So it's been a while.....

So it's been a while since I last posted here. So excuse my chaos as I catch up a few things at a time. :)

Lets start with what we most recently did, Apple Hill. This is a stretch of road at the base of the Sierra's that is full of Apple Orchards. Each one having its own form of entertainment, crafts, education, apples sales and apple picking. Bryan had this last Monday off, so we decided to head up the hill! It was a great time! The kids started out by picking their own apples. 

Don't you just love the silly face! Boys will be boys!

Enjoying a taste of a free apple! Yum yum!

When all else fails, use the shortest, smallest one to get in those tight spaces!

He got it!

 We ended up at 3 different Orchards. The first one, Denver Dan's, was so generous in letting us have the 12 apples we found on the trees. Most of their crop was ruined earlier in the year from a late snow. 

Then we went to High Hill Ranch. Which turned out to be a fabulous stop. There was duck feeding, wonderful mountain top views and apple donuts! Yumm!

The kids were amazed at these huge pumpkins!

The pond had so many rainbow trout! They were just sitting right on the top. Occasionally they'd jump up really high out of the water!

Can you say Christmas card kinda photo?!

How cute is the little man with Daddy's glasses and hat?!

Yes that is a parakeet!

 The last orchard we hit was Able's Acres. We were hoping to pick pumpkins, but all they had were overly priced pumpkins laying in a pile. They turned out some cute pictures tho!

I just love the fall season! :)