We just returned from our annual White family weekend in Julian. It was a lovely weekend and the weather was just perfect (you could feel the "Fall" in the air!). Each year we make some new memories, and take part in some family traditions. We always start out our weekend by eating dinner Friday night at Wynola's Wood-Fired Pizza & Bistro. We were lucky and got there early - - before all 150 dad's & daughters from a nearby YMCA camp came for their dinner! :)
Here we are sitting at a long table. You can tell the kids are getting older... this was the first year that they were all very well behaved during the entire dinner! (Even while all sitting next to each other!) My Dad took my Mom out to dine across the street at Jeremy's on the Hill... a nice restaurant that my Mom has been wanting to eat at for a few years now! :) We all ended up having a nice start to the weekend.
Here is a photo of the farmhouse we stayed in. The property was located right next to Jess Martin Park, which had a lovely playground, exercise area, track & skateboard park. The kids loved playing at the playground multiple times. The house also had a fun rope swing and toy/game room for the kids!
Saturday morning we ventured to walk around Julian, and the kids each picked out their own lollipops from the Julian Cider Mill.
If you look close enough, you can see how much Samuel enjoyed his lollipop. He had blue all across his cheeks!
We all enjoyed watching the bakers make apple pies at Mom's Pies. They had the best apple pie!
Then Mom took all the girls to the Julian Tea House for some tea. The guys were kind enough to watch all the boys so we could take the time to do this.
Although Leia has been to several "teas," we were very happy to have Laylie join us this time - - it was her first tea outing! Both girls had a lovely time and enjoyed the experience.
Our farmhouse just happened to have two big apple trees on the property! We were going to drive to an apple orchard and pay to pick apples, but we didn't have to! :)
We filled two huge bags with these delicious apples and brought them home to bake and cook with.
The kids had fun racing to pick up the apples that Uncle Cool knocked down from high up in the tree.
Here is Samuel holding two of the apples picked from the trees.
We all posed under the apple trees for some pictures.
Love my husband!
A cute shot of Leia & Samuel hanging out. (Notice that Leia let her Aunty Ca do her hair!)
Grandad soaking up moments with the two young ones & the oldest.
It was a cold, wet morning on Sunday. The cousins had fun walking along the long trail of hay bales.
Before we left the farmhouse, we took a couple family photos of all of us together (in front of the farmhouse, and inside the barn).
What a special weekend! Thank you Mom & Dad!
