Chris had this past week off and let's just say, it was awesome. Every time this happens I forget how nice it is to actually sit down and eat together as a family and to not have to change every single diaper.
In true Chris "vacation" form, we painted 2 rooms (Sam's new room and the room for the baby), went to the temple, had a smoothie-donut park morning, went on our first bike ride since Sam was born (she loved it!) and then to finish off the week we visited an orchard called Apple Annie's. It is in Wilcox, AZ which is about 1 1/2 hours away. We debated whether or not it would be worth the drive, but we had a blast.
Sam was not sure of the wheelbarrow, but sat in it for a minute
This is the first apple she picked off of the ground and instantly started trying to bite it.
Let's pretend like this little apple picking contraption isn't really cool. We wandered around aimlessly pretending like we knew which apples were which until we finally asked someone where the signs were that told you. Turns out the ones we thought were Fuji were not. We still have no idea what ones we brought home! We did encounter one big snake- after that I went from strolling mode to hyper-awareness mode.
After we had had our fill of apples- apple picking, apple bread, apple cider donuts- we headed 5 miles down the road to the pumpkin patch/vegi part of the farm.
We got to take a hay ride out to the pumpkin patch and so Sam could pick her very first pumpkin- Chris even let her help use the "adult only" shears.
The weather was beautiful for the first few hours, but by afternoon we were hot and sweaty and all came home with a bit of a sunburn
So, even though it was a bit of a drive and Samantha didn't get a very good morning nap, she seemed to enjoy herself- funny how one of her biggest smiles of the day came when we were leaving and she plopped herself down on the ground in the dirt/rocks and just started playing with the rocks. Can you tell that is what she is used to playing with here!?
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