Fun at Cover's Apple Ranch

With our beautiful weather, the day off, and Brian out of town for his World Cup of Beer Competion Results, the kids and I busted out of the house and headed up to Cover's for some outside fun.  A couple of friends were able to meet us up there, so it was a great couple of hours, complete with friends, picnic lunch, train ride, apple juice and cookies!

 

Emmy with Erilynn and Kierstiana

Train Ride!

Big kids still like trains!  Zeke with his friends Adam and Logan.

Ethan in 7th heaven on a train! :)

Sunday Afternoon

We're going on a camping trip with our small group in a few weeks, and heard about a nice campground we wanted to check out.  Couple that with kids who needed to get.out.of.the.house. and it made for a nice family afternoon drive and swim in the creek nearby Clarks Fork campground up Hwy 108.  Pizza at Pie in the Sky for dinner was a nice topper to the evening as well!

Family fun on a Sunday afternoon!

Emmy took all these pictures :)  She was having fun directing the shots!

My boys being boys.  Zeke took the picture of Ethan with the apple--love that shot!

July 4th Celebrations

We had a great time on July 4th in our small town.
First off, I have to say I'm very proud of our little Sonora... American flags line the street of every major 'American' holiday (Vets Day, Labor Day, etc.)-
-it is very cool.
We met some friends up in Twain Harte and watched their annual parade and then the kiddos had a blast on the water slides. One cool thing they do up there is hand out little flags to all the parade watchers. Makes it super festive and fun for the kids to wave them as the parade passes by.
Then, in the evening, we met up again with some of the same friends to have a little picnic dessert, evening playtime at the park, and firework time.  Calavaras County allows fireworks (unlike our Tuolumne Co.), so we went over the river to Murphy's and the kids loved seeing the little fireworks up close. 
Next year, we'll be bringing our own! =)