Friends and Family Weekend

In September when school was starting for Gideon, he was very busy, including almost every weekend.  To keep the girls busy and to not go stir crazy I planned to take them to Santa’s Village and to invite our friend Christy and her daughter Kylie to go with us.  When I got an email saying they were having a friends and family weekend where season pass holders could bring a friend for free, I knew that was the weekend for us. 

We crowded into my car with poor Kylie stuck between Hadley and Malia’s car seats.  It is a bit of a drive, but we all thought it was worth it once we got there and jumped on all of the rides.  We also looked for all of the Elves in the Elfabet Hunt. 

Our normal first ride, the carousel

Visiting Santa

Hadley didn't want to ride the power tower

Kylie is 5 here and Hadley thinks she will be as big as Kylie when she turns 5

You can't tell, but Hadley is behind Kylie

Decorating their Gingerbread Men

Silly girls

We all had a lot of fun and it was a great way to spend a weekend with good friends.

The Tradition Continues

Keeping with tradition, we went apple picking again this year.  While I love having all of the apples for baking, the real reason I love apple picking is for the memories we create.  The first year we went, Hadley was just over a year old and Malia wasn’t born.  Over the years, the girls have grown and I always look forward to autumn and apple picking.

I still don’t know how I did it, but I forgot my camera.  Luckily, I did have my cell phone, which I normally never have and if I do the battery is usually dead.  I had never used my phone camera before so it took me a while to figure it out and the delay was very frustrating.  I’m just glad that I was able to get some pictures to capture the memories.

Malia is still more interested in eating the apples than picking them

Protecting his head from dropped apples