!!

Sydney after the food fight.  Awesome party!!