Two weekends ago we spent a lovely weekend up in the Julian mountains with the White family.
We've been staying in Julian as a family ever since 2008 - so this marked our 8th year! Sometimes we've camped, sometimes we rent a house together - - but lately, we've loved staying at this little white farmhouse that stands on acres of property, with fruit trees and roaming wild turkeys, and its walking distance to a playground & skatepark. :)
Although there's so much to look forward to, like apple pie, having tea with the ladies, eating at Wynola pizza, going mining for treasures with Grandad, hiking, playing baseball, soccer & frisbee, and playing at the skatepark, I think what each of us truly looks forward to and enjoys the most is the time spent together as family.
Let the pictures begin!
Each of my three loved holding the babies! This was specifically Micah's 1st time holding baby Grace.
And everyone adored baby Holton! I can't get enough of his handsome little face and big, dark eyes!
The 3 babies
(Grace is 2 months old, Kendall is 21 months, and Holton is 5 months)
We arrived on Friday morning and the cousin-playtime immediately commenced.
Everything was done together:
Lunchtime together...
Playtime together...
Picking apples together...
Exploring the barn & playing hide-and-seek together...
And of course, the skatepark together!
Here's my sweeties picking apples. They were delicious!
I got such a kick out of this - - the shoe area. :) So many little ones and all the shoes that go with them!
Each year our Dad takes everyone to the Julian Mining Company while Mom takes us ladies to tea at the Julian Teahouse.
The teahouse is an adorable little place, and the tea & food is so good! We were so sad that our Mom was too sick to attend, but she wanted us to still enjoy tea all the same. We missed her very much all weekend and are so thankful that now she is feeling better. Thank goodness for facetime & texting photos! We sent her so many photos over the weekend I'm sure she felt she was there in spirit!
We had fun playing on the playground with the cousins. I just adore Kendall's pigtails, don't you? And that smile!!!
We took a hike up to the top of a big hill behind the playground. Micah led us the whole way. ;) What beautiful country we saw!
Then back at the house the whole bunch of us gathered to play a super fun surprise game that Mom & Dad planned out...
Have you ever heard of the game "Pie Face"? The name says it all...
The room was filled with so much laughter and screams of joy!
Hilarious!
The mornings were early, but everyone loved snuggling together.
Grandad made us a delicious breakfast spread on our last day (including his famous crepes!)!
Lastly, we took an annual photo of the whole clan (minus Mom, who I'm sure we can add in via photoshop?) ;)
And the silly one...
Thanks again for looking! And thanks to my parents for the amazing weekend! Until next time!
